Nobody . . . And I really mean nobody . . . Who has ever hired high-priced attorneys has ever referred to them as their “hired guns.” Every person who has ever spoken this way, talking about “hired guns” and “bulldogs”—and I mean every person—was a poser whose knowledge of that world came from prime time television and who was trying to bluff their way through a conflict.

If you want strategic planning and measured tones, then send me an address and I’ll send you an invoice, and when your retainer check clears, I will begin to think strategically. Until then, I will simply express my well-deserved my displeasure in management because that expression is itself valuable. If it doesn’t somehow contribute in some small way to a managerial change that would place a competent businessman at the helm, it might contribute to pressure that will compel the existing horribly-performing managers to adopt better practices. Can you imagine anyone—I mean even a person chosen at random off the street—who could have achieved worse results than what we have at the moment? I merman, really, could we do worse? If you have a problem with the concept of an investor expressing his point of view about management’s current performance, what do you think is the purpose of a forum?

In the meantime, explain why anyone who would waste an entire day, if not an entire weekend, on a post in this forum should be taken seriously. I think the fundamental flaw in your argument is the assumption that I have the same emotional and ego investment in this stock and this forum that you have. It’s simply not a big enough deal, or a big enough investment (what responsible adult would put more than 1% of their portfolio into a penny-stock on the pink sheets?) for me to get involved in the machinations you imagine. Relax, my brother. None of this is as important as you fear it is.