#145 — Keeping Up Appearances

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An awful lot of folks are angry at the American banking industry and they are expressing their outrage by way of obscene gestures, foul language, and poorly-spelled letters to the editor. The government, sensing the restless mood of the public is responding by giving huge piles of crisp new dollar bills to the banks. The banks, in a bid to keep the cycle going by annoying people even more, are using the money to throw big parties.

One major financial institution — not to name names, but their initials are AIG — spent nearly a half million dollars on a corporate retreat at a lavish resort. Members of the American public — many of whom find themselves unexpectedly and unpleasantly unemployed — asked, “Could you bring me a doggie-bag from the buffet? Or maybe a doggie duffel bag? I’d kind of like to feed my family this month.”

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Notes:

• PodcampSLC is less than a week away.  I’d love to meet you there.  All the details are at:
  http://www.podcampslc.org
• I mentioned Alex in the notes this episode. He’s a podcaster in the UK and has a great background in social media. Check him out on his website and if you need his kind of help, take a look at his on-line resume:
  http://newforestpodcast.wordpress.com/
• Another website worth visiting is Chuck Tomasi’s.  You can find him at:
  http://www.chuckchat.com