tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post2482651165075392977..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: FORCED TO DRAW BENEFITS: A CONSERVATIVE'S HEARTBREAKING CONFESSION!roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-19315104953224838362014-04-08T18:48:27.504-04:002014-04-08T18:48:27.504-04:00Conservatives are very quick to limn their Despise...Conservatives are very quick to limn their Despised Classes as being 'ungrateful'; <i>what</i> was it always, I forget---no wait, <strong>other</strong> people forget....geraldfnordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-53177163522582097512014-04-08T18:46:26.737-04:002014-04-08T18:46:26.737-04:00> I wonder how many unemployed people who could...> I wonder how many unemployed people who could be somehow engaged in the economy<br /><br /><br />Aah, yes, 'somehow'---perhaps as fertiliser, perhaps (if that's too 'extreme' or 'cruel' or 'beyond the bounds of all human decency' for you lily-livered libruls) just standing around rich people's homes acting as human coat-racks---after all <i>any</i> job is better than no job....it is known.geraldfnordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-615469559507105652014-01-10T13:10:15.073-05:002014-01-10T13:10:15.073-05:00Agreed. They don't want overqualified people a...Agreed. They don't want overqualified people and they don't want people who expect better treatment--this extends (and has always extended) to race and ethnic sterotyping in who gets offered which jobs in certain markets. If the restaurant biz is dominated by one ethnic group the chances are good that you won't get hired for a line job or a cleanup job or a waitstaff job if you don't fit the ethnic/class model that the owner expects of his workers. Among other things because owners prefer to manage a "type" of worker rather than an individual.Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-37318411572584694102014-01-10T07:22:56.998-05:002014-01-10T07:22:56.998-05:00"Hey, idiot, get the hell outta my rosebushes..."Hey, idiot, get the hell outta my rosebushes! What are you, nuts?"billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-61548928693691518352014-01-09T23:37:31.907-05:002014-01-09T23:37:31.907-05:00Whatever it is, he's against it!Whatever it is, he's against it!Moosernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-53783067031435944952014-01-09T23:36:09.664-05:002014-01-09T23:36:09.664-05:00Feelin' good is good enough for me. I should ...Feelin' good is good enough for me. I should probably try to be more idealistic.Moosernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-51704497143063702382014-01-09T23:32:51.877-05:002014-01-09T23:32:51.877-05:00It's either that or "Pinsk or Minsk"...It's either that or "Pinsk or Minsk" And if "I have one question- Is it good for...." is thrown into the mix, it covers most everything like a cheap synthetic blanket. Very little escapes that bailiwick!Moosernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-15236942412635677802014-01-09T22:01:52.839-05:002014-01-09T22:01:52.839-05:00To be fair, maybe she had a lot of crap to take ho...To be fair, maybe she had a lot of crap to take home, which would be a pain in the ass on the subway.Jon Hendrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-36850568053789468302014-01-09T21:55:59.533-05:002014-01-09T21:55:59.533-05:00Broadway!Broadway!Jon Hendrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-26988724939824645272014-01-09T21:52:14.919-05:002014-01-09T21:52:14.919-05:00Good luck! I ran out of unemployment last month. I...Good luck! I ran out of unemployment last month. I have a first phone interview with a certain fruit-logo'd company on Monday. Fingers crossed.Jon Hendrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-43539341540277960442014-01-09T21:44:04.428-05:002014-01-09T21:44:04.428-05:00"But it ought to mean and probably does mean ..."But it ought to mean and probably does mean that people are less inclined to take shit or fake jobs or temporary jobs."<br /><br /><br />Of course, shit/fake/temporary jobs aren't obligated to hire you, even if you were earning more before previously, because they'll expect you to split ASAP.<br /><br /><br />There's a weird idea that if you've had a job that paid $X, you can automatically walk into any job that pays < $X, so the unemployed mid-career engineer would have her pick of jobs if she would only lower her standards.Jon Hendrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-52103595200389917142014-01-09T19:12:29.047-05:002014-01-09T19:12:29.047-05:00Hope you get it.Hope you get it.AGoodQuestionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-67435969047948228712014-01-09T18:37:14.397-05:002014-01-09T18:37:14.397-05:00It had some stiff competition from that monkey in ...It had some stiff competition from that monkey in the parka though.Gabriel Ratchetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-51263318809399982912014-01-09T18:04:05.720-05:002014-01-09T18:04:05.720-05:00yeah, do as I say not as I doyeah, do as I say not as I doray halenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-50758521817315274892014-01-09T17:28:18.900-05:002014-01-09T17:28:18.900-05:00Only Douchehat knows for sure!Only Douchehat knows for sure!Howlin Wolfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-46652448885296971932014-01-09T14:46:58.925-05:002014-01-09T14:46:58.925-05:00Ah yeah, that's about how I see it too. Let...Ah yeah, that's about how I see it too. Let's Put the Future Behind Us- J. Womack 1996Another Kiwinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-89706738249551497482014-01-09T13:58:29.012-05:002014-01-09T13:58:29.012-05:00Sending lucky thoughts and good vibes your way. L...Sending lucky thoughts and good vibes your way. <em>Lykke til!</em>mgmonklewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-68493381992996716612014-01-09T12:12:08.894-05:002014-01-09T12:12:08.894-05:00Worse, to me anyway, is the pushing down of conser...Worse, to me anyway, is the pushing down of conservative politics (and the assorted silliness that inevitably comes with it) into even municipal government.<br /><br />In the bedroom community suburb I live in I started seeing city council candidates "endorsed by the Republican Party", which is notable because council seats are non-partisan. Fast forward a few years and now yard signs commonly tout a candidate's conservative bona fides, e.g. anti-abortion, anti-gun control. <br /><br />Try having a conversation with your professional, educated, ostensibly intelligent conservative neighbor as to why the real estate agent who was elected to a two year council term can't close down the Urgent Care even if they <i>did</i> do abortions (which of course they don't), or why it is fucking stupidity times infinity for the same councilman to join the nuts from the local Catholic church in picketing the same non-abortion performing medical clinic, because babies.Jimcimanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-33214512619920386112014-01-09T12:10:24.663-05:002014-01-09T12:10:24.663-05:00Well, shit, I really should have read all the way ...Well, shit, I really should have read all the way to the end before making my Magi joke, shouldn't I? In penance, I think I'll cut off my hair and pawn my watch.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-43380783077454823192014-01-09T12:02:57.041-05:002014-01-09T12:02:57.041-05:00Oh, absolutely. The solution to every single righ...Oh, absolutely. The solution to every single right wing plaint, except those based on their version of morality of course, is simply to fix what doesn't work. If the "problem" is the cost of fraudelent obamaphone use the solution is not to get rid of the program but to make sure that right wing interns at spurious institutes can't abuse the program. And ditto if the problem is that UI benefits for the unemployed get scary as you come to the end of them and the temporary job market hasn't picked up. Solution: let them relate to the job market more effectively by extending them until real jobs are available or let the worker keep the benefit while taking on part time jobs.Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-64329985151475489812014-01-09T11:44:05.133-05:002014-01-09T11:44:05.133-05:00Well, I knew about the conservative evangelical pl...Well, I knew about the conservative evangelical places, and King's College is just a notch or two above being a scam. But the fact that there would be any legit institution that would so enthusiastically embrace Jonanism? Astonishing.D Johnstonhttp://kingdomofsharks.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-40087139607884463622014-01-09T11:43:25.907-05:002014-01-09T11:43:25.907-05:00I first read it as "I spent the cab ride hom...I first read it as "I spent the cab ride home, box in hands, fighting Bears"<br /><br /><br />So, "fighting bears" is what the young people are calling it nowadays?<br /><br /><br />Anyway, feel free to elaborate upon the theme. I'd donate some unspecified fraction of a BitCoin to read it.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-46798430263397414942014-01-09T11:41:23.740-05:002014-01-09T11:41:23.740-05:00I'll keep my fingers crossed for you--which wi...I'll keep my fingers crossed for you--which will make typing difficult but <i>you are worth it!</i><br /><br />Sedcondig what Aimkai sajd.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-36227702336748946952014-01-09T11:34:34.093-05:002014-01-09T11:34:34.093-05:00Eh, I would've gone with something about not h...Eh, I would've gone with something about not having any more gold, frankincense, or myrrh to fall back on, thanks to those dusky moochers with the suspiciously early baby.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-76962426579261693692014-01-09T11:30:48.050-05:002014-01-09T11:30:48.050-05:00She has put her finger on a very scary and problem...She has put her finger on a very scary and problemtatic aspect of UI <br />benefits--that they can phase out before you are in a secure new job.<br /><br /><br />Yeah, and whose fault is that?mdsnoreply@blogger.com