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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Capitalism! Good ole' Milton Friedman
If you have almost 30 minutes take a look at this vid on Friedman.
GREEDY REPUBLICAN BUSTED THIEVING FROM HONEST HARDWORKING AMERICANS FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ADMITS GUILT AND SHAME (NO, ITS NOT CHENEY)
Madoff, who was arrested Dec. 11, spoke for the first time about his crimes. He stood at the defense table and spent about 12 minutes reading from a double-spaced typed statement.
“I am actually grateful for this opportunity to publicly speak about my crimes, for which I am so deeply sorry and ashamed,” Madoff told a hushed courtroom. “As I engaged in my fraud, I knew what I was doing was wrong, indeed criminal.”
Madoff described how he “deeply hurt many, many people, including the members of my family, my closest friends, business associates, and the thousands of clients who gave me money.”
At several points as he told of his deceits, Madoff blinked his eyes rapidly. Later in the hearing, he stood as Chin asked him how he pleaded to each of 11 counts filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. Madoff pressed his thumbs and fists into the defense table as he said “guilty” 11 times.
Victims’ Laughter
Chin rejected a request by defense attorney Ira Sorkin to allow Madoff to remain confined to his Manhattan apartment on $10 million bail, with a private security firm watching him. When Sorkin began to say that Madoff’s wife, Ruth, had paid for the guards with her own money, victims burst into laughter.
“Would the audience remain quiet,” Chin said.
After Madoff was led away, investors applauded. One said: “Thank you, Mr. Litt.”
Outside the courtroom, attorney Helen Chaitman, an investor who also represents 300 Madoff customers seeking to recover money, said she was glad to see him in person.
“He doesn’t have four heads,” Chaitman said. “It’s hard to imagine swindling his best friends. You can understand someone stealing from strangers. But you can’t understand someone stealing from their friends.”
Lost Millions
Several investors said Madoff couldn’t have acted alone.
“I don’t think for a minute that he has any remorse,” said Bennett Goldworth. “He’s a psychopath.”
Goldworth, 52, said he invested with Madoff for about 10 years and lost 97 percent of his investment.
“I’ve lost millions,” said Goldworth, a senior vice president at the Corcoran Group, a real estate brokerage company. “I’m happy that he went to prison.”
Outside the courtroom, another investor, Adriane Biondo, said she and her family members were angry at Madoff.
“I think it’s quite appropriate that he goes to jail,” said Biondo, 41, a concert promoter from Los Angeles. She said some family members had been denied food stamps.
Asked if the guilty plea gave her a sense of vindication, she said, “I’m more interested in restitution.”
lol i love you guys... a rep gets arrested for screwing the people and you go ape shit, like all republicans do the same thing. I love it...I totally love it!
So should we start keeping track of the democrats who are screwing not just each other but the nation. We could start with obama's cabinet. all those who haven't paid their taxes, or resko sitting his pretty lil ass in jail, soon to be kept company by blago. Yeah yeah eat your heart out!
You seem to think you have an answer for everything, but your answers make no sense. And the party of your choice did not win the election because they made as little sense as you.
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GREEDY REPUBLICAN BUSTED THIEVING FROM HONEST HARDWORKING AMERICANS FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ADMITS GUILT AND SHAME (NO, ITS NOT CHENEY)
Madoff, who was arrested Dec. 11, spoke for the first time about his crimes. He stood at the defense table and spent about 12 minutes reading from a double-spaced typed statement.
“I am actually grateful for this opportunity to publicly speak about my crimes, for which I am so deeply sorry and ashamed,” Madoff told a hushed courtroom. “As I engaged in my fraud, I knew what I was doing was wrong, indeed criminal.”
Madoff described how he “deeply hurt many, many people, including the members of my family, my closest friends, business associates, and the thousands of clients who gave me money.”
At several points as he told of his deceits, Madoff blinked his eyes rapidly. Later in the hearing, he stood as Chin asked him how he pleaded to each of 11 counts filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. Madoff pressed his thumbs and fists into the defense table as he said “guilty” 11 times.
Victims’ Laughter
Chin rejected a request by defense attorney Ira Sorkin to allow Madoff to remain confined to his Manhattan apartment on $10 million bail, with a private security firm watching him. When Sorkin began to say that Madoff’s wife, Ruth, had paid for the guards with her own money, victims burst into laughter.
“Would the audience remain quiet,” Chin said.
After Madoff was led away, investors applauded. One said: “Thank you, Mr. Litt.”
Outside the courtroom, attorney Helen Chaitman, an investor who also represents 300 Madoff customers seeking to recover money, said she was glad to see him in person.
“He doesn’t have four heads,” Chaitman said. “It’s hard to imagine swindling his best friends. You can understand someone stealing from strangers. But you can’t understand someone stealing from their friends.”
Lost Millions
Several investors said Madoff couldn’t have acted alone.
“I don’t think for a minute that he has any remorse,” said Bennett Goldworth. “He’s a psychopath.”
Goldworth, 52, said he invested with Madoff for about 10 years and lost 97 percent of his investment.
“I’ve lost millions,” said Goldworth, a senior vice president at the Corcoran Group, a real estate brokerage company. “I’m happy that he went to prison.”
Outside the courtroom, another investor, Adriane Biondo, said she and her family members were angry at Madoff.
“I think it’s quite appropriate that he goes to jail,” said Biondo, 41, a concert promoter from Los Angeles. She said some family members had been denied food stamps.
Asked if the guilty plea gave her a sense of vindication, she said, “I’m more interested in restitution.”
lol i love you guys... a rep gets arrested for screwing the people and you go ape shit, like all republicans do the same thing. I love it...I totally love it!
So should we start keeping track of the democrats who are screwing not just each other but the nation. We could start with obama's cabinet. all those who haven't paid their taxes, or resko sitting his pretty lil ass in jail, soon to be kept company by blago. Yeah yeah eat your heart out!
Were you able to look at his voter's registration card.
Why do you assume he is not a Republican?
You seem to think you have an answer for everything, but your answers make no sense. And the party of your choice did not win the election because they made as little sense as you.
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