Yeah, I know G. I have been trying to figure out what to say in an email update to so many that bought in the 30's...and even some at 10 and then 5 cents. It is very difficult to be dismissive when one is not a sociopath. To so many now it is easy to understand how they must see 'SCAM' no matter what the tome of facts...because they have had it now wiith the share price down here. I am conflicted in my assumptions and cannot say anything about management really. The compensation to the PQ family looks very bad on the surface and I cannot fairly comment on it without doing much more review...which I am loathe to do because I do remember having my initial misgivings re PQ and Dicut and the opaqueness of his earlier ventures. Some people are very, very angry. You know, some could actually get violent over such things....just look at how easy road rage flares up. If I were the PQ's I might be a bit nervous here. Then there are all the clowns that have been circling SFMI and PQ for years...and the nefarious mini- trading cartels hovering about...the parade of 'Carmines' over the years and on and on... The NY crap..and man is that ever crap.

So, does one concentrate on the positives? Is the real potential of WEM still there or are the ghosts of the long dead miners laughing deep in the Sinker Tunnel? Has PQ cleverly landed all the claims necessary to move on in earnest? Does one appear to be a shill by counselling patience and potential? What about all the questions...and there are so, so many? No point in vomiting them back up now. What about all the dilution...and what is coming? Etc., etc.

Yes, the stock will go up from here but many won't believe it now. We have no choice but to be patient. The bad guys have got their pound of flesh and party hearty. This is a scummy business now, lacking ethics and openess. It is not the sole privy of the vultures and management of SFMI. It is 'the way things are done'. It's 'the pinks asshole'. Take it or leave it; savvy up and join the dark side; go with the flow; don't be a chump. Play with the house. Makes me puke.

Well, I truly feel for Pic and so may other good longs here. The pipe dream is over and reality is here. Let's be calm and see how it plays out. It may take a while and that old addage that markets can remain irrational longer than many can remain solvent strikes deep. The dream of a $20 to $30 stock is gone...but, $2 to $4 would still be a very handsome return. I truly hope for much better... as I faintly hear the derisive laughter of the bandits echoing from the dark.

As for PQ and family...I leave that verdict up to those who know them better than I, those who have looked PQ in the eye as he promised great things; those who were told years ago that PQ turned down $2/share for SFMI; those who got a snotty, arrogant email from him; those who met him and believed him at the annual Fall love-ins and broke bread with him and the many in attendance who just couldn't ask him the really tough questions; those early private investors who grub staked him long ago; those who implored him to have a more credible BOD; those who envied his 'savvyness'; those who, without doubt, were convinced to believe in him. I am with them and amongst them. I am equally at fault...if there is any.

Sometiimes life smashes through all the above when we realize what is really important. Here is a quote for another site that bid me pause, offered solace and perspective.

"Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes, friends die. One alone is constant; One alone is true to us; One alone can be true; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our needs; One alone can train us up to our full perfection; One alone can give a meaning to our complex and intricate nature; One alone can give us tune and harmony..."

John Henry Newman

And I am not a religious sort...but sense the greater import of a near presence to us all.

I truly, sincerely hope this works out for all the good guys.