So Bernie gets his free place in a secure retirement home, but where is the money. Perhaps the feds should start digging on Mt Sion?

i agree ..... Madoff cannot conceivably have acted on his own .... that by no means implies that his wife had any knowledge either, though innocent or not, she will undoubtedly bear the public opprobrium of all

cynic suggest you tune in to CNBC and watch some of Madoff's victims tell how they were taken in by "this nice jewish boy" and then listen to some professional investors that did not invest with him after doing their research and not being influenced by his apparent jewish beliefs.

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i am sure you don't mean it, but you sound almost like a representative for BNP.

as so often, it is incredibly easy to find peeps who, in this instance and after the event, will say, "Oh I never ever trusted that guy", and of course it happens that they proved to be absolutely right.
However, there were at least as many very smart (goyim) cookies who were well and truly gulled.

clearly you are not jewish or you might have a better understanding.
for sure, being jewish gives you entree with other jews, just as does being a member of a golf club or a freemason or any number of "clubs" - i.e. if you are a co-member, it gives you a handle ..... however, it does not mean that others will blindly follow; it merely helps open the door.

far more culpable, it seems to me, were the FSA (or whatever the US equivalent are called) who were given all the info and ammo they needed several years ago to shut Madoff down there and then, but they willfully chose to ignore it.

CynicI know Im not a fan of yoursbut that does not stop me admiring your views and honestyparticularly on the Gaza conflictScotty gave a few arseholes a hard time on these BBwhich IMHO they deservedbut you were one that he got wrongI cant figure how you would get on with Mr. Potty???you must skin him at Golf? There you goI aint all bad!

cynic yes the US SEC are very culpable in not following up the many warnings they received over the years and their lack of response should be investigated.
Unfortunately you have chosen to miss the point we are trying to make. Madoff deliberately used his Jewish background to persuade investors both directly and indirectly that it was safe to invest in his firm. Many of those investors appear to have had little or no understanding of the stockmarket etc but mainly relied on him being a trustworthy Jew.We feel most sorry for the elderly Jews that invested their hard earned life savings in Madoff's scam and now are left with next to nothing to live on. How Madoff has the gall to just stand up and say he is sorry without revealing the whereabouts of the money he stole is beyond belief, may he rot in jail for the rest of his natural life and thereafter may he rot in hell with his fellow ponzis for eternity and beyond.
Your remarks about the BNP are insulting, as we will never in any way condone the activities of that vile racist group of thugs. Madoff has let the whole Jewish community down and undermined the trust investors held previously.

On a slightly less serious note this whole financial disaster may give Hollywood a great opportunity for a screenplay perhaps with say somebody like Robert De Niro in the leading role.

My money is on Jerry Springer....

i am glad you feel insulted ..... i think it's pretty insulting to throw around allegations about Madoff's jewish background being his major selling weapon.

leave the emotions and ethnic background nonsense out of it
to my mind there are are only a couple of major issues, neither of which have any bearing at all on Madoff being jewish


1)
He was an ace con-man who easily convinced many very wealthy and sophisticated investors in all sorts of walks of life to place their savings in his apparent safe hands

that Madoff was jewish was an almost total irrelevance.
it was his business background of having been non-exec chairman of Nasdaq and founder of one of the most successful MM businesses in USA that would readily have convinced most that he was a singularly trustworthy and financially sound and knowledgeable guy


2)
US SEC were supremely culpable in refusing to act at all on the info that was passed to them several (10?) years ago.
i actually wonder how long it will be before a class action is brought against them fro gross negligence.

A very wealthy Jewish man once told me never trust anyone whose name ends in Ski or Sky I never understood why, he also told me that Jewish children are brought up to believe they are better than other humans I have found tha to be true, most of the Jewish people that I have met in my life have that arrogent, I am better, or richer than you attitude.

i suppose your parents also told you that jews drank the blood of christian children and most assuredly peed in milk bottles left on your doorstep.

some of you guys really are totally laughable, especially as i guess you are meant to be among the more intelligent and sophisticated of the population.
goodness knows what other balderdash and mindless prejudices you pass on to your children - and it really is frightening.

by the way, it also looks as though you have no inkling as to the background and cultural differences between ashkenazi and sephardic jews ...... at a guess, i would say that your "very wealthy jewish man" was of the latter

I believe editI know I am better than bouncyand more wealthy does that make me Jewish?I must be Ashkenazipeople are always telling me I talk Yiddish.or was it jibberish?

silly bugger - lol!

Ill drink to thatBloody Mary please.

cynic - 03 Jul 2009 14:48 - 23 of 24
i suppose your parents also told you

I do not understand that bit of your post, my parents did not tell me anything about jews they were good Christians.

If you had read my previous post you would know that it was the wealthy jew who was telling me these stories. No matter anyway at least BM F****** a lot of them.

Clubmanthere is good and bad in alljust swerve the bad!!!

"I have found tha to be true, most of the Jewish people that I have met in my life have that arrogent, I am better, or richer than you attitude" ...... is that so? ...... so no doubt you tell your children the same, even if it certainly would not stand up to scrutiny

Pope Pius X11 was a good christian too, or so we are led to believe!

There are some tasty Jewish ladies Lisa Kudrow Jamie Lee Curtis Goldie HawnJoan CollinsGwyneth PaltrowDani Behr. Sarah Jessica ParkerOlivia Newton-JohnCaprice... JordanHelena Bonham Carter.oh and I forgot..Vanessa Feltz.cant win them all!

cynic you appear to have fallen off your trolly at last, try to have a little grace for once.

grace and trolley have nothing to do with one another, unless perhaps one is dancing on the latter.

however, i confess i have always found it better to say things the way they are - or at least the way i see them - than to pussyfoot around ...... if somewone wants to be a bigotted and prejudiced ass, then i feel perfectly at liberty to tell them so .... and if (as!) the cap fits someone on this thread, then so be it.

Katie Price AKA Jorden is not Jewish her grandmother was.

Caps are nearly always adjustable?.