DRAWING on OBSERVATIONS

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Eminence Front

The sun shines
People forget
The spray flies as the speedboat glides
People forget
Forget they’re hiding
The girls smile
People forget
The snow packs as the skier tracks
People forget
Forget they’re hiding.

Behind an eminence front
Eminence front – It’s a put-on

The drinks flow
People forget
That big wheel spins, the hair thins
People forget
Forget they’re hiding
The news slows
People forget
The shares crash, hopes are dashed
People forget
Forget they’re hiding.

Behind an eminence front
An eminence front – it’s a put-on
it’s a put-on – it’s a put-on

The Who

I doubt those who lost everything will ever forgive or forget the man who hid behind an eminence front. They just want their legacy back.

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

There’s a theme of sorts developing in my doodles this week. Bernie Madoff has taken people for $50 billion (that’s billion with a B) so I guess he thinks everyone’s a fool. Take for example the financial success of his wife Ruth Madoff. They have been married for nearly fifty years. Last month after the ponzi scheme was discovered, regulators revealed that she withdrew $15.5 million from a Cohmad securities account (Cohn/Maddoff)….. Hmmm, without being employed outside the firm, she has managed to amass 62 million dollars in cash and bonds and a $7 million penthouse, all in her own name. Now, Bernie says that those assets are separate from his ill gotten gains and she should be allowed to keep them. Very convenient that his name doesn’t appear on any of their assets, being as he robs people of their life savings for a living. Continue Reading