H.R.6867 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

To provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation. view all titles (6)

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Official: To provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation. as introduced.
Popular: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 as introduced.
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 3:45pm

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thanks JUNGLEPHANTOM AKA previous ANONYMOUS :)
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Anonymous 10/11/2008 8:07am

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BRILLIANT! Why would you filter this past post?
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 3:45pm

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i wanna post about cindy….ARGH it is so tough… self restraint here… AND NO YOU CANT BLOCK AOL ISP unless you block ALL AOL USERS.. that my friend is the way the cookie is baked
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Submrnr 10/10/2008 3:52pm

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True, but your cookie is overdone!
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JunglePhantom 10/10/2008 3:54pm

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We all admire your restraint. Keep it up!
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JunglePhantom 10/10/2008 4:12pm

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I think maybe everyone has left? I haven’t been sleeping well lately so am going to try to get some sleep. Will probably be back at some point tomorrow. Bye.
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 4:24pm

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Being a republican and seeing how messed up it was for last 8 years.
And not even sure who will run the country if I voted for McCain,
Will John, Sarah or Todd running the country?

Swing vote going Obama 2008
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Submrnr 10/10/2008 4:32pm

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Split ticket is something I have always been against…yet if we don’t let the parties in control now know that there will probably never be anyone the repesents the rest of us!
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 4:41pm

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Every post by the paste addict is a cry for help. :-)
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 4:49pm

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Good information in articles about benefits extension possibilities and why

http://bruce.maulden.us/?p=205

http://takingnote.tcf.org/2008/10/the-forgotten-o.html
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 5:11pm

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I have to say it: Cindy McCain took a bunch of pills for many years. There I said it. It feels good.
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 5:20pm

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And your point is….at the top of your head??
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 5:23pm

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OHHH! Is that really true??? Well that does it! I’M voting for Obama! HUH!
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 5:45pm

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Hello all
Pity we have silly people here

Anyway, onwards and upwards

Rachel Maddox has a TV talk show in the evenings

She has a very big following and is liberal and so interested in the unemployed.

We should focus on writing to her. If she mentions the unemployment benefits extension , we may well get legs. The media has almost totally ignored us so far

Her email is Rachel@msnbc.com
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 6:10pm

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LOVED the Bruce Maulden article!!!!! He hits the nail right on the head! Thanks for the link!
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 6:27pm

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I don’t understand why you members let yourself get filtered here. You can vote yes to stop it, you know that though.

Hey, I like that name “Jungle Phantom”. It has meaning. I like that.

This place gets more interesting all the time.

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Anonymous 10/10/2008 6:32pm

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Everyone may want to read these things, many members of Congress do.

As credit collapses distribution of food and other essentials will break down. Unable to access credit, trucking companies will be unable to get goods to market. The current distribution system for food requires travel of over 500 miles from production to consumption; this is untenable in a market where stable credit is unavailable. Food distribution will be severely impacted and in some areas may break down below critical levels.

Unemployment will reach 25% within two years. Median income will fall by 30% nationally. Foreclosures will reach 20 million homes. The government will step in with HOLC-style remediation but it won’t matter – the unemployed won’t be able to pay irrespective of the price.

Civil unrest will break out in major cities when incomes fall but the cost of food and essential services fail to come down materially, leaving millions of Americans hungry, broke and homeless. Unlike in the 1930s America will not quietly stand in soup lines – instead they will riot, loot and burn. The National Guard will be called up but will find it impossible to exert meaningful control without shutting down all commerce in the affected areas. The decision will be made to cordon off the cities and deny entry to anyone who does not live in that specific neighborhood, essentially shutting down commercial activity. GDP will fall by 30%.

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/breakingnews.html
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 6:35pm

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As far as how things are likely to play out in your particular neighborhood, consider the prognostication that John Robb, a former U.S. Special Forces mission commander, offered back in 2007:
Wealthy individuals and multinational corporations will be the first to bail out of our collective system, opting instead to hire private military companies, such as Blackwater and Triple Canopy, to protect their homes and facilities and establish a protective perimeter around daily life.

Members of the middle class will follow, taking matters into their own hands by forming suburban collectives to share the costs of security—as they do now with education—and shore up delivery of critical services. These “armored suburbs” will deploy and maintain backup generators and communications links; they will be patrolled by civilian police auxiliaries . . .

As for those without the means to build their own defense, they will have to make do with the remains of the national system. They will gravitate to America’s cities, where they will be subject to ubiquitous surveillance and marginal or nonexistent services. For the poor, there will be no other refuge

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/103/essay-security.html
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 7:10pm

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As far as what you can do about it, the most succint summary comes (again) from Jay. In the final issue of his newsletter (way back in the year 2000) he wrote the following shortly before retiring:
#1. Move out of the city! Sometime in the next couple of decades, civil authority in large US cities will simply disintegrate. And when authority goes, we know exactly what’s going to happen.

Remember the Rodney King rebellion? All that old class hatred and jealousy comes boiling to the surface. It’s really going to be ugly — you don’t want to be there!

Go somewhere where the climate is warm, with plenty of rain (just don’t come here to the Kona Coast.) I don’t think “ethnic cleansing” will be a big problem except in the cities (at least, not to start with).

#2. Prepare yourself to survive without municipal power, water, or sewer services. You won’t have to live without hookups initially, but you will be forced to do without them sometime in the next few decades.

Most of the country’s groundwater is already contaminated, and once sewage systems and dumps are abandoned, it will ALL become contaminated. Without power to pump or chlorine to disinfect groundwater, you really have no option except to rely on rain catchment for drinking water.
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 7:12pm

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#3. In order to survive, you are going to need a large garden. An oversized garden would allow you to exchange your extra produce to your neighbors for hard goods — like ammunition.

#4. Remember that you will not be able to rely on complex technology, because once supply lines break down, you won’t be able to get spares. So limit yourself to technology that you can fix with a hammer and forge. (If you don’t know what a “forge” is, go see an old cowboy movie.)

Beyond these four points, just try to fit in with your community as best you can. Perhaps join a church, lodge, or club — find someone who is willing to help you in case you are attacked.
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 7:13pm

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For what it’s worth, last year I asked Jay what he would do if he was me considering that I was (at the time I asked) 28 and single. He said “marry into a big family.” I asked “what makes you say that?” He replied “so you have people to turn to for protection.”

Best of luck,
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Anonymous 10/11/2008 7:04am

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You are off the wall crazy.
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Submrnr 10/10/2008 7:04pm

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Log on now!
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 7:04pm

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Sarah Palin was found GUILTY of the troopergate plot. She abused her powers. What a loser
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Submrnr 10/10/2008 7:06pm

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The Dow has closed down…let’s not be negative…ok; by now!
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Anonymous 10/10/2008 7:16pm

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The comments you just made, tells me ..you are a sad lonely person ..and are reaching out for attention!

Some one must have hurt you deeply :(

Maybe if you would change your attitude ..you would get a better response from the one’s around you