Sound Financial Institution Thinking Quote of the Day

"Why any sane banker would forgo the opportunity to have Barney Frank and Chris Dodd micromanaging and second-guessing how you deploy your government-provided capital is beyond me, but Frost Bank must have its reasons. Perhaps they decided that they'd prefer having a hot poker shoved in their eye sockets. It would likely be a lot less painful process, and you'd die much more quickly and mercifully."

-- Kevin Funnell, on Frost Bank's decision to decline federal bailout money.