Comments on: Bernie Madoff’s Guilty Plea Isn’t Good Enough http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:31:46 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-224149 Alex Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:47:38 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-224149 #20 Boomer, Exactly right. There is much more to this story than is being told, there is way too much funds missing and unaccounted for. I bet there are skeletons buried somewhere as well. Looking Back Eilliot Spitzer was initiating intensive investigations into New York Banking and securities industries before he was sent off packing....i bet there are some Fed and SEC officials hoping this is quietly shoved under the carpet #20 Boomer,

Exactly right. There is much more to this story than is being told, there is way too much funds missing and unaccounted for. I bet there are skeletons buried somewhere as well.

Looking Back Eilliot Spitzer was initiating intensive investigations into New York Banking and securities industries before he was sent off packing….i bet there are some Fed and SEC officials hoping this is quietly shoved under the carpet

]]> By: Snippy Sizzorlip http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-223585 Snippy Sizzorlip Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:22:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-223585 He was the Dr Kevorkian of Wall Street - helping people commit financially assisted suicide. I'm glad to see this egghead take a fall like Humpty-Dumpty. He was the Dr Kevorkian of Wall Street – helping people commit financially assisted suicide.
I’m glad to see this egghead take a fall like Humpty-Dumpty.

]]> By: Self-hating Boomer http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-223453 Self-hating Boomer Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:06:19 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-223453 18, linky? As for the business of him "getting off" by copping a plea, there's a reason why he simply plead guilty instead of working a deal. Now, the prosecution can't compel squat. Counterintuitive as it may seem, sometimes the easy way off is a straight guilty plea. Now he doesn't have to tell anyone where the loot's buried. Sorry, that's just the way the law works. 18, linky?

As for the business of him “getting off” by copping a plea, there’s a reason why he simply plead guilty instead of working a deal. Now, the prosecution can’t compel squat. Counterintuitive as it may seem, sometimes the easy way off is a straight guilty plea. Now he doesn’t have to tell anyone where the loot’s buried.

Sorry, that’s just the way the law works.

]]> By: therealist http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-223297 therealist Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:19:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-223297 How could Madoff be a scam? His compliance officer was his brother. You can't trust a guy's brother to give an honest opinion about him? Also, he cashed out his entire portfolio every quarter so that he didn't have to file SEC disclosures. Doesn't your broker do the exact same thing? And he was up 72 months in a row. Excellent article. I don't understand what happened to professional responsibility and accountability. To me, anyone with any financial experience or credentials that steered money or helped him in any way is just as guilty and at the minimum should get a lifetime industry ban. How could Madoff be a scam? His compliance officer was his brother. You can’t trust a guy’s brother to give an honest opinion about him? Also, he cashed out his entire portfolio every quarter so that he didn’t have to file SEC disclosures. Doesn’t your broker do the exact same thing? And he was up 72 months in a row.

Excellent article. I don’t understand what happened to professional responsibility and accountability. To me, anyone with any financial experience or credentials that steered money or helped him in any way is just as guilty and at the minimum should get a lifetime industry ban.

]]> By: acj http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-223115 acj Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:54:32 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-223115 What party affiliation is Bernie Madoff? Republican. What party affiliation is Bernie Madoff? Republican.

]]> By: typos_R_us http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-223023 typos_R_us Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:22:16 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-223023 Reminds me of the folks that dug up Cromwell's body and beheaded it. Everybody that Madoff fleeced was a greedy prick that deserved to be fleeced. If you are not a greedy prick, the con man cannot get you. Case closed. Financial Darwinism at it's finest. Reminds me of the folks that dug up Cromwell’s body and beheaded it. Everybody that Madoff fleeced was a greedy prick that deserved to be fleeced. If you are not a greedy prick, the con man cannot get you. Case closed. Financial Darwinism at it’s finest.

]]> By: Oscar the Grump http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-223018 Oscar the Grump Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:51:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-223018 His swath of destruction runs throughout the Jewish community. His swath of destruction runs throughout the Jewish community.

]]> By: Delia http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-222995 Delia Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:58:54 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-222995 13. Diane: "Is it just me, or does the Madoff image that runs with this story look a lot like George Washington?" ~ LOL! You're right. He does look like Georgie in that picture. 13. Diane:

“Is it just me, or does the Madoff image that runs with this story look a lot like George Washington?”
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LOL! You’re right. He does look like Georgie in that picture.

]]> By: Paul M Hupf http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-222971 Paul M Hupf Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:43:27 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-222971 It is difficult to believe that someone such as Mr Madoff can exempt himself from further involvement in uncovering his fraud by a simple guilty plea and an "I'm sorry." While his "investors" were themselves the victims of their own greed, Mr Madoff none the less remains culpable for creating the image that he was a genius in achieving greater than prevailing returns on investments, when in fact there were no investments at all. It was simple fraud. It is difficult to believe that someone such as Mr Madoff can exempt himself from further involvement in uncovering his fraud by a simple guilty plea and an “I’m sorry.” While his “investors” were themselves the victims of their own greed, Mr Madoff none the less remains culpable for creating the image that he was a genius in achieving greater than prevailing returns on investments, when in fact there were no investments at all. It was simple fraud.

]]> By: Diane http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bernie-madoffs-guilty-plea-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-222939 Diane Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:12:00 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49956#comment-222939 Is it just me, or does the Madoff image that runs with this story look a lot like George Washington? Is it just me, or does the Madoff image that runs with this story look a lot like George Washington?

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