RE: Boring and Repetitive. beerbelly 4, 5, etc
Its a matter of perception, as to your adversaries. The ISM critics that you took exception with, were offering guidance that could have guided you. You decided they were adversaries, and attempted to contradict advice they gave, and to put them down as intellectually inferior, mental cases, know nothings. In the glory days during and after the 2007 spring promotion, your mood was one of a superior, arrogant and obnoxious winner, basking in the glory of the $6 share price that was still just "scratching the surface". Then as the glory and price faded and began the long steady decline to near nothing - in price or potential, your mood changed. Although it came much later to you, than the pro's that played you, you eventually came to the realization that in the ISM story you had become the victim, not the victor.
You could have taken some solace from knowing that others had been fooled that should have known better - even the broker who had hooked some of the pump and dump marks, ended up believing the unlikely story - like you he had to face the reality that he and his family members had been duped. Some, who had listened to the critics, and put reality ahead of pride and ego, escaped without the shearing that you and the broker endured. But as a trained professional, with public company experience that should have given you the required perception, your ego prevented you from admitting error, until you were past the point of no return. Then you knew, but denied, that what those critics had been saying for months was the ISM reality. You became belligerent, more obnoxious, and childish in your anger. What else would explain a professional executive in his late thirties signing up multiple Stockhouse user names and attempting to demean the critics. Just think about it - a "man" in his late thirties, mocking an alias of one of the critics - a critic who he had communicated with in real life. Your hurt was so deep you discarded the personal relationship, and hiding behind new aliases, attempted to belittle the person, calling him "nutbar77"? This from a mature adult?
beerbelly, your ego got the best of you - you lost the control that should come to a man, particularly a professional who should have perceived what was happening. I won't say that it was a mental condition, an accusation you throw around with ease - I don't think it was. I think it was just immaturity - a Momma's Boy reverting to a tantrum when things didn't go his way. It's sad, but not life threatening. It's pitiful, and you'd get some pity, if you didn't continue to be such a horse's patoot. Your ego still has control over you, and your immaturity continues. You couldn't bear to be discussed as one of the cowardly, absent cheerleaders, who vanished when Micon gave the verdict. Two years later you come back and demand that your username not be discussed on this forum. You no longer hype the potential of ISM, nor deify the leadership - you don't even discuss the company, your only goal is to demean those that hurt you, by seeing what you could not see. You're obsessed with shooting the messengers, instead of admitting your shortcomings.
You were an adversary of the critics because you made yourself one. You were never a worthy adversary, and on a scale of 1 to 10 and rounded down, you have zero standing as an adversary. So I'll agree - you have no adversaries. Your relationship with the critics was more one of a patient or client, one who resented the help he needed from those offering help. You were duped, you're a recovering dupe. Man up and get over the denial, show some maturity and quit making such a fool of yourself. Remember, there are some who know who you are. beerbelly4 or 5, or any of your many others aliases acting the fool is anonymous - there's no need to link your buffoonery to your real world.