Living Graciously

Martha Stewart is free from jail but still under restrictions.
Don't we all feel safer now that she's been taught a lesson?
Did we all learn how to behave when officials ask questions?
Lessons learned but probably not what you think.
Read Jerry Pournell's take on it.

http://www.jerrypournelle.com/view/view351.html#Friday

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And again I ask: why is it a crime to lie to a federal investigator? Submitting a signed statement under penalty of perjury is one thing; to blow off an inquisitive investigator on a fishing trip is quite another, and should the the right of any citizen (as opposed to a subject).

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Just keep your mouth shut and be good subjects. Man I'm in trouble.