Well said.  The climate here on this board is just mass hand-wringing.  There is quite an invisible mob here with some 20,000 + individual investors "out there".  You can't escape the mob mentality under these circumstances.  Many here would benefit by stepping back and allowing this to play out without trying to have a hand or a say in things.   It is human nature to want to make things happen.  I personally don't think all of this second-guessing will get any of us anywhere in any meaningful way.  It might plant a few seeds in the minds of Patriot management, but in the end, at least for now, we are in the hands of TPL.

FWIW - I am as optimistic as ever.   SGE is more on target than most in the way I see the potential here.   Thank you for carrying the torch!  I would also on a regular basis blather on in a positive vein ;-) if it weren't for my ridiculously time-consuming job responsibilities.  

Just a hunch, but I am thinking we will see a ruling by mid-November on attorney client privilege and may see all sorts of scrambling from the J2.5 thereafter if it goes in our favor.