2005 - 11-21-05

I have enormous respect for Carl Palmer. I
think he is a man whose work has massive benefits for
mankind. However, I suspect he has a couple of fatal flaws
which enable him to be sucked into business situations with
unsavory, dishonest people.

The first flaw, at least in my belief, is he
has no business savvy whatsoever. He's sorta like me. What I
mean is, he's so brilliant at what he does... he's able to
get by financially... in spite of making horrible business
decisions and blunders.

The second thing I believe is because of his
business experience with Shaklee he has been infected with
the "MLM Bug". Nowadays, when I discover someone has
contracted the "MLM Virus" I don't even try to talk or
reason with them. It's like trying to convince a Jew he
should convert to Christianity or vice versa. It's like
trying to convince a pro-lifer to be pro-choice or vice
versa.

I have an image of Carl in my mind. It's
rather sad. I picture him at home in California with his
beautiful wife, running a tiny Mickey Mouse operation, eking
out sales of his miraculous inventions. And trying to cope
with the responsibilities of being the major executive of a
pathetically crippled public company.

And think about this: Think about the
invention this man created. Think of how valuable the
invention would have been to the victims of Hurricane
Katrina. Think of how valuable that invention would be to
all the people who live in Africa. Did you know bad water is
responsible for the death of more human beings than anything
else in the world?