Colleges and universities today are one of the biggest frauds perpetrated on the American public these days running up massive student loan debt
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2016, at 12:10 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Absolutely. > > I have see what the syndicated shows charge our little college station and > there is no doubt that’s where the money is in public radio. Keillor has > turned the PHC into a huge money making venture which has made him a very > wealthy man, I’m sure. Not to say that’s a bad thing, but he’s done it on > the backs of not for profit organizations. > > I’ve been a sustaining member of our station for many years. I even > continued to give them money when I lived in Indiana. I know how hard those > people work behind the scenes, and that they do a fantastic job in an > environment that many would fail in. As for fundraising, well, you have to > ask if you want the money. I told them a long time ago that if IO became a > sustaining member that they could never contact me for additional funds or I > would cut them off. There must be a note on my account, as I’ve never, ever > gotten a call from them. I will get a form letter that they send out twice a > year to coincide with their fundraisers asking if I’ll give an additional > amount. That’s OK, I just toss it. > > When it comes to fundraising, my alma mater was the worst. I always knew > when it was a call form them - they always called on Sunday night, and it was > always some poor coed who was reading the spiel asking for money. Their > techniques were many and varied, but my favorite was when they would start to > chat me up about my teaching career and how I was doing in it, etc., etc. (I > have a degree in education.) I would promptly shut them down and tell them > how I decide not to starve to death in teaching and got a real job in IT. > That usually elicited a short bit of silence while they recovered. > > The last couple of times they called I told them that they could call me for > money when I was done paying off my student loans. The last time I gave them > a year and month when that would happen, suggested they write it down in my > records, and hung up. > > They haven’t called since. > > Dan > >> On Jun 9, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Keelor started getting (more) full of himself about 10-12 years ago, and >> when BHO was elected it started getting blatant immediately (I remember >> listening to the show right after the 2008 election, and had to shut it off. >> I have only caught snippets of it since and it seems his "humor" has more of >> a leftie political tinge to it. I guess that is fine for those who want it >> but no longer for me. I was actually getting kinda tired of him for quite >> some time and that sealed the deal. >> >> We gave some money to WGBH some years ago in Boston and it was like getting >> hooked up with the Scientologists, they would just not let go, constant >> calls, letters, begging. My wife did an interview here for the SC public >> radio a few years back and for some reason there was a $100 gratuity >> associated with it, she just donated it back to the station and it all >> started over again here. Extreme rudeness finally put a stop to it but we >> still get the mailings. Then I learned what some of those syndicated shows >> make off the stations, what an amazing racket they have going on. >> >> --JC > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
