{"id":3585,"date":"2008-07-28T21:14:06","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T04:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2008-07-28T21:14:06","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T04:14:06","slug":"the-buck-stops-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3585\/the-buck-stops-where\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buck Stops Where?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ya know – I’ve decided that I want run for Congress – my dilemma: overcoming the paradigm that one aspires to move up and not – um – down. BUT! Just think of all the fun I’d have riding the train under The Capitol – sitting in convertibles waving at my constituents in parades, playing golf with my lobbiest “buddies” – Ahhhh – what a LIFE! <\/p>\n

Honestly, though – I think the best part would be sitting in commitees and writing legislation. Imagine sitting in a big room covered in mahogany wainscoting, sitting in a cordovan leather highback chair behind the massive, hand carved desk with my BIG brass name tag in front of me -I might even have a microphone in front of me. My voice would boom while speaking down to the little peop – er – constituents – um – not MY constituents, but constituents nonetheless.<\/p>\n

My esteemed colleague would be standing behind me whispering where the guys were going to meet up for drinks after the hearing while the pathetic homeowner in front of me goes on and ON AND ON about how some slick mortgage broker sold him a bill of goods and now he can’t make his mortgage payment. But I feign to listen because it’s only for a few hours and then I get to ride the under ground train with my buds ‘cuz tonight I’m drinkin’ and schmoozing with da bankers!<\/p>\n

Just think about it! I’d get to drink single malt scotch while Jimbo Biggidy Big Banker throws his arm around my shoulder, pulls me aside – walks me out on the patio at The Capital Grille, hands me a cigar and tells me that those wacky Wall Street boys – ha ha – you know the type – custom shirts and suits from Hong Kong – well they really blew it. Look at ALL that hell they’ve caused. <\/p>\n

Jimbo likes to talk in the third person.<\/p>\n

Tommy – Jimbo’s bank is losing money. How was Jimbo supposed to know that people weren’t going to be Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ya know – I’ve decided that I want run for Congress – my dilemma: overcoming the paradigm that one aspires to move up and not – um – down. BUT! Just think of all the fun I’d have riding the train under The Capitol – sitting in convertibles waving at my constituents in parades, playing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,26,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dirty-laundry","7":"category-lending","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4736,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4736\/no-one-to-root-for\/","url_meta":{"origin":3585,"position":0},"title":"No One to Root For…","author":"Sean Purcell","date":"September 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I wrote yesterday that we were Front Seat to History, but main stream press continues to miss it and I fear I was a little too cavalier in my writing.\u00a0 The real story here is not the initial failure of the bailout, but the in-your-face blatancy of our politicians.\u00a0 There\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Egoism in Action"","block_context":{"text":"Egoism in Action","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/egoism-in-action\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4828,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4828\/and-now-no-reason-to-root-at-all\/","url_meta":{"origin":3585,"position":1},"title":"And Now, No Reason to Root At All","author":"Sean Purcell","date":"October 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, while watching the House contort itself in a self-serving round of navel-gazing over the bailout package, I pondered two connotations of their disconnect with the populace.\u00a0 Taken together they are a question really, that looks at the motivation behind politicians' decisions; the metaphysical understanding of a Representative if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Lending"","block_context":{"text":"Lending","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/lending\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4716,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4716\/front-seat-to-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":3585,"position":2},"title":"Front Seat to History","author":"Sean Purcell","date":"September 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Whether or not you approved of the bailout, you have to count yourself lucky to be witnessing an historic event.\u00a0 Take a good, hard look at what is unfolding before us.\u00a0 One elected official after another said they could not vote for this legislation because their constituents back home were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Real Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6634,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6634\/bloggers-transparency-stimulus-and-laxatives\/","url_meta":{"origin":3585,"position":3},"title":"Bloggers. 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