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Recently in my real estate business I discovered and have had the opportunity to start using GotVoice, a very cool and easy to use technology that is a free service allowing users to get voice mail from any phone number sent directly to an email account.  It is a worthwhile program for just about anyone that uses voice mail. 

Although there are other companies (including some telephone providers) that have similar programs, with GotVoice you can use any existing phone number with a voice mail account.  It is not limited to use with a particular carrier.  

The free starter package, which would probably be sufficient for most people, allows voice mail notices sent to email up to 3 times a day, at times of the users choice.  The email contains a link that…

Some political junkies may be familiar with the phrase, “All politics is local.”  This statement is attributed to the longtime U.S. Speaker of House “Tip” O’Neil during the 1980s.  By this he meant that in a representative government like the United States the concerns of small towns and municipalities can have significant impact on policymaking on a national and even international scale.  As applied to politics, this is probably a truism, except when it isn’t.

There may be times when national concerns trump local politics so that effective or even popular hometown representatives may be voted out of office in order to effect a broader national policy.  The mid-term Congressional elections of 2006 are probably a good example this as voters seemed to be… Read Full Post