[NormsRevenge]

Martha Stewart speaks to reporters at her home in Katonah, N.Y. in this Friday, March 4, 2005 file photo. Stewart says in a new interview with Vanity Fair Magazine that her nickname in prison was M. Diddy, that house arrest is 'hideous' and that her prosecution was about bringing her down 'to scare other people.' In the interview, Stewart tells the magazine she agrees with those who say her crime _ lying about a personal stock sale _ is far different from massive corporate scandals like Enron, WorldCom and Tyco. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, FILE)

[Dog]

Asked about the electronic monitoring device she must wear on her ankle - she has complained repeatedly that it irritates her skin - Stewart says she knows how to remove it.

"I watched them put it on. You can figure out how to get it off," she is quoted as saying. "It's on the Internet. I looked it up."

Her publicist's eyes "widened with alarm" when Stewart made the remark.

Uh oh..she isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer is she.

LOL!

[Paul Atreides]

I literally thought that she was going to mention the VRWC.

[dsmatuska]

"Of course that is what it's all about," Vanity Fair quotes Stewart as saying. "Bring 'em down a notch, to scare other people. If Martha can be sent to jail, think hard before you sell that stock."

How about think hard before you lie on the witness stand?

[You Dirty Rats]

Martha is convicted and sent to prison; OJ and Jacko were set free.

If I was Martha Stewart, I'd be bitter too.

[Billthedrill]

"For instance, if someone is from Idaho, I could say, 'You're back in Boise for apple-picking time.'"

Uh-huh. Mostly they don't pick apples in Boise, Martha. They pick potatoes. Gives ya strong fingers...

[Moonman62]

Martha Stewart says in a new interview that her nickname in prison was M. Diddy, that house arrest is "hideous" and that her prosecution was about bringing her down "to scare other people."

Wrong. The feds went after her to take the heat off the incumbents for the bad economy during the 2002 midterm elections.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Martha was guilty and went to jail. But her house arrest is hideous.

Wacko Jacko perv was sleeping with kids and showing them porn and he walks. OJ walked. Robert Blake walked. Doesn't seem fair.

[Oztrich Boy]

"Of course that is what it's all about," Vanity Fair quotes Stewart as saying. "Bring 'em down a notch, to scare other people. If Martha can be sent to jail, think hard before you sell that stock."

I'm sure every Johnny Lunchpail and Sally Housecoat has been intimidated in their insider stock-trading by what happened to Martha.

[sharktrager]

She is so wrong.

Her prosecution was just to get her off my damn TV, and it worked!

Damned If I Know

[Tennessee_Bob]

I could say, 'You're back in Boise for apple-picking time.'"

And that's a good thing...

[2001convSVT]

Do you or any other freepers have any idea if Martha has changed her political leanings, considering that it was her Northeast liberal "friends" that took her down?

[drama queen]

While you should always obey the law it has become time to re-examine "insider trading laws" and laws in general to see how the government is attempting to micromanage our lives, like with the "Bank Secrecy Act" where you cannot loan a friend in need anything over $10,000 without the bank reporting your "suspicious" action to the feds.

O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake never went to prison whereas Martha Stewart did. I think her prosecution was a big waste of time.

[sgtbono2002]

In her mind Martha is a victim, a martyr, why disillusion her with facts. Her kind never liked facts.

[hosepipe]

Camp Cupcake was not lock down and house arrest in a mansion would be a step up for most of us..

BUZZZZ... times up Martha.. you're irrelevant.. and arrogant..

[John Lenin]

I'll trade places with you any day of the week Martha.

[atomic_dog]

"Of course that is what it's all about," Vanity Fair quotes Stewart as saying. "Bring 'em down a notch, to scare other people ...

Bzzzzzzzzzzt! Wrong answer but thanks for playing Martha!

You have learned nothing from all of this. It is all about when the LEO's (Law Enforcement Officers) come you say nothing and lawyer up. Had you done that, the worst that could have happened was that you might have had to disgorge (pay the government) the money you made on the transaction.

Not only that but you're double stupid as, having been an officer of a company that went public, I know that this was explained to you in detail by the underwriters lawyers when you went public.

[garyhope]

She seems to have forgotten about arrogance, hubris and insider trading. And she risked so much for so comparatively little compared to her net worth.

But yes, there worse and more egregious crimes and criminals out there. A certain Hildabeast and hubby come to mind.

[mountaineer]

Stewart tells Vanity Fair magazine she agrees with those who say her crime - lying about a personal stock sale - is far different from massive corporate scandals such as Enron, WorldCom and Tyco.

No one said what she did was the equivalent of the "massive corporate scandals," that's why different crimes warrant different penalties. Spitting on the sidewalk is not the same as first degree murder, either, Martha, but it's still against the law.

[monkeybrau]

"Of course that is what it's all about," Vanity Fair quotes Stewart as saying. "Bring 'em down a notch, to scare other people. If Martha can be sent to jail, think hard before you sell that stock."

Bingo. Judge couldn't have said it better.