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Re: Thoughts on New York Affiliates Situation

Tim_Jones — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:27:10 -0000

How would you define an industry organization? More like a union or lobbying group or just a like-minded group of business people?

Re: Thoughts on New York Affiliates Situation

Tim_Jones — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:37:08 -0000

It's New York, they're going to tax everything they possibly can and sometimes can't; asking for forgiveness later, rather than checking for permission, first.

Re: Barack Obama and Bumper Sticker Politics

Tim_Jones — Mon, 26 May 2008 08:33:28 -0000

Additionally, I would question why they are still attacking Bush and Cheney. Neither one is running; seems they are resistant to that change, too.

Re: Businesses Don’t Get Customer Evangelism

Tim_Jones — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:33:10 -0000

We deal with this all the time with a brand that we sell. Often, we are stopped in our tracks promoting their brand in a positive way. It sometimes even seems that they want to prevent us from selling their products and services -- all while continually being a top level performer/seller for them. It really just boils down to a control issue and a lack of foresight. Good post!

Re: The Real Cost of Gasoline

Tim_Jones — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:19:51 -0000

OPEC would not be as much of a factor, if we would just produce/harvest our own supply.

Re: The Real Cost of Gasoline

Tim_Jones — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:05:43 -0000

For starters, it's not a pro-oil argument, it's a pro business argument. As I stated, businesses should charge whatever the market will bear for their product. Additionally, I did not make the claim that profit did not go up at all due to the increased price, however I did note that the profit margin has decreased as the price has increased. This indicates an increase in demand in order to produce record profits while margins are going down. My argument is that the profit oil companies are making is a very small percentage of the overall price of gasoline and that going after them will make little difference in the cost. Cutting taxes and increasing the non-OPEC supply of oil would put a much bigger dent in the cost at the pump.

Re: RedHatBlueHat Podcast - Show 2 Et tu, Brute?

Tim_Jones — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:14:43 -0000

Yeah, it's hard for them to keep up in this format -- you know, where you have to defend your stance. :)

Re: Motorcycle Track Day

Tim_Jones — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:02:41 -0000

http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-58...

This is the type we use for hare scrambles and track days. They've withstood crashes with trees. Broke helmet, camera OK.

Here's links to some of the video we've taken:

http://blip.tv/file/811122/
http://blip.tv/file/817230/
http://blip.tv/file/830090/

Re: Kindle First Impressions

Tim_Jones — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:28:39 -0000

What about taking notes, highlighting, etc. in the books? I mark up my books, can I do the same with the Kindle?

Re: Toastmasters Award

Tim_Jones — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:56:07 -0000

Do a search for Bristol Obama speech and you will find lots of video and news coverage of this speech. None of them include this section, it was not easy to find, even if you knew what you were looking for.

He also blames the crowd for being too noisy (he can't hear himself think), yet the crowd was quiet, waiting for him to get it out.

Re: I’m Voting Republican

Tim_Jones — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:58:09 -0000

Funny, dead wrong, but funny. :)

Re: The Real Cost of Gasoline

Tim_Jones — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:19:21 -0000

You are far from right. You start your comment off by insulting me, you completely ignore the effects of the speculative market, you have no idea what you are talking about with regard to the impact drilling in our own country would have (see link in today's post to Noel Sheppard's article), you think the solution is electric cars (as if my electric bill isn't high enough, you want the entire US to plug their cars into the grid -- you think the California brown-outs were bad, try going without refrigerated food for a couple weeks), and finally you end with another insult. You were so wrong on so many points, I didn't want you to drag me down to your level of ignorance, so no , I did not respond.

Re: Carolina Dem

Tim_Jones — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:26:05 -0000

"If you're not a liberal in your 20's, your heartless, if you're not a conservative by your 30's, your brainless."

I had no idea Sam was so young!

Re: 1,000th Post

Tim_Jones — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:14:17 -0000

Congrats, Sam! Fantastic video, BTW! Make money online, FTW!

Re: Free Landing Page Template

Tim_Jones — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:49:45 -0000

Thanks for the tip. I'm looking into this.

Re: magicJack/Ymax Horrible Company to Deal With

Tim_Jones — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:41:52 -0000

This is all very interesting, Brian. I have a MagicJack that I am waiting to install and now, I doubt if I will do so. I also signed up for the MagicJack program on Motive due to the great things I'd heard about the product and intended to evangelize the benefits, myself. Once I signed up, I noticed that I could not promote using pretty much any PPC campaigns. So, I guess I'm just supposed to plop an ad on the web and hope someone shows up? Why are they paying for an affiliate program if they don't want you promoting their product?

Re: Wesley Clark Criticizes John McCain

Tim_Jones — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:52:20 -0000

Nice hat!

Re: The Power of Free! A Case Study

Tim_Jones — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:49:34 -0000

I love this, Jim. I constantly have to remind myself of this principle. One of my favorite authors, Jeffrey Gitomer, advises a parallel -- focus on what value you can provide to others and they will fight to provide value to you in return. Thank you for sharing your success with your readers.

Re: Legislative Accomplishments of Barack Obama

Tim_Jones — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:52:58 -0000

This is fantastic!

Re: WordPress Version 2.6 Released: Gears Support, Post Revision Restore, and Press This Option

Tim_Jones — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:43:04 -0000

Thanks for the clarification, I must have mis-heard that part of the video while I was also typing the post. :)

Re: RedHatBlueHat 9: Bring Back the Military Draft

Tim_Jones — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:30:31 -0000

I knew that one would get a comment out of you, Sam. :)

Re: 8 Reasons Ocala is Better Than Croom

Tim_Jones — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:41:28 -0000

I agree, as a Jeeper, ONF has really come after off-road users of all stripes and it's dead wrong. I really wasn't attempting to tackle that topic, just the improvement of the OHV trail system.

Re: RedHatBlueHat 9: Bring Back the Military Draft

Tim_Jones — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:45:17 -0000

BTW, I love your idea of "balance" -- "according to the analysis by the nonprofit National Priorities Project" -- the same National Priorities Project owned by Proteus Fund, in turn owned by George Soros. Yeah, he definitely doesn't have an agenda. [/sarcasm]

Re: GeekCast 28: Free Beer in Boston

Tim_Jones — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:19:11 -0000

I'd be right along with you all.

Re: GeekCast 29: Boiled Peanuts

Tim_Jones — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:07:37 -0000

That is, quite possibly, the fanciest boiled peanut stand I've ever seen!