Marthatalks.com is Martha Stewarts' website regarding her current trial. Whether you like her or hate her, you have to admit two things:
1. She is the goddess of the home, and has given breathe to the liveliness of the home. She has brought such colors, and a quicker, simpler way to do things. Her K-mart line is oh-so-cheap but is high-quality. Having herself as the spokeswoman for her company has been a success, because she looked the part of a creative fun home-maker. I know women have made strides in society, but many people, women and men, prefer to be a home-keeper rather than join the bustling crowd of the career/job-ruled world. Home-maker is a perfectly respectable profession, and it takes courage (I remember -- "what does your mother do, hon?" and being ashamed...), it takes patience and dilligence, it takes hard work (no bon-bons involved) and an infinite supply of tender loving care.
You have to remember that many women were chided for deciding to remain in the home, because they weren't joining forces in the advancement of womenkind. I think being a homemaker (we're talking about just women for a sec here) isn't about the feminist movement. Well, actually, it should be included in the feminist movement. The feminist movement was all about women being able to do anything they want, whether it is a job that was held traditionally by men, or going to college, or joining the Army. Some women decide that they want to be a homemaker for a living. And that should be fine. That's more than fine. If you found what you want to do for life and if that's in the home, well more power to you! You have found a calling that some people never find! Martha Stewart upgraded the profession of the homemaker. It used to be plainly "housewife." Now it's a supreme being who is an artist and a free spirit, but who's genuinely organized and intensely well put-together. She made this profession a super duper version of itself from the 50's and 60's. It's totally different from the days of Mrs. Brady and Alice. For those who are not homemakers per se, but still live in a home without a full time keeper, Martha Stewart has made life easier with all her tools, organizational systems, ideas and tips. She's made us all more efficient but in a lovable homely sort of way. Well, that's that.
2. Martha Stewart is freakin' rich. The supposed $45,XXX.XX she saved is a measly amount for her. She is the media mogul of Martha Stewart Omnimedia. She is a rich lady who is also a shrewed business woman. She wouldn't try to pull wool over the government's eyes to save so little (compared to the "so much" that she's got!). Let's say I earn about 100 dollars a day (hypothetical, people!). Would I risk going to prison for possibly 30+ years (although it is said that if she is convicted it would probably be less) so that I would save $3.45? That's what it sounds like to me. Ms. Stewart must have millions. I'm not quite sure, but she's got so much going on -- I'm not sure she'd want to risk everything for an amount of money that seems so little. You can't even get the Neverland Ranch with that money. It's so little!
7 million shares (according to AP) were sold on the same day Martha Stewart sold her shares of ImClone stock. When's the rest of the shareholder's trials?
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