Subject: Re: [drugwar] martha stewart Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:57:28 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:21:36 -0500, Anntelope wrote: >=A0I'm really pissed about what went down with Martha Stewart. =A0I= don't give a >=A0damn if she did do what they said she did - the point remains= that we're >=A0just too damned ready in our society to put people in cages for= every damn >=A0reason from parking tickets to child support. I think few people - even the jurors - understand what it is she= apparently did . Her lawyers absolutely sucked . Basically , she took the advice of her broker . Being an= outsider , no matter what reason she had for the sale , there could be no= crime . If , when the Feds came down on her , she lied , the only person= it could protect was her broker since she was just a minor outside= investor . It is interesting to note that the whole gyration in ImClone's= value was caused by the FDA rejecting the firm's drug , then , after all= the chaos was created , reversing themselves and saying "oh , our mistake= , this man's life work does work" . Harry Browne has typically brilliant comments on the drama at http://www.harrybrowne.org/articles/MarthaStewart.htm . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/03/17 10:41:53 PM