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[quote=briansd1]Interesting article on Donald Trump and how some people got taken to the cleaners buying into his brand.

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He’s far from being the first, and I’m positive that his name will not be distinguished by being the last to buy into Trump. But the silver lining of this cloud is that Alex can now endeavor to impress people with the fact that he was quoted in the NYT AND the implied fact that he’s well-heeled enough to be able to lose $100K to The Donald.

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“The last thing you ever expect is that somebody you revere will mislead you,” said Alex Davis, 38, who bought a $500,000 unit in Trump International Hotel and Tower Fort Lauderdale, a waterfront property that Mr. Trump described in marketing materials as “my latest development” and compared to the Trump tower on Central Park in Manhattan.

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Mr. Davis needs to look up synonyms for the word “revere” – “venerate”, “adore”, “worship” – and realize that these are not words to be wasted on mere mortals. If you’re envisioning the guy to whom you’re turning over your money as some sort of Deity, someone in your inner circle really should be suing for conservatorship of your financial affairs.

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“There was no disclaimer that he was not the developer,” Mr. Davis said. The building, where construction was halted when a major lender ran out of money in 2009, sits empty and unfinished, the outlines of a giant Trump sign, removed long ago, still faintly visible.

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Yeah, when I’m looking to make a $500 grand investment, I make sure to always read the promotional materials and the developer’s autobiography to get the real lowdown. To hell with checking out public records detailing his impressive history of bankruptcies, half-finished developments, and repeatedly-botched “business” dealings.

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Mr. Davis is unable to recover any of his $100,000 deposit — half of which the developer used for construction costs.

Another casualty: his admiration for Mr. Trump, whose books and television show Mr. Davis had devoured. “I bought into an idea of him,” he said, “and it wasn’t what I thought it was.”

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To paraphrase dialogue from an immortal John Landis film, “Thirty-eight years old, gullible, and criminally stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

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[quote=briansd1]Interesting article on Donald Trump and how some people got taken to the cleaners buying into his brand.

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He’s far from being the first, and I’m positive that his name will not be distinguished by being the last to buy into Trump. But the silver lining of this cloud is that Alex can now endeavor to impress people with the fact that he was quoted in the NYT AND the implied fact that he’s well-heeled enough to be able to lose $100K to The Donald.

[quote=briansd1]

“The last thing you ever expect is that somebody you revere will mislead you,” said Alex Davis, 38, who bought a $500,000 unit in Trump International Hotel and Tower Fort Lauderdale, a waterfront property that Mr. Trump described in marketing materials as “my latest development” and compared to the Trump tower on Central Park in Manhattan.

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Mr. Davis needs to look up synonyms for the word “revere” – “venerate”, “adore”, “worship” – and realize that these are not words to be wasted on mere mortals. If you’re envisioning the guy to whom you’re turning over your money as some sort of Deity, someone in your inner circle really should be suing for conservatorship of your financial affairs.

[quote=briansd1]

“There was no disclaimer that he was not the developer,” Mr. Davis said. The building, where construction was halted when a major lender ran out of money in 2009, sits empty and unfinished, the outlines of a giant Trump sign, removed long ago, still faintly visible.

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Yeah, when I’m looking to make a $500 grand investment, I make sure to always read the promotional materials and the developer’s autobiography to get the real lowdown. To hell with checking out public records detailing his impressive history of bankruptcies, half-finished developments, and repeatedly-botched “business” dealings.

[quote=briansd1]

Mr. Davis is unable to recover any of his $100,000 deposit — half of which the developer used for construction costs.

Another casualty: his admiration for Mr. Trump, whose books and television show Mr. Davis had devoured. “I bought into an idea of him,” he said, “and it wasn’t what I thought it was.”

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To paraphrase dialogue from an immortal John Landis film, “Thirty-eight years old, gullible, and criminally stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

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[quote=walterwhite]I’m taking swimming lessons. In my yard from my kid. They were howling w laughter at mh feeble kicking this weekend. howling. I’m gonna swim by the end of summer but never as fast as that damn swim team adolescent boy. [/quote]

Humiliating as that experience was, it’s not the end of it. Your wife and kids are gonna tell that story to every person who comes into your home and uses the pool. Every relative. Every friend. Every classmate. The pool man will get a real kick out of, too.

Then, once the kids are grown and gone, they’ll tell that story every time the family gathers for a special occasion. It’ll become a Christmas tradition.

Hey, I’m not saying it’s that great of a story. I just know from personal experience that it’s the type of story that lives on in infamy.

[quote=walterwhite] I can kind of swim but my kid described it as more temporarily avoiding sinking. [/quote]

I gotta admit, scaredy, that the mental picture prompted by your son’s description is fairly amusing (I’m also impressed by the kid’s perception).

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[quote=walterwhite]I’m taking swimming lessons. In my yard from my kid. They were howling w laughter at mh feeble kicking this weekend. howling. I’m gonna swim by the end of summer but never as fast as that damn swim team adolescent boy. [/quote]

Humiliating as that experience was, it’s not the end of it. Your wife and kids are gonna tell that story to every person who comes into your home and uses the pool. Every relative. Every friend. Every classmate. The pool man will get a real kick out of, too.

Then, once the kids are grown and gone, they’ll tell that story every time the family gathers for a special occasion. It’ll become a Christmas tradition.

Hey, I’m not saying it’s that great of a story. I just know from personal experience that it’s the type of story that lives on in infamy.

[quote=walterwhite] I can kind of swim but my kid described it as more temporarily avoiding sinking. [/quote]

I gotta admit, scaredy, that the mental picture prompted by your son’s description is fairly amusing (I’m also impressed by the kid’s perception).

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[quote=walterwhite]I’m taking swimming lessons. In my yard from my kid. They were howling w laughter at mh feeble kicking this weekend. howling. I’m gonna swim by the end of summer but never as fast as that damn swim team adolescent boy. [/quote]

Humiliating as that experience was, it’s not the end of it. Your wife and kids are gonna tell that story to every person who comes into your home and uses the pool. Every relative. Every friend. Every classmate. The pool man will get a real kick out of, too.

Then, once the kids are grown and gone, they’ll tell that story every time the family gathers for a special occasion. It’ll become a Christmas tradition.

Hey, I’m not saying it’s that great of a story. I just know from personal experience that it’s the type of story that lives on in infamy.

[quote=walterwhite] I can kind of swim but my kid described it as more temporarily avoiding sinking. [/quote]

I gotta admit, scaredy, that the mental picture prompted by your son’s description is fairly amusing (I’m also impressed by the kid’s perception).

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[quote=walterwhite]I’m taking swimming lessons. In my yard from my kid. They were howling w laughter at mh feeble kicking this weekend. howling. I’m gonna swim by the end of summer but never as fast as that damn swim team adolescent boy. [/quote]

Humiliating as that experience was, it’s not the end of it. Your wife and kids are gonna tell that story to every person who comes into your home and uses the pool. Every relative. Every friend. Every classmate. The pool man will get a real kick out of, too.

Then, once the kids are grown and gone, they’ll tell that story every time the family gathers for a special occasion. It’ll become a Christmas tradition.

Hey, I’m not saying it’s that great of a story. I just know from personal experience that it’s the type of story that lives on in infamy.

[quote=walterwhite] I can kind of swim but my kid described it as more temporarily avoiding sinking. [/quote]

I gotta admit, scaredy, that the mental picture prompted by your son’s description is fairly amusing (I’m also impressed by the kid’s perception).

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[quote=walterwhite]I’m taking swimming lessons. In my yard from my kid. They were howling w laughter at mh feeble kicking this weekend. howling. I’m gonna swim by the end of summer but never as fast as that damn swim team adolescent boy. [/quote]

Humiliating as that experience was, it’s not the end of it. Your wife and kids are gonna tell that story to every person who comes into your home and uses the pool. Every relative. Every friend. Every classmate. The pool man will get a real kick out of, too.

Then, once the kids are grown and gone, they’ll tell that story every time the family gathers for a special occasion. It’ll become a Christmas tradition.

Hey, I’m not saying it’s that great of a story. I just know from personal experience that it’s the type of story that lives on in infamy.

[quote=walterwhite] I can kind of swim but my kid described it as more temporarily avoiding sinking. [/quote]

I gotta admit, scaredy, that the mental picture prompted by your son’s description is fairly amusing (I’m also impressed by the kid’s perception).

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Excellent site, afx! Fun and revelationary.

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Excellent site, afx! Fun and revelationary.

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Excellent site, afx! Fun and revelationary.

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Excellent site, afx! Fun and revelationary.

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Excellent site, afx! Fun and revelationary.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Eaves: Why the hell am I always AWAY when you post stuff like this? Crap.
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Just lucky, I’m guessing?

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Seriously, though, enjoyed your post. Funny how both Upton Sinclair (“The Jungle”) and Sinclair Lewis (“It Can’t Happen Here”) both remain readable and relevant. The more things change, eh?
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Allan, I’m disappointed. I would have expected someone with your savoir faire to have said it in French…

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] As far as Beck goes: Go riddance to bad rubbish. Yeah, when you start making Limbaugh and Fox look moderate… Wow.[/quote]

So true. But I wouldn’t count him out completely just yet. For all we know he may simply be taking time off for a sabbatical at the University of Virginia, immersing himself in their immense Thomas Jefferson collection (it’s no secret that he’s an esteemed Jeffersonian scholar.)

Or there’s the possibility that he’ll follow Sarah Palin to the Council on Foreign Relations for a year-long fellowship. And did I hear something on Twitter about a Rhodes scholarship?

As for my opinion on what the future holds for him, there’s no doubt in my mind……

Glenn Beck is John Galt.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Eaves: Why the hell am I always AWAY when you post stuff like this? Crap.
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Just lucky, I’m guessing?

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Seriously, though, enjoyed your post. Funny how both Upton Sinclair (“The Jungle”) and Sinclair Lewis (“It Can’t Happen Here”) both remain readable and relevant. The more things change, eh?
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Allan, I’m disappointed. I would have expected someone with your savoir faire to have said it in French…

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] As far as Beck goes: Go riddance to bad rubbish. Yeah, when you start making Limbaugh and Fox look moderate… Wow.[/quote]

So true. But I wouldn’t count him out completely just yet. For all we know he may simply be taking time off for a sabbatical at the University of Virginia, immersing himself in their immense Thomas Jefferson collection (it’s no secret that he’s an esteemed Jeffersonian scholar.)

Or there’s the possibility that he’ll follow Sarah Palin to the Council on Foreign Relations for a year-long fellowship. And did I hear something on Twitter about a Rhodes scholarship?

As for my opinion on what the future holds for him, there’s no doubt in my mind……

Glenn Beck is John Galt.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Eaves: Why the hell am I always AWAY when you post stuff like this? Crap.
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Just lucky, I’m guessing?

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Seriously, though, enjoyed your post. Funny how both Upton Sinclair (“The Jungle”) and Sinclair Lewis (“It Can’t Happen Here”) both remain readable and relevant. The more things change, eh?
[/quote]

Allan, I’m disappointed. I would have expected someone with your savoir faire to have said it in French…

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] As far as Beck goes: Go riddance to bad rubbish. Yeah, when you start making Limbaugh and Fox look moderate… Wow.[/quote]

So true. But I wouldn’t count him out completely just yet. For all we know he may simply be taking time off for a sabbatical at the University of Virginia, immersing himself in their immense Thomas Jefferson collection (it’s no secret that he’s an esteemed Jeffersonian scholar.)

Or there’s the possibility that he’ll follow Sarah Palin to the Council on Foreign Relations for a year-long fellowship. And did I hear something on Twitter about a Rhodes scholarship?

As for my opinion on what the future holds for him, there’s no doubt in my mind……

Glenn Beck is John Galt.

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