MARTHA

Post by **T-Boyd** » 16-07-04, 9:58 pm

and the joke is to put IS at the beginning.

We'll see after the sentence is over!!

Sorry gang, but Martha is somewhat of an icon to my people! She brought a sense of elegance and style to an otherwise drab world.

And as for her conviction and sentencing...that kinda shit (insider trading) goes on all the time! It's because WHO she is that she was "attacked".

I see it as no different than if the local college football coach calls me at work to tell me the teams coming in so I can contact them to sell rooms....

Or if you're in a department store, getting ready to buy something, and the clerk tells you it's going to be on sale tomorrow.....wouldn't you take advantage of that?

One thing about it tho....bet she has the prettiest cell!

Merideth · Post by **Merideth** » 16-07-04, 10:05 pm

she'll have them making curtains to hang over the bars in NO time!

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 16-07-04, 10:05 pm

She wasn't even sorry.

What a nice speech she gave.

C-Dub · Post by **C-Dub** » 16-07-04, 10:11 pm

i dont care if she saved a baby giraffe from an elephant stampede ... getting 5 months out of a 30 year maximum is a crime all in itself.

SHE COMMITED A CRIME, CANT DO THE TIME, DONT BE A MONEY GRUBBY HOE.

Jean Pool · Post by **Jean Pool** » 16-07-04, 10:14 pm

I still think she could help the homeless decorate their shopping cards and under the freeway, you know hang some fabric, a few potted plants. That would benefit everyone.

Post by **T-Boyd** » 16-07-04, 10:23 pm

Didn't she offer to "teach" domestic skills - offering people a way to start their own "housecleaning business" in an effort to ease her sentence??

Ya know...I see both sides, really. Since she did something illegal..she SHOULD do the time. But, in all fairness, they should go after every single person that commits that crime, also.

Which brings to mind......

How many more times is Bobby Brown gonna hit coked-up Whittney before they throw HIS ass in the slammah???

Merideth · Post by **Merideth** » 16-07-04, 10:23 pm

geezz.. c-dub.. seems you're pretty tough on others when they do wrong, but see nothing wrong w/some of the stuff you do...

C-Dub · Post by **C-Dub** » 16-07-04, 10:48 pm

oh u misunderstand M, i dont believe i ever said what i do is right - its just - IF i was to be sentenced on something illegal (a lil more then burning out on someones lawn), i would never see a 'break' from the sentencing judge

and why is that? because i dont have a tv show?
i helped the elderly, i gave back to the community ... but do u think that would matter? do u think theyd treat YOU like martha stewart?!

Jean Pool · Post by **Jean Pool** » 16-07-04, 10:52 pm

Good point.

We should all be treated fairly.

G.O.D · Post by **G.O.D** » 16-07-04, 11:03 pm

wait wait wait ...

so when CEOs defraud huge companies and people possibly lose their life savings ... they should do a lil community service and pay a lil ticket?

fuck no!

bitch shoulda done the full 30.

Sorry C-Dub..this is America..where famous (and rich) people can get off easily because of their money and status...

Another one of mankind's problems..

Post by **Sholix** » 17-07-04, 12:18 am

How many more times is Bobby Brown gonna hit coked-up Whittney before they throw HIS ass in the slammah???

As many times as her "coked-up ass" lets him get away with it without pressing (and le<span style='color:red'>a</span>ving) charges.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 17-07-04, 12:50 am

The difference is SHE LIED TO A FEDERAL AGENCY.

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The Feds would never lie to us.</span>

Post by **T-Boyd** » 17-07-04, 2:29 pm

How many more times is Bobby Brown gonna hit coked-up Whittney before they throw HIS ass in the slammah???
As many times as her "coked-up ass" lets him get away with it without pressing (and lezving) charges.

And that's something I just don't understand.

.:VerTiGo:. · Post by **.:VerTiGo:.** » 17-07-04, 3:13 pm

oh u misunderstand M, i dont believe i ever said what i do is right - its just - IF i was to be sentenced on something illegal (a lil more then burning out on someones lawn), i would never see a 'break' from the sentencing judge

and why is that? because i dont have a tv show?
i helped the elderly, i gave back to the community ... but do u think that would matter? do u think theyd treat YOU like martha stewart?!

I'm sorry, C-Dub- I don't usually disagree with you but I'm gonna hafta on this.
"Burning out" on someone's lawn is destruction of personal property or vandalism. Which is illegal. Doesn't matter "how" illegal- still illegal.
I don't argue with the fact that what she was wrong, but I read the facts the fact states that MORE than 700 BILLION stocks were sold that day- Granted, hers were a large portion of that 700 billion, but what about the rest of the people that sold that day? They busted her because of her name, and the fact that she, herself is a millionaire- to "set an example". The "domestic goddess" did a no-no and they grabbed her. Even if HALF of those stocks were hers, that leaves 350 BILLION others that were left unnamed. Is that fair? No. The fact that she only got 5 months in prison has little to do with her name and fortune. It boils down to the fact that they are trying to "teach a lesson" to those that may have insiders throwing tips. No one is perfect and in the situation MOST of us, WOULD, in fact, take those tips straight to the bank. There are WAY worse crimes that deserve way worse sentences. True, being famous and wealthy DOES help the situation, but in this case, I believe it was the fact that they knew she wasn't the only one and this type of thing happens alot more than the public realizes.
And Pete, she DID apologize to the public for her actions.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 17-07-04, 3:32 pm

Listen to her speach again.

She didn't apologise for much of anything.