Unemployment

I just read an article that said a bill was signed by the House, and going on to the Senate for debate, that will pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and… unemployment?

Today my mother told me I would have to pose with my boyfriend in a duck tape prom dress and tuxedo to win a scholarship. Besides the fact that my prom already passed, she plans on making these clothes in the time period of...a day. which is a total mess.

So here is my situation:

-Mother is disabled, receives small monthly checks
-Father laid off at Thanksgiving, currently unemployed
-Me working part time and going to school part time
-Younger sister full time student
-Parents filed bankruptcy due to medical bills
-House ready to be foreclosed
-Car ready to be repossessed
-No heat during winter

There is currently talk of Michigan and Florida going back to the polls, perhaps with caucuses. Well, you know what?

Well everyone, I finally did it. I wrote a letter of resignation. As of December 31st 2007, I will no longer be gainfully employed. That's right, come December 31st, 2007, I will be joining the ranks of the unemployed. The few. The proud. And in more cases than I care to consider, the I refuse to work for a living.

Traffic in the Bay Area, especially during commute hours on already overcrowded highways, is getting worse with the steady rise in population and decrease in unemployment.

A recent study conducted by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (I used to intern there!) announced the top ten worst c