And it has the awesome title xkcd: volume 0.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2009 12:07:30 pm PDT #9179 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Amy - Sep 16, 2009 12:07:46 pm PDT #9180 of 30001
Because books.
Background check.
Wow. But then, I haven't worked for any company officially but one, and they don't do that kind of thing. (Well, I freelance, but they just want your social security number for tax purposes.)
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2009 12:08:16 pm PDT #9181 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I will be snagging a copy on Monday and getting it signed.
Glamcookie - Sep 16, 2009 12:08:48 pm PDT #9182 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I had to have a background check, but they didn't need tax returns from me (thank God).
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2009 12:13:03 pm PDT #9183 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Those ACORN videos appear to have really torpedoed them. The senate voted to bar any further federal funding by a vote of 83-7.
And you know what? I've kinda kept my mouth shut about this, but frankly, it's a bunch of crap. If they indeed were going to get helped, they would have had to fill out an application, have the income verified, produced bank statements, & so on. If someone is trying to pay taxes, or vote, or have their homes tested for lead, ACORN helps them navigate the system.
For the most part that's what they're there for. Need a crack house demolished in your poor neighborhood? They'll send protesters to see that councilman who has been ignoring you. Getting kicked out of your apartments because they're being knocked down for another strip mall, ACORN is there for you. And yes, need help filing your taxes because you don't know what all you are eligible for (and let's face it, often poorer people pay more in taxes than they should because they don't have accountants to tell them what credits they've earned), they hire tax professionals to help you with your return.
Know how I know all this? I worked for them, for the housing arm.
erikaj - Sep 16, 2009 12:19:18 pm PDT #9184 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yes, this. I mean, I understand the perception thing, and the scandal thing, but I think it's still a shame. But I guess they're not "too big to fail"
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2009 12:22:15 pm PDT #9185 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I get confused when people talk about the political ACORN because I work with this ACORN.
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2009 12:22:50 pm PDT #9186 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I think they just were upset they couldn't create a scandal out of the thing ACORN actually does do-help poor people have a voice.
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2009 12:23:35 pm PDT #9187 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Not all of ACORN is political. The Housing corporation is a 501c3 and is not allowed to be.
Jesse - Sep 16, 2009 12:28:00 pm PDT #9188 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think they just were upset they couldn't create a scandal out of the thing ACORN actually does do-help poor people have a voice.
Absolutely.