Prior to witnessing Brad Sherman's disgraceful remarks at the Congressional Hearing On The Growth Of Cryptocurrency Markets on Wednesday I was unfamiliar with him. I was not aware of his politics, his stances on any issues, or his voting history, but needless to say his remarks left a horrible burning taste in my mouth. The average opinion of him is that he's a dim-witted establishmentarian who talks from the hip, but what I noticed was a very concerted, shrewd effort to skew the perspective of the unknowing individual and create a display of sarcastic remarks to attempt and provoke the panel of experts sitting before him. I'm glad to see that none of them took the bait.
I figured since I've never posted on Steem before this might make a good introductory topic since it's one that I hold quite dearly! I figured too that those on the platform who didn't get a chance to watch the hearing would like a very brief summary, which I think my video does quite nicely. The rest of the two hours was filler about regulations that ultimately will have no effect and aren't relevant to the nature of something like a world-wide decentralized currency exchange network. Props to Rick Falkvinge for providing some very good insight on the matter which led to my being able to create this nifty little commentary. _
(This is a re-upload. Didn't realize how the category tagging system was implemented! Sorry!)