Sunday, March 8, 2009

The safety of jail

Just thinking of Bernie Madoff, and saw a recent video of him with a mob of cameramen and reporters, and someone reached thru and shoved or pushed him. With an apparent plea deal in the works, and the possibility that he might not spend any/much time in jail, I would not expect his life expectancy to be too great. Someone who lost their life savings, and is now facing poverty, might decide to get even, on their own terms.

Not a personal problem, and I have absolutely no money invested with this loser, but a followup TV news story was about a relatively young couple, who had retired, sold their home, and were traveling the country in a very nice motorhome---except that now they are in Arizona, and do not have enough money to fill the fuel tank of the motorhome. Figuring diesel at about $2.50-3.00 a gallon, and a 100 gallon tank needing to be filled, maybe 80 gallons, this would be something up to $250. They showed their last statement from Madoff, with a balance of $1,666,xxx, evidently totally gone, at this point.

Bernie---for your own good, as for jail time, and be glad for the builtin security. You are too old and ugly to be anyone's 'girl-friend' behind bars, so opt for 8'x8', three meals a day, and a shower once in a while. It could be a good deal in the long run.

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