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Things are uneasy, and leash laws are top of the heap

November 13, 2009

Things are a bit uneasy out there with the average citizens. Anxiety is high, people feel they have little control of their own destiny and they are on edge. Know how I can tell? Is it news of the economy streaming over the 24/7 cable news? Politicians screaming from podium microphones? Former governors hawking tell-all-know-nothing-stir-up-hate [...]

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Businesses that look small are huge, as long as they stick to the knitting

January 22, 2009

Television adds ten pounds. It also add a few hundred square feet to a restaurant if featured on the Food Network or the Travel Channel. Case in point.
Last weekend, we were in St. Louis for the NSCAA. Our one goal was to seek out and eat a Pointersaurus pizza at Pointer’s Pizza. For those of [...]

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Government should be counter-cyclic to the Main Street marketplace

January 6, 2009

I was listening to NPR on WMUB this morning about the freshman Ohio senators starting their terms and how hard their jobs will be dealing with the State having a $1.9 billion budget deficit, GM, Delphi, DHL and other large companies pulling out of Ohio and various other things.
Many of the in-coming senators went [...]

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Barney, barney, barney

December 17, 2008

I won’t begrudge any dog his day, but what is the point of a Barney Christmas video every year? Is it some private joke I just don’t get?

Meanwhile, the economy is in the tank, we’re still mired down in the Middle East, gas prices are on the rise, oil production is being cut…. *sigh*

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What would you do if you had $1 million dollars?

December 10, 2008

Dear President-elect Barack Obama;
I am a small business owner. I do quite well for myself as I am in a knowledge-based business servicing the youth sporting market and the retail services industries. I also dabble a bit in coffee and Web 2.0 consulting.
I was running some numbers this afternoon on the bail-out plans that [...]

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Selling diamonds in a down economy

November 28, 2008

You might think that selling diamonds in a down economy would be a tough game, but you would be wrong!
Here is how DeBeers is doing it, full page ad in the WSJ.
 

Posted by email from rufus’s posterous

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A real economic bail-out plan

November 18, 2008

I’ve been watching and listening to all this bail-out talk over the past couple months and have come to a singular conclusion, regardless of which industry we’re talking about. All the bail-out money is attempting to do is to preserve a status quo and not really fix any underlying cause of any of this. Like [...]

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The $3,000 lawn mower

October 26, 2008

I brought my Snapper lawnmower in for service and Quentin, my lawn guy, writes me up a ticket, says that will be $99.00 for the pre-season special, including engine tune up, blade sharpening and balance, oil, gas, timing, etc, etc, etc. Probably all the things I should be doing myself, but just don’t have the [...]

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A conundrum of massive proportion

October 24, 2008

My paper shredder just crapped out on me. In this economy, I can’t afford to buy a new one. But, in this economy, I can’t afford to have my identity stolen either.
Barack and John, these are the kinds of things that we “Joe the Dog” living on “Main Street” have to worry about. And while [...]

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How Henry Ford destroyed humanity

September 20, 2008

Most people would argue that the assembly line has done more for the American economy than any other invention or idea. While it may have stoked the economy and got us working more efficiently, it is perhaps the single most mis-applied business idea to date that has destroyed any quality of experience. Let me explain.
Last [...]

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Memorial Day

May 22, 2008

As I was lifting my leg to bless the Englewood Independent lying on my doorstep this morning, the front page article caught my eye. So, I bent down to read it before soaking it. The main headline read “Memorial Day: Remembering those who preserve freedom.”
It was a good article about Air Force Capt. Bob Everdeen [...]

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Appeasing the under-educated white guy

May 18, 2008

Since Hillary’s win in North Carolina last Tuesday, the “news cycle” has been all about how Barack Obama is going to get the “under-educated, white man” vote. After watching news story after news story on this, a very large question suddenly dawned on me:
When did this country get to the point where the under-educated, white [...]

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Clinging to my walks

April 18, 2008

I recently had the opportunity to take a ride through Red State America along Hwy 35 through southern Ohio, West Virginia and onto Interstate 64. The ride was a bit odd as I emerged from Dayton, the rich, white, mall-laden Beavercreek into the hills, holler and trailer-park homes that lined 35 for miles upon miles.
I [...]

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NEWS RELEASE: Rufus volunteers to be the first puppy reporting from Iraq

March 27, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Rufus
c/o
Gerard McLean
DogWalkBlog
rufus@dogwalkblog.com
Rufus volunteers to be the first puppy reporting from Iraq
ENGLEWOOD, Oh. – In a brave move today, Rufus announced his intention to be the first puppy dog reporting from Iraq. Inspired by a call from Tribune Publishing owner Sam Zell, who said in a video posted on YouTube, “..hopefully our revenues are [...]

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Political Thoughts on Walks

October 31, 2005

Some things going through my head on recent walks: Supreme Court Nominee: I think the message your party is sending you, Mr. Bush, is take the job seriously. We know you are busy with lots of things like the Iraq War, Katrina, Wilma… but this is an appointment for life. Learn a bit from Covey; [...]

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