Comments on: Bernard Madoff, the Novel http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/03/bernard-madoff-the-novel/ Place. Limits. Liberty. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Reggie Greene / The Logistician http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/03/bernard-madoff-the-novel/#comment-337 Reggie Greene / The Logistician Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:00:55 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=1509#comment-337 I don't view him any differently than our Social Security Administration. They collect money from current contributors, and promise future returns, which are financed by newer contributors down the road. It's pretty much the same scheme. I don’t view him any differently than our Social Security Administration. They collect money from current contributors, and promise future returns, which are financed by newer contributors down the road. It’s pretty much the same scheme.

]]> By: D.W. Sabin http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/03/bernard-madoff-the-novel/#comment-309 D.W. Sabin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:51:51 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=1509#comment-309 One is put in mind of three definitions from "The Devil's Dictionary", by Ambrose Bierce: "Debauchee, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it" "Plunder, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft.To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band. To wrest the wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanished opportunity". and; "Rapacity, n. Providence without industry, the thrift of power' One is put in mind of three definitions from “The Devil’s Dictionary”, by Ambrose Bierce:

“Debauchee, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it”

“Plunder, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft.To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band. To wrest the wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanished opportunity”.

and;

“Rapacity, n. Providence without industry, the thrift of power’

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