It really doesn't matter who is running the FED or poor tim who justs wants to wish everyone Merry Christmas. The fact of the matter is this. Until the transparency comes out no one will ever know what we actually have. Oh thats right war machines. We threaten with something that is going to collapse us more than any ammount of money. As I speak I'm listening to some idiot on the commitee for the AIG joke telling us that we own 80% of AIG. Wow I have made dumb moves in my life but don't remember putting any money in AIG. Enough said, because I am tired of hearing a bunch of bull from a couple of bears. Now I will get back to transparency. I don't see any posts on why ECU still doesn't give any information on there results for the last quarter. Of course I do see that they continue to add more backroom ways to give away our money and not add one person that knows how to tell there shareholders the truth about what the reasons are for not having a positive balance sheet. Of course I will be bashed for asking a honest answer to there continual manipulation of our share price. When I bought in to ECU silver was 13.00 a ounce. Yes we are at only 16.50 a ounce on silver, but since that time we have had 2 positive results on 43/101 reports, additional money added to ECU's balance sheets by a NEW YORK bank, opened up production with more tpds than it had when I bought in,[in fact it was 400 tpd's a month, and I still look at a 66% decrease in the stock since I bought in. And if someone wants to tell me to take my loss and go home you are sadly mistaken. My day will come no matter what I have to do. The fact is we have people on this board that have ties with ECU and still do not give answers to questions everyone on this board needs to know. And now I know it's the truth. Only because a paid advertiser for ECU opened there mouth and said so. I think the name of the advertiser is PINHEAD.COM. It must be easy to buy shares when you know actually what a company is doing and not tell anyone else unless they subscibe to your website. In fact I would guess it is easier to short or buy when your a insider. There is no reason what so ever for ECU not having a positive balance sheet at this time. They were given the capitol they needed,{which most people with a triple A credit can't get without a positive cashflow] and still we are fighting to see a positive result from ECU. What makes me sad is that most of the people on this forum are good people that are getting crushed by ECU's actions. Steve Altmann is without a doubt getting his share of the money,{just look back a couple of weeks ago when he got 800,000 shares and I am sure a good paycheck to] yet without a doubt no company or individual could get 12 million dollars from a U.S. bank without showing a balance sheet. It is not possible! Why then we as shareholders can't see the truth behind these balance sheets. Unless of course they are part of a bailout from the FED which I highly doubt. So how do you get that kind of money without a triple a credit score? Not one balance sheet has shown positive cash flow and you can get a 12 million dollar loan to expand operations without giving a positive cashflow. Come on! Yes this will tick some of the people who are directly involved with ECU but I am tired of being told that I shouldn't argue facts made by those who think that ECU should not have to give true results and honest answers. And I will fight my battle to get the truth out until I get straight answers.