Nail my rating all you want, but it has to be said.

If you are wishing for the demise of cliffs for the fun of it, i'm afraid you aren't thinking clearly. Cliffs, at this point, is the big money in the ROF. Unless they get taken out by another big player with dreams of moving forward quickly in the ROF, a cliffs collapse is not good for any of us.

I see this mentality all over the place. Kind of like the disgruntled employee who is pissed at their boss or bosses and wishes for the whole company to go up in flames. So much so that they'd be high fiving fellow co-workers on the way to the unemployment line. I am stunned, but not stunned at the short sightedness of some around here. I suspect much of this is just bashers spreading fear etc, but I also suspect some are dreamers expecting HUGE unrealistic returns from some of our small junior area plays. Being told "we're gonna go it alone" by fellow shareholders. Many of which who have invested very little in these companies and have very little to lose.

I'll say this one time folks, we need cliffs or another big player. If we don't have that support or push, it will be dragged out for years and years. Cliffs will be fine and so will the ROF, but i'm damn tired of hearing some of the competitive banter that serves none of us well on here. All fronts have to work together to make this work. Cliffs, NOT, KWG, government and FNs. It's not about any individual entity. The whole cliffs vs. KWG BS is garbage and it isn't helping anyone.

I find myself apologizing often lately for my outbursts on here, as such I will take a breather and come back when I have something constructive to say. Good luck all, just keep your eye on the prize, pick your battles.

djje