Happy Christmas - The Real Estate Blog War is Over

Published by Rudy Bachraty December 23rd, 2007 in Stop the War.

If I told you that this whole blog war has left a sour taste in my mouth, it would be a profound understatement. It’s times like these that make me wonder what the F? Quite honestly, I feel saddened by what has transpired and it’s not the first time. Maybe it’s bugging me because tomorrow is Christmas and all this negativity and pettiness is just plain ol’ depressing. Every time I check my feed reader I see another blurb about this whole black and white debacle. I love everybody. Can’t we all just blog along?

Merry Christmas. And to all you scrooges - Bah, Humbug! ~Rudy

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ~Dr. Seuss

27 Responses to “Happy Christmas - The Real Estate Blog War is Over”

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1 Kelly Kilpatrick Dec 24th, 2007 at 1:13 am

Merry Christmas Rudy! Excellent video find and I echo your sentiments.
2 Jonathan Dalton Dec 24th, 2007 at 1:13 am

My holiday’s over … can I continue warring?
3 rudy Dec 24th, 2007 at 1:53 am

hi kelly! - merry christmas to you too. thank you.

hi jd! - happy belated hanukkah to you. free will my friend…free will…stay well.
4 Jeff Brown Dec 24th, 2007 at 3:38 am

Merry Christmas guys!
5 Jay Thompson Dec 24th, 2007 at 3:40 am

As I’ve said, in my blog and in multiple comments elsewhere, I am weary of the whole sordid mess.

Happy Christmas Rudy, wishing the best to you and yours.

JT
6 Ann Cummings Dec 24th, 2007 at 6:49 am

Halleluiah!!! Great video for this post….

Merry Christmss!!
7 Pensacola Real Estate News Dec 24th, 2007 at 8:04 am

I loved that video. Thanks for all the great posts this year. I love your blog, and everybody. Peace. - Karl
8 Missy Caulk Dec 24th, 2007 at 8:08 am

Merry Chritmas, guys. I have so enjoyed reading your posts and getting to know you. Another year older and time to beging a new one.
9 Teresa Boardman Dec 24th, 2007 at 8:31 am

Did I miss something? Merry Christmas
10 Freddie Dec 24th, 2007 at 1:39 pm

Merry Christmas Rudy and everyone else. May we have peace and fun.
Freddie
11 Frances Flynn Thorsen Dec 24th, 2007 at 3:38 pm

Thanks for sharing that video … I missed the brouhaha about the B&W … I REALLY liked it … I think it was clever. You guys are great … let go of the melancholy and hug a kid, for goodness sake … that’s what this season is all about.

Can’t wait to see you guys in NYC in a couple of weeks. I hope that you have an utterly joyful holiday … I am going to find a quiet corner for a couple of hours and write a poem while my bread rises. I will post it on a blog when it is finished (the poem, not the bread).

Love you guys!!
12 Jay Thompson Dec 24th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

Frances - forget the poem, send the bread up I-10 to me!
13 Vicki Lloyd Dec 24th, 2007 at 4:50 pm

Merry Christmas Guys!

I love your expression: “Can’t we all just blog along?”
14 Stefan Swanepoel Dec 24th, 2007 at 9:09 pm

Merry Christmas Guys and All the Best for a Great, Exciting 2008 with no Negative Vibes!!
15 rudy Dec 24th, 2007 at 9:59 pm

merry christmas to all, and to all a good night……
16 Norm Fisher Dec 24th, 2007 at 10:09 pm

Have a great Christmas guys!
17 ARDELL Dec 25th, 2007 at 2:37 am

Joe,

Greg Swann just called and asked me to pass on his best wishes for a Happy Holiday Season to you and Rudy. He also said your comments will now post without moderation or blacklisting ever again! Oh, yeah…that’s April Fool’s Day.

Oh well, Merry Christmas Guys!!! God Bless US Every ONE!
18 Laurie Manny Dec 25th, 2007 at 6:10 am

Merry Christmas Rudy & Joe, may yours be wonderful!
19 monika Dec 25th, 2007 at 9:12 am

Merry Christmas. I’m all for lets Blog along!
20 Danilo Bogdanovic Dec 25th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

Nothing like putting a bunch of strong personalities together in one room and not having a 3 knock-down rule in effect…

Merry Christmas!
21 Ken Montville Dec 25th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

Merry Christmas and wishes for a very Prosperous 2008!

…and a very loud AMEN to the text about the blog war. I was about to buy into a conspiracy theory that the “war” was concocted to drive traffic and clicks back and forth to bump up rankings. But on a scale of 1 to 10 of what I know about SEO I give myself a 2. So maybe it was just pettiness and negativity.

One thing for sure, pre-”war” I started liking BHB and subscribed. Now, I’m thinking it’s just to darn preachy. Greg should get points for being a source for Fox Business News but it doesn’t make him the ultimate authority even if there was such a thing.

Education (if that’s the goal and I’m not really sure) is not didactic. Education leads through inquiry and curiosity.

Enough of my ranting on Christmas. Time to eat turkey (and not be one)!
22 Phil Hoover Dec 25th, 2007 at 3:06 pm

Merry Christmas to you guys!
I have learned to avoid reading blogs that use $10 words when 25-cent words would suffice.
Not to demean your writing, but I am able to actually understand your writing without feeling put down.
mebbe I am just plane dumm
23 Maureen M Dec 26th, 2007 at 12:31 pm

Happy Christmas! I’m glad to hear the war is over.
24 Athol Kay Dec 31st, 2007 at 7:26 pm

Peace is less easily declared than war, all it takes is one party to declare war, but two parties are required for a declaration of peace.
25 John Lockwood Jan 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm

TWO? Maybe we should make it up to ONE before you get your hopes up.
26 croatia property Jan 4th, 2008 at 4:02 am

I am very happy to hear that war is over. Nice video….