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TV pitchman pleads for mercy, jailed anyway (Kevin Trudeau)
MSN ^ | 10/22/13

Posted on 10/22/2013 4:17:07 PM PDT by Libloather

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To: C. Edmund Wright

I admit to having his slap-chop and his sticky glicky, or whatever, and they do work. I didn’t buy them off the infomercial, but from a store that specializes in such products.


21 posted on 10/22/2013 4:41:20 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Jonty30

yeah, we had one of those “As Seen on TV:” stores around here for a while. An astonishing niche.....


22 posted on 10/22/2013 4:42:51 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
I will have to take your word that Sham Wow and his other products work...

Come on! You know the Germans make good stuff!

23 posted on 10/22/2013 4:46:21 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

Well yes they do.....had no idea the sham wow was German!


24 posted on 10/22/2013 4:48:37 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Libloather
I recognize him now. He had a series of late-night infomercials that were staged to look like late-night talk show interviews.

-PJ

25 posted on 10/22/2013 4:54:51 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Libloather

Years ago i received one of his books “Natural Cures, what they don’t want you to know” as a Christmas gift. I never made it past the preface. To the trash can it went.


26 posted on 10/22/2013 4:55:16 PM PDT by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: Libloather

How to get the jail cell “they” don’t want you to know about.


27 posted on 10/22/2013 4:56:02 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: LexRex in TN
Not sure why he is in judgement for his weight loss books. He basically repeated the Dr. Simeon protocol from 50 years ago..and a $37 million fine for a spurious weight loss book? I guess the shelves at my local Barnes and Noble would could fund the national debt!

IIRC you bought the book that directed you to a website/ 1-800 number that charged for the information that was already supposed to be in the book.

28 posted on 10/22/2013 4:57:08 PM PDT by verga (Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis)
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To: Libloather

He started a pro-pool tour a few years ago, called the International Pool Tour. He had some big payouts the first year, then the last tournament he stiffed the winners, saying the checks would be mailed next week (hehe). Dragged on for a year, most got paid in monthly installment. Some of the vendors are still out thousands.

This is the sanitized version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Pool_Tour


29 posted on 10/22/2013 4:58:53 PM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: Libloather

Shame Don LaPre is dead but at least Trudeau can rot for his offenses against common sense, truth, good taste and honesty.

The sad part is that his book was a best seller. No doubt there is a huge amount of overlap between his ‘readers’ and Obama voters.


30 posted on 10/22/2013 5:06:37 PM PDT by relictele ("An elective despotism was not the government we fought for..." - James Madison)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

its happening a lot supposedly. wonder if that was part of the credit card legislation. let their financial pals lock up americans for debts.


31 posted on 10/22/2013 5:17:57 PM PDT by applpie
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To: TheThirdRuffian

“How can you lock up someone for failing to pay a judgment?”

It’s called ‘Peonage’ I believe and no I don’t think it’s legal.


32 posted on 10/22/2013 5:19:29 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Political Junkie Too

yes—one of his earlier “talk show” schticks was used to promote some memory program...


33 posted on 10/22/2013 5:30:48 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: Libloather

Forget throwing Trudeau into jail. How about throwing the owners of all those cable TV stations into jail who sell their souls to this guy and allow him to peddle his garbage on their cable TV stations. It seems they do not believe they have any responsibility to make sure the products advertised on their stations are legitimate.


34 posted on 10/22/2013 5:54:35 PM PDT by CdMGuy
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To: Libloather

Kick the dropped soap along the wall; don’t bend over to pick it up, Noob.


35 posted on 10/22/2013 5:55:42 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Libloather

He looks like Leisure Suit Larry.


36 posted on 10/22/2013 6:08:41 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: tsowellfan

He ought to be flogged for wearing that shirt.


37 posted on 10/22/2013 6:17:29 PM PDT by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Libloather

He criticized a government bureaucracy (FDA).
He was sued by a government bureaucracy (FTC).
He was jailed by a government judge.

That’s what it’s all about.


38 posted on 10/22/2013 6:49:05 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
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To: Libloather

does that mean his infomercials will stop being aired? good.


39 posted on 10/22/2013 6:50:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: relictele

I used to love Don LaPre’s Tiny Ads pitch.


40 posted on 10/22/2013 7:12:47 PM PDT by Sawdring
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