[Conservative Goddess]

"Makes me wonder where it came from?"

I believe it comes from staring down the barrel of your own mortality. Some people reach a financial point where they free themselves from "politically correct" constraints....I call it the "FU" million...other people, like me, have had what I call the "FU" experience....the experience that makes you realize this ain't no dress rehearsal...and your time is limited. Time to say what you mean and mean what you say...in no uncertain terms.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Well put - I'd guess you've explained Tony's apparent change of tone.