Sad day today. Financial devastation aside, I think what gets me the most is the shattering of the dream. We all know that we're not supposed to "fall in love" with a stock, but we also all know that many of us did. More than anything, today marks the day we all dramatically fell out of love with Poet Technologies.

I, like many others here ignored the jibes and catcalls from the traders and profiteers, not out of ignorance or stupidity as they'd have you believe, rather out of a sense that it could be possible to get a piece of the capitalist dream as a little guy, without sacrificing your morals, without stabbing someone in the back to get there.

Was there greed involved, sure, but always tempered with a hope that the rising tide would float everyone's ship. Instead, we get the lesson that those on top can take what they want, when they want, and, this is the part that's the most terrible, they'll do it while laughing about the ignorance and stupidity of the honest people on whose backs they climbed.

This scenario is playing out all over the world in many ways and is certainly not confined to Poet, but I think we all believed that our management was a breed that wouldn't stoop to playing the game. Best case, they were played too, but I find that a little hard to believe at this point.

Long, sure, but not so strong at this point though.

Jon