Scot's Slant

Mel Karmazin Delivers in Mad Money Interview

Scot here. I agree with captjetlag. Yes, there will always be some free radio, but for premium listening, and more channel selection, listeners will pay to play. This is capitalism where profit is the end game -- nobody rides for free....

Mr. Vicar, you are still playing games. But, before getting into that, here's a quick story: I coach little league. And in my first year of coaching there was a game where a kid missed a grounder and because of that error a few runs scored and we lost. And I told the kid that because of that missed ball, we lost the game.

Well, in immediately recognizing how ignorant it was for me to make such a stupid remark, I set to work in rectifying my own error by rebuilding that kids wrecked ego, and I charted a new course in telling kids that if they booted a ball or struck out not to worry -- in baseball they have have hundreds of at- bats and hundreds of chances to put somebody out: One bad play or one strikeout means nothing.

So in using that analogy as a platform in describing what seems to be your philosophy, where instead of building others up, you seem to delight in slamming them down with these remarks: "I feel sorry for you, I feel ashamed for you", etc.

And in putting this all together, and in your continuous slam on Sirius stockholders, and in response to my request for a sharing of information, you befuddled me once again by giving me an assignment: Do my homework (debt to earnings, companies that have leverage over suppliers with savings passed on to consumers, etc.)

O'kay fine, I appreciate that.

However, since I've been forced into this position, I'm going to ask once again for some specific information as to which companies you see fit to invest in. I asked you this before and your reply was that you did not offer recommendations for free. Well, that's crap. Do you not offer your opinion for free that Sirius stock stinks?

Enough said there and I'll end with one more thing: If you do not see that it is fitting to offer constructive dialog on this board where we may all profit with tidbit tips on other stocks, than it it not fitting for you to dialog at all: Trust the system -- working together works....

Scot's Slant