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Broker than…
Life goes on…
For more than a year now, my e-mailbox has been
occasionally filled by letters from investors who
were devastated by their loss of monthly income that
was generated so generously The Brothers.
Some of these victims even indicate and emphasize
their precarious situation by picking a handle – an
e-mail name – that reminds everyone relentlessly and
continuously how financially disadvantaged they are.
“No hope…”, “Broker than…” and other catchy
indications of monetary distress show the
incompetence of their owners… and their complete
lack of action…
The truth is that these names were picked to allow
their proprietors to wallow in their own chosen
depths of misery and despair, an artificially
created environment.
Well, most of the investors who did manage to put
all of their eggs in one basket and gamble the farm
through the House of the Wolves have grieved deeply
and repented economically. They confronted their
family members honestly and they shared the truth
with the friends whom they introduced into this dark
pit of greed and wistful thinking.
They have taken this experience and chalked it up as
a very good lesson…
One of my friends, a guy I met only because he was a
fellow investor, ended his life recently in the
great city of Phoenix.
The truth is, this particular dude would have
probably done himself in if the weather had pissed
him off…
Don’t misunderstand me, he was my friend but he made
me realize that bystanders are as helpless as little
children in adult situations. (So long, Roger.)
“The school of life is great… as long as you can
afford the tuition…”
What? Has skyboy totally lost his mind and given up?
No, he hasn’t.
Skyboy never gives up! Skyboy invested a large chunk
of change with Enrique and Osvaldo and will
relentlessly pursue this matter until some kind of
closure has been achieved.
Riding with Skyboy on this journey are some 1400
fellow investors who hang on his every word.
Really, not because he is such a brilliant orator
but just because they have an interest in this as
well and more than often this involves sums much
larger than his measly change!
Skyboy is not any better than they are; he just has
a Big List.
(Good Gawd, I hate talking about myself in the third
person… it just isn’t right!)
The truth is that the large majority of investors –
even though they still want their hard earned cash
back from Villalobos – have moved on one way or the
other.
There are more than just a couple of individuals I
would like to use to set an example but for space
and times’ sake, I will only utilize two of them.
The most obvious one is “broker_than…”. This guy has
made it his life’s calling to inform the masses of
his hopelessly financial circumstance.
Well, join the club, Broker. I am here to tell you
that the large majority of investors have moved on
and are living a life. Not only have they moved on,
they are already investing in similar opportunities
and gaining financial ground!
They are not dwelling on the horrid past but they
are enthusiastically embracing life. Becoming a
productive asset is a step in the right direction…I
sincerely hope you will take it.
Sure, a refund of principal from don Enrique or
continued interest payments would be a welcome break
for many but most of his investor-friends are not
hinging their well being on this fact alone.
They do not depend on the investment they made with
him but are already pursuing different avenues of
profit; some have earned back their “loss” in a
different manner.
The most high profile and involved activists in this
saga are all right, much like myself, they have
moved on and are earning a living or they are back
in school pursuing their dreams.
So, what is it with these destitute Calamity Jane’s
who only have their own misery to wallow in?
A certain doctor, I’ll call him “Grinning Tommie” in
order to protect his real identity, is burdening the
boards with his opinionated house calls of despair
and destruction.
All that this man has proven to me is that in his
opinion, the Hippocratic oath is standing squarely
in his way of Big Profit and a Fast Buck. This
particular individual “loves” medicine so much that
he practices in the US of A for just a few months so
he can spend the rest of the year sitting on his fat
opinionated ass in the rainforest while broadcasting
his slanted views to the very few who read the
boards of boredom…
When Yahoo and the likes invented these “public”
boards, they knew that there was enough of a
National Enquirer crowd of self-indulging losers to
fill them up.
Who better than to throw on-line advertisements at
than these idiots???
I am not a physician but I am certain that scalpels
were invented to aid healing instead of cutting
throats… just my uneducated five cents worth…
As for me, I made it my goal early on to re-earn
what I placed with don Enrique. As of December of
this year, I am financially fully restored. My heart
does go out to the ones who are forced into
retirement and who did gamble beyond their
capabilities.
No, it does not make you a “lesser” human being
unless you blatantly ignore the experiences that can
be gained from all this.
But I tell you; after “experiencing” Costa Rica and
The Brothers I have concluded that retirement is for
the birds.
What a useless and empty life.
Sitting around with this “I’m done” look on my
pathetically wrinkled face.
What is this about? Waiting for death?
Jeez-Louise, I would rather push carts around at the
Arkansas Institute for the Aging (Wal-Mart) and say:
“Welcome to the Hyper-Center, do you need a
buggy???”
Enrique Villalobos never let anyone down in some 23
years so when you decide do this to yourself, so be
it. Only you can change your own life.
Be aware that this puts you in the vast minority of
investors. I am not saying that you should be
sending your dough to Oz or other similar investment
opportunities but I am telling you that reminding
yourself of a presumed failure is no way to go about
it.
Change your e-mail name to “Recovered” or “The Great
Healer” and let the masses know that you ARE bigger
than life.
Maybe then you will earn the respect of your fellow
investors.
Hank
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