Poll: Has the economy affected your job situation?

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Friday March 06, 2009 · 7:15 AM PST

2009/03/06 · 07:15

These polls are totally, unscientific, I understand, but with the latest job news, I was interested in seeing if there was a way to make more concrete these large abstract numbers that seem so hard to process.

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336 votes Show Results

How has the economy affected your work situation?

336 votes Vote Now!

How has the economy affected your work situation?

It hasn't yet, and I feel my job and benefits are relatively secure.

60 votes

It hasn't yet, but I do not feel secure.

60 votes

I have been laid off.

50 votes

I have been forced to work reduced hours.

30 votes

I am self-employed, but my business has not suffered (yet).

9 votes

I am self-employed and my business is suffering.

51 votes

I have been denied a raise/promotion because of the economic situation.

32 votes

I was involuntarily unemployed prior to the crash and still have not found work.

24 votes

I am voluntarily unemployed (retired, student, stay-at-home parent, etc.)

20 votes

Straw poll on how the economic collapse is affecting you

CarrieNYC

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Saturday December 13, 2008 · 7:36 AM PST

2008/12/13 · 07:36

Obviously, and with good reason, the economic crisis is on a lot of our minds. But I was wondering how many of us it has affected on a personal level thus far.

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314 votes Show Results

Has the economic crisis affected your immediatey family yet?

314 votes Vote Now!

Has the economic crisis affected your immediatey family yet?

My immediate family is already materially worse off than we were 6 months ago.

156 votes

We have not been directly affected yet, but there is a very good chance we will be within the next year.

49 votes

We have not been directly affected yet, but there is some chance we will be affected within the next year.

59 votes

My family has not been directly affected yet, and I do not think we will likely be affected within the next year.

42 votes

Other (explained in comments)

8 votes

Prop 8 and race

CarrieNYC

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 6:34 AM PST

2008/11/06 · 06:34

Americablog.com has reposted this rather inelegant reader comment regarding the failure of Prop 8:

This was a very bad thing that Prop. 9 passed. And from the exit polling data I read alst night via Andrew Sullivan, it looks like African Americans were instrumental in passing Prop. 8 with 70% saying they voted for it. When is someone going to address the bigotry in the black community towards gay people? Gay people need to openly point the finger and say it's not okay to be bigots just because you are black and have suffered yourself! Please talk about Prop. 8 very few blogs are.

I'm glad Obama won, but how come it's expected of me to rise above the anti-black bigotry I was raised with, and go vote for a black man, but then black people can go vote to enshrine bigotry into law and no one challenges that?

While I disagree both with the tone and with the logic of the reader comment, I think race is the elephant in the room with respect to Prop 8.

CarrieNYC

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 6:12 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 06:12

Heather Gerken at Balkinization has set up this website to help keep real-time, ongoing track of conditions at election centers throughout the country. Please consider stopping by after you've voted and reporting your experience.

It only takes 30 seconds, and it has the potential to make election day go much more smoothly, not just today but for all future elections, as well.

CarrieNYC

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 10:51 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 10:51

So, I was supposed to drive to Virginia this weekend to do GOTV work, but I woke up yesterday with a wicked cold and decided walking around all day wasn't a good idea, so I've spent the morning with my first foray into phonebanking from home. Things are going... not well. Can anyone more experienced give me some advice before I give up?

CarrieNYC

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Saturday October 04, 2008 · 8:57 PM PDT

2008/10/04 · 20:57

According to Nate over at FiveThirtyEight.com, Obama looks like he might be competing for 1 of Nebraska's 5 electoral votes. What does that mean for Senate (and O2B) candidate Scott Kleeb?

CarrieNYC

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 6:31 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 18:31

I've been following the debate going on around here, and I'm actually a little unclear on where people stand. There are a lot of good and different ideas I hear, and that's great--this isn't and shouldn't be a solely partisan issue.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who is wondering how these opinions aggregate. So, indulge me here.

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486 votes Show Results

Where do you stand on the bailout bill?

486 votes Vote Now!

Where do you stand on the bailout bill?

I would have voted "yes" today

174 votes

I would have voted "no" today but would vote "yes" for a better bill that included more oversight, fewer corporate giveaways, etc.

147 votes

I would not vote for any bill that bailed out Wall Street but would vote for a bill that helps individuals harmed by the economic crisis

103 votes

I would vote neither for bank bailout nor for homeowner relief.

25 votes

This is above my pay grade, and I'm just hoping my representatives do the right thing--whatever that is.

28 votes

Other (explained below)

9 votes

Last night Orange to Blue passed the 1/2 million mark! (poll)

CarrieNYC

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Sunday September 28, 2008 · 8:08 AM PDT

2008/09/28 · 08:08

For anyone who may have missed it, I wanted to point out that last night the Orange to Blue page passed the $500,000 dollar mark in total donations raised. That's over half a million dollars to good, progressive candidates who are working to make this country a better place!

So... what are YOU doing to support them?

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16 votes Show Results

What have YOU sacrificed to raise money?

16 votes Vote Now!

What have YOU sacrificed to raise money?

Eaten out less often/stayed in more

4 votes

Worked an extra shift at work

0 votes

Made fewer non-essential purchases

5 votes

Nothing, but I feel guilty about it

1 vote

I can't give money, but I've sacrificed time as a volunteer, helping raise money for a candidate.

2 votes

I'm one of the lucky minority who can give without much sacrifice. (And I'm making another donation now because I realize how fortunate I am)

3 votes

Other (described below to give readers some new ideas!)

1 vote

Death is not an option: Bush or Palin (poll)

CarrieNYC

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 2:53 PM PDT

2008/09/26 · 14:53

Like many of you, I've been watching Sarah Palin unravel faster than the subprime market. For a while there, I found the trainwreck of it all deeply amusing. But as the days have run on, my amusement has turned to horror as the full scope of her idiocy, ignorance and ineptitude has come shining through.

The horror I now feel has eclipsed all else as I have come to one terrifying conclusion: I'd vote for George Bush's third term before I'd vote for Sarah Palin's first.

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359 votes Show Results

You have to select one of the following two people to be president for the next four years. Death is not an option.

359 votes Vote Now!

You have to select one of the following two people to be president for the next four years. Death is not an option.

Bush

333 votes

Palin

26 votes

Factcheck.org strikes back

CarrieNYC

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 3:41 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 15:41

Folks, we need to get pushing with this "McCain lies" meme. Even the notoriously conservative (and by that I mean "careful and cautious" not "Republican") factcheck.org is now openly calling McCain dishonest.

CarrieNYC

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 6:02 PM PDT

2008/08/29 · 18:02

This is a breaking story from NPR: Sarah Palin may have scrubbed her own Wikipedia entry shortly before her nomination leaked this morning.

Here is the audio from NPR.

I will be updating this diary as things develop. Will also update with any more info we can get from the Wikipedia page.

CarrieNYC

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Friday August 22, 2008 · 11:41 AM PDT

2008/08/22 · 11:41

I wonder if the traditional media will remove their lips from China's rear end long enough to cover this one.

http://www.nytimes.com/...

A group of six Americans who were taken into custody on Tuesday as they tried to protest China’s rule in Tibet have been given 10-day detentions, the Chinese police confirmed on Friday.

Lovely. What did these horrible individuals do to deserve such treatment?

Most of the organization’s demonstrations have involved unfurling "Free Tibet" banners or displaying Tibetan flags, which are illegal in China. In the latest action, just after midnight Thursday morning, four protestors raised their fists and shouted slogans while waving a Tibetan flag near National Stadium. As with the other protests, the participants were quickly bundled away by plainclothes police.

Hey! Sounds like grounds for imprisonment to me!

Whether or not the protest was a good idea, don't we deserve even a tiny bit of coverage about the problems in China thrown in with all the tremendous media buttkissing we've seen for the last week and a half? Maybe?

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