Wisconsin Solidarity Rally in St. Paul

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Tuesday February 22, 2011 · 8:19 PM PST

2011/02/22 · 20:19

It was a brilliant and dazzlingly bright winter day in St. Paul, MN today. Follow me below the fold for my trip to the Rally in the Capital rotunda to show Minnesota labor's solidarity with the workers of Wisconsin, my home state.

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ID Me Please at the polls today.

Laurdet

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Tuesday November 02, 2010 · 2:47 PM PDT

2010/11/02 · 14:47

I went to my local precint to vote this afternoon and came out shaking because I was so angry and upset. Three things happened today that show a pattern of "playing it loose" at my polling place and I called them on it.

Laurdet

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Saturday September 12, 2009 · 6:46 PM PDT

2009/09/12 · 18:46

I was up very early this morning, and along with one of my sons and my husband, we made the trek into Minneapolis to see our POTUS.

Laurdet

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Wednesday September 02, 2009 · 6:59 PM PDT

2009/09/02 · 18:59

I just got done with a so-called town hall meeting over the telephone with Congressman John Kline from Minnesota. I'm so pissed right now, I can hardly see straight, and my hands are shaking so badly I can hardly type. Follow me below for more information about this wonderful little sham.

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Laurdet needs to

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Laurdet needs to

chill out... it's just politics

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get a grip, cuz your the minority in a Republican district.

2 votes

quit acting like a child and take back the dig about choking on the bill in reconciliation.

0 votes

Yell louder!!

20 votes

Demand Pie!

12 votes

I have Questions about Health Care reform

Laurdet

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Sunday August 16, 2009 · 1:00 PM PDT

2009/08/16 · 13:00

When I talk about the health care reform debate with people, questions come up. That's the point I realize that I just don't know enough about what I'm talking about. Here is the structure of the debate, as I see it, and the questions that have bubbled up to the surface.

Let me just say that I'm 100% in Slinkerwink's and Nyceve's camp here. I'm just trying to get my facts straight so I can argue with the other side with more confidence. All of my assumptions / statements assume a strong public option, because anything less is just unacceptable.

Laurdet

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Saturday March 28, 2009 · 1:39 PM PDT

2009/03/28 · 13:39

Now that I have your attention, I will put some heavy qualifications on my title. In the rush to go green, intent may not be anything like implementation in the end. This is a diary that has grown out of my experience of the past couple weeks, and may have much broader implications than just what's going on in my basement.

Laurdet

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Thursday March 26, 2009 · 4:12 PM PDT

2009/03/26 · 16:12

I am caught in a triangle between the US government safety regulations, Sears and my local gas company.

This isn't a political diary, unless you count the frustration that one has to go through when installing an appliance that doesn't work because the manufacturer blames government regulations for their crappy product.

If you're not interested in my attempt to document, make sense of, and vent major steam about the last 13 days, then there's nothing to see here and please move along. If you're still interested in reading, be warned that this will be very long.

Laurdet

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Monday March 23, 2009 · 5:55 PM PDT

2009/03/23 · 17:55

The frustration level is rising...Trip on over the fold for a good old fashioned rant.

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Your reaction to the DTV switch-over?

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Your reaction to the DTV switch-over?

I bought a new TV, so I'm all set.

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I bought the converter box, but I'm not sure it will work.

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My TV must be digital because it has digital-type words on the back of it... I better re-check that.

3 votes

I'm calling a relative/friend/sucker to figure it out for me, because it's too damned confusing.

1 vote

What switch-over?

2 votes

I'm a slave to the cable/dish company, because it's easier than trying to figure the whole mess out.

4 votes

I LOVE paying $50-$100 per month for cable/dish because I LOVE the 200+ channels of sh** I can get!

5 votes

I'm giving up TV and switching to Pie.

7 votes

Perks to unemployment (Job search 3... sorta)

Laurdet

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Friday February 06, 2009 · 4:38 PM PST

2009/02/06 · 16:38

There are perks to being unemployed... really.

I have been writing a series of diaries since becoming unemployed a week and a half ago. Many of you told me that I should take a breather and I stubbornly refused. I was wrong. You were right. So... here's what I've been doing... (more after the fold)

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What are you doing while you're unemployed?

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What are you doing while you're unemployed?

Nuthin . . . I stay in bed a lot, does that count?

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Just taking it day-to-day

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Focused on the job search, and nothing else

4 votes

Taking time to do things around the house that I've been wanting to do.

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Driving myself and everyone around me completely nutters.

2 votes

Helping myself to a larger waisline by having pie every day!

3 votes

Other

3 votes

Job Search 2 - Did you do your workshop homework?

Laurdet

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Friday January 30, 2009 · 2:33 PM PST

2009/01/30 · 14:33

Today's assignment was to make lists. Did you do it or did you sink into a depressive slump and think, "maybe tomorrow..."

Get off your collective arses and follow me below the fold.

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Did you write your lists?

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Did you write your lists?

Yes! Sharing below

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I'm working on it right now... I didn't know it was due!

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Um... the woozle ate my homework?

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I'm too depressed and need a kick in the behind

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We had homework?

7 votes

Pie

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Job Search Series v.1.0 (or Job Hunting 101) w/poll

Laurdet

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Thursday January 29, 2009 · 1:24 PM PST

2009/01/29 · 13:24

Yesterday I wrote a diary about becoming unemployed. I got so many helpful comments and suggestions, that I thought maybe I should start a diary series. Maybe my experiences over the coming weeks will help my fellow kossaks. Maybe writing a series of diaries will keep me honest in my dedication to the search, and keep my motivation level higher.

I'm going to take this journey, and anyone that wants to travel with me is welcome go with me, observe and comment.

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My employment status:

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My employment status:

Unemployed 12+ months

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Unemployed 6 - 12 months

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Unemployed 3 - 6 months

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Unemployed 1 - 3 months

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Recently unemployed

11 votes

Under-employed - working, but it's not enough

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Employed and making ends meet

6 votes

Employed in a good job, but feeling very insecure

19 votes

Employed in a good job and feeling pretty good

10 votes

I don't work... I live off of my investments

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Retired

5 votes

Not in the work force by choice

2 votes

Disabled and unable to work

4 votes

Other

3 votes

Another Kossak bites the dust (unemployment anyone?)

Laurdet

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Wednesday January 28, 2009 · 2:56 PM PST

2009/01/28 · 14:56

I have worked for the same company for nearly nine years. Today it ended.

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