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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Actually, I have seen it, both in reading, and awareness of things political, as well as through a very large network of personal contacts in both business and government. I have always been very interested in politics, among quite a few subjects, and at the age of 50 now, I have seen a trend in the last 20 years that is very insidious, and accelerating, with government intrusion and abuse
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Fair enough.
First though, i'd like to point out that Black Jesus is too busy healing lepers and turning water into wine to bother with seizing property. So be careful with the liberal blasphemy you have uttered.
That said, my point was that you chime in on topics primarily to make the point that authority is bad, government is bad, police are bad etc etc etc. I respect you and your opinions. You are clearly one of the more intelligent people in the biz and I have a lot of respect for the story you shared of your personal history.
However, anyone can say anything is getting worse if that's the prism they see the world through, the prism through which they read information through and the belief they already possess. I can argue alien abductions are getting worse and then said "i read a lot about it, i have a lot of friends who..." etc etc. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have argued in the last 2 decades that racism has never been worse. It's about perspective and bias, not a simple "i am more informed than you" situation.
Kevin Trudeau is a terrible person and a career con artist and criminal. Furthermore, his financial gains (while sitting on a stage set, intentionally made to look like larry kings and convey a sense of newsworthy legitimacy) come at the direct health expense of others. Pretending he is a victim is silly. His legal problems and conflict with the government didnt' start and end with saying "this diet is easy".