Nary a (Pin)drop

"Those who know, don't speak; those who speak don't know."
-Lao Tzu

Paulick Report has a debate going on one of his posts.

This is a serious discussion and deserves an honest debate. There is a fair amount of back and forth going on among the various commenters(?) but absent from the discussion is anyone from the NTRA, Jockey Club or C-suite track execs.

It is possible they are involved in sober and thorough discussions amongst themselves and are waiting to iron out the roadmap and present a cogent and definitive plan. It is possible, Marzelli, Waldrop and Phipps have resigned themselves to the sickening truth and are prepared to fundamentally change the game.

It is more likely, they have completely misread the field and are so morbidly stupid, they are out of touch with the way the game is played. The villagers are at the gates, pitchforks and torches clutched in the bloodless hands of a population eviscerated by incompetence and esurience.

They sit in their tower, luxuriating in their delusions and cobra venom, unaware of the vultures circling overhead.

It's a Web 2.0 world and while I have no idea what that means, people keep saying it, so it must be true.

Halsey Minor is quick to pop up in a comment stream whenever his name is thrown out. An article, which I forget where I read it and can't find, regarding the DRF dismissal of PEB, brought on a childish display of name calling and petulance normally reserved for the halls of Congress but not before Remi Bellocq chimed in to clarify his father's position. Various versions of Vic Staufer also materialised.

These are busy and serious men but they understand the medium through which we operate and where the groundwork is laid.

I don't read a lot of posts or comments but I have yet to see Waldrop, Marzelli or any track exec chime in on a discussion.

But I guess Lao-Tzu was right; those guys must know a whole hell of a lot...