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#1 2008-12-18 10:33:45
- rsmeyer
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A Crook Without Style
When The late Richard Whitney, former head of the New York Stock Exchange, was jailed for financial misdeeds, he wore a bespoke 3-piece suit with his Porcellian Club key on his watch chain. Bernard Madoff stalks the streets of NYC, out on bail, in an ugly windbreaker, a bad haircut and a dumb baseball cap. If we are going to have crooks, at least let them have a little style.
#2 2008-12-18 10:54:36
- formby
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Re: A Crook Without Style
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#4 2008-12-18 12:53:30
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Re: A Crook Without Style
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"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#5 2008-12-18 12:55:02
- rsmeyer
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Re: A Crook Without Style
John Profumo-another well turned out neer-do- well: http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/69/98369-004-44DBB177.jpg
#6 2008-12-18 13:34:28
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Re: A Crook Without Style
Al Sharpton is a "sharp" dresser lately, having evolved from the hideous track suits he wore as a common street hustler years back. Just today, while having lunch with the very homely Caroline Kennedy up in Harlem, the good Rev was off the chain in a beautiful navy blue suit with peak lapels, lapeled vest, smart tie and white shirt with French cuffs. You go, Rev!
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"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#8 2008-12-18 15:10:25
- formby
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Re: A Crook Without Style
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#9 2008-12-18 17:51:16
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Re: A Crook Without Style
“You know that saying, 'Caesar's wife is above suspicion'? Well I put an end to all that rubbish!"..”
#10 2008-12-18 17:58:00
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Re: A Crook Without Style
“You know that saying, 'Caesar's wife is above suspicion'? Well I put an end to all that rubbish!"..”
#11 2008-12-20 15:41:48
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Re: A Crook Without Style
“You know that saying, 'Caesar's wife is above suspicion'? Well I put an end to all that rubbish!"..”
#12 2008-12-20 15:48:55
- rsmeyer
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Re: A Crook Without Style
Ponzi dressed a lot better than Madoff.
#13 2010-11-04 11:25:21
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Re: A Crook Without Style
"What sort of post-apocalyptic deathscape is this?"
"I don't want to look like a cock hungry sailor after all !!!"
"When it comes to infidelity, broken families, and reckless fatherhood, the underclass are amateurs."
#16 2010-11-04 20:04:10
- fxh
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Re: A Crook Without Style
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#17 2010-11-05 01:27:09
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Re: A Crook Without Style
I'm seeing three of my post.
Does anyone else get this?
- they are all timed the same from what I can see.
#22 2010-11-05 10:39:20
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Re: A Crook Without Style
Because he was only a bit player in a wider conspiracy. He had to carry the can, otherwise "they" would get him.
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#24 2010-11-05 16:43:04
- JohnL
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Re: A Crook Without Style
South America perhaps? 
"The less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be. It is a great pity. Because he will never be a success as it" - Jerome K Jerome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVHUA4dZI0o&feature=related