[Redleg Duke]

When you cannot get work in your chosen profession, it is time to change professions!

Remember Einstein's definition of insanity.

[MsLady]

If they are truly looking, it would be depressing. I do know however some don’t really try that hard. And my nephew lost his job and says most of the jobs he’s been able to apply for, he’d either be making less or about the same as his unemployment.

[libertarian27]

I don’t know how mainstream or how many Dems are reading that site but the article exposed Obama touting the unemployment rate dropping when it really isn’t...and cited that the employment situation is worse than the great depression.

Hopefully the ‘news’ is turning to expose the rigged numbers.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

The number of unemployed, 13.9 million. The number of job openings, 2.8 million. Simple math let's you know all people have to do is get off their lazy @ss and go get a job. (sarcasm off)

[aimhigh]

If you dig deep enough into the online unemployment statistical reports, you will find that 30 to 40% of Federal benefit exhaustees DON'T apply for Extended Benefits (the final benefit extension) because of the more strict work search requirements.

Yes, there are some real victims, but there are also a lot of freeloaders.

[babble-on]

I believe the Silhouettes summed it up best:

Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a job
Sha na na na, sha na na na na

[CodeToad]

UI is about minimum wage. How come 14+ million illegal aliens will work minimum wage but Americans don’t seem to wantto?

[tarawa]

Before I found my current job (working for the state and in real jepordy now...), I spent over a year and a half out of work. I applied for every job that I conceivably met the requirements for. I applied for night security at hotels, I applied for tech support on the phones, I applied for usually over 10 jobs a day, but nothing. More often than not, on those few times I got an interview, I would get the response, “We’d love to hire you, but you’re just too overqualified for the position.” I started dumbing down my resume, but still no effect for the longest time. There are an awful lot out there who have been sincerely trying, but there are just no jobs to find. As for moving somewhere else to get a job, unfortunately that is a decision you have to make pretty early on in the job hunt. By the time you realize that there really is nothing for you where you are currently living, you are already far too poor to move.

[KeyLargo]

And why exactly should anyone listen to Obama's pal?