Think you can do better? Please do. And tell everyone you know in the media to latch onto this with every tooth they have left in their dainty little lapdog jaws.<\/p>\n
This used to be a free country. Whether or not it ever is again depends on what each one of us does now…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Want to know what Realtors can do to help resurrect the American economy? They can get the hell out of the way, that’s what. Here’s my entry in the Al Lorenz\/Don Reedy NAR tax-credit video contest. Think you can do better? Please do. 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