I was reading about the weather in the NY Times & THIS jumps out at me

[Tom Rinaldo]

MINNEAPOLIS —" Hildagard Omete, 36, a mother of three who has been unemployed for a year and a half, went job hunting on Monday.

Sitting at the public library scanning help-wanted ads on a computer, Ms. Omete was wearing two hoods and a knitted hat, along with a full-length down jacket. It was cold inside the library

Outside, the temperature was downright frigid, even by Minnesota standards. The thermometer read minus 15 to minus 20 degrees for most of the day..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/us/arctic-cold-blankets-midwest-freezing-routines.html?_r=0

The story was titled: "Arctic Cold Blankets Midwest, Freezing Routines". Most of what followed was pure weather talk, facts and and bone chilling figures (a homeless shelter was also mentioned far down in the text). But the lead in featured the long term unemployed. Out of work for a year and a half and this woman was out there on a brutally cold Monday morning searching for job leads from a frigid public library.

The truth about this economy and the plight of those who the Republicans cut loose from the economic safety net by refusing to extend unemployment benefits is now breaking through in frigging weather coverage.

P.S. Obviously they are all lazy do nothing unemployment queens.

[Cha]

1. Thanks!

[brer cat]

2. Nice catch, Tom.

We all know that most unemployed people are working hard to get jobs, but this really tells the story. I doubt that many of our representatives would get out in that brutal cold to job search.

[klook]

3. Sadly kicked and recommended.

So many people trying their damnedest to feed their families and themselves, coming up short time after time, still trying -- their resilience is heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time.

[sheshe2]

4. It breaks my heart!

Tom

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. One kick for visibility. n/t

[tazkcmo]

6. Why yes they are!

"P.S. Obviously they are all lazy do nothing unemployment queens."

If she wasn't lazy she'd be going to every single business, one at a time, filling out applications, one at a time even if they weren't hiring or even open because it was so cold. Sheesh. Some people.

P.S. You can tell she's a free loading Commie because she's at a LIBRARY! A hotbed of socialism if I ever seen one!

[Squinch]

7. Sadly, kicking. What a terrible image. My heart goes out to that mother.