Free Martha!

2004-01-20 Thread Doug Henwood
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040209s=henwood Posted January 20, 2004 Free Martha! by Doug Henwood It was almost four years ago that the great stock market bubble burst. Despite revelations of systematic fraud across Wall Street and corporate America, the criminal consequences have been

Re: Free Martha!

2004-01-20 Thread Devine, James
so Ms. Stewart is to Lieutenant Calley as Wall Street is to the US war against Vietnam? Free Martha! by Doug Henwood It was almost four years ago that the great stock market bubble burst. Despite revelations of systematic fraud across Wall Street and corporate

Re: Free Martha!

2004-01-20 Thread Doug Henwood
Devine, James wrote: so Ms. Stewart is to Lieutenant Calley as Wall Street is to the US war against Vietnam? Calley really was guilty, no? Doug

Re: Free Martha!

2004-01-20 Thread Devine, James
Devine, James wrote: so Ms. Stewart is to Lieutenant Calley as Wall Street is to the US war against Vietnam? Calley really was guilty, no? Doug I can't presume her guilty before proven so, but it's likely that Martha's guilty too, no? it's just that her crimes are so small compared to

Re: Free Martha!

2004-01-20 Thread Eugene Coyle
We have to wait to see if Martha is. Gene Doug Henwood wrote: Devine, James wrote: so Ms. Stewart is to Lieutenant Calley as Wall Street is to the US war against Vietnam? Calley really was guilty, no? Doug

Re: Free Martha!

2004-01-20 Thread Doug Henwood
Devine, James wrote: I can't presume her guilty before proven so, but it's likely that Martha's guilty too, no? it's just that her crimes are so small compared to those of others on Wall Street. It's not clear that her original deed, if it happened as prosecutors say it did, was even a crime. by