KQ, Why don't you contact some distributors then... go on that fishing trip. I wouldn't be so sure that they are impressed or happy, either. See if they are on board of not, maybe they will validate your view and maybe they won't. The only one who speaks out is the one in Turkey.
You're way overblowing my viewpoint. I don't, and never did, expect fortune 500 caliber management. I do expect a lack of botching, however. Don't try to lecture me about pinksheets, I am far more aware of the purposeful tactics they employ (most of them, anyway).
Issuing PRs to raise money, yes of course and it's ridiculous for you to try to explain the purpose. You still don't get it. After a long enough string of debacles (PRs, etc) due to lack of attention to accuracy, etc, etc, then the PRs serve the OPPOSITE of their intended purpose. Someday you'll understand that concept. After enough of that, credibility is in the tank and the PRs only come off as junk and they hurt value instead of helping it. Now, even if they land a big one, who will believe the PR (i.e. who will help raise value)? And who should?? It shouldn't be that way, but they've made it so because it seems to be their strategy. Two big retractions in the past year... not good. And others prior to the past year.