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October 25, 2009

What Jesus Doesn't Save, The FDIC Bails Out

(Important note: Riverview Community Bank of Otsego, MN, is in no way, shape, or form affiliated or connected with Riverview Bancorp of Vancouver, WA. They just happen to have a similar name)

Caught this on more than one of my copious liberal RSS feeds, and it was too ironicalicious not to share: perhaps one of the more sardonically humorous, if not outright remarkable, banks that got EATED this last week is Riverview Community Bank of Otsego, Minnesota.

The bank was started by one Chuck Ripka of Otsego, who claimed that God told him that if he would "pastor" funds, then God would see to the bottom line. Gawker has a sample of Pastor Chuck's banal attempt to evangelize with his catch-phrase and book, "God Out Of The Box", which is my way of telling you that if you care about religion, you'll spew if you watch it, so be warned.

This last week, amid rumors of faith-based oversight of loans and accusations by at least one regional progressive blog that the region's newspaper-of-record cleansed their reporting of the name of a prominent state Republican who happens to be a State Representative and a conservative Christian, Riverview Community closed only to open the next day under new ownership, with the assistance of the FDIC and, quite possibly, Satanists, or, at the very least, Objectivists.

Your tax dollars at work:

This picture was hung in offices of Riverview, who apparently had a special offer: open a checking account today and get a free Savior.

When you're God's chosen bank, why stop at a toaster?

(Picture: Nick Coleman via Twitpic)

Posted by The Chinuk at October 25, 2009 09:27 AM