Chris wrote:
> She's already suffered plenty (her empire's value dipping, her tv
> show getting dropped by Viacom, public humiliation, etc.). It's aged
> her.

Wow, the suffering. Just think, I worry about putting enough food on the
table not to starve my family. Yes, Martha's "empire" dipping in value
must be difficult. Maybe she will have to fire her servants or go
without the personal chef.

Suffering plenty is going to jail, eating the crappy prison food, and
being forced to think about how she screwed the little people in the
stock market just so she could get away with a few extra dollars.
Sheldon has it right. Her crimes are much larger than they appear at
first. I have no sympathy. Prison life is not exactly difficult for
non-violent offenders, but being caged up and thinking about how
everyone else is free sucks. Wishing you could do something simple like
sleep in, drive someplace, eat decent food, spend time with your
family... prison is more psychological than anything.

> P.S. Way too many people here know way too much about prison garb!

I am the only male in my immediate family that is not a convicted felon.
I would say "person," but my mother is not a felon although my sisters
have both spent time in the county jail.

I also live on a military installation that has a federal prison camp
(non-violent convicts, i.e. tax evaders, embezzlers, and the like). They
are out all the time mowing the lawns, trimmin, edging, pulling weeds,
etc. Better them than me :-)

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John Gaughan
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