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The Spectacle Blog
Capitol Hill is a place of great tragedy and sadness these days. Tears cannot suffice to reflect the horror seen in office after office. Democratic congressional staffers are losing their jobs.
“For some people, it’s the first time they’ve been out in the job market for a long time, and there’s obviously some anxiety that goes along with that,” said Jennifer Crider, the deputy executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, whose office has fielded “a lot of inquiries” from Democrats looking for work.
It makes you wonder if there is a God. How could so much sadness occur in our lifetime?
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Ned the Red| 12.12.10 @ 8:10AM
They can do what President Obama told Governor Jindal the Oil Workers could do:
"Don't worry, governor, they can file an unemployment claim."
Karan| 12.12.10 @ 8:26AM
Yes, isn't socialism great? It is working out so well for Americans. Isn't it?
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 12.12.10 @ 8:33AM
Why are they so sad? If this Tax-Bill passes as is, they'll be receiving unemployment for the next three years, which means no getting up early, no commuting, no searching for parking, no parking tickets when you find the wrong spot, no unexpected car repairs for driving so much, no buying new clothes for work, no deadlines to meet, no dealing with stupid coworkers and "Evil" Bosses, and no reason to get a haircut or to shave again. It's like going back to college again!! And the best part is, the Sucker Taxpayers get to pay for your extended vacation!! Yeah, yeah, I know, they don't really want to be unemployed, and they're trying their best to find a new job, and it's not their fault, and Bush did it, and they payed into the system-so they're only collecting what is due to them, and how dare I accuse them of not trying to get a job!! Good points!! But three years of unemployment? It's at least two years too long!! If you haven't found a job after a year, maybe it's time to lower your expectations, and take a job that you think is below you (it's not below you, no job is).
jrs| 12.12.10 @ 5:22PM
First off, whether they're republican, democratic, socialist, fascist, etc staffers, bottom line they're all the same. Most are smart (usually you either have to have come from a good school or have family connections) but instead of doing something productive (medicine, engineering, business, etc..), they're the ones who help take a bill that should only be a few pages and make it into 2,000 page novels and a paid for by us. That being said Lullaby, like the idiot Bachmann, learn to read. The unemployment extension (I'm not arguing whether it is a good thing or bad) doesn't allow anyone to collect past 99 weeks (since there are 52 weeks in a year, it's a little less than 2 years). What the compromise does is extend for 13 months, the ability of those who exhaust the normal unemployment limits extend to 99 weeks. There's a big difference. Imagine, if you or more importantly one of our elected officials can't understand the cliff notes (or even the title) how can they understand what's in the hundreds if not thousands of pages.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 12.12.10 @ 6:26PM
JRS: Excuse me if I'm incorrect about the 13 month extension being added on top of the 99 weeks, but I'm a little too damn busy being a Soldier here at FT Bragg to read EACH and EVERY single line, of EACH and EVERY single Bill currently under consideration by Congress (we do a lot of training here, that sucks the life out of me). So then please tell me, since I obviously can't read, and you can, why are they extending the unemployment benefits by 13 months, if people are currently collecting them up to 99 weeks already, huh? That sounds to me, like 13 months is being added on top of the almost two years of unemployment which is currently being collected, which in my opinion is way too long too. So I'm sticking to my main assertion, 99 weeks is too long to be paying people to be out of work. By the way, if somebody is "really" looking for a good job (as long as they're still below 42 years of age), sign up and join the Army, we're always looking for some new recruits. Oh yeah, I forgot you can't, the Military is only for the dumb people in America!! Umm? Maybe some people think that's true (but it's not!!), but you wouldn't make it one week in my World, I promise you that much (I'm not really referring to you JRS, I'm just using the term "you" in general here). The first ruck march I'd take you on, I'd march you into the ground, and you'd be crying for your Mommy. And then we'd see if you had enough energy to read EACH and EVERY single page of EACH and EVERY single Bill currently under consideration by Congress after a 20K with 35LBS on your back. I've got the answer for you, you wouldn't!! You'd be too concerned with popping all the blisters on your feet, and then climbing into bed, to let your spine stretch out again. Remember JRS, I wasn't really referring to you, but are you looking for a new job?
skedaddle| 12.13.10 @ 9:29AM
I can see you're upset and I appreciate you not typing you're entire reply all CAPS - nice retraint. What your little exchange points out is the difficulty every American has getting good information from the media. If the reporting on unemployment had been done correctly and literately, you would have never thought people could collect for 3 years. We are all suffering for lack of solid, truthful information.
Rich Fisher| 12.12.10 @ 12:12PM
Maybe some of these Democrat Staffers will finally get a dose of what their policies have done to the country. They so smugly sit in their taxpayer funded offices writing bills and regulations that affect everyone but them. Well, welcome home, folks, you now get to live in the world you created. Maybe you'll have time now that you are unemployed to listen to Rush from 12-3 and find out what the rest of us already know, "Rush is Right".
irish19| 12.13.10 @ 1:01AM
Bingo!! Welcome to the real world!
NVA Patriot| 12.12.10 @ 12:16PM
So I wonder how many small business employers will look at the resume of these folks and come to an AHAH moment and see it's these people who added to the cost base of their business...On those grounds alone the Dem staffers are unqualified...
...prehaps George Soros is hiring...in Brazil, Spain, Greece, or Portugal?
CalMark| 12.12.10 @ 6:29PM
Shedding so many tears I may faint from dehydration here.
Ever dealt with these clowns? Most of them are nasty, condescending, and arrogant.
Maybe they'll finally get a dose of reality, but I doubt it. There's always K Street, various beltway law firms, and if all else fails, the porkbarrel branch of the civil service.
Ron| 12.12.10 @ 6:55PM
I lost a job in 1971 when the company I worked for closed its Florida operations. When I went to apply for unemployment, the nice, overwieght lady that looked down her nose, interviewed me, and tried to make me feel guilty about my circumstances that I told her to stuff it where the sun don't shine. On my way home, I stopped at a local manufacturing company and talked myself into a job they were not hiring for. Was it what I wanted? No! But I had three kids to feed, so I went to work the next morning. Now I am retired, but that day was etched firmly in my mind and I never considered applying for unemployment again.
I do not feel sorry for the people who have been unemployed for more than six months. There are always jobs available to those who want to work. The folks who can't find work are in their situation becvause they are not looking for work, but looking for a "position" equal or better than the one they lost.
Occam's Tool| 12.12.10 @ 10:07PM
I certainly hope Congressman Oberstar's staff go Dumpster Diving. Yay!!!
J.C.Eaton| 12.12.10 @ 11:12PM
Ock...it would have been evermore satisfying if your sonofabitch Obie could have gone dumpster-diving with my sonuvabitch Obie[Obey] and got ost in the damn thing. Heaven knows THAT would have been justice. Instead they'll collect pricely pensions and write books headed for the remainder bin. Best,
Occam's Tool| 12.13.10 @ 1:23AM
Too true, Mr. Eaton. Alas, we live in the world as it is, not as we would want it to be---thus, we are Conservatives.
But you do need to go to the Minnesota Star Tribune website and review a recent SYMPATHETIC piece that had the unintended humor of Oberstar "fondling" a piece of unpassed transportation legislation. Merry Christmas, sir.
J.C.Eaton| 12.13.10 @ 9:34AM
Back at you, amigo. Merry Christmas to YOU. Best,
P.Smith| 12.13.10 @ 10:48AM
I'm sure most of the republicans that just got elected will hire them.