a prison big enough for all of us

Lifestyle super-being Martha Stewart received the minimum sentence for covering up a “personal matter” known as insider trading. The sentence, suspended pending appeal, is split between five months lockup at a four-star containment facility and five months of mansion arrest. Break those rocks. Fluff those pillows. Because she is rich beyond Stephen Hawking’s ability to calculate same, and beloved for turning common household items into common household items covered in glitter, she was able to hold forth on the courthouse steps on a) judicial system inequity, and b) the continued fabulousness of all things Martha Stewart Living. The media, controlled by Dr. Evil types who play golf with Martha board members, made sure to corner regular humans on the street to secure quotes on the “unfairness” of it all. That someone with mogul money, essentially a TV character, will serve time is hard to comprehend. Poor people in possession of white powder and bad plants? Yes, prison. Upper crusters manipulating commerce for personal gain? Ain’t that America?