First, I have to say."I feel your pain."

As many of us have said...ECU has been played with because of Bill Murphy's position in ECU.

I don't know and could not know if that is true; but based on what GATA has proved over the last number of years makes that statement very plausible.

Second, I would say. " Have you been drinking."

The sudden epiphany of clarity seems to denote an outside influence . In that I am enjoying a nice bottle of wine and I say nice because it is not a great bottle of wine; I can empathize as to your plight. To tell the truth I have traded in and out of ECU to make profits on other companies stock appreciation.

I continue t own this company because I believe that it has great potential and at some point in the not to distant future it will be realized.

Third, yes ...maybe...

there are posters that have bated our baser instincts to stay long...maybe in concert with bashers to hold our attention while the shit has been sold out of the short side of this company.

Fourth, I have made a bunch of money on ECU. I certainly wish I had sold everything at the top. But this will not last forever.

Fifth, The mill we are operating and the resource that we possess along with the trend of gold and silver will pry off the stranglehold that is currently around the neck of ECU.