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The Terrorists Have Won

Jim Duncan — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:34:12 +0000

We seem to be focusing on trees - the rare attempted act of terrorism on flights - rather than the forest - loss of freedoms, common sense and self-reliance . ...He believes that the country would be just as safe as it is today if airport security were rolled back to pre-9/11 levels. ...... passengers on international flights coming to the United States will apparently have to remain in their seats for the last hour of a flight without any personal items on their laps. ...I could write a story citing the Constitution and freedom but I'm going to speak the language of common sense , one our politicians do not seem to comprehend.

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Government Creeps Further into Every Facet of American Life

Jim Duncan — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:46:48 +0000

The plans for a markup next week – still tentative as of late Friday – appeared to signal growing congressional support for the idea, which President Barack Obama also backed during the 2008 campaign. And here is part of the bill, HR 390: College Football Playoff Act of 2009 - Congress finds that -- (1) college football games, including post-season football games, depend upon competition between college and university teams traveling in interstate commerce;?... (3) the total economic impact in the host cities from the 5 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games in January 2008 was estimated at more than $1.2 billion;?... (6) the colleges and universities whose teams participate in the post-season football bowls experience significant financial windfall including increased applications for enrollment, recruiting advantages, increased alumni donations, and increased corporate sponsorship that provides a competitive advantage over universities whose teams are ineligible or statistically at a disadvantage from the BCS bowl competitions because of their conference affiliation.

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Net Neutrality… Whom Do You Trust? – Politics

Jim Duncan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:00:20 +0000

In the beginning … Today’s Internet embodies a legacy of openness and transparency that has been critical to the network’s success as an engine for creativity, innovation, and economic growth. Imagine an entrepreneur who wants to launch a new website or online service. She faces low barriers to entering the market, in part because broadband Internet access service providers today [...]

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The Nobel’s Irrelevance- Politics

Jim Duncan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:34:28 +0000

- FHA Bailout - Don’t Ask Don’t Tell - ACORN - Health Care Reform - Commercial Real Estate’s coming troubles - Net Neutrality - Consumer Protection Agency What are we talking about this week? The Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. Obama’s “winning” the Nobel Peace Prize has dominated much of the blog and even mainstream media conversations, but does it really [...]

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Taking Government Transparency to the People- AG Politics

Jim Duncan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:38:50 +0000

HR 554 – taking transparency and political responsibility to where they belong – to the people. ‘(1) It shall not be in order to consider a motion to dispose of a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference committee until at least 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays except when the House is in session on such a [...]

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If A Realtor is Unethical in the Woods

Jim Duncan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:00:24 +0000

If a Realtor is found to be unethical in a vacuum, does it matter? Have a hypothetical: Realtor X has a listing that has been on the market for 180 days. When re-listing the property on the 181st day, Realtor changes the street name from “Main Street” to “Main St” – Days on Market reset – thereby making this a [...]

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But, We’re ALL Ethical!

Jim Duncan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:00:06 +0000

The (NAR) doth protest too much, methinks. Did you see this? (not too many people have, apparently). 10 Things Your Real Estate Broker Won’t Say Many of the “10 Things” are arguably true. Some are laughably easy to dispute. Calling the article “dumb” is silly. 1 – “Your house is really just a networking party for me.“ True. In my [...]

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You Write About Real Estate?

Jim Duncan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:00:49 +0000

Sometimes it's easy to get wrapped up in what we do, and assume that because we blog, everyone knows about real estate blogging. In our little world of Realtors, bloggers, real estate tech, we all know what we do and how crucial what we do is to our individual businesses and our shared professions - that's why so many of us are heading to Atlanta this week .

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Blogging Confidential

Jim Duncan — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:30:23 +0000

He sent me a long, detailed email explaining his situation, naming names, giving financial information about all parties - keep in mind these are all local to my market - and asked for advice. ... That he made this request at the end was gratifying - it demonstrated the already-established trust that the blog had conveyed - but it made me put myself in his and others' shoes.

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What If You Died?

Jim Duncan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:58:29 +0000

- Consult a lawyer about what steps need to be taken to transfer ownership of accounts - domain hosting isn't free, and the hosting company likely won't take your spouse's or friend's word that you really, really wanted them to take over. ... As morbid as this sounds, it's nothing compared to the conversations my wife and I have had about our respective wills (done) or our life insurance guy's recommendation that we get life insurance for our kids (nope).

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