EDD denied my FED-Ed Extension?

I received a letter from EDD couple days ago notifying me that I have exhausted my claims and that I do not qualify for FED-ED extension to to the following reason, “You do not have earnings in excess of 40 times your weekly benefits amount or 1.5 times the highest quarter in the base period of your regular claim dated 06/06/2010.” Now this does not make sense. I called EDD and asked about it and they said your claim was refreshed in 2010 (I first applied for UI benifits in 2009, not 2010) and you did not make $ 18,000 (which would be my 40X450=18000 base period income) so you don't qualify? I mean are these people gone insane? I have been unemployed and looking for jobs desperately throughout whole 2010 with no luck and they expect me to make that amount from where? I am so confused and am about to appeal against the decision. Just wanted to know if anyone went through same crap and what was the result of all this. Again I wish I had found job in 2010 and made not 18,000, but 18 million dollars rather than asking those Aholes for money, but things did not happen for me and does it make any sense at all when they know someone has not been employed for certain time and still ask them have made this much income.