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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

We've touched on this in several of the threads.  It is NOT the small banks 
that are at risk as much as large banks.  Prima facia evidence is that your 
small bank is still doing fine and one of the largest in the world (WaMu) 
just 
failed.

http://tinyurl.com/47v3cg

"At the same time, many smaller banks said they were actually benefiting from 
the problems on <A 
HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Wall+Street?tid=informline";>Wall
 Street</A>. Deposits are flowing in as customers flee 
riskier investments, and well-qualified borrowers are lining up for loans.
"We collect money from local savers, and we lend it in the local community,
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