If you hire honest contractors and consultants, the chances increase dramatically that they wont follow orders and will listen to things like “law” and “science”. Since only a handful of these crooks get caught and go down, while the people that hired and instructed them stay put, it is worth it to get what you pay for (cooked books-Don’t bend over for the soap fatty, I mean al parrish)than to hire reputable people consistently and get varied, yet rationale, results.

Most consultants professionally resemble hookers, no matter what they consult on…. nature of the biz.

It seems like our state likes to hire shady characters where millions of dollars are involved. Sen. McConnell hired a guy with a criminal record to do his Hunley project. The State Ports Authority hired Al Parish, a convicted con man now serving time, to do their economic analysis.

I’m beginning to wonder if our officials feel more at home dealing with con men than with honest businessmen.

What do you expect from bunch of fascists and socialists?

I give them less than a year before declaring bankruptcy. They’ve already cut staff salaries back in addition to the more publicized surgical removal of dead flesh like Brad Warthen.

They are covering up , selling you a story they themselves are writing.

The State is not covering the news . They are making it up.

** THERE IS ONLY ONE* TOO BIG TO FAIL* COMPANY IN AMERICA FOLKS>>>> FIDELITY MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, 82 Devonshire, Boston Mass.

TARP Recipients

** ALL OF THESE COMPANIES ARE FMR – by statement of beneficial ownership. All TARP money paid to these companies indirectly went to FMR.

Citigroup Inc. (New York) — $25 billion
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (New York) – $25 billion
Wells Fargo & Co. (San Francisco) — $25 billion
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) — $15 billion
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (New York) — $10 billion
Merrill Lynch & Co. (New York) — $10 billion
Morgan Stanley (New York) — $10 billion
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (Pittsburgh) — $7.7 billion
US Bancorp (Minneapolis) — $6.6 billion
Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.) — $3.55 billion
Regions Financial Corp. (Birmingham, Ala.) — $3.5 billion
SunTrust Banks Inc. (Atlanta) — $3.5 billion
Fifth Third Bancorp (Cincinnati) — $3.4 billion
BB&T Corp. (Winston-Salem, NC) — $3.1 billion
Bank of New York Mellon (New York) — $3 billion
Keycorp (Cleveland) — $2.5 billion
Comerica Inc. (Dallas) — $2.25 billion
State Street Corp. (Boston) — $2 billion
Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (Milwaukee) — $1.7 billion
Northern Trust Corp. (Chicago) — $1.5 billion
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) — $1.4 billion
Zions Bancorporation (Salt Lake City) — $1.4 billion
Synovus (Columbus, Ga.) — $973 million
Popular Inc. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) — $950 million
First Horizon National Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.) – $866 million
M&T Bank Corp (Buffalo, N.Y.) — $600 million
Associated Banc-Corp. (Green Bay, Wis.) — $530 million
Webster Financial Corp. (Waterbury, Conn.) — $400 million
City National Corp. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) — $395 million
TCF Financial Corp. (Wayzata, Minn.) — $361 million.
The South Financial Group (Greenville, N.C.) — $347 million
Valley National Bancorp (Wayne, N.J.) — $330 million
East West Bancorp (Pasadena, Calif.) — $316 million
Citizens Republic Bancorp (Flint, Mich.) — $300 million
Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. (Lititz, Pa.) — $300 million
UCBH Holdings Inc. (San Francisco) — $298 million
Cathay General Bancorp (Los Angeles) — $258 million
FirstMerit Corp. (Akron, Ohio) — $248 million
International Bancshares Corp. (Laredo, Tex.) — $216 million
Trustmark Corp. (Jackson, Miss.) — $215 million
Umpqua Holdings Corp. (Portland, Ore.) — $214 million
MB Financial ( Chicago) — $193 million
First Midwest Bancorp Inc. (Itasca, Ill.) –$193 million
Pacific Capital Bancorp (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — $188 million.
First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.) — $186 million
Provident Bankshares (Baltimore) — $151 million
Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. (Boston) — $150 million
Old National Bank (Evansville, Ind.) — $150 million
Western Alliance Bancorporation (Las Vegas) — $140 million.
CVB Financial Corp. (Ontario, Calif.) — $130 million
Banner Corp. (Walla Walla, Wash.) — $124 million
Signature Bank (New York) — $120 million
Iberiabank Corp. (Lafayette, La.) — $115 million
Taylor Capital Group Inc. (Rosemont, Ill.) — $105 million * Bank of America holding
Midwest Banc Holdings Inc. (Melrose Park, Ill.) — $86 million
First Financial Bancorp. (Cincinnati) — $80 million
Wesbanco Inc. (Wheeling, W.Va.) — $75 million
Southwest Bancorp (Stillwater, Okla.) — $70 million
Superior Bancorp (Birmingham, Ala.) — $69 million
Nara Bancorp (Los Angeles) — $67 million,
Wilshire Bancorp (Los Angeles) — $62 million
Great Southern Bancorp (Springfield, Mo.) — $60 million.
Ameris Bancorp. (Moultrie, Ga.) — $52 million
Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway, Ark.) — $50 million
Capital Bank Corp. (Raleigh, N.C.) — $42.9 million
Heritage Commerce Corp. (San Jose., Calif.) — $40 million
Simmons First National Corp. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) — $40 million
Cascade Financial Corp. (Everett, Wash.) — $39 million
Peoples Bancorp (Marietta, Ohio) — $39 million
Porter Bancorp Inc. (Louisville, Ky.) — $39 million
Eagle Bancorp Inc. (Bethesda, Md.) — $38.2 million
Encore Bancshares Inc. (Houston) — $34 million.
Bancorp Rhode Island Inc. (Providence, R.I.) — $30 million
Severn Bancorp (Annapolis, Md.) — $30 million
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. (Gladstone, N.J.) — $28.7 million
Intermountain Community Bancorp (Sandpoint, Idaho) — $27 million
LNB Bancorp Inc. (Lorain, Ohio) — $25.2 million
HF Financial Corp. (Sioux Falls, S.D.) — $25 million
Heritage Financial Corp. (Olympia, Wash.) — $24 million.
HopFed Bancorp Inc. (Hopkinsville, Ky.) — $18.4 million.
Bank of Commerce Holdings Inc. (Redding, Calif.) — $17 million
1st Financial Services Corp. (Hendersonville, N.C.) — $16.3 million
Community West Bancshares (Goleta, Calif.) — $15.6 million
FFW Corp. (Wabash, Ind.) — $7.3 million
Capital Pacific Bancorp (Portland, Ore.) — $4 million

I CANNOT FIND ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE THE CALL ON THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES> but I would call attention to the massive fall out that is occuring as a result of so many failures. Clearly this type of calamity will reach into businesses not associated with FMR at some point as well. Please remember , just because one piece is out of place, doesn’t mean the puzzle doesn’t work at all. It could mean someone put the wrong piece in the box on purpose, to throw you off!!!!!

I do believe you, the Special Inspector General of TARP ,can find the connection that is buried within the following entities if you’d look.

United Community Banks (Blairsville, Ga.) — $180 million
Sandy Spring Bancorp (Olney, Md.) — $83 million
Columbia Banking System Inc. (Tacoma, Wash.) — $76.9 million
Southern Community Financial Corp. (Winston-Salem, N.C.) — $42.75 million
Washington Federal Savings ( Seattle ) — $200 million
Wainwright Bank & Trust Co. (Boston) — $22 million *** MOST LIKELY FMR***
Indiana Community Bancorp (Columbus, Ind.) — $21.5 million
First PacTrust Bancorp Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.) — $19.3 million
Broadway Financial Group ( Los Angeles) — $9 million
Saigon National Bank (Westminster, Calif.) — $1.2 million

Although I consider the total of the above amounts to be an total that I can bearly wrap my head around, it is actually quite small in the big picture, at least compared to the top companies total bail out.

FMR also has statements of beneficial ownership on GM and Chrysler claiming all the AIFP bail out money.