2008-06-16T00:04:35Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/comments/400297 2008-06-16T00:04:35Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-16:/comment/25678 Anonymous VOTED NO TO HR 5749 & TURNED YOUR BACK ON STRUGLLING AMERICAN PEOPLE REJECT REPUBLICANS 11/4/08 VOTE OUT THE GOP ADIVIDEDPARTYWEFAIL.ORG 2008-06-16T00:11:18Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-16:/comment/25683 Anonymous dick nunes check out the hr 5749 sight & see what people are going through,i hope you get voted out this up coming election, I'm getting the word out so people will vote against you 2008-06-15T21:28:19Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-15:/comment/25652 Anonymous Middle class America wake up! A vote for a Republican is a vote for your own demise. Is war moral or do the Republicans just use religion to sell out the well meaning and good folks of America? Remember in November!!!!!! Vote all these bums out!!!!!!!! 2008-06-14T23:34:46Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-14:/comment/25546 Anonymous Veterans are coming back from Iraq with a shrinking job market and inflation. Devin Nunes voted no on HR5749 and in turn shut many veterans out of the American dream they have just defended for all of us. Don't let her forget how wrong he was and how unemployment extensions should have been passed in the original economic stimulus plan. Let him know this issue is an emergency and that Washington needs to pass legislation to help the hard hit American worker and Iraq veteran NOW!!! 2008-06-14T23:37:15Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-14:/comment/25547 Anonymous Read this link so you know why Devin Nune's opposition to HR5749 is criminal and why he should not represent California anymore. http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_viewpoints_unemp_ins_Shierholz 2008-06-14T23:42:19Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-14:/comment/25549 Anonymous Hey Devin can you ever stand up for the middle class or just sell them out? 2008-06-14T23:41:08Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-14:/comment/25548 Anonymous How dumb can you be to vote against HR5749 when your own Republican Governor sent a bill to Congress urging support and immediate passage? Your state is bankrupt. It's not joke and the numbers for unemployment are low for the state still because many have exhausted their benefits. And we are still ranked third. Your obvious misrepresentation of the people shows your incompetence and you are going to be voted out in November as a result of it. California let's clean house!!!!!!! 2008-06-14T17:26:48Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-14:/comment/25486 Anonymous well said We are displeased with your NAY vote on H.R.5749 2008-06-14T17:26:06Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-14:/comment/25485 Anonymous Lets show Nunes & the CA Republicans which voted against extension and pro-long the matter, the door in November no talk, action!!! DIVIDEDPARTYWEFAIL.ORG 2008-06-12T22:31:54Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/comment/24572 Anonymous ASSHOLE NUNES YOU CONTINUE TO VOTE AGAINST THE EXTENSIONS YOU WILL PAY FOR IT IN NOVEMBER REJECT REPUBLICANS 11/4/08 2008-06-12T23:38:09Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/comment/24635 Anonymous We are displeased with your NAY vote on H.R.5749. Please be aware that unemployed Republicans in CALIFORNIA won't be voting for you or the other Republicans anymore, they will be voting for Democrats. The most upsetting idea you and your Republican Cohorts presented is that a person would be eligible for a year of unemployment benefits after working only a week! That is VERY misleading, it makes it seem like a person would be eligible for a large amount of money, when that is NOT the case. People need to know the truth. The truth is each state has eligibility requirements and stipulations for earning a certain amount in a certain period of time in order to be even eligible for any state benefits. The amount of the state benefit is only about 1/3 of your previously salary, and depends on the total amount earned while working during the look back period. Here in ILLINOIS you need to earn a minimum of $1600 in the look back period which consists of 4 quarters. Therefore a person who worked part time for one week and earned $1600 in that week would only be paid $50 a week for 26 weeks. Is $50 a full benefit to you? For this little amount of money, you and the other Republicans jeopardized this legislation, you are making millions of people continue to hurt and be desperate. We are not happy with you or the other Republicans, now your job is in jeopardy. 2008-06-12T22:30:19Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/comment/24568 Anonymous How can you vote against the unemployed when you represente us with a very high unemployment rate here in Fresno County. You know better than that. You will lose your job and join us struggling middle class workers. Thanks! 2008-06-12T08:54:45Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/comment/23649 Anonymous DO NOTHING NUNES HERE IS THE LATEST JOB REPORT YOU TELL YOUR REJECT REPUBLICAN PARTY Jobless claims jump to highest level since late March By MARTIN CRUTSINGER,AP Posted: 2008-06-12 08:44:02 WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to the highest level since late March. The Labor Department reported Thursday that new applications for jobless benefits rose to 384,000, an increase of 25,000 from the previous week. That was a much bigger gain than analysts had been expecting and indicated that the labor market still remains under pressure. Last week, the government reported that the unemployment rate jumped to 5.5 percent, up from 5 percent in April. That was the biggest one-month gain in 22 years. 2008-06-12T00:25:02Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/comment/23504 Anonymous Hey NUNES can you ever stand up for the middle class? You are a disgrace for voting no on unemployment extensions AND ESPECIALLY FOR CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED WAIT TILL YOUR UP FOR RE-ELECTION i WILL MAKE SURE THIS WILL COME INTO PLAY- 2008-06-24T03:16:55Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/comment/27861 Anonymous This is what happens Nunes when the Government cuts off people's unemployment and when the economy is weak and there are no good paying jobs. Is this the vibrant American economy that I hear the Republicans talk about so much? Are these the benefits of Free Trade Agreements? L.A. seeing more people living out of their cars By CHRISTINA HOAG, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 23, 2:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES - Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile who are four wheels away from homelessness. She is living out of her shabby 1978 RV, and every night she has to look for a place to park where she won't get hassled by the cops or insulted by residents. "I'm not a piece of trash," the former home health-care aide said as she stroked one of five dogs in her cramped quarters parked in the waterfront community of Marina del Rey. Amid the foreclosure crisis and the shaky economy, some California cities are seeing an increase in the number of people living out of their cars, vans or RVs. Acting on complaints from homeowners, the Los Angeles City Council got tough earlier this year by forbidding nearly all overnight parking in residential neighborhoods such as South Brentwood. But some people are just crowding into other parts of the city, including the seaside community of Venice, where dozens of rusty, dilapidated campers can be seen lined up outside neat single-family homes. The stench of urine emanates from a few of the vehicles, and some residents say they have seen human waste left behind. "They're nasty and gnarly," said Venice resident Jeff Scharlin. "We've heard about drug dealing and prostitution in them. I've never seen it, but visually they're a blight and they take up parking space." In Los Angeles, as in many other cities, it is illegal to live in vehicles on public streets. But the law is not easy to enforce. Police have to enter a vehicle to find signs that people are living there, such as cooking or sleeping, and occupants often refuse to answer when cops knock. An easier way is to restrict overnight parking. In L.A., a first offense carries a $50 fine, and subsequent violations can cost as much as $100. Parking-enforcement officers often give vehicle owners a warning and tell them to move on before issuing a ticket, and that usually solves the problem, said Alan Willis, a city transportation engineer. But other cities in the area are not as lenient. "I had my motor home towed in Culver City. It cost me $500 to get it out," said Desiri Hawkins, who lives in a small RV in Venice. "I got ticketed in Santa Monica and had to go to court." Tourist states with temperate climates, such as California and Florida, have long been magnets for the homeless. Los Angeles is the nation's homelessness capital, with an estimated 73,000 people on the streets. A survey of 3,230 homeless people last year in Los Angeles County found nearly 7 percent living in vehicles, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. "It's trending toward an increase," said Michael Stoop, acting executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. "People would rather live in a vehicle than wind up in a shelter, and you can't stay on a friend's couch forever." People living out of their cars or campers tend to be more well-off than the homeless on the street. They usually have jobs or disability checks that enable them to maintain an old camper but do not allow them to afford rent. "For more working-class and lower-middle-class people, the car is the first stop of being homeless, and sometimes it turns out to be a long stop," said Gary Blasi, a University of California, Los Angeles, law professor and activist on homeless issues. Some Venice residents are clamoring for overnight parking restrictions. But parking limits in oceanfront neighborhoods are problematic because the California Coastal Commission requires communities to accommodate surfers, fishermen and other early-morning beachgoers. "The complaints are getting louder and louder," said Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl. For years, some cities such as Santa Barbara, Calif., and Eugene, Ore., have accommodated people who live out of their vehicles. Activists in Venice are looking at some of those ideas. Santa Barbara, for example, allows vehicles to stay from 7 p.m to 7 a.m. in church and city parking lots. Knoll said she can barely afford to drive around with the rising price of gasoline eating away at the $950 monthly disability check she receives because of mental illness. She said she is also sick of police waking her up in the wee hours by pounding on her vehicle with their nightsticks, and she is tired of fighting with residents who call her "lowlife scum" and hurl other insults. "We need somewhere we can have a safe haven, where we won't be harassed," Knoll said as the wind from a passing car rocked her RV. "I never thought I'd be living like this, but I'm stuck. This is it for me." 2008-03-01T16:46:33Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-01:/comment/2012 lerichards  To whom it may concern: I will not weary you in a lot of vague ideas and experiences, for they will offer nothing to give action toward your investigating the area of my concern. My concern is coming from above, namely Space Satellites. The Federal Government has placed in space, for National Security reasons Space Stations to observe areas of our great country, thinking that our enemies may attack us. Of course, some individuals within the Government, citizens too, believe any and all means are necessary to protect and defend the citizens of this Great Nation, and I agree. The thing is, these Satellites can and are being used for seeking out and disrupting citizens from their normal everyday activities. Satellite technology doing harm to citizens is a dastardly thing within any country when their technology becomes the controlling factor to those citizens living “the pursuit of happiness” dream. For me to comprehend its existence, Satellite Technology and its usage is as mysterious as its ramifications on my life. The continuous effect of The Satellite Program has advanced my interest; otherwise, I would have never become involved. The effects of Satellite bombardment are unbroken in any and all my endeavors. The Satellite program has totally surrounded me, controlling me, consequentially forging me outside my normal existence. It is difficult to describe the effects and harm the U S Government is doing to my body. My toenail has a tear; toes are discolored, small reddest mark on different part of my body. Laser is being used more of late, due to it’s effectiveness in penetrating my surround barriers. There is no end to the torturing I’m suffering. To say the least, I need something done, an immediately. I’m hoping you may help me in this distressing matter. As I understand, nearly a year of constant surveillance and harmful penetration, satellites are operated by using a ground coordinator. A person who physically monitors, making contact with me, following me by vehicle or coming close to my approxime while in stores, etc. The spying while in my home is done with equipment in neighboring homes, surveillance of my every move 24 hours a day. Sincerely, Lawrence E Richards 352-585-5466 7272 Landsdale St. Brooksville, Fl. 34601 law_richards@yahoo.com