Commercial Realty Team, Gerri A. Weits, P.A. BLOG

The Beauty of the Second Amendment

Commercial Realty Team — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:28:20 -0500

"is that we shall not need it until they come to take it away."

--Thomas Jefferson

And just to set the record straight, it was the CATO Institute, a Libertarian "Think Tank" Organization in Washington that successfully brought the recent DC "Right to Bear Arms" Court Case to the Supreme Court. It was not a Political Candidate or Party and Definitely not the sell-out National Rifle Association, which was never involved in this historic case. It was strictly a defense of our Constitutional rights against elected representatives who created laws that violated our 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.

The good news? Since the Supreme Court decision came down in the DC case, a dozen new State level cases have already surfaced and been filed to restore the 2nd Amendment Rights denied the Citizens of the United States.

Happy Birthday, America!

How to Avoid Cell Phone Cancellation Fees

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:11:04 -0500

WOW! I just learned an amazing, affordable way to effectively rid yourself of your current cell phone carrier without paying the exorbitant contract early cancellation fees! Apparantly, all you need to do is request your cell phone carrier "suspend" your service. I learned this recently when a friend was going to be out of the country for an extended period of time. They requested their cell service provider suspend their service - they agreed, and only charged a nominal $2 per month, which gets billed each month for the remainder of the contract term. Only $2 per month to get rid of your current provider! Wish I knew this a few years ago each time I changed service providers - I would have saved at least $1000. Score one for all of us Realtors who are constantly getting gouged by our cell service providers!

Here's a tip on not being a slave to remaining with your cell carrier just so you can "keep your cell number". Simply, don't put it on your business card. Give out your office number, but put your cell phone number on your office voice mail outgoing message. This way, you maintain control - not the cell phone provider holding your cell phone number "hostage".

Quote of the Day

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:59:36 -0500

"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny." --Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence of the United States

Quote of the Day

Commercial Realty Team — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:08:23 -0500

"Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free." Harry Browne

Sage Advice from Lee Iacocca

Commercial Realty Team — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:20:41 -0500

Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from it's death throes? He's now 82 years old and has a new book, and here are some excerpts. Lee Iacocca says: "Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course'.   Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned 'Titanic'. I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'   You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have but someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.   The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the 'America' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you? I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, crisis being the first.) Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.   On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A Hell of a Mess. So here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our
borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership.   But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.  Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.   Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now,
that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.   Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it?   Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crisis that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.   I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?   Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope. I believe in America. In my lifetime I've had the privilege of living through some of America's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crisis: the 'Great Depression,' 'World War II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's this: You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a call to 'Action' for people who, like me, believe in America. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had 'enough.'

It's our country, folks; and it's our future at stake!

AAADD - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS

Commercial Realty Team — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:01:17 -0500

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!! Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.- Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. Here's how to spot the symptoms:

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up
from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote and won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. As I head down the hall, I'm rying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

The car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only 1 check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. BUT when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail . . .

Other People'$ Money

Commercial Realty Team — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:33:53 -0500

BUDGETING WITHOUT DISCIPLINE: Just as the Rule of Law is critically essential in a civil society, so is the integrity, transparency and accountability of the budget process to ensure the highest and best use of the taxpayers' hard earned money.

The most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.
--John Randolph, Early 19th Century Congressman

"Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous conscientiousness of honor. It is not the produce of riches only, but of the hard earnings of labor and poverty."
--Thomas Paine

Dear Dad . . . .

Commercial Realty Team — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:36:47 -0500

Well, here we are, having coffee together on Father's Day. Although you passed on to "the big square dance in the sky" 14 years ago, I just wanted to thank you for all you've given me as a child.

More of a "man's man", you were given three lovely girls who you taught to swim, ride bikes, roller skate, dance, sing "Stille Nacht" in German, and rocked to sleep many a night. Oh, I almost forgot how you taught me to water-ski at age 6 - on skis you made yourself! Your love of horses, photography, science, history and scuba were passed on to me, as well.

We used to wait in the living room looking out the window and yell in unison "Daddy's home!!" when we spotted your car coming into the driveway. My sisters and I used to argue who got to sit on your lap at night, and who you'd give a "horsey-back ride" into bed at night. You were our resident doctor (lots of scrapes on my knees) and a genius fix-it-man. I can still see images of you, a muscular fellow, tenderly and gently combing the long hair of your three girls.

A German immigrant at age 12, you were faced with many challenges when you moved to America. Your own father having just been killed in WWI, it must have been very scary coming to this land and not knowing one word of English. But you knew that if you were going to make it, you had better learn the language and quick, or you wouldn't be able to work. Today, there's no need to speak English - they simply make accomodations for people who seemingly don't want to make the effort to learn the language. A Veteran, you honored your new country by serving in the Korean War.

You were so great in fixing things - anything - from air conditioners to appliances, from cars to radios. There aren't many children who can boast that their parents built their family residence with their own two hands!! You were amazing! You'd be disappointed to see the "disposable" society I live in now! Hey, if it doesn't work? Toss it - China has more on the way. Ugh! We didn't have much, but what we had you worked hard for! That instilled a tremendous work ethic in me, Dad. You were right - "where there is a will, there is a way". You never gave up, and you never complained!

Dad, I lift my cup of coffee and salute you! I miss you very much! Happy Father's Day!

Your loving daughter, Gerri

Woman Are From Venus . . . Men Are Martians

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:34:00 -0500

How to Shower Like a Lady

Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks. Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas. Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc. Get in the shower. Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone. Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins. Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean. Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced. Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red. Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash. Rinse conditioner off hair. Shave armpits and legs. Turn off shower. Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mold spots with Tilex. Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of a small country. Wrap hair in super absorbent towel. Check entire body for zits; tweeze hairs. Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.

How To Shower Like a Man

Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile on the floor. Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at her making the 'woo-woo' sound. Look at your manly physique in the mirror. Admire the size, and scratch your butt. Get in the shower. Wash your face. Wash your armpits. Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off. Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower. Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area. Wash your butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stuck on the soap. Wash your hair. Make a "shampoo Mohawk". Pee. Rinse off and get out of shower. Partially dry off. Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of tub the whole time. Admire wiener size in mirror again. Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on. Return to bedroom with towel around waist. If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and make the 'woo-woo' sound again. Throw wet towel on bed.

And with that, I wish you all a good night, ActiveRainers!

A Special Lesson from the Special Olympics

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:26:01 -0500

At the Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who tumbled on the asphalt a couple of times, and began to cry. When other eight contestants heard the boy cry, they slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned around and went back - every one of them. One girl bent down and kissed him and said, "This will make it better", Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line.

Deep down we all should know this one thing: What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves . . . what matters in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing down sometimes and changing our course.

The Contest

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:39:34 -0500

A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early
morning business flight.

Not wanting to be the first to break the silence, and lose, he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM." He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his
wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up."

Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.

What Did He Say?

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:26:51 -0500

An elderly man arrives at his doctor's office for his yearly physical, with his wife tagging along.

When the doctor enters the examination room he says, "I will need a urine sample and a stool sample"

The old man, being hard of hearing, turns to his wife and asks, "What did he say?"

The wife yells back to him, "GIVE HIM YOUR UNDERWEAR!"

A Vegetative State

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:09:59 -0500

A man and his wife were sitting in the living room and he said to her, "Honey, just so you know - I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, PLEASE just pull the plug."

With that, his wife got up, unplugged the TV, then threw out all of his beer.

To Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity . . .

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:22:41 -0500

During your lunch break, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars - just to see if they slow down.

935 LIES and MORE THAN A MILLION DEAD

Commercial Realty Team — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:50:38 -0500

I wonder if the average joe realizes that our government blantantly LIED an OUTRAGEOUS 935 times about the FALSE Pretenses of why the US had to invade Iraq. Please educate yourselves about how this administration has betrayed the public's trust, killed over a million so far with no end in sight. Does anyone know why we are there? They can't tell us.

MSNBC and CNN Report Bush Administration's 935 lies to Iraq War:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz9Ew1UBBj0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz9

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET IMPEACHED AROUND HERE??? The LIARS should all be on trial for war crimes, not including the crimes committed against the American people!!

CNN Report on Study: War blamed for 655,000 Iraqi deaths. This study was completed in 2006. Using averages, that is about 218,333 Iraqi deaths per year. Do the math: this will be about 1,091,666.6 deaths to date over the five year occupation under the Bush regime.

You can read the CNN report here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.deaths

Also, watch the CNN/Associated Press Video for more info: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2006/10/11/starr.iraq.death.toll.report.ap

The Wall Street Journal reported the following: Human Rights Watch has estimated Saddam Hussein's regime killed 250,000 to 290,000 (say average of 270,000) people over 20 years.

The information points to about 218,333 per year Iraqi deaths under Bush's Regime; while there were only about 13,500 deaths per year under Saddim's regime. Over 20 years, this would amount to 4,366,664 deaths under Bush versus 270,000 under Saddim. It's all disgusting!

An interesting fact is that Donald Rumsfeld happened to be in Iraq the same day Saddam gassed to death about 1,000 Kurds.

While Saddim was horrid, his regime did keep some stability in the region, and sectarian violence was almost non-existant (except the Sunis and Kurds). Also, bear in mind that it is estimated that 200,000 civilians died in Bahdad alone from our bombing, and these numbers are not counting deaths from the insurgency.

Let's not forget that more than 40,000 of our troops, (sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, siblings) have been killed while fighting an unconstitutional, undeclared war with no identified enemy, or the $3 BILLION a day of money we don't have to continue this insanity. No matter, the Federal Reserve will just keep hitting the "print" button on their money press, robbing you of your future and destroying our economy with the devaluation of the US Dollar.

ENOUGH ALREADY! ENOUGH WITH THE LIES, KILLINGS AND WASTEFUL SPENDING! BRING OUR TROOPS HOME - NOW!!

Ron Paul said, "We just marched in there; we can just march home". Ron Paul is the only Presidential candidate with balls - oops, I mean integrity to stand there, alone against all the other 10 Republican candidates and Vote for the only Hope for America - Ron Paul for President!
www.RonPaul2008.com

What's a Post Turtle?

Commercial Realty Team — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:11:06 -0500

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to McCain and his bid to be our President.

The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, McCain is a post turtle'. Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, 'When you 're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle'.

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. 'You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put him up there.'

Bahamas Resort - Need JV Partner

Commercial Realty Team — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:12:09 -0500

Greetings, ActiveRainers!

I am representing a developer who is looking to JV a mixed use project in the Bahamas:

Superior location, with more than half mile direct beachfront, 100-150 acres - no zoning limitations!

Conceptual plan includes a marina resort hotel, some retail, some single family, plenty of room for golf course.

I've wasted quite a bit of time with commercial mortgage professionals (alas, they came from Active Rain) with a new too-goo-to-be-true offers of 100% financing, non-recourse, BS, BS, BS, SCAM! It's like they all went to the same scam school - "we'll get you the LOI immediately upon receipt of somewhere between $300-$900K". Yeah, right!

If anyone out there has an investor with resort experience who would be interested in seeing this fantastic opportunity, I look forward to hearing from you at 561-828-1401.

BSer's need not apply . . .

A Little Tidbit

Commercial Realty Team — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:58:48 -0500

Over 500% more civilians have died under Bush rule in Iraq than under the entire reign of Saddam.

Obama: How Destructive to the Economy?

Commercial Realty Team — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:58:35 -0500

Beneath Obama's flowery rhetoric lies a dangerous economic plan that will wreak havoc on the American economy - and Obama says he is absolutely committed to almost doubling the capital gains tax rate - something he will easily accomplish with a Democrat Congress, which, as realtors and property owners, well, you know the impact.

Once investors realize that Obama will raise the cap gains rate - there could be a stampede of asset sales as investors rush to take their profits now to avoid Obama's doubling of the tax rates next year.

Indeed, Obama makes no bones about his plans to go on a tax rampage. Not only would he increase the capital-gains tax rate from 15 percent to as much as 28 percent, he wants to allow the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts to expire in 2010, which effectively raises taxes on Americans by tens of billions of dollars.

He also wants to do away with the $102,000 FICA payroll tax cap, which means anyone making over $102,000 would pay an additional 7% in taxes on earned income.

And the loan dividend tax rate George Bush implemented? GONE, courtesy of Obama.

Of course, the BIGGEST tax we are facing today is the DEVALUATION of the DOLLAR, which is ROBBING us of our SAVINGS and of each and every DOLLAR WE EARN! And we have the Federal Reserve, a group of PRIVATE bankers to thank for printing more and more BASELESS DOLLARS (fiat money) based on the UNCONTROLLED SPENDING!

How destructive to the U.S. economy would a Barack Obama presidency be?

Make no mistake: there WILL be very rough times ahead, and will negatively impact each of us in a very personal way.

CUT SPENDING NOW! BRING BACK THE "UNTIED" STATED TO ITS CONSTITUTIONAL ROOTS!

The "change" we need isn't more taxes, it's FREEDOM, PEACE AND PROSPERITY - and I'm proud to be voting for the only QUALIFIED AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE candidate for president - Congressman Ron Paul for President! HOPE FOR AMERICA!

www.RonPaul2008.com. He's our only hope!

Global Warming - Their New Justification to Control

Commercial Realty Team — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:40:39 -0500

Global Warming Replaces 9/11 As Govt's Justification To Do Anything

Stop asking questions and just let us tax the living hell out of you, including the very air you breathe, after all - it's for the environment and we've never lied to you before have we?

They are also willing to comply with the ridiculous overbearing "solutions" to climate change (that will, just coincidentally, restrict your mobility and freedom of travel, regulate personal behavior, empower and expand global government and reinvigorate the surveillance state - everything Big Brother ever wanted) - but surely they wouldn't lie to us about global warming to achieve it, would they?

What is more dangerous? A temperature fluctuation that has been mirrored and exceeded ten times in the last thousand years alone without any lasting impact on the eco-system, or an excuse for western and global governments to tighten the shackles of fascism around our ankles in the name of saving the planet?

Has not recent history alone offered proof in triplicate that governments exploit, hype and engender hysteria about monsters under the bed that the state itself has manufactured?

Why should we believe them this time?

Making Popcorn With Your Cellphone

Commercial Realty Team — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:10:03 -0500

Imagine! Using your cell phone to make popcorn?!? Yep, it's true! You can also use them to defrost and cook dinner! (sic) If a kernel of corn reacts to these proported 'low-level microwaves", then use your imagination on what your innocent cell phone is doing to your brain! Reminds me of the old TV commercial: 'This is your brain. This is your brain when you use your cell phone'!

Here are a few videos on how to make popcorn using your cell phone (these videos are only a few seconds each) . . .

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=kAd0aWxs7kQ

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ju5yIFu4yY8

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=V94shlqPlSI

My new cell came with a red and white "consumer information about radio frequency emissions". Should have said "WARNING; THIS CELLPHONE EMITS MICROWAVES WHICH ARE VERY HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH, KIND OF LIKE PUTTING YOUR HEAD IN A MICROWAVE OVEN".

Realtors - hang up your cell phone and invest in a bluetooth!

We Need to Show More Respect for These People . . . .

Commercial Realty Team — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:12:37 -0500

* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day ~ every day.

I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans ~ I'm talking about our troops!

IT'S 123 DEGREES IN THE SHADE IN IRAQ TODAY! Our troops are in harms way, while America is at the Mall!

Doesn't it seem absurd that most of the Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops?

They are fighting a never-ending war against an unidentified enemy. No matter what you think, please write or send them a note today to thank them for their patriotism!

God Bless Our Troops!

Quote of the Day - Ronald Reagan

Commercial Realty Team — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:44:56 -0500

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked
like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." -Ronald Reagan

Obama Refuses to Salute the Flag!

Commercial Realty Team — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:03:53 -0500

Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin, presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was forced to explain why he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.

According to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171, during rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart.

"As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides," Obama said. "There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might salute it."

WHAAAAT??? This arrogant ass is a US Senator and he wants to be president?

For all of you out there, this blog has been an intentional spoof . . . intended to get people to chuckle. Hopefully, those that know my blogs wouldn't think I'd belive that Obama wants to "Teach the World to Sing"! Clearly, this is a joke, so let's have a good laugh - Haha!

This, however, is not a spoof: here's Obama showing his respect for our National Anthem and flag: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/anthem.asp

My vote will be for 10-term Congressman Ron Paul for President - he's the only canidate with an impeccable voting record, the Champion of the Constitution, married to the same wife for more than 50 years, and who has INTEGRITY! www.RONPAUL2008.COM

Oh, Boy!

Commercial Realty Team — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:42:14 -0500

If elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans, based on the theory that the president's wartime powers trump federal criminal statutes and court oversight, according to a statement released by his campaign Monday.

Oh, Goody! (and to think I'm a Republican!)

America is not at war - the US. Military is at war. America is at the Mall.

Support our troops though, in whatever way you think right. But CONSIDER NOT SUPPORTING THOSE WHO LIED TO SEND OUR TROOPS INTO HARMS WAY, AND OUR COUNTRY INTO BANKRUPTCY.

Support our Constitution. Have you ever read it? Read it today.

Then, in November, vote for Ron Paul for President, even if you have to write him in! He is still running as a candidate, but apparantly the news media have selected McCain as the "presumptive" nominee. What's the point of the Republican National Convention?