My wife keeps giving me grief as I have been watching old boxing matches on Video on Demand (for free!) the last few nights. Last night I watched Ali-Frazier III also known as "The Thrilla in Manila". Well, before the fight, (which was fought in like 100 degrees indoors and contributed to BOTH Ali and Frazier's health problems from that moment on), they have the ringside announcer (Don Parry I believe) turn it over to the one and only Don King. King proceeds to read a prepared statement to the viewers. There was stuff about world hunger in there!! Also the fight being held in Manila (Quezon City technically), they must've thanked President Ferdinand Marcos AND Mrs. Marcos (you do remember Imelda with her shoes later in life right? Perhaps the greatest filthy husband and wife tyrant team of all time) about 10 times before, during, and after the fight. Which means of course they took some nice hard cash that the Phillipine country couldve used for the poor and gave it to Don King for a fight.
Yes I said they gave it to Don King and then he "distributed it" to Ali and Frazier. Who knows if they even got it? For those of you who dont know, King likes to say "Only in America". This means, "Only in America can a black man KILL another man, do a few years in the pen, and come out and steal money for YEARS, and basically wreck the sport of boxing." That is what he meant I think. So after the fight (which was just insanely fought for 15 rounds and Ali wins), I flip the channel and theres some lame infomercial on with that guy you always see.
You know the guy. It got me thinking. These dudes who do these infomercial things are all scam artists so I looked him up. First, on his book selling website that apparently explains how to get out of debt, www.debtcures.com I give you the site only so you can see the guy. If you buy that book from that guy, lose this website. As in, you are dead to me. Next, I find the guy's name is Kevin Trudeau and he's a convicted felon. Did time in the big house for grand larceny, credit card fraud, etc. Also has been fined numerous times by the FTC for selling products that dont exactly do what he said. But "only in America" can guys like this make a fortune from the sucker public. And make no mistake, this guy is making a fortune. He probably idolizes Mr. King.
I hope both Mssrs. King and Trudeau read this blog. We'd love to have them tell their sides of the story. Provided of course we can ask questions. And to coin Don, "that would be some real TRICKERATION."
Hows that for a nice double dip of scammers in just one evening? Splendid.
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