<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322672295039732670</id><updated>2011-04-21T13:12:56.397-07:00</updated><category term='construction'/><category term='fired'/><category term='middle class'/><category term='unemployed'/><category term='displaced'/><category term='laid off'/><title type='text'>Displaced America</title><subtitle type='html'>A website for those Americans who have been displaced by the economy, the collapse of the construction industry, and anyone struggling to survive unemployment and get back into the workforce.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rittzy Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498512197830155914</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322672295039732670.post-3175584758333946079</id><published>2008-12-17T16:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T10:08:06.476-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laid off'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='construction'/><title type='text'>Welcome You Poor Unemployed Masses</title><summary type='text'>This blog is for all of you who have been discarded thanks to this ridiculous economy. Middle class America has been taken for granted for far too long and it's time we banded together to survive. So let's hear from you all. What's your story of being disenfranchised, discarded, kicked to the curb and pink slipped? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3175584758333946079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/2008/12/welcome-you-poor-unemployed-masses.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default/3175584758333946079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default/3175584758333946079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/2008/12/welcome-you-poor-unemployed-masses.html' title='Welcome You Poor Unemployed Masses'/><author><name>Rittzy Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498512197830155914</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322672295039732670.post-7802289594314256691</id><published>2008-12-17T15:00:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-17T16:09:27.701-08:00</updated><title type='text'>So you're bored while unemployed. Now what?</title><summary type='text'>The electronic age has made looking for a job so much easier and efficient. You go online and compose your resume and cover letters. You post them on every headhunter site you can find and send out about 40 job resumes a week. This usually takes you about an hour or two a day.Well, then what?You now have about 17 hours of consciousness to burn through without going absolutely stark raving stir </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7802289594314256691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/2008/12/so-youre-bored-while-unemployed-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default/7802289594314256691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default/7802289594314256691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/2008/12/so-youre-bored-while-unemployed-now.html' title='So you&apos;re bored while unemployed. Now what?'/><author><name>Rittzy Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498512197830155914</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322672295039732670.post-4473355757231431905</id><published>2008-12-17T14:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-17T14:59:25.996-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What to do with credit &amp; cards while unemployed</title><summary type='text'>Far too many of us have credit card debt that we have let run wild while we had a steady income. Unfortunately, now that you are unemployed you have hit a big brick wall that demands you still pay your monthly bills regardless of your income. Well, all is not quite lost yet. There are some simple steps you can take to keep yourself going and safeguard your credit.The first thing you should do is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4473355757231431905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-to-do-with-credit-cards-while.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default/4473355757231431905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default/4473355757231431905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-to-do-with-credit-cards-while.html' title='What to do with credit &amp; cards while unemployed'/><author><name>Rittzy Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498512197830155914</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322672295039732670.post-8074650424861502131</id><published>2008-12-08T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T10:56:10.937-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='displaced'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='middle class'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fired'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployed'/><title type='text'>For All of You Who've Been Kicked to the Curb!</title><summary type='text'>Welcome to the one place on earth where we all feel your pain. Basically that's because we are all wearing the same size 12 shoe prints on our asses placed there by that most vile and despicable of entities - the Boss!I salute you Middle Class America because you are the only socio-economic class in this country that wears foot to ass prints with supreme dignity and pride. So used to being kicked</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8074650424861502131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/2008/12/for-all-of-you-whove-been-kicked-to.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default/8074650424861502131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8322672295039732670/posts/default/8074650424861502131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://displacedamerica.blogspot.com/2008/12/for-all-of-you-whove-been-kicked-to.html' title='For All of You Who&apos;ve Been Kicked to the Curb!'/><author><name>Rittzy Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498512197830155914</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
