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Damato of the Day Is ... "What Goes Up Must Come Down"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
December 1, 2008
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A lot of folks in the building material supply chain are holding their breath these days. The skyrocketing prices of finished petroleum products including asphalt roofing over the past year have reached a peak and appear to be headed for what could be a rapid downward spiral.
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Damato of the Day Is ... "A Time to Give Thanks"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
November 24, 2008
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A few months after his inauguration as our first president, George Washington issued "Presidential Proclamation Number One,” declaring November 26, 1789 as a national day of “thanksgiving and prayer.”
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Damato of the Day Is ... "No Thanks"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
November 17, 2008
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If I want stock in Ford or GM I will go out and buy some. I had some stock in AIG and lost my ass on it a few months back. That was my deal and I took the hit and I’m not asking the taxpayers of this country to bail me out.
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Damato of The Day Is ... "Collateral Damage"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
November 10, 2008
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You may want to stop and read Roofing Contractor editor Chris King’s blog dated November 7, 2008. Chris brings your attention to some pending legislation that may, on the face of it, not seem to hit so close to home.
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Damato of The Day Is ... "We Love Our Deck"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
November 3, 2008
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Kay and I officially became “empty-nesters” a little over three years ago. Right around that time we sold off our big house in favor of a townhome. The yard (the official size of our lot is 1/20 of an acre) and other exterior maintenance is all done by the HOA. Since we were never that big on landscaping or yard maintenance we generally subbed that out even when we were at the big house, but this really is easy.
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Damato of the Day Is ... "Inertia May End the Great Experiment"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
October 27, 2008
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I am no learned professor or expert or guru of any kind. But I can read. The several issues with the banking crisis and recession and stock market correction(s) are not really all that troubling to me.
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Damato of the Day Is ... "Motive Meets Opportunity in a Declining Economy"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
October 20, 2008
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Received a memo a month or so back warning about this, then an event of this past week brought this issue into focus.
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Damato of The Day Is ... "The Trading Gods Must Be Crazy!"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
October 13, 2008
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The craziness in the markets will have an impact on our industry, but what does it mean? I do not know, but experience tells me that we will not only get through it, we will come out on the other side as something different.
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Damato of The Day Is ... "Focus on Profits"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
October 6, 2008
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One thing should remain constant in your roof contracting business - in good economic times, in challenging economic times, and even in times when you are left to wonder if there is an economy. You must maintain a constant focus on profits.
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Damato of The Day Is... "Only Radical Change Will Fix This"

Rick Damato
Rick Damato
September 26, 2008
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It is a pleasant Sunday afternoon in Atlanta, a cloudy but cool day. It seems that autumn just cannot wait. While I can certainly enjoy the weather, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to enjoy the state of affairs in this country.
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