WV State Lawmaker proposes random drug test for people on unemployment - why it's dumb

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Wednesday April 01, 2009 · 7:34 PM PDT

2009/04/01 · 19:34

So, I'm on my way home after working overtime at the unemployment office and read on CNN's mobile website that West West Virginia State Delegate Craig Blair wants to do random drug tests for people on unemployment.

As somebody whose job it is to help people get their benefits, I wanted to point out the huge impracticality of this idea.

We're in the middle of a huge recession - which means that almost all unemployment offices are much much busier.

Unemployment isn't a hand-out it's an insurance program

annnnd 3) The unintended consequence of such a law would mean more delays and more headaches at the unemployment office

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 2:35 PM PDT

2008/09/22 · 14:35

I'm going to throw lots of rotten vegetables in the direction of the author. Update: To clarify, this is in response to the Slate article and various articles in other blogs, nothing that was on this site

It's after the convention, Obama hasn't self destructed. In fact, he's winning and McCain isn't throwing Obama off message anymore. Real Issues like the Wall Street Crisis are actually throwing McCain off his game. (Which I like)

So why - oh why - is Slate's Christopher Hitchens trying to make the comparison again??

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Friday June 20, 2008 · 7:41 PM PDT

2008/06/20 · 19:41

I own a copy of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It’s one of those Pocket Patriot books with a thin leather cover that fits perfectly in the back pocket of good old American denim. I started carrying it around my senior year of college. I also own a pair of dog-tags courtesy of the US Army.

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 12:27 PM PDT

2008/06/11 · 12:27

A study released yesterday by the Commonwealth Fund found that 42% of Americans either are uninsured or underinsured.

According to the study,

"More than half of the underinsured (53%) and two-thirds of the uninsured (68%) went without needed care—including not seeing a doctor when sick, not filling prescriptions, and not following up on recommended tests or treatment."

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WV State Lawmaker proposes random drug test for people on unemployment - why it's dumb

If I see one more post about Obama being Dukakis...

Why fight for freedom when we give it away? (Or why I carry a Constitution in my back pocket)

Report: 42% of Americans are underinsured (or don't have health insurance at all)