Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Band-Aid Effect (From RE Bloggers)

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Eric Amzalag

The federal government invested 700 billion dollars in the housing industry during it’s past fiscal year. Gulp. That is 700,000,000,000 dollars folks. Into our industry. By any measure we are not any better than we were last year. Of course, it can … Continue reading →

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Is Obama a Great President? (From our public schools)

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Eric Amzalag

My 8 year old cousin came home from (public) school one day and asked his dad, “Is President Obama a great president?” His dad gave him a great simple answer that I thought I’d share right here. He said, “Son, … Continue reading →

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College students aren’t keeping up w/ Social Media. Whose using it & for What?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Eric Amzalag

Parents and politicians, businesses and professionals use Facebook and Twitter as platforms to socialize and mobilize the masses. These platforms are no longer reliant on tech geeks and earlyvangelists (Earlyvangelists = Early Adopter + Internal Evangelist) to provide them with … Continue reading →

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Insanity – Day 1

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Eric Amzalag

It’s 7:00AM July 19th 2010. I just finished my 1st day of the Insanity 60 day challenge. To keep myself honest I’ll be posting updates every 15 days with pictures and statistics. Every 15 days I will perform a “Fit … Continue reading →

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Bank Bailouts Are Like Paying a Ransom…

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Eric Amzalag

Over at Cafe Hayek they compare the bank bailouts to paying a ransom. I like to compare this to the situation in Israel. If Israel gave into all the hostage situations and all of the medias demands we would see … Continue reading →

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