Bernie "Almost" Madoff

   Had he solicited Vanna White of Wheel of Fortune for a vowel he just might have become Bernie MADE OFF. As in he made off with your cash. $50 Billion? $75 Billion? You can buy a Ministerial Post in many countries for a lot less than that and live out your existence in luxury free from extradition. But no, Bernie could not settle for a measly $25 Billion, or $30 Billion or even $40 Billion and so he hung around too long. He forgot to exit stage left. Now he requests you only send Soap if it's on a Rope.

   Before you think I admire this scumbag think again. Like most crooks he just plain thought he was too smart to get caught. As of this writing in march of 2009 he is still eschonced in his luxury high rise condominium in New York City eating great food, watching cable and quite possibly popping Viagra. Why this was not held without bail is amazing.

   How he managed to con so many regulators and investment professionals at least gives credibility to my personal opinion of stock brokers in general. It might be different if he came out of nowhere but this cat was the Chairman of one of our major stock exchanges, NASDAQ. He ran in circles that I and likely you didn't know existed. He was well known and respected. Without a single gun shot he out did the likes of Al Capone, Pablo Escobar, John Gotti and the drug addict who kicked in your door and stole your DVD player and flat screen.

   The media has doen a great job of weeding through the lists of his victims to show how he ruined many lives. Let's hope all his good living brings him many years of good health, behind bars.