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‘It Was the Democrats’: Jobs Advocate Shocks Ed Schultz With Unemployment Theory

Ed Schultz isn’t usually at a loss for words. But he was flummoxed when a guest on his show last night blamed Democrats for not extending jobless benefits, instead of pinning the issue on Republicans as Schultz tried to encourage her to do.

NewsBusters’s Noel Sheppard sets up the clip:

Mignon Veasley-Fields is a 61-year-old Los Angeles grandmother who has been out of work since June 2008. Her unemployment benefits ran out over three months ago.

Since then, she has been bringing attention to the long-term unemployed in this nation referred to as “99ers” signifying the number of weeks they received benefits before they stopped.

In recent weeks, a new group has emerged called the 99er NOVOs: they are so angered by Washington that they are refusing to vote in the upcoming elections.

Schultz began pleading with Veasley-Fields to encourage her group to vote for Democrats and “save the majority” because “President Obama deserves to work with the majority for another 24 months.”

Veasley-Fields wasn’t having any of it, and gives Schultz a history lesson in the process:

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  • Mikee T
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:44am

    How can anyone refer to themselves as a “99-er” ? They should embrace the tea party goals and the economy will “IMMEDIATELY” take care of itself. The jobs will take care of everything…….why can’t they see the BIG picture here ? Pelosi, Reid, Obama and Company WANT strife, poverty and dependence on government. It is a blatant, willful attack on our free market which translates to economic disaster that we see currently. It is contrived…..they don’t get it…. And Obama ? One of the most sheilded, coddled politicians of our time. He has nothing in common with economically challenged individuals at all. He is an Alinsky-ite……..plain and simple….

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:43am

    OH LOOK! All three veiwers voted (as ED shakes his head dumbfounded!) HAHAHA :)

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  • Ruler4You
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:41am

    Of course it ‘flummoxed’ him, he hasn’t got a clue.

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  • peoriaindian
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:40am

    LOL! Ed …blame the Republicans for what being a minority. The Dems could of done whatever they want, and your pathetic exchange in a debate of trying to fan the flames of hatred of the Republicans, for what, to keep more people on the dole and not good enough to take a job at entry level.

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  • judy1270
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:37am

    When I see things like this, it just breaks my heart. This should not be about Black or White…We have thousands of people unemployed…!

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  • SnapTie
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:37am

    When will somebody have the balls to ask for a investigation of Special Ed and how he was able to receive some much stimulus funds for his construction company in Fargo,N.D? He has said that his company grew by 150% after the funds.

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    • bobscarz
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:53pm

      I will, I am right here. I have been curious for sometime why this loudmouth , previous sports broadcaster got into the construction business? Probably started at the same time as the free money. I am sure he was given the heads up about the Freemoney. I am going to look into where every dollar in North Dakota was spent, and I urge everyone to do the same in your states.

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  • Dexter Alarius
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:35am

    Unions are the largest job killing force in America. They artificially inflate the cost of labor, and drag down productivity. They’re committing murder/suicide against the manufacturing industries here.

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  • jrcess
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:35am

    MSNBC need to keep hiring guy like Ed Schultz, then their ratings will go down to last place in cable news. Whoops, they are already in last place.

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  • Donald
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:34am

    Poor Ed….could not convince an unemployed American to vote for Nobama…touching really. God said you will know their hearts by what they speak.

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  • fande3rls
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:33am

    Wow even when she Spoke the facts he still blames the republicans , to him it isn’t about facts its Party only , As bugs bunny would say _what A MARRON .

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  • pscully17
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:33am

    IM from the Government and Im here to Impoverish you for your stpidity in Loyality to Vote for the Democrats year after year, as they systematicatically destroy FREE MARKET CAPITALISM and KILL JOBS, Only to force you on your knees and beg for free cheese and THE PROJECTS, where they will fence you in like Refugees fleeing from Somalia and genicide!!

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  • Lunytoon95
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:33am

    Sometimes it takes Cold Hard Facts of life to teach some common sense.
    Its beginning.

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  • Docrow
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:32am

    Looks like they are turning on each other.

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  • Will NV
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:32am

    Only the slaves will vote for a Democrap.

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  • pscully17
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:30am

    LOL yes guess what usually happens when people dont get unemployment checks…they usually find a job somewhere after they get tired of eating catfood and wiping their butts with tree leaves. the Government is NOT your friend, it cant susutain UNENDING ENTITLEMENTS!! The taxpayers cant pay 50-60 percent of their wages in taxes!!! its mathematically IMPOSSIBLE to have half the country on the Government TIT andsustain a statndard of living that FREE MARKET CAPITALISM CREATED with MINIMAL government INTEREFERENCE!!!! STOP TE BEUROCRATIC BS!!! CUT GOVERMENT AGENCIES/RED TAPE and CORPORATE TAXES/BASHING!!! then, you will all have jobs and a place to live!! AND NO, ITS NOT BUSHS FAULT!!! WAKE UP PEPLE!!! OBAMA HAS KILLED THE GOLDEN GOOSE!!

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  • Butterfly2012
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:30am

    Ouch! Ed’s reaction proves the truth hurts sometimes.

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  • THX-1138
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:29am

    Later is Now. Sooner or Later everybody gets it right.

    They’re taking the Red Pill this November…

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  • wingedwolf
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:29am

    Encourage her to go to BQI’s blog http://www.blackquillandink.com and hear from Black (& White) conservatives who don’t want handouts, who want smaller government and don’t want to extend UE benefits, who want jobs to support their families like most other Americans.

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  • Have-Gun-Will-Travel
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:27am

    Heard on the news that Mr. Ed the talking horse is changing his name

    Mr.Ed the talking horse very embarrassed by his name since Schultz came on the air

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    • nsblues
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:34am

      I always preferred “Mr. Ed the talking donkey” for all the variousmeanings. Fact is he is too stupid to vary off his DNC handed talking points. He was the same way when he was in Fargo pre-Air America. Couldn’t stand him then, can’t stand him now.

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  • faktchekr
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:25am

    Uh…Dude…democrats have had the majority in the house and senate since January 2007. The dems have been in charge of the legislature since before this disaster started…they’ve had 4 years of majorities…nice try…love that revisionist history…

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:24am

    What she really needs is a job. Elect the Republicans so you can get a job lady. Once in my life I was un-employed and I actually begged for interviews . In my heart I knew if that interview was granted this girl was going to work.

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:23pm

      I have to agree .. what good is more unemployment .. what they really need are jobs. Too bad they aren’t putting their effort into that.

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  • rudianger2
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:23am

    Ok…this is a start. The 99′rs need to go back many years and study what the democrats have done to them. How have the socialist programs “helped” the black communities across the country? The answer is they haven’t….they have kept blacks on the poverty plantation for years. It’s an outrage

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    • slickmeister
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:47am

      Exactly.

      When “progressives” began their social engineering programs that destroyed the family structure in inner city neighborhoods back in the 60s, 70% of all black children had fathers present in the home.

      Today, after the “compassion” of liberals, OVER 70% of black children are born out of wedlock. THIS is the legacy of LBJ and his moronic “war on poverty”. What he actually waged was a war on the family, individual liberty and prosperity.

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    • POLITICAL_FURRY
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:14am

      If anyone needs a perfect example of what RUDIANGER2 and SLICKMEISTER are talking about please take a trip to Detroit Michigan and just drive around you will see the Democratic parties best work yet. Then go back and check the history from the 60′s till now and look for youself.

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    • sweetbees
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:25am

      “The best way to help the poor is make them uncomfortable in their poverty” ~ Benjamin Franklin

      I wholehearteldy agree with that statement. There are people who honestly NEED government assitance (disabled) and those may need it FOR A TIME. Too many people think of “US” as their employers and it is pathetic! Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
      It is like my son sitting on the sofa playing video games instead of going out to mow the lawn to get $20 bucks. I then go out to mow for him and then come in and pay him $10 for playing the video games!!! That is the mindset of too many people. They are happy living with the status quo instead of trying harder to make a better life for themselves.

       
    • Gigantopithecus
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:45am

      That’s right, the Demwits had the brilliant idea that they would give more welfare rations to moms if they were single and guess what, the families split up. Way to go Demwits, you helped promote millions of minority kids from having a father. Whatever it is, the Demwits are sure to mess it up.

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  • drhunt
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:23am

    Did someone give Ed another pair of underwear afterwards?

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    • Masamune
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:42pm

      No, Ed doesn’t get enough viewers to afford new pairs of underwear.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:22am

    How about this, Ms. Veasely-Fields: Spend your spare time LOOKING FOR A JOB, not whining for more “free” money! (Here’s a hint: McDonald’s and Wal-Mart ARE HIRING in your area. There is NO SHAME in honest, entry-level work. There is shame in demanding indefinite “unemployment benefits”.)

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    • cdedbdb
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:15am

      Amen.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:35am

      there are MANY things that the unemployed are experiencing depending on their age.. and EVEN jobs at McDonalds are HARD to come by.. now lets face it IF you were working a job that paid $15 most people lived within that pay base.. however if they get a job at McDonalds and make $8 an hour they can no longer pay their bills EVEN if they get rid of ALL their extra’s.. Than you have those who were getting ready to retire or semi-retire.. they have to be careful of what job they take as it will effect their SS.. BTW: the LAST thing they want to hear is SS is a ENTITLEMENT.. it is money the government has been taking regardless of if you wanted them to do so.. for someones ENTIRE working years.. it would be like the BANKS stealing your SAVINGS.. also an EQUAL amount was paid to SS by their employers.. so it’s like Banks stealing your SAVINGS DOUBLED.. We wouldn‘t allow banks to d that the GOVERNMENT wouldn’t allow them to therefore the GOVERNMENT can’t just STEAL the money from the people.. There are a lot of factors in someone being laid off.. Best thing you can do is IF your still working GET ON YOUR KNEES and THANK GOD and PRAY your job isn’t next.than pack up a bag of food and walk over to a neighbor that is out of work and leave it on their pouch.. The only jobs seemly secure are GOVERNMENT jobs.. WHICH BTW.. come with large pensions that YOU are paying for.. it’s the private sector worker that is hurting..

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    • 21stCenturyPatriot
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:36am

      What is sad is that many on unemployment make more money on unemployment than they would working at a minimum wage job. So why wouldn’t they wait until the Free Money is gone before looking for work. I was on unemployment for 3 months. I couldn’t stand it so I created my own job. That‘s what American’s do.

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    • fed_up
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:41am

      brokor, I get really sick and tired of hearing this. My husband was unemployed 11 months ago. He went from making $75K a year to $400 a week. We lost both of our cars, moved into a cheap house (we didn’t own a house, thank God–we rented), took our kids out of private school, forced onto assistance for the first time. You’re asking us, who are barely scraping by on $400 a week (after losing everything that we owned), to instead apply at Walmart and live on $250 a week? With five kids? That’s just not possible. And for your information, he actually applied at Walmart for a managerial position (which would have been a decent salary, much more than unemployment pays), and was told that he was “over qualified.” They took someone else. He’s had countless interviews and they always go with someone else. Which considering that the statistics now say that for every job available, there are 6.5 people applying for it, doesn’t surprise me. You are asking people who are not used to struggling, and are now struggling just to survive, to give up what little they have and struggle with even less…? You act as if the VICTIMS of government gone crazy are enjoying losing everything that they worked for just so they can sit around on their “lazy” butts and collect their measly $400 a week. You act as if there are jobs everywhere, equitable jobs, and they’re just not looking hard enough.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:50am

      FED_UP, Guess what? WE who are finding a way to scratch and claw our way through this recession on our own are SICK AND TIRED of hearing sob stories like yours. DEAL WITH IT.

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    • fitzy
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:48pm

      When I saw your post it made me very mad. Now I have not been unemployed as long as this poor lady. But I have been unemployed for over 3 mo now. And yes I can get a job at McDonalds or Wal-Mart but the problem with that is most of those jobs are part time and even if they were 40 hrs a week you still cannot support a family on that. I don’t have any car pmts; I don’t have cable or sat. I live in a very modest house. Even with bare bones we could not live on what these jobs pay. I had a good paying job. And even with that we were living a modest life. We could make ends meet and go out to dinner once in a while or pay for the piano lessons. To make the same amount that I was making before I would have to work 120-140 hours a week depending on the wage. So how dare you say if she would spend the time looking for a job instead of whining? Yea there are jobs out there but nothing I can support a family on cause I would still have to be on welfare as well. So either way I get money on unemployment or welfare. I think the problem is this 1st the union CWA allowed the company that I work for hire newer employees at over half of what I and other were paid. Then the company fired me cause why pay me when they could get someone to do the job for over half. Yea they could do the job. But the quality of work was not the same. The second issue is companies if they would pay the upper management less that they could pay the people more. I know that upper management has a hard job and yes they should be, paid more but when they are making millions that to me is excessive. to give you an example The president of the company I was working for had a perk that he could use the company jet to fly is daughter back and forth for school each weekend from back east to Colorado. That to me that is excessive. Even if they paid for 1st class ticket on a commercial air line it would be way cheaper than using the company jet. I dont understand why this guy was making million that he could not pay for his own daugher to come home every weekend. SO the point to this is unless you been there you have no right. We want the job that can support a family and still have time to spend with that family.

       
    • Contrarianthinker
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:53pm

      Wow what Christian empathy and compassion. What jumps of assumption. To immediately brand this artoculate lady as a lazy, parasite is atrocious. oNE OF THREE GOALS OF GLENN BECK IS CHARITY. MAYBE SOME HERE MIGHT DO SOME INTROSEPCTION ON THAT?

      God help America.

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    • DanB
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:25pm

      As someone who was unemployed for a year over two years ago, I think having my unemployment benefits run out was one of the best things to happen to me.

      1. I changed my expectations. I stopped looking for full-time with benefits job like family and friends kept advising me to do.

      2. I changed my thinking. I stopped thinking that a job would just come to me. As the benefits ran out, I took some of that cash and actually enrolled in a paid service to find a job.

      3. I also changed my employment attitude. If no one was going to hire me, then I would use my skills and create my own job.

      By the way, as I took some more of that last little of benefits and registered with the city/state to start my own business (I was figuring that I would start with jobs that I had the tools for and work up from there reinvesting in my business) I actually got a job offer from a company that I had applied to but not for the job they had rejected me. It was temp work, without benefits. I took the contract and traveled a lot so it was hard to build my own business. I went from one contract to another for that company for a year before I found another job that was a permanent position–in fact, they already were planning to use me on the next temporary project (contract work) when I gave them notice that I was leaving for a permanent position elsewhere. However, those changes I experienced when the benefits ran out have stayed with me. I registered my own business again (I moved states…) and hope to build it now that I have a set schedule and don’t travel.

      So, here’s a question I ask myself. My wife might not like it because it was tough when the benefits were ending. But the question is, “If the benefits had run out sooner, would I have made the changes sooner too? Would I have found my way back to employment sooner as a result?“ I think the answer is ”Yes, I would have made the changes sooner.”

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    • Thomas Payne
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:30pm

      Thinker, why do you think everyone here is a Christian. I’ve seen you repeat that line in many threads. What’s up with that?

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    • p8triot
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:50pm

      Broker,

      Fed Up just wants to give the Democrats a little more time to pass tax cuts for businesses to create more jobs. You know, since Democrats are extremely concerned about the unemployment rate. They plan to pass job incentives before the leave for the Holiday break….. Oh wait.

      Contrarian Douchebag,

      5.8 Million dollars (and still rising) was donated by Glenn Beck fans and given to charity recently. Many of us, probably most if you noticed the Restoring Honor rally, are people of faith. So, what the hell are you babbling about this time?

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    • firstHat
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:07pm

      To all of you griping about taking under employment rather than unemployment, I’ve worked two or three jobs at a time to cobble together a living when need be. When pressed I developed new skills on my own and managed to sell them (these skill eventually led to a new career). It isn’t fun, but it can be done and sometime opens new doors. In the end the old sage advice is true, it is always easier to find work if you are already working. It gets you out in the world where you can make an impression, create a new contact and develop new skill to help you survive the next crunch. If I found myself unemployed now, I’d do it again.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:10pm

      Come on now. We all know that everyone who had their jobs outsourced overseas due to republican policies is on drugs as Sen. Hatch is fond of saying. The lousy bastards had a chance to end the tax loopholes that would have helped to put a stop to this but not 1 Repub. backed the measure. Great Americans arent they? It is welfare, just like the kind heart Newt G. is fond of saying even though employees pay in to the insurance system (Yes, that is correct. Contrary to popular belief workers do pay into the system)

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:45pm

      One can also work on their neighborhood campaigns it’s a great way to meet people and to show what one can do.. and if you work for REPUBLICAN‘S there’s a chance jobs will come back after NOVEMBER well that is IF Republicans do their jobs right and re-visit those trade agreements that brought the country to such high unemployment.. sad to say this problem was caused by MORE than one thing or ONE party.. but I still say before those who have actually worked (the unemployed) one should look at those who never paid a dime into the system, and are collecting government money.. Heck those on welfare already get cell phones, many on unemployment can’t even afford a land phone..

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    • KrlyQ
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 4:35pm

      This is exactly what is wrong in this country; a total and complete misunderstanding of what made this country great.
      First of all, a Leftist Radical wants nothing more than to create an economic environment where more Americans are dependent on the government for their needs. (See Cloward-Piven) So if Americans realize that, and remember that our freedom has fostered innovation which is what has made this country great, more people would come to accept that if you can’t find a job create one! Many entrepreneurs started out down and out and broke. The comments from BROKER0101 are not unChristian, they’re motivational!

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    • Waiting4George
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 5:06pm

      Fitzy—Did the President of your former company inherit the position? If so, talk about blowing the family business and throwing people out of work. If not, what educational/business experience did this person have? If inadequate, talk about the Board of Directors blowing it. Did your co-workers see the President’s practices as bankrupting the company and actively look to get out to a stable employer? Or did they p&m about how it wasn’t fair until the lay-offs came? If so, talk about the employees blowing it. There are no guarantees except death and taxes.

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    • Alvin691
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 7:58pm

      To DANB, you are a true American. Congratulations on your change and your new job!

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    • TxGold
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:24pm

      Amen x2

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    • Melinda71
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:27pm

      My Husband was out of work for 2 years and 2 months. He worked for the mortgage industry and was laid off right before the market crash. He got some severance since he worked at the company for 6 1/2 years but it didn’t last but a year and a 1/2 and that was with us just paying for necessities. If it wasn’t for my in-laws we would have been out in the street. My husband tried to get a job at Mcdonalds and Walmart. He tried every where. He put in 40 + resumes everyday for the past 2 years. The only reason he got the job he is starting on Monday is because someone he used to work for helped him. I wish our neighbors had dropped food off on the doorstep. Noone helped us at all. I used to go to church. I stopped because the church wouldn’t help us. I asked the pastor if anyone at all knew of a job. My husband would have cleaned toilets if it meant we had money coming in. The pastor didn’t help us so I left the church. I have told my husband that when we get money we will help people who don’t have a job and have nothing left. I don’t want anyone to feel the way we felt. I don’t want people to think no one cares. If you have a neighbor that doesn’t have a job or is struggling help them! If it’s just to buy clothes for their kids or some canned food it will not go to waste. Believe me they will be so grateful that someone actually cares! It’s the worst to feel like you are alone and no one cares.

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    • Blue_Persuasion
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 12:42am

      So, Qweeqwa, are you saying that the republicans’ inability to close the loophole that sent jobs overseas is WORSE than Obeyme taxing the hell out of America which freezes any job growth whatsoever?

      Oh, and do you know WHY so many jobs went overseas?? Yep, HIGH TAXES — something the ******** are more than happy to keep heaping on the broken backs of Americans.

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    • Blue_Persuasion
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 12:46am

      Melinda71, you keep talking about people who helped you and being mad at those who didn’t… let me ask you, how much money did you SAVE when he was working for the mortgage company? That’s a decent job (as in, you could save a LOT more than a Wal-Mart greeter could). Why didn’t you have money stashed aside instead of probably living right up to your means?

      THIS is what ****** me off about people — they don’t do for THEMSELVES, yet they expect OTHERS to do for them AND get angry when they don’t!

      Maybe your pastor had your number and didn‘t want to help you because you weren’t good shepherds of what God gave you.

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    • jds7171
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 1:54am

      Who wants to bet that she lives in a Democrat state. Why doesn’t she start complaining to her state to drop taxes. For example, there is 4 companies that are moving from california and going to Utah. It is going to suck, because the lazy liberals are going to come here to utah and try and turn utah into a crappy state just like California is. I am glad the companies are coming here. I just hope the liberals stay in California. Remember, its not just the federal governments job if you live in a blue state. Start complaining to your state officials. You pay more taxes to your state and local government then you do to the federal government.

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    • jds7171
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 1:56am

      Also if she lives in California, she should start lobbying the state government who paid $150,000 to move one bush, and around $5,000,000 to save some stupid fish. If she lives in california, it is her fault that she is unemployed, because its the blue states like california that tax the heck out of businesses for stupid projects like the ones mentioned above.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 4:40am

      @Blue Persuasion

      You replied: “So, Qweeqwa, are you saying that the republicans’ inability to close the loophole that sent jobs overseas is WORSE than Obeyme taxing the hell out of America which freezes any job growth whatsoever?”

      Obama is not “taxing the hell out of Americans.” I don’t know where you are getting your info from but it is not correct. Obama is for extending the Bush tax cuts for 97% of Americans it is only on the wealthiest 3% that he is not in favor of extending those cuts. You have to keep in mind that the Bush cuts were agreed on to expire at the end of 2010 when it was passed. Even if he was in favor of letting all the cuts expire he would only be honoring the agreement made by Repubs and Demos back when the cuts were first enacted.

      But he is not doing that. 97% of Americans will keep the tax cuts. That is hardly “taxing the hell: out of Americans.

      Of the wealthiest 3% of Americans whos tax cuts will expire less than 5% actual run businesses but that is even a stretch. These are not your mom and pop hardware stores down on the corner. No, these are firms like Price Waterhouse who rake in tens of Billions of revenue on annual basis. To suggest that these firms are “small business” is just a down right lie.

      These cuts to the wealthiest are not going to create jobs. This is not my theory but we have hard economic data to prove that this is false. It is called the Bush Administrations economic record. What happened to all of those jobs that the so called “job creators” were supposed to produce? What happened to them? It did not happen. Under Bush, those tax cuts for the wealthiest 3% took us from record SURPLUSES and near full employment to record DEFICITS and near record unemployment levels. They worked real good didn’t they?

      What happened to the deficit hawks on the Right? That is all I heard all summer long, can’t add one more dime to the deficit n o matter what. Cool. But extending tese cuts to the wealthiest 3% will add 3/4 of a TRILLION to the debt over the next 10 years if they are not offset by spending cuts. I am all for the spending cuts. Make the same amount in cuts then pass the cuts for the wealthiest 3%. As of now the republicans have not offered ONE SINGLE SPECIFIC proposal to cut spending.Not one. By the way, keep your hands off of my SS.

      Why don’t you just come out and say that unless firms like Price Waterhouse get to keep their tax cuts you are against the middle class keeping theirs?

      What do you have against the middle class?

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    • gemologist
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 11:36am

      Look, this is America, if you are out of work for 99 weeks then it’s your OWN fault. I know, I was recently unemployed for 99+ weeks. But I didn’t sit around whining, and I never took govt money. I worked on my website, I started an ebay business, and I went to the flea market to hawk cheap jewelry, I looked for oppertunities, but I didnt try to get a job, I wanted to work on my own, well, I couldn‘t start a jewelry business that will thrive on it’s own with no resources, and didnt want to mortgage my future with a loan, so the busniness didn‘t work and ebay didn’t pull in enough money, so I applied at Walmart, got a job offer, and then right after that I got a much better job offer which I took. I would have worked at Walmart despite being very over-qualified, I didn’t consider it shameful, but if you don‘t try you won’t get anywhere. I bet that gal has had many job offers from liberal places, like unions or other orgs, but just turned them down. the type of people who have no moral problem with taking government money when they are out of work but ABLE to work are the problem with this this country. At least I tried to make something happen, even if it didn’t work out, and I have a clear concience about it.

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    • Blue_Persuasion
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 12:59pm

      Also, Qweeqwa, just to clarify — I don’t consider myself a republican. I am a CONSERVATIVE. They are totally different.

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    • Labeling
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 2:35pm

      Far too logical and contains too much common sense for most of the gimme gimme crowd.

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    • CanDoc
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 3:14pm

      You Betcha…America always was and forever will remain an OPPORTUNITY Society NOT a Welfare society

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    • JohnLocke
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 3:16pm

      @DANB: Your triumph makes my day. It does take a change of perspective.

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  • American Pride
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:22am

    You are at a loss Ed.

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    • COjohngalt
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:50am

      AMERICAN PRIDE

      You are at a loss Ed.

      You are lost Ed.
      There FIFY

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:57am

      Guy is nothing but a loud-mouth baboon(not meaning to give baboons a bad name!)! I wonder if he gets that same feeling going up his leg that Matthews gets when Obama speaks??!! It’s really no big surprise that MSNBC is headed down the toilet with people like this spouting their left-wing garbage(again, not meaning to give garbage a bad name!)!

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    • Peters
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:06pm

      Take notice liberals and independents, this is a demonstration showing that you do not realize what you have been culturally conditioned to accept. The “99ers,” they’re nothing more than a demographic to this advocate, this individual masquerading as a serious commentator, and even a journalist in some dreams. But when was the last time you heard a journalist pleading to a demographic to not just vote but who to vote for, and then why? When have you heard of a journalist denouncing an opposition party?

      Journalists do not have opposition parties; that would make them advocates. We should make sure that we all understand that.

      But this display, it must be said, is equal to the disgrace that much of our media engages in on a daily basis mixing advocacy with journalism, taking the sanctity of journalism as a constitutionally fortified tool of our democracy and using it as a political weapon. This commentator is an advocate of equal disgrace to the citizens that he attempts to influence as are the advocate journalists because they both measure their achievements by their gross manipulations of not merely one demographic but of all.

      And then, be assured that this event is representative of the manipulation of all individuals, all the groups and demographics that comprise the coalition that is the Democratic Party. Democrat constituents, you have been told what to think so much and in such devious ways that this advocate, Mr. Shultz, he finds it hard to believe that a woman, an African American woman, almost a senior, actually figured out the truth about something; that the Democratic Party is built on a foundation of lies.

      If you are a Democrat constituent, you may perhaps consider yourself a mere pawn on a strategy board that when you finish running your course of utility, you will be “at a loss.” It works on the same principles as your national health care plan. This advocate, he just puts that all on display so nicely, and then says, “I tried.”

      You have “tried” what Mr. Shultz? Would you like to expand on that please? We would like to hear your commentary . . . .

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    • KingArthurUp
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:21pm

      Ed is at a loss continually.

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    • Tucsonan
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:54pm

      He is at a loss because he is a loser. She was right!

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    • mandad
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 4:23pm

      as went Air-Amerika . . . so shall it be with mess-NBC-n-company . . . VIVA LA FOX
      http://affiliates.foxnewsradio.com/Radio/player.html

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    • PeachyinGA
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 4:48pm

      Ed at a loss = progressive’s useful idiot. Thanks for playing, Ed.

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    • my1perch
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:26pm

      Another…

      Mainstream
      Scumbag
      Nincompoop
      Bloviating
      Communist…

      trying to preach more of the progressive liberal lies! Get the message! America is fed up! Even your old faithfuls are even catching on to the lies because of all of Obama’s broken promises! The ratings don’t lie…MSNBC is NOT the peoples choice…

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    • NunyaBiz
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 2:22am

      You are at a loss Ed.

      And you’re FAT.

      You punch Christie, I punch you.

       
    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on October 2, 2010 at 3:44am

      We won’t have to put up with him for long. After the elections he won’t be needed any longer and will most likely be eliminated as an enabeler and sympathizer of the curruption of america. I count the days.

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    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on October 4, 2010 at 12:41am

      In Ohio and many other states, last day to register to be able to vote on November 2nd is today, Monday, October 4th. You know what to do in order to protect liberty.

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