Unemployment insurance...

[Byte Stryke]

None of our lives suck. Our lives compared to those who wake up in Iraq,Afghanistan,Africa,Haiti etc.are great. We are blessed with family,a roof over our heads,and food on the table. BUT we are victims of recession in our country and for the most part we didn't cause our woes. I don't believe anyone on unemployment on this forum wants to be on it but we need to do what we can to provide for ourselves and our families until we can find work that meets those needs. As I sit here with my son I know I'm blessed ! I'm not as eloquent as most of you on here but that's my thoughts for tonight.

You Know, I used to think This Sucked 2006-2009 (Cropped/Edited for Security)




And then I Was Absolutely sure this was Hell on Earth.
(2008, NICU, London Hospital, Neonatal Septicemia)


but you know what, The Leg is healing, My Son is Growing and its all going to be alright.




All of the arguments about who is better or worse than the other for whatever reason and who is doing what with whom in which orifice are really irrelevant.

I have my Family and we are alive and well.
Think about it.

If you are upright and Breathing, everything else is secondary.

I wish each and everyone one of you Health and Happiness.
Yes, even you SpencerHenry

[hurley842002]

You Know, I used to think This Sucked 2006-2009 (Cropped/Edited for Security)




And then I Was Absolutely sure this was Hell on Earth.
(2008, NICU, London Hospital, Neonatal Septicemia)


but you know what, The Leg is healing, My Son is Growing and its all going to be alright.




All of the arguments about who is better or worse than the other for whatever reason and who is doing what with whom in which orifice are really irrelevant.

I have my Family and we are alive and well.
Think about it.

If you are upright and Breathing, everything else is secondary.

I wish each and everyone one of you Health and Happiness.
Yes, even you SpencerHenry

Wow, that's deep. Thanks for sharing the pics, glad all is ok. Great looking son!

[DOC]

One thing is for sure, you can't be much of an active shooter living on unemployment.

H.

+2,000,000

[DOC]

If you want government handouts (IE tax dollars) move to a different country. People that are collecting and not producing are on the same level as criminals in my opion. If you really cared you would geta job a Mcdonalds. Swallow your pride. There is always work to find it just might now be what you want. Some of us have several jobs to keep themselves afloat. It is horrible you are asking people to support you in begging like the rest of the democrats. You should move to Cali and befriend Nancy. I am sure she would love to give away more tax payers dollars to people that don't want to work.


I hope you find work and see the error in your ways.

Thanks I wasn't worried enough about money. Now I have to worse for taking handouts. Its true to a point but pointing it out is like a kid calling an obese women fat. (or any women will hear you say that no matter what) Its easy to look down your nose and wag your finger at people in shit storms. But its not polite and adding injures to insults is bad carma. You could be in the same situation one day too.

[mutt]

If you want government handouts (IE tax dollars) move to a different country. People that are collecting and not producing are on the same level as criminals in my opion. If you really cared you would geta job a Mcdonalds. Swallow your pride. There is always work to find it just might now be what you want. Some of us have several jobs to keep themselves afloat. It is horrible you are asking people to support you in begging like the rest of the democrats. You should move to Cali and befriend Nancy. I am sure she would love to give away more tax payers dollars to people that don't want to work.


I hope you find work and see the error in your ways.

Wow. Hope you remember your words when it comes time to retire and collect SS. Be sure to turn it down on principle because "people who are collecting and not producing are on the same level as criminals" according to you.

These guys aren't criminals, they're just down on their luck and collecting a benefit they earned throughout their working lives. Guess I'm a one time criminal too since I actually dared to collect unemployment once in my working career. But seeing as I've been working since I've been 16, served my country honorably, and pay way more than my fair share of taxes due to my income level, your opinion of me matters for shit.

You equating these guys to criminals is totally ridiculous. I hope you can see the error of your ways.

[Byte Stryke]

Wow. Hope you remember your words when it comes time to retire and collect SS. Be sure to turn it down on principle because "people who are collecting and not producing are on the same level as criminals" according to you.

These guys aren't criminals, they're just down on their luck and collecting a benefit they earned throughout their working lives. Guess I'm a one time criminal too since I actually dared to collect unemployment once in my working career. But seeing as I've been working since I've been 16, served my country honorably, and pay way more than my fair share of taxes due to my income level, your opinion of me matters for shit.

You equating these guys to criminals is totally ridiculous. I hope you can see the error of your ways.

Totally agree.
if I knew where you lived I would hop onto the RTD bus that my taxes have been paying for over the last 27 years of my working life. (never been on one though) Ride to your house, Give you a hug and Buy you a cup of coffee with my "illegally gained" "welfare" Dollar.

/Sarcasm


Seriously, Huge +1 though


I really feel sorry for the self-righteous and indignant. They are the ones that hit hardest.
Ask me, I was one.

[mutt]

Totally agree.
if I knew where you lived I would hop onto the RTD bus that my taxes have been paying for over the last 27 years of my working life. (never been on one though) Ride to your house, Give you a hug and Buy you a cup of coffee with my "illegally gained" "welfare" Dollar.

Damn dude, after reading your last post I think I'm the one that owes you a coffee. You're right, nothing matters other than your family. All the rest is just window dressing.

And we all hopefully grow past our own self-righteousness. I took me a while, but I finally learned that the world is never black and white but many confusing shades of gray.

[Byte Stryke]

It Sort of funny, but I Didn't REALLY wake up until I was 41

I thought I had it all figured out, Got a Medical from the Army, Didn't take VA because I was too proud, didn't take Unemployment for the same reasons. Me Against the world, Someone was getting screwed and I wasn't going to let it be me!
I'M Jetting here, doing this, going to school, doing that, tough Guy making it on my own at all costs.
I graduate from College, get this awesome offer to go overseas again and I am on top of the world. I have this shit all Figured out, or so I thought.
I am Paying my parents bills, my Girlfriend(now wife) Lives with me, we're getting married, I am THE Man.

October 5th 2008 My Wife and I got to her 8 month Checkup.
She is in Labor!
???

October 6, 20 Hours later Alexander is born.
3 Hours after that the realization sets in there is something seriously wrong and Doctors start getting nervous. Alex undergoes more tests than anyone there knows how to give. They are bringing in Specialists from other regional Hospitals
On October 7 2008 I Realized that my priorities were seriously fucking wrong and just how little I knew.
The head of Pediatrics Sits me down and turns my world upside down.

I am in a Country where it is a Law that No one shall be treated in the first hour of a trauma as it may be gods will to take them. Insh'Allah
I am told my Newborn Son has Streptococcal Septicemia and will probably not make it.
I am also told that I Cannot tell my wife as she is still too weak from the labor and it could hurt her.

You quickly lose all of your Indigence and ego when you cry yourself to sleep on the floor of an NICU of a hospital Begging God or Allah, anyone listening to let your son live.
When you watch him go through Transfusion after Transfusion because his blood is wracked with Bacterium and he is wasting away because its killing him from the inside out and there is nothing you can do.
You lose all sense of self-importance and you realize what IS important.
for those not in the know: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/001366.htm

Job... Pffft
(big) Money...Pffft
Guns, cars, toys, flat screens, Image, power, whatever...

I will trade everything I own and everything I will ever own to have my son give me a Kiss wrap his little arms around my neck and say "Daddy".


and if you don't know that feeling, I hope someday you will, because there is no better feeling like it in the world. Everyday I get out of Bed and face another day for HIM.

I pray that no parent ever has to deal with the horror I went through. It was a nightmare straight from hell that I couldn't wake from.
I Wish I had something like the Ronald McDonald house, or Family, or ANYTHING to help me out. and I vowed then that I would never take anything for granted again, to include a helping hand.

So for those of you sending me job Leads, I Do appreciate it and I am following up on them.

And for those that are standing up on their soapboxes, I honestly pray you never fall, it really is that much further to the ground.

[theGinsue]

If you want government handouts (IE tax dollars) move to a different country. People that are collecting and not producing are on the same level as criminals in my opion. If you really cared you would geta job a Mcdonalds. Swallow your pride. There is always work to find it just might now be what you want. Some of us have several jobs to keep themselves afloat. It is horrible you are asking people to support you in begging like the rest of the democrats. You should move to Cali and befriend Nancy. I am sure she would love to give away more tax payers dollars to people that don't want to work.


I hope you find work and see the error in your ways.

I've followed this thread through 6+ pages. What I'm seeing here horrifies me.

I've always been proud of the fact that we, the members of this site, coming from diverse backgrounds and experiences can come together and support one another - simply because we all share a common interest.

Our nation is in a really bad spot right now and some of our members are caught up in the difficulties that come with our nations situation.

We have a government that is more concerned with giving billions of dollars to nations that bear us ill will and handouts to nations which provide no benefit to us at all. Our government has no compassion or interest helping get people back on their feet. The government wants either subjects or workers who will provide them with more money.

Thankfully we have a system in place that will provide temporary assistance to those who need it. This assistance has been paid for by all of us who have ever produced. This isn't a hand-out, this is something we've earned and, in part, paid for it directly ourselves.

A prideful man won't want to accept this help.
A fool won't accept it.
A wise person will accept it.
Only an evil and hateful person would ever kick another human being while they are down or condemn them for accepting the temporary assistance - regardless of your personal opinion of taking this help. You people are far better than this.

Obviously this issue is devisive. We can't always agree but we certainly don't have to turn on each other like rabid dogs either.

I pray that those of you who have never known hard times don't ever have to find out what it's like to wonder how you will feed your child who looks to you to provide for their needs and to fill the emptiness in their belly. Like Byte Stryke, I pray that none of you ever have to experience the horrible hell it is to have a life that you care for in need of emergency medical help where their life hangs by the barest of threads - particularly if the care would be available, if only you could afford it. I pray that you all always have the opportunity to get a dollars worth of value for a dollars worth of effort.

Mrs. Rabbit: What did your father tell you this morning?
Thumper: [clears throat] If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all. ...

Let's remember to treat each other with respect; shall we?!

[DOC]

I hope this thread ends with "The recession is over after Obama quit Biden and Polosi acted on a murder suicide pact. The economy seemed to perk up and we can all go back to work." And not with a lock like most thread that I start. We are all lucky men and women for enjoying our guns even though they are trivial now they may mean the difference between life and death before this headache is over. Its funny how we seem to be alright as long as we aren't hungry. The big picture here is taking the country back the immediate goal is survival and after that to gain enough people that have had enough bullying to say something back. Those that have spoken up already have done alot we need to match their efforts. I have been over fed and under read for too long. That is my opinion and its free and god help us all if I am wrong.