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Observations on Martha Stewart Living
Just trying to make folks do some deep thinking |
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| Observations on Martha Stewart Living |
| 07.16.04 (9:27 pm) [edit] |
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Well, the Martha Stewart verdict is in. 5 months in the pen, 5 more in house arrest, 2 years supervised parole and $30,000 in fines (pending about two years of appeal time). In a way I have to admire Martha, not just for her talent, but for her ability to become a self-made person. She can be a bit of a biatchie granted, but she also has endured a lot of personal crap in her life from her ex, the personal secretary her ex ran off with, and other staff that tried to take advantage of her. That does seem to be grounds for most people to justify a bit of bitterness. At the same time, she has shown herself to be loyal to the people who are loyal to her, and that is a very positive sign of character. Unfortunately just because she is a powerful, self-made, wealthy woman (that isn't a rock or movie star) gives a lot of people cause to dislike her. I make no allowances for Martha's complicity in lying; that was wrong and there should be a price to pay for it. The sad part to me is to look at the balance of this case in comparison to say the Clinton's, White Water for Hillary and Monica for Bill. Their investigations and hearings also took millions of tax payer's dollars to peruse, and of course there is no doubt as to their guilt of inside trading and perjury, yet they walked away untouched; well now that isn't exactly true is it. Let us see - now Hillary is a Senator and she made all those millions on an auto biography, Bill also makes millions on talking tours and now has his own book hitting the shelves. It seems that one group of people's sin is a reason worthy of making them a cult following icon, one to be showered with riches, but when someone does this, say like Martha, it is reason to wish the worst for her. Sorry folks, but someone just needs to show me the reasoning for this. The justification for two drastically measures of justice for essentially the same issue indicates to me that Martha is due a gracious amount of understanding and a speaking tour, or that Bill and Hillary are due some jail time and house arrest. Justice system my @! If I had done something like this I know where I would be. :arrow: Go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect $200! |
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