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Bernard Madoff scammed many out of their life savings, making
extreme amounts of money for himself.  He has been caught & his
scheme has fallen apart.  So, he is sitting in a jail cell waiting for
his trial, right?  WRONG.  He is out on bail probably still living the
highlife, as he has been for years now.  How can this be? We see
people everyday who are put in jail for much smaller crimes and
are unable to afford the bail amount.  We know that Mr. Madoff has
huge amounts of money and apparently it is believed by a judge
that he will not flee.  Will a monitoring system of some type stop
him, if he does decide to flee?  I doubt it.  What will happen to him
when it is all said and done? Will it be fair?  Will ALL those people
get their money back or be able to recover somehow from what he
took?  I don’t think so.  What punishment would be fair?  How do
you right a wrong that is so huge?

At the same time, I think ALL the people who “invested” money
with him are complete IDIOTS!  Why didn’t they do their home-
work?  How could a Ponzi scheme ever get this large?  Why
didn’t the government step in and put a stop to it? You can’t
tell me that NO ONE knew what he was up to!?

Although it doesn’t make the national news, or even the small
local news, there are instances like this that happen every
single day.  People are constantly getting scammed out of
money on stupid schemes on the internet and in newspapers.
These people can not afford to lose money.  It may not be their
life savings, but, for some, it may as well be.  The targets are so
often people who are looking for work, or ways to make money,
but, instead they end up losing it.  And what happens to the
scammers that are profiting from this – ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
Why, because either there are not enough complaints filed, or the
amount isn’t large enough for the authorities to feel that it’s worth
pursuing.  The schemes change all the time too, and with the
anonymity of the internet the scammers are able to just move on
to the next scam.

Mr. Madoff should be made an example of.  Somehow, I think
his victims should be the ones to decide what happens to him.
Maybe if he is punished severly enough, it will set an example
and others may stop scamming for fear that they may actually
have to face the people that they have hurt and stolen from!

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So, the latest news on the photo of Michael Phelps smoking pot,
is that Kellogg Co. will no longer sponsor him. I can understand
why, but, at this same time think it is ridiculous! As reported on
Yahoo news, it is stated that, “a photo that showed him inhaling
from a marijuana pipe”, this bothers me. How can a photo show
if someone is inhaling? I don’t think that is possible. And what if
he didn’t inhale, would he still be losing his sponsors?

President Clinton claimed that he did not inhale and that seemed
to be accepted. So, maybe Mr. Phelps should have gone that
route and he could have kept all his sponsors. It seems as though
this whole country is living in some serious denial if they think
that pot smoking doesn’t happen ALL the time in high school
and most certainly in college.

I think we need to give Phelps a break.

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Wisconsin is finally getting some national recognition for its
leadership in snowmobiling recreational activities. It’s about time,
too, for an industry which (as I was told in comments to another
blog) brings “billions of dollars” to our state every year.

The latest publicity focuses on the potential wildlife management
role played by some of the more creative snowmobilers. A group
of snowmobilers ran down and killed 5 deer near Waupaca, and a
single snowmobiler repeatedly ran through a flock of mallards on
open water in the Fond du Lac River, killing 57 of the ducks.

I have it on good authority that not all snowmobilers wander so far
from the trails. In fact, a possible majority of snowmobilers are
such wusses that they stay on the marked and groomed trails
most of the time. These timid types put an unfair burden on the
adventurous types who must then assume for themselves the
entire responsibility for decorating farm fields, highway hillsides,
roadside lawns, and snow-hidden landscaping with looping,
swirling runner and track designs for our admiration and
enjoyment.

Let’s face the facts, here. Ducks who are stupid enough to hang
around for Wisconsin winters, and deer slow-witted enough to
want to play tag with snowmobiles, really should not be in the
gene pool. As members of the world’s anointed Top Species, we
have a responsibility to cull the misfits and losers from the rest of
the animal and vegetable domains, to bring them up to our own
lofty level of perfection.

I expect the DNR, in its infinite wisdom, will seize on the
opportunity to enlist snowmobilers in wildlife management
projects, and will set up a game licensing program for
snowmobilers for a game stamp tacked on to the current license
for only a small additional fee.

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Brett Favre’s retirement after last season was controversial and now his return will also be causing some commotion, I am sure. I think he should have gone out with some pride and stuck with his decision of retirement. Now all the media coverage and different opinions of Brett are topping the headlines. It almost seems like a circus really and hopefully it doesn’t hurt the Green Bay Packers in the upcoming season. I would like to hear some comments and opinions on this subject.

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Should Sheriff Apologize to Ozzy?

Ozzy Osbourne thinks he should get an apology from the Cass County Sheriff in North Dakota. The sheriff staged a phony party in order to lure in people with outstanding warrants. More than 30 actually showed up and were then arrested. Ozzy’s name was used in the invitations to the phony party.

Ozzy feels it was an insult to him and thinks the sheriff is lazy. The sheriff says he was just being creative. You can get the full story here.

What do you think?

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3 Year Old Survives Plane Crash – Thanks to Car Seat

Car seats not only save lives in auto accidents, but also saved the life of a 3 year old in a plane crash. The child was traveling in a small 172 airplane with her Grandfather and another man, when the plane went down in Canada. The two men did not survive the crash.

Resue workers said the child was surrounded by debris, and had head injuries, but, they knew she was okay when she was asking for her teddy bear.

You can read the whole story here.

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“Dog” the Bounty Hunter uses N-word

Duane “Dog” Chapman, who has the TV series “Dog the Bounty Hunter” was caught on tape using the N-word when referring to his son’s girlfriend. He has made a public apology for this. A&E channel apparently suspended production of the series after this news was released.

In a private conversation with his son, he is asking his son to break up with his girlfriend, who is black.

You can read the full article here.
Listen to the taped conversation here.

UPDATE – Nov. 2 – A&E has indefinitely pulled Dog’s Show, “Dog, The Bounty Hunter” due to the incident above. You can read the whole story here.

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“Thank God for dead soldiers” and “God hates fags.” Picket Signs at Funerals

A Baltimore Man won a huge multi-million dollar lawsuit against Church members who picketed at his son’s funeral. The man’s son was killed in the Iraqi war.

He is urging others to do the same, and sue the Church members for their acts. Even after the lawsuit, the church group continues to picket.

Read the whole story here.

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