You wonder why we are fucked? Watch the Madoff show, now on CBS.

[Safetykitten]

Yes, this is it in a nutshell, the selling of a story. The story of the truth from liars. Those hard hitting questions? Not happening here. Softballs thrown all around.

This is the pinnacle of what happens in our society of the wealthy being on their own planet, where rules do not apply to them. They sell their story, by their rules, and in this case selling the dead son down the river. Oh, and there's that 80 million or so.

So don't waste your breath, they get 80 million, a CBS timeslot to sell themselves as victims and CBS helps them any way they can.

[UTUSN]

1. Bahbwah WAHWAH is not there 2 nite but whored it all last week. n/t

[emilyg]

2. Yes she did.

[MindPilot]

3. So many 60 Minutes segments can be subtitled "Rich People With Problems".

They have done some extraordinarily good stuff over the years, but I really don't care to watch people who can afford to spend their way out of shit hundreds of times over complaining about the shit. Tonight was one of those nights I didn't tune in.

[Festivito]

4. CDOs CDSs are only 10,000 times bigger, so it must be that 1% of a 1% of CDO/Ss.

Not so much.

[European Socialist]

5. Watching Today Show segment about this ....

and thinking why is this on national TV? K&R.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. Perhaps I missed something. Why are the Madoffs suddenly all over the news?

Is there a book coming out? A new trial? Someone up for parole?