No, they have not called. I sit and wait. And wait. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not called. After all, we all-knowing economic types can fix anything, even the accounting crisis in America. You may be skeptical, thinking that a lowly mineral economist could conquer such a global problem. But I am up to the task. I have watched the Fortune 50 transformed into the Faux 50. I see accountants running amok as their client's chief executive officers receive severance packages larger than the market capitalization of most mineral companies. I hear the chocolate-coated lips of the accounting industry's leaders furiously espousing their innocence with one hand because the other is still firmly stuck in the cookie jar.
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