Merry Christmas!

Posted by Michael Reagan

on Thursday, December 25, 2008

Here we are on the 25th of December. Our nation and the world celebrate the most holy of days. As the year winds down there is much to reflect on. However, I can't remember a time that I wanted a year to end as badly as I do this one. In less than four weeks we will swear in a new President and hopefully our nation can start to move on.

I think back on some of our other economic troubles of the past and I have to wonder if we were not better off then than we are now. We have never had so many means to communicate as we do now. A few decades ago bad news didn't travel as fast. That's not to say that was a good thing. Or was it? We are inundated with bad news in every step of our days now. Would it be better to sometimes not know? I'm not saying stick your head in the sand, but all of the gloom talk is really getting out of hand with people.

Case in point, I was consulting with a client last week who sells portable heaters. They are a great product. An elderly woman called about them and she explained how cold she was and she was interested in purchasing one. The price for these are $449. They are more expensive than your standard big box store heater because it works so well. Anyways, she wanted info and was sold on the product until I told her the price. Now she didn't say it was too expensive mind you, she just said she didn't know if she should spend the money.

I explained they had a 12 month no interest finance program if she didin't have the money up front and she replied, Oh no, I don't need that. I have the money. It's just I shouldn't spend it because of the economy. Now here is an elderly women who has the means to purchase but because she is so freaked out by all the TV and other media she sees she decides not to purchase.

This is happening all over the country now. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out if no one is spending people start losing jobs. So that's why I am hoping for a better tomorrow in 2009. A new administration with new ideas and fresh thinking can hopefully mix things up. Will he make mistakes? "Of Course!" But hopefully he will be able to offer our country a new path and new ideas.

With that I close with saying Happy Holidays. I hope you find hope and happiness in all you do in 2009.

Keep Moving Forward!

What Will You Celebrate?

Posted by Michael Reagan

on Thursday, December 11, 2008

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As Loud As We Want To Be!

Posted by Michael Reagan

on Monday, December 8, 2008

Don't you love going to the theatre? The talking, the texting, the screaming Mimi's running up and down the aisles, It's a pistol! You want to complain, but what's the use? They just scream that their rights are being violated and they paid to be there as well. This is a problem that goes on everyday in theatres all over the world. Well, leave it to Wal-Mart to create a new ad campaign which is designed to appeal to all the Theater-Going "Joe Sixpacks" and "Mary Housecoats" out there that are looking to create indoor drive-ins within their double-wides with fancy new Blu-Ray Disc players this Holiday season.

Case in point, Wal-Mart's new Blu-Ray Disc commercial shows the prototypical family with two kids, a mother, and husband. They speak of all the merits of upgrading to Blu-Ray. They show footage from Hancock and other films and extol about how great it looks. What disturbed me the most in this commercial is the line the mother speaks when talking about when her family watches movies. She states "Now we can be as loud as we want!" What she's essentially saying is, Now we can behave like asses at home and not worry about being asked by the theater to leave. When I saw this commercial I cringed. It also re-enforced why I never shop at Wal-Mart. I'm just not their target demographic. I say this because at 4AM on Friday November 28th I was at home asleep, not trampling to death a poor Wal-Mart employee looking for $128 Blu-Ray Player so I could be "As Loud As I Want!"

Keep Moving Forward!