Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison today and that's great. The whole episode is a stain in American history.
Not because he scammed thousands out of billions. Not because he stole from charities, Holocaust survivors and universities. Not because he clearly took a dive to save others from certain jail time. And not because federal regulators let the entire scam go on far too long.
The episode is a stain because there was no Sirhan Sirhan for Bernard Madoff.
I watched on TV a few months ago as Madoff made the perp walk into the federal courthouse in Manhattan. I turned to my wife and said "This is going to be huge - mark my words - he's not making it through those doors alive. He's gonna get shot, stabbed or something."
Madoff bounded up the sidewalk, up the stairs, federal agents on either side. Within 10 seconds he was safe and in the courthouse. My heart literally sank.
I'm neither a gun-owner nor a gun control advocate. I'm precisely in the middle on gun rights, mainly because I don't know enough about the issue. But that day, when Bernard Madoff walked into the courthouse to admit guilt for robbing investors, couldn't one crazed lunatic have at least taken a shot?
Sirhan Sirhans of the world, where the fuck did you go?
And I'm not some blood thirsty, pro-death penalty zealot. I'm not. Quite the opposite. But if there's one guy who truly deserved it - who even admitted to his crimes - it was Bernard Madoff.
Why is it that we can find crazed lunatics to kill Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, John Lennon but not Bernard Madoff?
What is wrong with you crazed lunatics? You're going after the wrong people!
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Sirhan Sirhan has been replaced by Lindsay Lohan. Now crazed lunatics just take a lot of drugs, dance all night, and drive the wrong way on the freeway. They just don't make 'em really loony anymore.
They wouldn't be crazed lunatics if they made any sense.
These new crazed youngster dudes are getting all soft with their easy life. Why back in my day, we had it tough with our second and third hand weapons that didn't shoot properly. Now all these kids do is steal your identity online and ruin your credit! What's the fun in that?
Beckeye is right. Back in the day we had crazed lunatics with principles...Sirhan (x2), Yigal Amir, Booth, even Snoop Dog. Messed up principles, but they were true believers. They fought for something; they represented something. Is there no one crazy enough to believe in a equitable financial and justice system without shysters and want to make a point. Especially in light of the fact that he stole the equivelant of the GDP of the country that ranks 59 or 180 according the the World Bank and the same amount of the bottom 42's GDP on the same list.
No! The victims want to sue the SEC! More lawyers and accountants facing off against lawyers and accountants. Give me the OK Corral!
I always thought the same thing when Chimpy walked around without getting shot.
Beckeye must be right.
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