You All Make Me Sick

I hate to bump this picture off the top of this page, that is a lovely cleavage and a perfectly distant and oblivious look, but I have to say this. All of you make me sick. What kind of a world is this and what is wrong with you? People buy...John Wayne Gacy's paintings, Charles Manson's doodles...anything connected to what you could loosely term "fame" even if the person is famous for being someone who should have been obliterated by a meteor or a decent sized pistol long before they reached the pinnacle of recognition for being an absolute waste of life asshole.

I personally have never wondered what being in Madoff's shoes would feel like. Why on Earth would someone want to buy the guy's SHOES? His real value is in demonstrating just how stupid and greedy people are, who would believe this swindling jerk was a genius as he's taking you to the cleaners doing nothing other than covering a new check with old money and moving on. There was some guy for years, telling anybody who would listen. "His results aren't possible. It's a scam." Nobody listened. Like the people who smelled Gacy's basement. "Must be the sewer backing up." Right. At Auschwitz they were baking cookies.

What the hell is wrong with the people buying this stuff? Buying Hitler's underwear or his favorite pocketwatch. Hirohito's nail clippers. JFK's golf clubs. Touched by greatness. I wonder what someone would pay...to go back in time...and be one of the people Madoff nailed? Wouldn't that be worth something? You wouldn't have to walk around in his damn shoes...you could brag to everyone..."hey, I got robbed by Madoff." Why settle for a robe and slippers?

It would be great if this was a science fiction movie and Madoff's possessions...would come to life...and the necklaces would strangle the idiots who lined up to buy them at auction.

Please God give this power to these inanimate objects and I'll never ask you for anything again.

Ever wonder what being in Bernard Madoff's shoes must feel like? On Saturday you could find out when the imprisoned Wall Street conman's wardrobe and other personal items go to auction.

Not only his shoes are headed for sale, but socks, pants, monogrammed slippers and other clothing once belonging to the super-fraud, who has been imprisoned for life for running the biggest ever US pyramid fraud scheme.

Proceeds from the huge catalogue, which also reflects Madoff and his wife Ruth's immoderate love of jewelry, will go towards compensating his victims of the swindle.

[Yahoo News via AFP]