Author Topic: Martha Stewart is my hero! (Read 703 times)

gofaster · « **on:** March 04, 2005, 03:15:33 PM »

About Martha Stewart's home confinement:

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For the next five months, Stewart must wear an electronic anklet so authorities can track her every move. But she is allowed to receive her $900,000 salary again and can leave home for up to 48 hours a week to work, shop or run other approved errands.

I could really run up a big score flying Aces High all day, 7 days a week, for 5 months.

Mini D · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:24:34 PM »

The whole thing was a farce. Martha should not have been jailed. I cannot believe the SEC persued this case, I cannot believe a federal agent purgered himself as an "expert" witness. I cannot believe that Martha was then sentanced to 5 months for purgery herself and the rest of the case was dropped. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in court and government fees over a $30,000 stock sale. All because it the government and the people love a witch hunt... and Martha made an ideal witch. There hasn't been this much uproar since that evil leona helmsly got locked up.

SunTracker · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:26:18 PM »

Mini D, if you tried the stuff she did, they would throw your butt in jail for 10 years.

Sandman · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:27:18 PM »

I'm going to type this very slowly and carefully as to not cause myself any injury or pain...

I agree with Mini D.

vorticon · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:30:37 PM »

i do hate it when they spend more money punishing the criminal than the criminal stole in the first place...

more evidence for the cat o' nine solution ive been pushing...do it in a stock market in stewarts case, and stop people from even thinking of it...

JimBear · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:33:52 PM »

with that thinking 99% of shop lifting cases should be blown off.

gofaster · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:36:25 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
more evidence for the cat o' nine solution ive been pushing...do it in a stock market in stewarts case, and stop people from even thinking of it...

With or without partial nudity? Because, you know, precedent would be set and I can think of some ladies who have been very, very naughty and need to be punished. Oh yes, they've been very bad little girls.... very bad... yes, that's it... yes... you dirty girls you...

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:42:07 PM »

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Martha Stewart's company declined on Friday afternoon, reversing course after a more than 9 percent increase in early trade following the lifestyle trendsetter's release from prison.

Martha Stewart is no longer chief executive of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a company whose fortunes have been closely linked to its founder, but she remains one of the most famous businesswomen in the United States.

Shares in the company doubled in the five months that she was behind bars, in part on investor optimism that business would improve after Stewart's legal woes were resolved.

The stock, which has been extremely volatile over the past year, was down 92 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $33.03 on the New York Stock Exchange, after touching as high as $37 earlier in the day. Shares climbed to a more than five-year high of $37.45 in February.

My shares were doing fine 'till she got out. Send her back to prison.

Sandman · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:42:38 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
i do hate it when they spend more money punishing the criminal that the criminal stole in the first place...

Except in this case, she wasn't punished for committing the crime. She was punished for trying to conceal the fact that she committed a crime. The actual crime itself was dismissed.

SOB · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:43:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman
I agree with Mini D.

Ditto.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:51:07 PM »

Is her daughter still single? I need a sugar-momma to finance my various hobbies.

john9001 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:53:01 PM »

sandman is right.

isn't that what daddy says to his son? "i'm not punishing you for breaking the window , i'm punishing you for lying about breaking it".

she saved more than 30k, it was over 100K she saved by selling before the stock dropped.

Nash · « **Reply #12 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:55:35 PM »

Agree with MiniD too.

I never understood how they could charge her with lying about a crime, when they couldn't prove that a crime had even taken place. Doesn't make much sense to me.

john9001 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 04, 2005, 03:57:19 PM »

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Originally posted by Nash
Agree with MiniD too.

I never understood how they could charge her with lying about a crime, when they couldn't prove that a crime had even taken place. Doesn't make much sense to me.

plea bargain

Mini D · « **Reply #14 on:** March 04, 2005, 04:03:08 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
she saved more than 30k, it was over 100K she saved by selling before the stock dropped.

The actual number was $51,000.

And she was convicted... there wasn't a plea bargin. She's still apealing the verdict (something you can't do if you cop a plea).