{"id":1605,"date":"2007-06-30T11:42:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-30T18:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2007-07-01T00:54:16","modified_gmt":"2007-07-01T07:54:16","slug":"moscow-on-the-delaware-who-precisely-are-the-thugs-wielding-the-guns-in-the-new-jersey-rebate-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1605\/moscow-on-the-delaware-who-precisely-are-the-thugs-wielding-the-guns-in-the-new-jersey-rebate-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow on the Delaware: Who, precisely, are the thugs wielding the guns in the New Jersey rebate debate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Independence Day is upon us, and <a href=\"http:\/\/littlepinkhouses.com\/?p=87\" target=\"_blank\">Cathy Jager reminds us what it is we seek independence <i>from<\/i><\/a>. The little question: Can a sleazy anti-rebate law be repealed? The big question: Is the NAR arming the opposition?<\/p>\n<p>A happier note: Linked below is a clip from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0087747\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Moscow on the Hudson<\/i><\/a>. There are better films about Communism, but perhaps no better film about the idea of Independence Day. You have time to pick it up over the weekend so you can spin it up Wednesday night after the kids have gone to bed (things were different in the 80s).<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/compensation for buyer representation\" rel=\"tag\">compensation for buyer representation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/disintermediation\" rel=\"tag\">disintermediation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independence Day is upon us, and Cathy Jager reminds us what it is we seek independence from. The little question: Can a sleazy anti-rebate law be repealed? The big question: Is the NAR arming the opposition? A happier note: Linked below is a clip from Moscow on the Hudson. There are better films about Communism, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[4,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-disintermediation","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1489,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1489\/tennessee-commission-rebate-ban-signed-into-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":1605,"position":0},"title":"Tennessee commission rebate ban signed into law","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 31, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"From the the Nashville Tennessean:Gov. 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