bobwatchhere:
"If we just think about it... During the first confirmation hearing our necks were securely inside the hangman's noose... We were a gnat's butt width of having all our shares totally wiped, yet, most all of us hung on despite the potential for sudden death. It was nerve racking indeed right down to the wire when Judge W denied confirmation. We took a huge risk and a leap of faith based upon what we knew was right and a lot of it was just a gut feeling... I ask myself, why did I hang in there? I could have folded and took the scraps that I had and moved on, but I did not. Instead, I kept purchasing on the downside and a few times got lucky. So many here provided numbers and information to help verify what "should be" even though our justice system is tainted to allow the illogical application of logic. For all of you (and we know who you are) who gifted us with your knowledge and time, I thank you!
I believe that the reason why many of us held on through the pain of listening to all the manipulation is because us have developed an immunity to the potential reality of sudden death and that is due to the events that we endured during the six months preceding the shocking and unfair seizure of WaMu. That was so very difficult to endure and it caused so much anger that it initially welded us together as a group within our common goals. We then went through a second attempt by Rosen to behead us... We survived that as well! His axe missed by a mile thanks to Nate who set the court on fire with fact that could not be ignored and his efforts changed the entire landscape of this case.
So here we are now. Once again totally not knowing for sure the final outcome or implications of this new EC agreement. It is causing a lot of conflict and confusion. Yet, despite all that, most all of us will stick through this phase as well...
Looks like one of two things will happen.. (bar any surprises..) Either we will be slammed dunked through confirmation or we will be heard by Judge Sleet. Bop's campaign just might allow the insanity of the current GSA to be exposed. That would be another huge event.!
So then... If the Judge Sleet ignores our pleas and we receive no upside surprises, I have to ask myself... are we better off than we were during the first confirmation hearing even with the current settlement agreement? I believe so. At worst, I believe that we may receive back over time a percentage of what we now hold in value or, on the upside, we may indeed realize a fair gain. Right now, we have no way of determining that outcome and not even the EC can guarantee total success. I don't like not knowing and I do not want to receive less value than what I hold now, but... unlike during the first confirmation hearing, I do not feel as though my neck is being targeted and that sudden death might await. In my peace of mind, that is a huge change.
Even though we will still have to feel our way down the path through the darkness, many of us will invariably hang in there just because that is who we are. I left my personal regrets way back during the reality of the seizure, so in my mind, I have nothing to lose except more faith in our eroding system of justice or perhaps justice will in the end, vindicate itself."
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