Good Morning Doc!

I`m here to help. If I can make your life better by ridding you any pesky money residue... I will begrudgingly forward my address to you. Feel free to cleanse you system of all that nasty green stuff.

But, on a serious note... I agree with you. The disgust of being deceived is what hurts the most. And, in my mind, I believe the ``real`` longs have all been deceived.

All the BS on the boards, and even on the government websites, about the benefits of shorting... well, I don`t agree that it`s such a great thing. I suspect that shorting has been used to the benefit of a few, and to the disadvantage of many. I believe that if most of us knew that we would need to make our money back that way, we would either have chosen to stay away, or we would have participated and made money ourselves. I personally don`t think it is honorable, or right, even if I thought I could get away with it. I`m pretty honored to think that I`m part of a larger group that leads their life the same way.

We could all still get together... we might want to classify it as a support group, rather than an investors group, though. We might want to call ourselves something like the Sore Pooters Club of America (SPCA for short... oops, that`s already taken), or something equally as descriptive. (Thank goodness the bleeding has stopped... it was ruining all my shorts. (Pardon the pun.))

We all need to believe in the types of things that validate our values.... I suppose it`s time to move on.

Keep Smiling

Jeff