Here’s a comment that got deleted earlier tonight, a pearl of wisdom issued from one orifice or another by a less-than-brilliant pundit who chose to keep his or her identity concealed. The soul and substance of this partial portion of wit:<\/p>\n
this is easily the worst blog on the RE.net<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Todd Seavey wrote a brilliant essay this week on the nature of this kind of drive-by malice<\/a>, but ours is a very special kind of misanthrope. For our anonymous abortive commenter is so well versed in the greater and the lesser, the better and the worse, the ridiculous and the sublime of the RE.net that he or she seems not to know that I coined the term ‘RE.net’<\/a>.<\/p>\n
“Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.” Indeed. I know from a lifetime’s experience that I bring out the worst of the bad in people. That much requires no special effort on my part. I strive, when I remember to think about it, to bring out the best of the good in people, as well. And while BloodhoundBlog is not “easily the worst blog on the RE.net,” we have a colorable if not utterly incontestable claim to being the best of our breed. And if we are not beyond all doubt the very best, it is certainly not for the lack of effort.<\/p>\n
Witness: These are the top 25 most popular BloodhoundBlog posts for 2007, expressed in terms of hard clicks:<\/p>\n
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- What\u2019s Wrong with zipRealty?<\/a> by Russell Shaw\n<\/li>\n
- HR 3915 Is Dangerous<\/a> by Brian Brady\n<\/li>\n
- HR 3915: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007<\/a> by Brian Brady\n<\/li>\n
- More on the iPhone…<\/a> by Greg Swann\n<\/li>\n
- Is the Subprime Mortgage Market the next Enron?<\/a> by Brian Brady\n<\/li>\n
- How to make Google your weblog\u2019s best friend…<\/a> by Greg Swann\n<\/li>\n
- HARD MONEY: Life as a Legal Loan Shark<\/a> by Brian Brady\n<\/li>\n
- The Countrywide Federal Bailout Act of 2008<\/a> by Brian Brady\n<\/li>\n
- 401(k)\u2019s IRA\u2019s & Urban Myths<\/a> by Jeff Brown\n<\/li>\n
- Redfin.com\u2019s Real Estate Consumer\u2019s Bill of Rights: A wolf in sheepskin clothing…<\/a> by Greg Swann\n<\/li>\n
- Game Time: What Are Your Favorite Real Estate Slogans?<\/a> by Dan Green\n<\/li>\n
- Subprime Loans Disappeared? Learn How to be a Hard Money Loan Broker<\/a> by Brian Brady\n<\/li>\n
- San <\/a>Read more<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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