Rants 'n Raves

It appears that BOTH parties are sacrificing the jobless "for the benefit of the herd". The jobless have been grouped into the same category as the "cradle-to-the-grave" welfare recipients by the GOP, and the jobless have been only an embarrassment to the DEMS. The unemployed are used as political pawns and as talking points - they are just NUMBERS - that both parties use to score points against one another. The jobless don't have lobbyists pandering for their interests and Bill O'Reilly isn't looking out for them either. They were left to fend for themselves.

Personally, I would like to buy some camping equipment and pitch a tent somewhere before I can no longer pay my rent, but the government won't even allow me to do that. They leave the jobless very few choices left. It's much more difficult to survive as a homeless person today than it was in 1933. Back then they had "hoovervilles" (shantytowns) all across America, and panhandling was a profession. Try sleeping on the street today, and the police will tell you to move along. Job creation can't even keep up with natural population growth - so what are the other 15 million jobless people supposed to do? And these jobs will never come back...just ask Vice President Joe Biden...this is the reality.

And if you've been unemployed over 6 months...forgetaboutit!

Why do the commentators on Fox News (and the authors of the Wall Street Journal) keep emphasizing that the jobless are getting 2 years of unemployment benefits? When ACTUALLY, it's only the people living in States that have an unemployment rate above 8.5% that can qualify for "UP TO" 99 weeks....AND EVEN THEN, not everybody qualifies for the "maximum allowed" of 99 weeks.

It's as though the GOP and Fox News wants the general public to think that for the last 2 years we were all just relaxing by the side of the pool drinking Marquitas!

I live in Las Vegas with a 14.1% unemployment rate, but after working here full-time for 20 years, for some unknown reason, I only received 73 weeks (1 year and 4 months).

But the point that always seems to be missed here is, no matter how long someone collects benefits, there are still 15 million unemployed people and there are NOT 15 million jobs available for them. And even though I am a Republican, it is Fox News and the Republicans who keep saying that "extending unemployment benefits will extend unemployment."

And I say to them, "Show me the damn jobs or STFU!"

The stimulus package was nothing more than waste, fraud, and abuse that was packed chalk-full of cronyism and pork spending. Even according to Joe "Nobody Messes with Joe" Biden (Obama's overseer of this), this relates to about $500,000 per job "created or saved". I know it's the Progressive Left that quadrupled our deficit, and that "greens jobs" are a farce because we don't yet have the technology to make it feasible today. The point I'd like to make is, the GOP isn't helping the jobless by portraying us as lazy and not taking these "mystery" jobs. The bad public perception of the long-term unemployed hurts our chances of garnering public support for extending benefits. That's all I'm saying.

Rather than extend unemployment benefits for the poor, the GOP wants to extend tax cuts for the rich, rationalizing somehow that if the rich pay LESS taxes...the better off we'll all be. Well then, why don't we just declare that the rich pay NO TAXES at all...then all our economic problems will be solved!

Can you wait for the GOP to promote a "business friendly" environment to provide these much needed jobs after the November elections? I can't. I need a Tier Five to hold me over until then....AND FAST!

Am I the only one who gets angry when they hear "news" commentators like Neil Cavuto on FOX keep repeating the same old tired argument, even knowing that people are going homeless and committing suicide: "How are you going to pay for it?" - "How are you going to pay for it?" - "How are you going to pay for it?" - "How are you going to pay for it?"

Am I the only one who wants to crush Neil's ugly head between a vice? Would somebody PLEASE tell that idiot for me: "I paid taxes for 35 damn years...I've ALREADY paid for it you ass!"

I'm tired of being a political ping-pong ball. I say, kick them ALL out of Congress , fire Neil, and let's all start over!

UPDATES at Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tier-Five-Or-Die/120731691298779

ALSO READ: Karl Dinse and Fox News Wages War on the unemployed
http://acompanyofone.org/post-article-2010-fox-news-and-karl-dinse.html

My other blog posts regarding the unemployment situation:

How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog5.php/2010/04/17/how-a-new-jobless-era-will-transform-ame

America in Crisis - Congress Must Choose: Unemployment Benefits or Homelessness
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/13/america-in-crisis-congress-must-choose-u

Tom Coburn and the Republicans on H.R. 4213 - "NOT!"
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/11/tom-coburn-and-the-republicans-on-h-r-42

Latest Unemployment Numbers and Links from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/09/latest-unemployment-numbers-links-from-t

50 Years Old and Unemployed? You're a Dead Man Walking
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/19/50-years-old-and-unemployed-you-re-a-dea

Critics of the Jobless - Why Benefits Should Be Extended
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/09/critics-of-the-jobless-why-benefits-shou

Extended Federal Unemployment Benefits - Tier V - UPDATES
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/02/16/extended-unemployment-benefits-in-2010

Fox News: "Are U.S. Veterans also Lazy?"
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/27/fox-news-are-u-s-veterans-also-lazy

A Tribute to Another Unemployed 99er
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/24/a-tribute-to-another-unemployed-99er

99ers Tossed to the Curb like Old Beer Cans
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/24/99ers-tossed-to-the-curb-like-old-beer-c

Unemployment: Bottom of the List for Obama (UPDATES)
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/05/unemployment-bottom-of-the-list-for-obam

Senator Kyl (R) Wisely backtracks - Calls for Extending Benefits
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/04/senator-kyl-wisely-backtracks-calls-for

They're not Lazy! They Can't Find A Job You Idiot!
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/28/they-re-not-lazy-they-can-t-find-a-job-y

Senator John Ensign and the GOP - "Let the Jobless Eat Cake"
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/27/john-ensign-and-gop-let-the-jobless-eat

The Jobless Have Been Lost in Debate Over Healthcare
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/27/the-jobless-lost-in-debate-over-healthca

Like the last Great Depression, Unemployment and Foreclosures, Might See Rise in Suicides
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/10/unemployment-foreclosures-might-see-rise

The New Poor - Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/21/the-new-poor-millions-of-unemployed-face

Government Jobs (Bigger Government) Drive Employment Numbers
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/01/government-jobs-bigger-government-drive

Actual Unemployment in 2010 - Recession Worse than Reported
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/04/actual-unemployment-in-january-2010-rece

Deep Recession Shows No Sign of Letting Up - Maybe Getting Worse
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/24/deep-recession-shows-no-sign-of-letting

Largest U.S. Labor Union: AFL-CIO says Jobs Won't Return
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/01/07/largest-u-s-labor-union-afl-cio-says-job

More Bad News for the Unemployed in 2010 - and Beyond
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/23/more-bad-news-for-the-unemployed-in-2010

Almost 1 out of 5 People are Out of Work in the U.S.A.
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2009/12/31/unemployment-december-2009-new-release

FOX News Wages War on Unemployed - Thinks They're Lazy
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/02/real-reason-why-extended-unemployment-be

Tea Party, Fox News, and Conservatives Attack the Unemployed
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/04/tea-party-gets-in-wrong-on-unemployment

Obama-Care © Verses Unemployment and Suicide in 2010
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/07/out-of-work-buy-a-shotgun

27 Million of 154 Million in Workforce w/o Jobs
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/15/27-million-of-154-million-in-workforce-w

Fox News Continues to Insult Unemployed
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/13/fox-news-continues-bashing-the-jobless

"Diversity" and Illegal Hiring Practices
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog2.php/2010/03/12/mgm-mirage-illegal-hiring-practices

No, Unemployment Benefits is not an Inalienable Right
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/15/no-unemployment-benefits-is-not-inaliena

Too Old for the Workforce in 2010 - Unemployed Because of Age
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/06/too-old-for-the-workforce-in-2010-unempl

What they're NOT Saying about Jobless Numbers
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/08/what-nobody-s-saying-about-jobless-numbe

When Strip Bars in Las Vegas are Going Broke, You Know it's Bad!
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog5.php/2010/04/14/when-strip-bars-are-going-broke-you-know

The Jobless and Suicides in 2010
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/07/out-of-work-buy-a-shotgun

The Great Depression: Then and Now - Is There a Difference?
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/08/the-great-depression-then-and-now-is-the

Unemployed 99ers - Running on Empty
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/17/unemployed-99ers-running-on-empty-do-not

Obama's administration is the most racist (primarily against "white oppressors") in the history of this country. Obama's contempt of England (father from British ruled Kenya) and Israel is well known. Their pro-Palestinian (snubbing Israel's leaders) and pro-Muslim stances (such as trying radical Islamic terrorists in federal courts with our Constitutional Rights) are well known. Their preference for pro-Mexican (amnesty) and pro-Puerto Rican (statehood) policies over the wishes of the common American's are also well known.

There is also Obama's distain for the government of South Africa (because of the past implementation of racial segregation begun under Dutch and British colonial rule) and his anti-apartheid beliefs (cloaked in a more "noble" cause.)

And this does not even touch on America's past history of black slavery (Obama's own wife and many members in his administration and some in Congress like Charlie Rangel have "roots"...and their hatred for whites still linger to this day.)

Many of Obama and Company's ("Crime Inc.") ideologies and beliefs were originally rooted in the SDS and the Weather Underground (Bill Ayers) of the 1960's - white radicals with empathy for the Black Panthers and the Black Liberation causes (and today, for ACORN and the "New" Black Panthers). Remember their trips to Cuba as a show of support for Castro in the early 60's? They have always continued their support for anything Marxist, cloaking these beliefs in the word "progressivism" - hijacking the Democratic Party (along with a few Republicans) and churches, using terms like "social justice" to promote their socialistic ideology.

This administration is the most anti-capitalist and anti-American and anti-white ever in the history of this nation, rivaling the hatred we see in foreign countries! They use organizations like ACORN, the unions (i.e. SEIU), the New Black Panthers, the ACLU, and government offices like the EPA (and now NASA) to further their agenda. It's a disgrace!

It's madness that Obama and Company actually promote the on-going invasion of illegal immigrants from Mexico, many who also hate white Americans and adhere to beliefs of the La Raza Movement, accusing America as "the invader" who stole land from Mexico and now wants it back. Populating this country with Hispanics for political clout and eventually making European whites a minority in the United States. They publicly state this, and it's slowly happening.

* Using the unions and progressive-minded "diversity" hiring policies, many corporations actually hire a majority of minorities over whites - defing the actual demographics of the local population. Google MGM Mirage (or under their new name, MGM Resorts International) for their hiring practices.

The very ones who accuse the white Americans in this country as being racists are the ones who are actually the real racists, and they use "politically correct" weapons to wage their war against conservative white Americans, such as the Tea Party. It's the biggest farce that has ever been perpetuated on this country in it's entire history. Obama is confirming judges who will not back the U.S. Constitution, but rather "interpret" it as a "living document", further eroding the rights of the people (giving minorities power over the majority), and pushing us ever further into their Marxist Utopia.

The current administration (Obama and Company) is the enemy of America, the enemy within.

Obama's DOJ Eric Holder's examples (to name but a few):

1999 (On August 11) - President Bill Clinton (also a "progressive") offered clemency to 16 members of the FALN (the radical "Puerto Rican Armed Forces of National Liberation"). Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder was credited with an "unconscionable" effort to circumvent the standard pardon process, not consulting with the Department of Justice's pardon attorney and keeping deliberations hidden from the district U.S. attorney and investigative agencies. Weather Underground terrorists Linda Evans and Susan Rosenberg were also pardoned.

2009 (September) - ACORN was busted for multiple federal offences by a couple of (white) kids with a cellphone camera but the FBI wouldn't do anything because of Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder.

2010 - (Recently) - Holder refused to prosecute members of the "new" Black Panthers (who publicly advocated for the killing of all white babies!) for voter intimidation against whites.

Obama doesn't unite the country; he and his "czars" and his "advisors" perpetuates the racism and division among her citizens. Obama and Company uses the race card to promote their own hateful and twisted agenda, and shamelessly promotes racism with their policies...their anti-white polices.

Ironically, many on the left (the "true" liberals) hate Bush and the GOP so much that they are blind to this government-sponsored racism, because it's being done by "supposed" Democrats.

Full Timeline and Story:
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog6.php/2009/09/22/obama-ayers-and-dohrn-the-early-years-in

...and to all the unemployed fathers who just recently had their unemployment insurance funds cut off by your Senators in Congress.

Go here for more information and many links to keep up with the stalled legislation:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tier-Five-Or-Die/120731691298779

Obama says he offered Sestak a non-paid position on an advisory board. One problem, he would have to give up his house seat to do it. Does Seperation of Powers mean anything inside the beltway?

The Democrats say that the Hatch Act (and other laws) don't apply to the recent controversy surrounding the "jobs for slobs" scandal that's been brewing lately.

On the other hand, the Republicans says that's precisely why these laws were ever written in the first place.

Why don't the Republicans just simply ask the White House attorney to provided them with just but ONE GOOD EXAMPLE of how these laws were applied successfully in the past...then just let the Republicans change the names involved and see if the scenarios match.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act_of_1939

UPDATES and LINKS HERE:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tier-Five-Or-Die/120731691298779

During the Great Depression the jobs didn't come back after 99 weeks, it took twelve years and a World War to get America back to work again.

The 99ers and Tier Five advocates are gearing up for their next big push...but this time, they're headed for the White House.

According to "Paladinette", the woman who first started this cause:

"We [the 99ers] are the long term unemployed who have been out of benefits for months and WE NEED YOUR HELP - NOW! Congress has taken yet another vacation without extending unemployment benefits for the millions who have been without them for months. And now after June 2nd, we have millions more! We need an Executive Order from our President to do what Congress quite obviously cannot or will not do. THE NEW CAMPAIGN STARTS NOW! We know that Congress is not working hard enough to rescue the unemployed citizens of this country who have exhausted benefits, and we don’t have time to waste."

The 99er's new approach will mirror their successful strategy of their "MAYDAY S.O.S. Fax Attack campaign", only this time, instead of contacting the congressional leaders, they will focus their attention solely on President Obama.

"We won’t waste our time anymore calling Congress. The title of this campaign is called "HUNGRY and HOMELESS - HELP US MR. PRESIDENT!"

Plan B

Their new plan (Phase II) is as follows:

"We will contact the Whitehouse daily and share a piece of our lives with our President. What is meant by this is that we will not only send letters, but we will share pictures of ourselves and our families in devastation. We need him to see the real plight of the unemployed who have been neglected. We want to impress upon him that we are not just a statistic; we are real living human beings in need."

They will continue to contact Obama with letters and faxes and calls until Mr.Obama realizes that they and their families are hurting and in need of help - and until someone provides them with an unemployment extension.

For those of you who have just joined the ranks of millions who were left high-and-dry by our government, and are no longer without ANY income at all, go to this FaceBook page for full details and news for Tier Five extensions and info about the 99ers.

Paladinette Unemployed Zealot
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109835639036411&v=wall

There are links and information there that can help YOU join this very important cause.

UPDATE:

If you are a 99er, they want your story! E-mail addresses that everyone should mail their personal stories to:

sara.murray@wsj.com
james@edschultzshow.com
hayley.nelson@nbcuni.com
tdrummond@bayareanewsgroup.com
KPolyniak@gmail.com

Also:

PLEASE JOIN US ON PALTALK!!!!
Chat live about Tier 5 to Survive on Paltalk
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http://www.facebook.com/l/a6fb6;www.paltalk.com/express/

Come share ideas and plan ways to successfully lobby Washington for our badly needed benefits!

The room name is: TIER 5 To Survive
Please join us it is free and we can share ideas in REAL TIME!!!

Other Links for Tier Five and 99ers

Jobless Unite
http://joblessunite.yolasite.com/

TIER 5 to SURVIVE
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tier-V-to-Survive/10150152323870265

Tier Five or Die
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tier-Five-Or-Die/120731691298779

The 99ers
http://tobuds.com/99er

AFLTU
http://www.afltu.webs.com/

AFLTU on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118984521461098&v=wall

TIER FIVE EXTENSION NEEDED
http://tier5.webs.com/

Tier Five, Tier V, Extended Unemployment Benefits, 99er, 99ers