....after all these fiascos I think the biggest mystery of them all is....how does Elmer not get turfed by Ernesto???????  So really.... is Ernesto acting in the shareholders best interest?  Other than constantly bailing out his own sinking ship, I have seen little evidence of this.

Yes, I've been wondering about that myself.  It seems EE likes just throwing money at this without expecting any results in return.  And yes, I didn't want to write a book about all their fiascos.  Now that you mentioned them my head is just about to explode in rage.