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get right? >> exactly. every business person does that. this concept i'm projecting even though i have not seen the movie. they never talk about the corporation success and businesses. in today's environment eric, a lot of businesses aren't worried about trying to maximize profits for their stockholders. they're worried about survival because of the lousy economy and leadership we have now in washington d.c. >> herman, i have 15 seconds. this company was founded and built on free market capitalism right? >> yes. free market capitalism and goes to the declaration of independence. pursue happiness based on you're own motivation, determination. that's what's wrong with
>> you're sitting around eating too much fun. >> i have a hunch your son is not in footie pajamas. >> when the ball drops in 2014, is housing about to drop, too? or are we seeing signs of rising mortgage rates hitting home sales and next year the government is doing something to make getting a mortgage even more expensive to real estate lawyer, sherry, on what that is. sherry, thank you for joining us. what's going on? housing has been hot. are you saying maybe the run is over? >> housing is slowing down. we got off to a very, very quick start at the beginning of the year, the first six months. the second six months, not so much so with prices and sales. here's the issue now, eric. we have fannie mae and freddie mac and fha having to make good on deals they made in 2008 when they not bailed out with taxpayer money. bow -- borrowers were defaulting
the speculation is it may have had to do with the rain. they had a heavy downpour on tuesday, and then the night of this performance, all of central london had a severe thunderstorm,. casualties, 20 to 40 from the fire department, and as many as 65 from sky news. updates as we get them. eric, back to you. >> only sharon knows if president obama is on the knotty or nice list this year, but we know. the president0s an couple other lists, for his "you can keep your plan" list. >> i don't know about santa but the "washington post" fact checker is keeping a list with the four pinocchios for the president. and he was also awarded the pants on fire label. these end of the year lumps of coal signal how much of the president's fortunes have followen. a fox news poll asked is barack