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    The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood

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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    I don't see the problem some are having on this thread. Just because Madoff is not a murderer or heinous criminal of that nature doesn't mean we can't shake our collective fists at his family's thievery. Both he and his wife stole a lot of money and seem inherently unlikable.
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    i really want to hope these same people didn't rail against homeowners taking on mortgages they couldn't afford.


    really want to hope that.

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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    Isn't there a strong socioeconomic class component to the media coverage of all this rage? It is essentially a story about an enormous fall from rich and upper middle class status.


    Horrific shit happens all the time to the American and the Third World poor. But the poor are just too boring, and people who perpetrate outrages against the poor are boring by extension. Would Madoff be half as infuriating if he was from the Bronx and destroyed a lot of lives there?

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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    06/30/09

    @Wrapitup: Madoff is infuriating to me because of the non-profits he defrauded. Many of those non-profits help the poor. His scheme also has had a tremendous impact on charitable giving to organizations that help the poor.
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    Image of irishflyesq irishflyesq
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    I'm having a hard time drumming up sympathy for these people. Have they never heard an old adage in their lives?


    "A fool and his money are soon parted."

    "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

    "If it sounds too good to be true, it is."

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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06/30/09

    @irishflyesq: common sense is for common people, dearie. wouldn't touch it with your velvet rope.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    You people need Satan more than he needs you.


    Everyone in a Ponzi Scheme is a schemer. You thought that getting a few percent a year is for suckers? You are a schemer. It's just that you got screwed instead of screwing others because you were greedier than the others. Why should anyone (us suckers?) be sorry for you?


    Also, how does one make those millions of dollars to be parted with? Even if it is hard work (as opposed to "investing"), it seems to me that wasting your life on hard work just for the money is pretty depressing life even if you do get to keep the money in the end. You say it's for kids? Whose kids? Your nanny's?

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    06/30/09

    @Niko Bellic: yeah. i'm kinda getting tired of demonizing madoff. he's a shyster, king shyster of shystania, even. but that's it.
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    06/30/09

    @Niko Bellic: Partially true, but a significant portion of those who lost their $ with Madoff actually had no idea that they were invested with him. They gave their retirement funds to legit financial advisors, who invested it in funds that invested in Madoff. Stories abound of people who had no idea they had lost everything until weeks after the news broke and they got a letter in the mail.
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06/30/09

    @Heneage: ah, you must be confused - this article is about the ones with victim complexes, not the actual victims. we don't get to hear from them.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    06/30/09

    @Heneage: I am not saying there was a significance in being invested with "him". I am saying there was a significance in being invested in such a way that your investments were earning a lot more than they should've been.
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    Image of strunkenwhitey strunkenwhitey
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    If I had millions to lose, I'm sure I would be blinded by fury had Madoff lost it. I also understand that he lost money for people who didn't have millions to invest or lose. HOWEVER, and maybe it's just because I'm from Wisconsin here, I remember when people had the chance to vent at Jeffery Dahmer--and all they had left of a loved one was a head in a freezer. At some point--and I realize it sounds sanctimonious--people have to gain a little perspective about what they have in life vs. what they have or could have lost.


    Removing self from soapbox immediately.

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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06/30/09

    @strunkenwhitey: wholeheartedly agree. like burt over there, telling me bernie's getting precedence over people like pol pot in beelzebub's craw? really?
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    06/30/09

    @johnny_carsick: Yeah but, what did Pol Pot ever do to millionaires? See the difference?


    @strunkenwhitey: I am flabbergasted at the response, really. If money does this to you, you should channel this rage into getting some more. Or Fight Clubs.

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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    How does a small-town mayor get to have 5 million dollars to invest?
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    Image of Duck_Lips Duck_Lips
    06/30/09

    @Wrapitup: It's New Jersey (see: Real Housewives of New Jersey Episode One, "Paying Cash for Trash").
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    06/30/09

    @Duck_Lips: Hm, so as Niko Bellic implies below, his sanctimonious curse-flinging is a bit hypocritical no?
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    hell hath no fury like the entitled scammed.
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    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    "those other people in the mouth of satan". i'm not sure b-doff is on their level, burt. but hey, stay righteous.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/30/09

    In reply to The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
    The mouths of Satan! The man knows his Dante!
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    06/30/09

    @Mount_Prion:


    But who's the lucky guy that gets spit out to make room for Bernie? I am going with Brutus.

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/30/09

    @resipsaloquacious: Nah, there's always room for Madoff. Like Jell-O!
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    06/30/09

    @Mount_Prion: ABANDON SOAP ALL YE THAT ENTER HERE!
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    06/30/09

    @Mount_Prion: Satan's dental bills must be crazy big.
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    Image of Astigmatism Astigmatism
    06/19/09

    In reply to Liz Becton Continues to Terrorize Washington With Email
    To be fair, the photo above shows her on a much better day. Jim McDermott happened to catch her right after this happened:



    [warymeyers.blogspot.com]

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    Image of Lars von Trite Lars von Trite
    06/19/09

    In reply to Liz Becton Continues to Terrorize Washington With Email
    I checked out the politico thread. This lady dares call someone illiterate?


    Clearly her favorite pastime is dropping such pearls:

    'it is a favorite past time for some' and those who 'eaves drop'.

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    06/19/09

    @Lars von Trite: And, of course, let us not overlook her among/amongst confusion.
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    06/19/09

    In reply to Liz Becton Continues to Terrorize Washington With Email
    Just remember that as people move up the West Coast (starting in LA and finding it too bland, up to San Francisco finding it too expensive, then Seattle finding it...um...rainy)they are really on their way to Canada. This is the last refuge of the people of the urban legend --"did you know Swifters kill dogs!" people. I know: I live in Seattle. Next stop: Blaine.
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    Image of kathotdog kathotdog
    06/19/09

    @belltolls:


    Not Blaine!!


    My moving from Capitol Hill to Magnolia is as far north as I plan to go.

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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    06/19/09

    @kathotdog: Magnolia is great. Stay put. When I said Blaine, I meant Elizabeth's new "special" office.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/19/09

    In reply to Liz Becton Continues to Terrorize Washington With Email
    "You stupid cocksucking mother ass fuckers, I will take a ten inch dildo and fuck your anus until it bleeds, then I will take your firstborn child and tear his arms off and stuff them in your eyesockets until I reach your brain with his or her soft little bones.


    In conclusion, I genuinely deplore your lack of professionalism and office decorum.


    CUNT."


    Professionally yours,

    Lizzy Becta.

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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    06/19/09

    In reply to Liz Becton Continues to Terrorize Washington With Email
    @Ausoleil: Congrats! You know the House staff email address convention! We're in favor of mocking around here, not harassment. Bye.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    06/19/09

    @Gabriel Snyder: Hmmm. I could have sworn that was Gawker outside that guy's house with a camera one morning.....because what you are about is hoisting people on their own petard, which some e-mail love from the masses would surely be in this case.
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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    06/19/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: Once Pete Wentz does it, it's no longer cool.
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