May Bernie Madoff live a long life. And may he have a neo-Nazi in the cell to his left and Muslim terrorist in the cell to the right. Would not want him in a cell with a neo-Nazi or terrorist – they might kill him. That boy needs to live to see his 100 birthday.
Actually, a more fitting punishment would be to have him and his wife live out their lives on social security in New York City. Without the benefit of a rent controlled apartment. But that would be “cruel and unusual”.
My pursuit of a less paper lifestyle at home is coming along nicely. And, I did an assessment of the stuff that I have in my kitchen – culled out what that hasn’t been used since we moved to the apartment. (Well, I did save the brass candlesticks and the box of candles in the event of power outage. Carlton isn’t much for candlelight dinners.)
Words from Edmund Burke to ponder.
“Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part of true economy.
Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but selection. Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination, no comparison, no judgment.”