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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 04:16 PM
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Bernie Madoff Apologists...... Check In !
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 04:19 PM
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1. Aside from the getting caught part, Bernard Madoff is the 21st Century American Dream.
Of course, that's not so much an apologia of Madoff as it is an indictment of the American Dream. :P
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 04:33 PM
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5. I hear that !
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 04:21 PM
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2. didnt a lot of people give him their money because they were promised too good to be true returns?
not being an apologist, but if greed led those people to lose their money.....

Isnt there a phrase about fools and their money?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 05:00 PM
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7. Yes there is. But the crook who performs the separation in question is still a crook. -nt
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 02:09 AM
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10. "A fool and his money soon party"
er....wait.....:o
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 04:22 PM
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3. I don't apologize for Bernie, but I will kick (many of) his victims while they're down NT
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 04:30 PM
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4. I can only recommend he read Andrew Borowitz's book.....
http://www.borowitzreport.com/index.aspx
"Who Moved My Soap? The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison: The Bernie Madoff Edition."
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 04:59 PM
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6. Prosecute the "victims", too.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-29-09 05:03 PM
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8. Like Elie Wiesel, that crook.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 12:04 AM
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9. Oh, ESPECIALLY him, if he handled the financed for the charity that bears his name.
Of course you already knew that he doesn't handle those finances, didn't you.
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