Did you know there is a reality show that takes 5 porn actresses and puts them in other businesses?

Customer service?

"I'm sorry you're dissatisfied with our service. Would you like a blowjob?"

From Sullivan:

Has the so-called Prosperity Gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the current financial crisis? That's what a scholar of the fast-growing brand of pentecostal Christianity believes. While researching a book on black televangelism, says Jonathan Walton, a religion professor at the University of California Riverside, he realized that Prosperity's central promise — that God would "make a way" for poor people to enjoy the better things in life — had developed an additional, toxic expression during sub-prime boom. Walton says that this encouraged congregants who got dicey mortgages to believe "God caused the bank to ignore my credit score and blessed me with my first house." The results, he says, "were disastrous, because they pretty much turned parishioners into prey for greedy brokers."

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ION, I am playing with my new $329 laptop.

tommyrot "Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."" Oct 4, 2008 6:13:05 pm PDT

Lovely, too-short time at the bbq. Got most of my errands run and a couple more generated. Errands took longer than I thought, which made me late to the party. And of course, I have the MK deadline, so I couldn't stay longer. FAIL.

New noisy neighbor has a pit who is whining and howling its fool head off on the balcony. Joy. I am so fucking moving.

But I now have 3 covered litterboxes. Oy. And I got a new remote, but it still won't let me program the vcr, so that goes back, if I can find the fucking receipt. Damnit. I still need to find a food for Loki because he EATS and Devi's food is damned expensive. But then to keep her and MK out of it... Damn good he's cute.

I am so fucking moving.

WHEE!

I am trying to stay up for SNL, but I am not sure I will make it.

Between Ms. Louise maybe kinda sorta leaving, the goddamn roof leak ( a personal phobia is water damage,) the bullshit with the a/c, the obnoxious new neighbors...any charm has gone. Plus the seed money mom gave me burning a guilt hole in my savings account. Sure, it is convenient and not-change, but...I'm out of excuses.

eta; Oh, and 3 cats and litterboxes.

I am ready to start looking through listings for you. never fear.

I saw 2 places with signs up down the street from me. They are single families, so out of my price range, but I WANT.

My underling at work is part of one of those prosperity churches.

Barb and askye, my dad tells me that the Wisconsin game was oddly subdued because the entire band has been suspended.

My underling at work is part of one of those prosperity churches.

Years ago I worked for a credit card bank. I saw a case where a church convinced a man and his wife to take out an $80,000 line of credit against their house, to withdraw the full $80,000 and give it to the church. Apparently the church told them it was illegal for banks to charge interest or something, so they didn't need to make any payments, and the church would protect them by using the legal system. And yeah, the couple lost their house.

Not quite the same as the Prosperity movement, but... still, a sucky church giving out sucky legal advice, causing people huge losses....