I want to thank Mr Markopolos who first contacted the SEC on Bernard Madoff in 1999 questioning his Ponzi scheme. Sure he may been a rival, but facts are facts. Thanks to WSJ for his excellent reporting and using Mr Markopolos. Steady returns with a veil of exclusive clients making very nice money in a special club for years…how did it all get past the SEC? It appears this was a country club of sorts for the elite who ironically, it appears, kept their heads in the sand as long as the returns just kept coming.  Now the WSJ has made a list of who’s who on the Madoff Investment club and it will shock you. Wake up America….but then again you have. You are tight with your money, you now examine what you buy and from whom. Perhaps now this type of scheme will be a thing of the past. It does not take more regulation. The rules are there. It take each of to look in the mirror and decide our actions and take responsibility for them. Let this be a lesson to us all.. gee if it sounds to good to be true, perhaps it is!