Bernie Madoff recently called New York reporter Steve Fishman collect, from prison. Berns had rebuffed Fishman’s previous attempts to chat but apparently had been feeling like there were a few things he wanted to get off his chest and in print, for all the haters to see. Lately, you see, the Ponzi Master is feeling a bit misunderstood. Angry. Cheated. He takes the blame for what he did (though he thinks the banks that enabled him should take a little themselves) and admits that Ruth is pretty ticked off with him of late. That’s not what’s getting his goat though. What he’s feeling miffed about these days is the fact that okay, yes, he ran a multi-billion dollar scam that had some pretty serious consequences. Fine. But what about all those years he was doing things by the book? People rightfully thought he was pretty great then but do we ever hear about that? No! All we hear is monster this and criminal that. What gives?
“Does anybody want to hear that I had a successful business and did all these wonderful things for the industry?” Bernie continued. “And got all these awards? And so did my family? I did all of this during the legitimate years. No. You don’t read any of that.”
I mean honestly. It’s incredible; funny, really, if you think about it, how running a $67 billion Ponzi scheme and ruining thousands of lives (millions if you count all Mets fans) will really make people forget about what a great guy you were. And it’s not just Bernie, tons of people have gotten a raw deal from the media- no one talks about how Mussolini made the trains run or time, or how Hitler built those wonderful autobahns, or how Ted Bundy made women feel special, even though they did. It’s like, what the hell? At one time, places like Institutional Investor thought Berns was a pretty big deal and a lot of people in the industry, if you asked them, would’ve described him as, I don’t want to say a hero, but okay, fine, a hero. Then he confesses to doing some less quote legitimate unquote stuff and, poof, none of that should matter anymore?
You shouldn’t have created a billion dollar Ponzi scheme Bernie. My mother created a billion dollar Ponzi scheme once. Once
Also, John Wilkes Booth was one hell of an actor
Madoff didn’t ruin the lives of millions of Mets fans. There’s only 17 of them.
As was O.J. How Nordberg didn’t garner him an Oscar, I have no idea
Hear the whining for yourself:
http://nymag.com/news/features/berniemadoff-2011-3/
Hear the whining for yourself:
http://nymag.com/news/features/berniemadoff-2011-3/
Hear the whining for yourself:
http://nymag.com/news/features/berniemadoff-2011-3/
madoff is the best thing to happen to the mets since buckner. wilpons are horrrrible
madoff is the best thing to happen to the mets since buckner. wilpons are horrrrible
Referring to a period in your career as “the legitimate years” is the NKI.
Referring to a period in your career as “the legitimate years” is the NKI.
Narcissistic self-delusion is comedy gold. Someone should make a sitcom with Bernie, Charlie Sheen and Qaddafi (as wacky neighbor). Instant ratings monster.
Narcissistic self-delusion is comedy gold. Someone should make a sitcom with Bernie, Charlie Sheen and Qaddafi (as wacky neighbor). Instant ratings monster.
I hope his new cell mate is the horse fister
I hope his new cell mate is the horse fister
James Franco is a friend of mine.
Obviously, he’s not saying he’s an African white space Christ.
Obviously, he’s not saying he’s an African white space Christ.
You know, some of my paintings were pretty fucking good.
-Adolf
you’re only as good as your last trade??? unless you’re in prison???
The light that shines through yonder window is me on full “go” only one gear and one speed with a pivot gear like an Abrams tank with the Hollywood liars in my thermal sights. Mark em with smoke, Ha! My eyes burn penetrating truths onto the skidmarks of their tongues and they should embrace me with their surrender flags as I march in the shade of their dumbassery.
No comment.
-Tom K.
Margin Call, OK
He’s the best thing that happened to society in genreal.
I think we’ve all been a little too tough on the Made-ster.
-Billie Sol Estes
Ammonia, TX
I think a guest appearance or two by Baghdad Bob would complete this masterpiece
I think a guest appearance or two by Baghdad Bob would complete this masterpiece
What about the charities that invested with him? I think that takes away any good early on. What a dirtbag. Further acknowledging his bull* is bad enough. Throw a muzzle on this guy and get him out of the press!
What about the charities that invested with him? I think that takes away any good early on. What a dirtbag. Further acknowledging his bull* is bad enough. Throw a muzzle on this guy and get him out of the press!
I don’t that’s fair. I’d give him an F in his “illegitimate years” and an A- for his earlier work. Average them out and I think he’s about a C- kinda person. But he feels bad about what he did, maybe a C.
Oh, so now is a good time to start to defend the family name.
I wish he was inside me.
More bs to shield his family. He never made a legit trade. His first lie was that his start-up capital was $2000 from his summer job. in 1959? $2000? I don’t want to know what he did for that.
Sorry Berns… it only works if you’re in the Film Industry.
- Roman
With Paris and Lindsay as his daughters.
I thought Bernie and Jeff Skilling were each other’s prison bitch, I guess I was wrong
He might be and you just don’t know it.
Great. I just sharted and I am wearing a light gray suit.
Same thing he’s doing now for a ciggies!
Lenny Dykstra as Uncle Jesse.
I just sharted, but i’m wearing a diaper and a hockey mask
R. Allen Stanford as the quirky cricket pro at the club.
Barack Obama as President of the United States.
Barack Obama as President of the United States.
other than the 17 incidents of dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism, Jeffrey Dahmer was a pretty OK dude, too.
so I hear
No one should believe a word Madoff says except that whatever he says is calculated to help Bernie.
Was he mobbed up from the start? Was he laundering money? if so, whose?
As from him, Ruth, and the kidz being all cranky at each other, that’s just part of the con. You really think she and the sons didn’t know?
My take: He’s going to great lengths to protect someone. Who and why?
And John McCain as Mr. Roper.
“Governor Walker? Hi it’s me. Bernie. Yea collect. I’m ok. I am not a sociopath ya know. But I think the teachers need to share the blame…huh?… WTF are YOU talking about…what budget battle?”
-Curious Bernie Makes Another Judgment Call
There were no legit years. He was a legacy. Pops got done for the same shit.
Now, nobody expected the movie stars to know this. We expect them to be dumbasses (ref: Scientology et al). But really, don’t South American drug cartels do their homework? They always asked me where my kids went to school during my muling (or shall I call legit) years.
Please audit Warren Buffett’s book value….
-Mr Madoff, to you.
Whoever Jeffry M. Picower was the middleman for.