Steve Hoffacker's Sales Quips

Without failure how do you appreciate success? Failure is part of our journey.

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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Maybe you missed it today, but Dennis Kucinich introduced a measure in the House calling for the immediate withdrawal - within 30 days - of all US forces from Afghanistan.

Fortunately, it was defeated overwhelming. The House did the right thing. It's important to recognize their efforts when they act in the best interests of the country. Only 65 voted to pull-out now.

For now we are able to on fighting and making a difference.

Could have been interesting. If the Congress voyed to end the war - one which they didn't declare - and the Commander-in-Chief chose not to, what would happen?

Here's to our brave men and women who volunteer to defend us and carry on the fight.

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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Why should we be supporting nations of the world that we don't like or that can impact our economy on a moment's notice? I'm talking about oil.

We are an energy rich nation with plenty of resources in the ground.

Take whatever oil, natural gas, shale, and coal supply that we have under our surface. Then throw in what lies beneath the seas off our coasts - Atlantic from Key West to the St. Lawrence, Gulf, Pacific - up to Alaska, and Hawaii. Then add in Peurto Rico, Guam, and other areas.

Then drill, dig, and extract. Not in  an reckless strip mining or wildcat operation, but in a strategic energy mining operation.

We have so many resources - maybe no one really knows how much. Estimates run to over a 100 year supply.

Here's the question: what good are they doing us in the ground?

Let's use them. They are a gift. When we see that we are coming to the end of what is feasible to extract, then we can aggressively pursue alternate sources of energy.

This doesn't mean that we can't be developing additional energy sources right now. Go for it. See what else we can perfect. Maybe we can even export that technology to the world. It just means that we have oil and gas to use while we are doing that.

You're probably familiar with the takeaway close. We can begin to use that on the countries we've been buying oil from. Sell to us at below market rates - on our terms - or we won't buy at all. We can be in a position to drive a hard bargain - and mean it.

As far as visual impact. offshore oil platforms are only visible when you get close. Oil wells are much smallerthan windmills and have a much smaller footprint. What about the environmental impact of the drilling, mining, refining, and extracting that foreign nations are using to produce the oil and gas we buy from them?

One way to bring manufacturing jobs back home to the USA and to hold the line on inflationary energy costs is with reasonably priced, domestic energy.

We are an energy rich nation. We should act like it.

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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Can you believe that we are living in the land of the free? Not when Chuck Schumer and Lindsay Graham are on the loose. They are meeting with Obama tomorrow to propose their progressive government watchdog registration program.

They want every worker in America - citizen or green card - to have a government issued ID card. Just to prove you are legally employable - at first. Then, it's possible for a whole host of activities that the government can foist upon us under the label of national security. Think checkpoints.

No way is this Constitutional.

We have never been subjected to the government being able to track our movements or knowing where we are. Can't happen? Wouldn't happen? You'd like to think so, but it's just a small step once everyone is registered with a scanable national ID. Depends on who wants to use the technology and data on the cards.

What about self-employed? Do we have to have one, too?

And you honestly believe that these cards can't be counterfeited? A whole new black-market enterprise.

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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As of today, Election Day is 34 weeks away - 237 days.

The Republicans are starting to show some spirit in rejecting the Dems' posturing and gameplaying, but it likley is too late to stop the machine. Some deserve to stay on, some don't.

All 435 seats in the House are up for election and 36 seats in the Senate, and we've already seen some announcements of resignations and retirement. This makes our job easier because we are assure of some new faces in the Congress.

Many of those currently serving have violated the public trust and their oath of office by ignoring the will of the people and the Constitution. Those people need to be serving their final weeks in the Congress.

It would be great to have a clean slate, but that is impractical. For one thing, two-thirds of the Senate will continue on. For another, some are going to be returned to office no matter what. That still doesn't keep us from advancing the notion that we are tired of business as usual and if we had the power we would start over with 535 new faces.

Keep up the pressure my fellow patriots and free enterprisers.

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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The Census Bureau is sparing no expense to get the word out - Super Bowl spots and prime time commercials. Ed Begley, Jr., in one of the spots, wants to take a snapshot of America. Just exactly how big of camera would that take?

The Census is Constitutionally mandated, but I doubt the Founders saw it turning into anything like this behemoth statistical effort. It is required for apportionment - that's all.

However, it has turned into the singular data collection tool for all kinds of demographic studies and analyses - even thought the data is so out-of-date and of questionable quality when it is finally made available - often over two years after the fact.

Only the population count is needed - of citizens. No other data is needed or required, and illegals are not to be counted.

Add to this the tremendous number of unconstitutional entitlement and revenue-sharing programs that are tied to population, and the matter simply compounds - expotentially. Another TV commercial beckons people to comply so  we can "can get your fair share of funding."

There is a solution, but most won't want to hear it. Have Congress return to what they are Constitutionally permitted to do and let all of the entitlement programs sunset.

Speaking of the Census, can we return to tightly compacted geographical districts - regardless of racial, potlitical party, or ethnic composition - and forget all the gerrymandering to try to insure a certain outcome?

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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Remember $4.00 a gallon gas? Remember that a lot of people wanted to drill for oil here in the US or off-shore? Remember then gas dropped to under $2,00? Didn't seem so urgent or important? Now gas is climbing back to $3,00 and beyond.

Whatever happened to "drill baby drill"? To "drill here, drill now"? We could be well on our way to increased domestic production had we done something then.

Remeber Obama's threat promise that energy prices will need to "skyrocket" under his plan.

Can we just drill?

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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Life can be very fast moving - particularly if we aren't prepared for it.  We need to keep up with the pace so we don't lose our way or get smashed into the rocks by the raging current.

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

© Steve Hoffacker, 2010. All Rights Reserved.

Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted. Photos are in their original digital image state and have not been cropped, edited, or enhanced in anyway.

Here's a entertaining skit that Victoria Jackson apprently did on Saturday Night Live. I didn't see this either, but here is a rebroadcast of it. Quite entertaining.