Alon USA Partners, LP (ALDW)

[jugs]

Word out is that we ALDW-ers get to speak our piece on January 2md at which time DK will count yeas and nays. The stack is already weighted in favor of the merger so I'm thinking this is more a procedural matter than anything else.

While I find nothing to like in DK's pitiful dividend arrangement, I'll be a happy camper so long as shares of the company continue t add value to my accounts. I'm not in this to count DK as a friend. It's about money and nothing else. Right now I seeing a lot to like so I guess that means I won't mount any objection to the 0.49% deal basis.

There is a "however," in that the early dateline has me thinking DK want's to justify dispensing with the Q1 distribution altogether. This is precisely what I've expected from the start so if the merger is completed next month, I see no basis for our expecting any distribution whatsoever.

And now you know why I've labeled this "the big swallow."

I've long expected no burp, no fart and certainly no distribution. Sorry if I sound slightly sour but if I'm right, they're skipping out on rewarding me for holding 10,121 units of ALDW. In times past I'd have bee3n compensated. Five thousand dollars would go a long way towards keeping me in hay for my donkey and pony.