<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119</id><updated>2012-02-16T18:20:50.655-08:00</updated><category term='joes bank'/><category term='home for sale'/><category term='credit default swaps'/><category term='sue bernard madoff'/><category term='bailout downtown'/><category term='for sale by owner'/><category term='beach house'/><category term='real estate deal'/><title type='text'>JOE'S BANK</title><subtitle type='html'>The government doesn’t just have the option to take potentially insolvent banks into receivership, my understanding is that under the law it has the obligation to do so. Refusal to do that is a dereliction of duty and an abuse of executive power, aided and abetted by a legislature that is equally derelict in its duties under the constitution.  I'LL TAKE MINE STACKED NEATLY IN A BOX PLEASE.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-1248138260157487468</id><published>2010-03-23T11:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T09:08:05.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'>3 BD, 2 BA, Big Double Lot, Big Shop, Walk To Beach</title><content type='html'>Don't forget to have a look at our advertisement in CRAIGSLIST SEATTLE  for our great home here at the beach for sale.  I am offering my &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ_PyjAgvPc"&gt;ROCKET  BRAND RAY GUN&lt;/a&gt; to anyone who sends a buyer, and if YOU are the buyer, I  have lots of goodies as bonus to entice you to pay full price!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/reo/1657568301.html"&gt;3 BD, 2 BA, Big Double Lot, Big Shop, Walk To Beach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-1248138260157487468?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/1248138260157487468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=1248138260157487468' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/1248138260157487468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/1248138260157487468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2010/03/2-ba-big-double-lot-big-shop-walk-to.html' title='3 BD, 2 BA, Big Double Lot, Big Shop, Walk To Beach'/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-1923437023793854759</id><published>2010-02-20T13:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-20T13:37:41.090-08:00</updated><title type='text'>3 BD, 2 BA, WALK TO BEACH BIG LOT BIG SHOP GREAT GARDENS</title><content type='html'>CLICK ABOVE OR BELOW TO VIEW MY CRAIGSLIST LISTING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/reo/1601857409.html"&gt;3 bd, 2 BA, WALK TO BEACH BIG LOT BIG SHOP GREAT GARDENS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-1923437023793854759?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/1923437023793854759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=1923437023793854759' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/1923437023793854759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/1923437023793854759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2010/02/2-ba-walk-to-beach-big-lot-big-shop.html' title='3 BD, 2 BA, WALK TO BEACH BIG LOT BIG SHOP GREAT GARDENS'/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-2954098432996358572</id><published>2009-03-03T11:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T11:07:38.995-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joes bank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bailout downtown'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credit default swaps'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Even without having any losses due to &lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5223VD20090303"&gt;credit default swaps that guarantee mortgage-linked securities&lt;/a&gt;, we here at JOE'S BANK are just as broke as we can be.  PLEASE MR. PRESIDENT OBAMA, we need some walkin' around money &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;desperately!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-2954098432996358572?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/2954098432996358572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=2954098432996358572' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/2954098432996358572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/2954098432996358572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2009/03/even-without-having-any-losses-due-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-3571262798204583466</id><published>2009-03-01T19:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T19:27:26.306-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SatRt11aD5I/AAAAAAAADN0/U1mTfxkCZdE/s1600-h/money-down-toilet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 352px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SatRt11aD5I/AAAAAAAADN0/U1mTfxkCZdE/s400/money-down-toilet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308426433773309842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;1 March 2009:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;WAIT A MINUTE!  WHAT THE HECK &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;IS GOING ON HERE?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123589399651003021.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"&gt;BIGBANKCO AIG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; IS GETTING ANOTHER &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;30 BILLION DOLLARS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;FROM THE FEDERAL GOVT.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://joesbank.blogspot.com/"&gt;JOE'S BANK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; HAS GOT NONE YET?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/10/news/economy/bank_bailout_overhaul/"&gt;WTF??&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-3571262798204583466?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/3571262798204583466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=3571262798204583466' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/3571262798204583466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/3571262798204583466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2009/03/1-march-2009-wait-minute-what-heck-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SatRt11aD5I/AAAAAAAADN0/U1mTfxkCZdE/s72-c/money-down-toilet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-3073809401228490215</id><published>2009-01-01T18:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T18:30:51.022-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Remember, we don't want anyone taking to the streets to demand accountability from the financial services industry. Fortunately, there's a clause in every credit card agreement that says, "If you ever take to the streets to demand accountability, your interest rate will increase to 385 percent." So we're probably covered. But let's not take any chances until we've pocketed the rest of the dough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman;"&gt;thx to &lt;a href="http://alterx.blogspot.com/2009/01/advice-for-banks.html"&gt;Alternate Brain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-3073809401228490215?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/3073809401228490215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=3073809401228490215' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/3073809401228490215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/3073809401228490215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2009/01/remember-we-dont-want-anyone-taking-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-6050096875916161801</id><published>2008-12-31T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T14:57:31.057-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home for sale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='for sale by owner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real estate deal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach house'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;$189,000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here at JOE'S BANK we notice things like the mortgage interest rates being lower than at any time in the last 37 years.  While we have not yet received our bailout, we occasionally promote special home sales deals.  &lt;a href="http://beachhomeforsale.blogspot.com/"&gt;HERE IS THE DEAL&lt;/a&gt; OF THE CENTURY, or perhaps the deal of 2009, it's really too early to tell....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SVu7_jfJpWI/AAAAAAAAC8s/GFPIy21eO8w/s1600-h/8+30+08+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SVu7_jfJpWI/AAAAAAAAC8s/GFPIy21eO8w/s400/8+30+08+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286025288181458274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This lovely property is Near OCEAN PARK, on the S.W. coast of Washington state USA.  It is a short walk to the beach.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;  NEW REDUCED PRICE&lt;/span&gt; - $189,000  For more on this lovely home, please &lt;a href="http://beachhomeforsale.blogspot.com/"&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/a&gt;.  In order to purchace this property, you will have to come up with your cash or mortgage from another source, as JOE'S BANK does not offer any services yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;"  &gt;click the picture to biggify it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-6050096875916161801?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/6050096875916161801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=6050096875916161801' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/6050096875916161801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/6050096875916161801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2008/12/here-at-joes-bank-we-notice-things-like.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SVu7_jfJpWI/AAAAAAAAC8s/GFPIy21eO8w/s72-c/8+30+08+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-1838352882123074011</id><published>2008-12-25T14:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T19:28:52.453-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joes bank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sue bernard madoff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bailout downtown'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SVQOJushsMI/AAAAAAAAC7M/63sEItBn0W8/s1600-h/bag+of+money.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 197px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SVQOJushsMI/AAAAAAAAC7M/63sEItBn0W8/s200/bag+of+money.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283863823128834242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/bernie-madoff"&gt;Madoff&lt;/a&gt; WHINERS have started to come out of the woodwork..&lt;a href="http://agitprop.typepad.com/agitprop/2008/12/i-can-haz-bailout.html#more"&gt;.STFU BITCH&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;Maybe YOU lost a million dollars and won't be able to afford to run your gigant - o custom motor home.&lt;br /&gt;WE are a&lt;a href="http://joesbank.blogspot.com/"&gt; BRAND NEW BANK&lt;/a&gt;, and have no idea how to run a brand new bank.  We got troubles too, you know!&lt;br /&gt;GET IN LINE, you can be FIRST right after JOE'S BANK gets OUR free bag-o-money!&lt;br /&gt;We are so POOR we have to drive a &lt;a href="http://informiorium.blogspot.com/2008/05/click-pic-to-biggen.html"&gt;1990 Taurus&lt;/a&gt; to town!  I mean HELLS BELLS, our motor home is a &lt;a href="http://informiorium.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-thought-you-might-enjoy-peek-into.html"&gt;1965&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-1838352882123074011?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/1838352882123074011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=1838352882123074011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/1838352882123074011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/1838352882123074011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2008/12/madoff-whiners-have-started-to-come-out.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SVQOJushsMI/AAAAAAAAC7M/63sEItBn0W8/s72-c/bag+of+money.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-1715577107045183974</id><published>2008-11-25T18:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T18:48:02.871-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SSy41lVUXtI/AAAAAAAACyQ/nS93VL4Q5Ew/s1600-h/JOES+BANK.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SSy41lVUXtI/AAAAAAAACyQ/nS93VL4Q5Ew/s400/JOES+BANK.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272792494438112978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-1715577107045183974?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/1715577107045183974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=1715577107045183974' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/1715577107045183974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/1715577107045183974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RU3AEuCB50s/SSy41lVUXtI/AAAAAAAACyQ/nS93VL4Q5Ew/s72-c/JOES+BANK.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-5703282646226179121</id><published>2008-11-24T20:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T20:58:37.460-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>My Dear Barack,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you wondered why Congress was so quick to provide a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry, yet is dragging its feet over a bailout for the auto industry? The reason is quite simple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cynl Northcote Parkinson did more than posit Parkinson’s Law, which states that work expands to fill the time available for its consumption, along with its corollary that bureaucracies expand regardless of utility or need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also gave the example of a board of directors faced with two decisions: the building of a multimillion dam, and the purchase of a $29.95 coffee machine. According to Parkinson, the decision on the dam will be made in minutes, while the decision on the coffee machine will involve hours of debate. The reason is simple: nobody knows a damn thing about dams, but everyone is an expert on making coffee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To comment on what you know nothing about is to display your ignorance. Hence, it is much better to nod knowingly and approve it since voting against it would require an explanation, and it’s hard to explain what you don’t understand in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congress was asked to bail out a financial industry even financial experts don’t understand. So it approved it. Unfortunately for General Motors, everyone understands cars, so its request was doomed to fail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;LIFTED DIRECT FROM &lt;a href="http://ristocrats.blogspot.com/2008/11/belacqua-explains-it-all.html"&gt;THE ARISTROCRATS&lt;/a&gt; BLOG&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-5703282646226179121?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/5703282646226179121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=5703282646226179121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/5703282646226179121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/5703282646226179121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-dear-barack-have-you-wondered-why.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271225961472105119.post-880265947194831380</id><published>2008-11-24T18:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T18:26:04.167-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I am hoping that, even though my  bank is smaller than CitiBank, the government might come and bail me out.  All one of the employees here are really in some financial hardship trying to run something we are not competent to run.  PLEASE MR. STILL PRESIDENT BUSH, send us some bailout!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3271225961472105119-880265947194831380?l=joesbank.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/feeds/880265947194831380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3271225961472105119&amp;postID=880265947194831380' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/880265947194831380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3271225961472105119/posts/default/880265947194831380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesbank.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-am-hoping-that-even-though-my-bank-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Mr. Natural</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09570665867798768948</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19GvUMpaTjU/TtAUMqe4n6I/AAAAAAAAFLI/v2L6uDhHGEQ/s220/JOES%2BPLACE%2Bcropped.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
