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Jeff Russell
 
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Default Martha Stewart as viewed from abroad

Exactly Tony. And her lie was that she said she was innocent. Sounds like
circular reasoning by the prosecution to me. Guess all people investigated
must confess now or more charges will be piled on.
I think the original poster twisted the facts to suit her argument.
Some people like MS products and ideas. Some also feel she was punished
because of her position and attitude and that it wasn't justice at all.
I think the original poster's argument takes a too emotionalized view of the
way people look at MS.
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"Anthony Ewell" > wrote in message
...
> Kim wrote:
>
> > I often wonder, as do my friends, why Americans look to someone like
> > Martha Stewart to instruct them about lifestyle fashions and interior
> > decorating.
> >
> > Has it ever dawned on this woman's devotees that she is purely and
> > simply an entrepreneural businesswoman who has marketed herself very
> > well? Now, I have no quarrel with this method of making money, but
> > surely one would have to be very gullible to hang on her every word
> > about what cushions are de rigeur, what dinner napkins to use when
> > entertaining the Top Brass, and so on .....
> >
> > That M.S. committed fraud and is now really having one big bitch about
> > how petty people are about her conviction and sentence is very very
> > funny. Now that her bubble has well and truly burst, how many people
> > will return to kneel at the altar of her somewhat flimsy and overtly
> > commercial propaganda about how you all should decorate your homes,
> > select the towels, choose the dinner service, etc. etc.
> >
> > Ah well, as they say, it takes all sorts .....
> >
> > Cheers
> >

>
> Dude! She did not commit fraud (insider trading). Those charges
> were thrown out of court. She was convicted of lying to
> investigators.
>
> As to the way she built her business, we Americans vote
> with our dollars. If enough of us did not like what
> she did, she'd have gone broke.
>
> --Tony
>
>
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