Hi Jones,
I don't feel compelled to confront let alone counter most of your speculation for the simple reason that I, too, am guilty of having performed a considerable amount of rampant speculation when it comes to what's going on at BLP. I continue to wish BLP good luck. Seems they continue to need it. I've said it many times before. I'll say it again: I'm a patient man when it comes to BLP's continuous strings of predictions. IMO, it's the only way to survive the game of speculation. ;-) That disclaimer firmly in place... regarding Dr. Ray leaving BLP, I'm guessing few of us in the peanut gallery are privy to the real reasons why. I see you state that Dr. Ray was a "well-paid insider", so why would anyone in his right mind want to leave what you assume must have been a "well-paid" job, a job that promised huge riches if BLP's goals could eventually be realized. We should not lose sight of the fact that what one person might consider a well-paid job, to another person is the gnawing feeling that he is being taken advantage of. But hey! I guess if I were to speculate rampantly on the matter, (as you have done so) it would not seem unreasonable for me to speculate that Dr. Ray may have acquired a gut feeling that BLP's eventual commercial success (followed by financial security for himself and family) was going to take a lot longer than his own personal timetable permitted. If that was the case, he may have chosen wisely to have left when he did, which is not to imply that he lost faith in BLP's ultimate goals. He may have simply come to the conclusion that he would have a better chance of achieving his most immediate and important goals teaching at what you describe as a "third-tier college" out in the boonies of Mississippi. Perhaps you might consider contacting Dr. Ray in order to ask him why he left BLP in order to work at a "third-tier" college" in Mississippi. I suspect the response you might get will be an educational one for you - but perhaps for the rest of us Vort lurkers as well. Promises of money and power, which I realize as often touted as "the American Dream", is not necessarily the most important "dream" of others, some who come from other countries that are far older and occasionally wiser than ours. ;-) Regarding the worth of second and third-tire colleges it is my personal opinion that it is not necessarily wise to infer a lack of quality exists by teaching or getting an education at such institutions. I know professors who preferred to work in such places in order to avoid all the politics and back stabbing that can happen at first-tier colleges. As for me I got a 4-year BS at University of Wisconsin, Madison while simultaneously getting a 2-year associate degree at Madison Area Technical college. It was the 2-year associate degree landed me a secure job that allowed me to work 36 years for the State of Wisconsin until I retired last December. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.orionworks.com zazzle.com/orionworks
