Elmer Smith on Madoff versus Ali Baba and the rest (originally posted 1/28/09)

"It's hard to gauge another man's needs. But after the first $30 billion or $40 billion, you'd think he could push back from the table..."

Dear friends,

There has been much fanfare, deservedly so, about Bernie Madoff, a person who is accused of bilking investors out of some $50 billion. On the link below, the incomparable Elmer Smith of the Philadelphia Daily News articulates this whole affair, as only he does. Enjoy!!!

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20090116_Elmer_Smith__Madoff_deserves_respect_-_from_other_inmates_serving_life_terms.html