Unemployment hearing

Over the past few years I have become (unfortunately) too familiar with the workings of New York's Unemployment Insurance Program. Know I'm learning about Illinois'.
Yesterday morning at 9am I had a Telephone hearing. What this means, is that I was fired, filed for unemployment, the company I worked for requested a hearing to try and prove that I was ineligible for unemployment. I recieved a letter almost two weeks ago informing me of the hearing, And I will admit I've been worrying about it ever since, as I am a very firm pessimist. (Because then I'm either right or pleasantly surprised) Here is a brief paraphrased transcript of the event:

9:00 (on the nose) the phone rings
"Hello"
"Kristopher Soule?"
"Yes"
"This is _____ Calling for your hearing, are you ready to go... let me get the other party... this is being recorded, here are your names and addresses...Are they correct... what position do you hold in the company?... I have in front of me the following Items as exhibits... (At which point I could have been a jerk since I did not have copies, but I didn't think about it then).... Ok, the first question we are dealing with is Was a timely protest filed by the employer?, since you have no information on this I won't be asking you any questions Kris. Do you have any questions?" (I figured I'd shorten the 5-6 min this part of the hearing took to a paragrap instead of a LOT of tedious diologue)
"no"
"Alright ____ we recieved the filing by fax on May second, signed, well, stamped by a ______, _____, _____"
"I believe her last name is ______"
"thank you, Is this correct?"
____ (my former manager)"Yes"
"It was due to be filed on the first. Is this correct?"
"Yes"
"Do you have any information about Why it was filed late?"
"No"
"Thank you, you will be recieving my decision in the mail. Goodbye"
"Goodbye"
"..., ...., (sound of phone hanging up) But... wait, that was it? What about my clever counter arguments and... Hello? ... I guess I won."

Which means that the manager who I have been frustrated by for the past few months isn't even competant enough to FIRE SOMEBODY. I still maintain that they fired the wrong person.