George Ingram the Third: Does He Google Himself?

Update #5: Here is my latest write-up on the continuing saga of George Warren Ingram III.

Update #4: George Ingram himself appears to have spammed the comment board for this article.

Update #3: A new comment has been left that attempts to pretend to be written by the author of this website. I have flagged this comment as untrustworthy and have not deleted it so that people can see the lengths that frauds and hucksters will go to in order to further their criminal ambitions.

Interestingly, it's likely that the person who left this comment was likely GEORGE INGRAM HIMSELF - the e-mail attached to this fraud of a comment is gx.ingram@georgeingram.net

Apparently he IS Googling himself, and attempting to do damage control.

Update #2: You have to read the comments section! This guy is over-the-top, and all sorts are coming out of the woodwork to leave their two cents.

Update: when read in the context of the rest of the story, this article at the Sealy News is very interesting, amusing, and illuminating.

it starts innocently enough

Today while eating my lunch, I was idly reading a New York Times article regarding our love of air travel and against my lack of better judgment I began digging into the comments section. One in particular caught my eye. I think I noticed it simply because of the enumerated name that comprised its signature. It was by one George Ingram the Third. He happened to sign his message like so:

Happy New Year 2008 George Ingram III

Googling someone for no good reason

For no good reason, I decided to perform a google search on his name.

The first result was some site about an operatic tenor. Obviously this was not our George Ingram. Our George Ingram has a distinct businessman tone; he's been flying on airplanes for thirty-plus years and knows just how much it sucks.

From his comment (in regards to air travel):

After you do that for 30 years (shorter time if your smart unlike me), you realize what a waste of your time, and resources belonging to others.

The second result for George Ingram III was total pay dirt! This has got to be the guy.

Mr. Ingram is a native of Houston, Texas. Mr. Ingram is a graduate of Texas A & M University with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering in 1970, and has completed advanced studies at George Washington University in Integrated Defense Systems. He has received awards and been recognized for his contributions to science and engineering by the National Science Foundation, the National Society on Aging, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the American Society of Actuary Scientists, and was named Young Engineer of the Year, by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, San Jacinto Chapter in Houston. In addition, he has been the recipient of numerous awards for his work in developing technologies in the area of numerical simulation, magneto-hydrodynamics, global economic forecasting, electronic warfare, and counter electronic warfare.

Mr. Ingram has over 30 years of business experience in the exploration, exploitation, and production of natural resources world wide. He currently does business in 35 countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and South America. His principle operating interests in those countries are in Strategic Metals, and Oil & Gas. Mr. Ingram is the Chairman of Ingram Holding Company (China), Investore Companies, and Minera Zenon S.A. de C.V., and their many subsidiaries & affiliates.

That's gotta be him. He is a distinguished international businessman and also a respected contributor to the military-industrial complex. Looks like we really found a stand-up guy here. Check out the picture and his poo-eating grin! I wanted to draw an arrow towards his mouth with the message 'POO GOES HERE' on the picture, but I restrained myself.



What next for George Ingram III?

Then we get to the third search result. I was totally floored by this one. Wanted by U.S. marshals - George Warren INGRAM III (Apprehended). WHAT?! What's the chances that I pick someone with such an interesting Google?1

Included in that PDF link is a mugshot of Mr. Ingram. Exact same guy that is a distinguished engineer and businessman apparently was apprehended by the US Marshals. At first I thought this PDF mugshot was a joke. The poses and smiles in the two pictures are exactly the same, and it's not hard to imagine that the mugshot was just an altered version of the first photograph.
george warren ingram the third us marshals wanted poster
I think that this release from the US Marshal service settles my doubts. According to the release (emphasis added):

San Antonio – George Warren Ingram III made his living out of conning other people out of their hard earned money. On December 22, 2006, the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force put Ingram out of business.

The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, led by the United States Marshals Service in the Western District of Texas, was asked by member agency the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office to apprehend Ingram. Ingram was wanted for a state probation violation stemming from an original charge of theft of service, $1,500.00 to $20,000.00.

Utilizing over 215 years of investigative techniques, the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force tracked Ingram to a suburb of Springfield, Illinois. The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force then contacted the United States Marshals Service’s Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force in Illinois.

On Friday afternoon officers from the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force surrounded the residence Ingram had rented in Illinois. For three hours officers tried to make contact with Ingram who was inside the residence. Finally the Task Force officers made a forced entry. Ingram refused to comply with officers’ demands and resisted arrest.

Ingram was charged with resisting arrest and faces potential charges for fraud in Illinois.

Pure internet gold! I'm pretty sure this is all the same guy, and I just happened to Google someone with a distinctive name that happened to leave their real name in a comment on a New York Times op-ed article.

So what's George Ingram III's deal anyways?

The best I've been able to find regarding the whole thing is an excerpt of an article from Plastics News, titled Ex-PureTex chief fighting extradition. (PureTex Water Corp.)(George Warren Ingram III) that you can buy from a few different places, but I'm not about to buy the article. I don't have enough invested in this guy. Here's the excerpt, which fills in the basics when combined with the 'WANTED' poster from the U.S. Marshals.

An ambitious plan to establish a large Texas water-bottling business needs new financial backing after the major backer resigned as chairman amid multiple legal problems.

American PureTex Water Corp. was aiming to begin construction this month on its first vertically integrated bottling and distribution facility, near Eagle Lake, Texas, but that will not happen. George Warren Ingram III, a 59-year-old who was founding chairman of Lincoln, Ill.-based PureTex, is battling efforts to have him extradited to Texas.

Ingram, a secretive figure in the oil...

So basically we can assume this guy ran out of money to back his water bottling plant in Texas, which according to the PureTex website was to be the "WORLD's LARGEST BOTTLED WATER PLANT".

Well apparently he fled to Lincoln, IL after stealing up to $20k worth of services. I assume he just stopped paying the guys who were building his plant. Shame.

can you trust a Republican?

Amusingly, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Distinction on September 24, 2006. He was apprehended by U.S. Marshals on December 22, 2006 - just three months later. They had to bust his door down because he wouldn't come out! It's probably kind of stupid to add resisting arrest to your charges if all you got is $20k worth of service theft. This guy is supposed to be an intelligent and respectful member of the military-industrial community complex, but he can't even not resist arrest when he's not really facing that big a charge? This is after he makes a federal crime out of the whole thing because he had to be a jerk-off and cross state lines. Of course, I'm sure he has good lawyers.

Seems like the Congressional Medal of Distinction from the Republican Party is pretty hollow.

Mr. Ingram was selected based on unyielding support of the Republican Party, outstanding leadership in business and contributions to the local economies in the United States. Only an elite group of business and professional people were nominated to receive the award before the awards selection committee reached a final decision. Commenting on Mr. Ingram’s selection, Congressman Reynolds said, “Mr. Ingram has served as Honorary Chairman of the Business Advisory Council and has provided much needed support. This award could not have gone to a more deserving candidate.”

Just three months before he's apprehended by U.S. Marshals! It doesn't get any better than that.

It's too bad, because the bottled water plant would have created 380 sustainable jobs apparently. Amusingly, from the same article:

American PureTex Water Corporation is a privately held concern owned by natural resource conservationists that understand the long term importance of safe clean high quality drinking water.

Wow that's even better. If this guy was really a community leader and he really wants to help people, he would realize that bottled water is ultimately a wasteful pursuit. If the money spent on bottled water went into managing our water supplies, it'd start being the bottled water that's bad for you. As it is, only the minimum amount of water treatment is performed in this country. Maybe he should use his politico-industrial clout to tighten up water treatment standards. Nah, that's too sensible, and he's gotta make a living for chrissake!

You gotta wonder, does he Google himself?

Enjoyed your speculations about Ingram

The US Marshall's press release speaks for itself about this guy. Do you think a government agency would publish something like that if they were not sure of their facts.

Ingram is now under house arrest in the San Antonio, Texas area.

I would like to know exactly where so I can collect on a court judgement against him

What follows is a copy of the news report in Ingam's house arrest and link to the story itself.

Best Regards,
VOG
House Arrest Chosen in Probation Case

Web Posted: 08/13/2007 10:41 PM CDT

Express-News

Despite a dramatic arrest and Taser use by federal marshals in Illinois, and 101 days in jail, George
Warren Ingram III did not have his probation revoked Monday.

In a hearing before 186th District Judge Maria Teresa Herr, Ingram pleaded "not true" to the allegations
that he violated his probation by going to another state without permission.

His lawyer, Roy Barrera Sr., said Ingram did leave the state, but thought at the time that his probation
was finished.

A jury convicted Ingram in 2003 of theft of service for writing a bad $10,000 check to an accountant.

His business ventures include unrealized plans to build a massive water bottling plant in Southeast
Texas and an attempted joint venture to run Ecuador's state-owned oil company.

In a 2002 bankruptcy filing, he claimed more than $100 million in assets. That case was dismissed in
2003 because Ingram failed to pay $40,000 in fees.

The judge asked Barrera if Ingram preferred that his probation be revoked or to agree to stay in San
Antonio under house arrest, and Ingram chose house arrest, once he gets out of jail.

Online at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/crime/stories/MYSA081407.housearrest.e-...

good stuff

thanks for filling in the blanks!

his shit-eating grin is now even more malicious

good luck on collecting your judgement

I too was a victim of this snake and I know others...

This guy is a serious liar and he cheated me out of thousands of dollars in 2001-2002. He told me he graduated from UT-Austin with dual engineering degrees. Lie! He told me his middle initial was "x". Lie! He told me in 2000 he was worth $1.2 billion. Lie! I knew when he suddenly packed up from Texas and moved to Georgia, he was running from something. This guy is very smart though and is an information technology wizard. He calls himself a project manager, architect and whatever else people will believe. I told me he predicted 9/11. I mean this guy has a serious mental problem and anyone who gives him an award is an idiot. But it does give me new confidence in the justice system because what goes around comes around.

wow

georgey boy is something else ain't he?

he predicted 9-11! ahahaha

IT'S TRUE - HE IS A TOTAL CON ARTIST CRIMINAL and NUTS

While I cannot elaborate here, it is completely true that George Warren Ingram III is a total anti-american swindler con artist worthless LIAR criminal. He fakes companies and gets "Honest" folks blinded with excitement about making money and uses that to give body to a fake business so he can swindle others/investors and business(s) out of their money and services and I think partly so it can inflate his rediculous ego. Trust me - HE IS a severe liar and in REALITY NOT an information tech genious. HE's actually an idiot - but most of the time he goes unchallenged because of the blinding they get for the possiblity of making money. When challenged on most anything, he falls apart but usually with some good story that sounds plausable so you have to challenge the challenge over and over to get to his empty suit reality. This guy is truely a dirt ball in the truest sense. He's the kind of swindler that gives America a bad name internationally!!!!! He does not even know how to pronounce SKYPE - he calls it as a two syllable word ie "Sky Pee". Again he is a complete fake. NEVER trust anything he says!!!!

Would like to talk with you "Shame full"

This note about GWI3 has has surface someone I would like to make contact with. How can we get in touch?

Sincerly,
VOG

George Warren Ingram the Third

Now my father is a much better man then you. You've met me and my older sister and you ruined pur lives, You stole just over 2.2 million dollars from my family. For those who are reading ple undertand the money was not just lying around. We had to borrrow money from faimily I had to drop out of college and our house is in forclosure! God save your soul

While I am not sure how I

While I am not sure how I found this, I am shocked. George's charlatanry effectively destroyed my family by sending my father on a mis-guided quest for "loads of money". The results of this financial debacle cost my family serious financial strain, public embarassment, and most importantly a broken home. I did not know that others have shared similar stories. I believe our family were the last victim(s) before George's arrest. It is cathartic to read other people's encounters with him and know that this was is verifiable. Thanks, guys.

Info - George Ingram

Need some details, how can I contact, Truth Seeker

this comment is tied to George Ingram's e-mail address -mhjacks

George

George is live and well and well fed.

I just had a 4 hour lunch with him in downtown Chicago. I was following up on a lead to sell Global Intelligence software.

His stories were riveting and very compelling. I was blown away at the attention to detail, name dropping of industry players, Geo-Political knowledge and technical prowess.

It was surreal... then a colleague did a Google to find out more about him……. and she sure did. What an amazing, twisted and elaborate imagination this guy has in his head.

No software, but he did get a free lunch at a nice French restaurant.

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fascinating

to wonder at all the people that have been touched by strands of George's web is something else

thanks for the update on his whereabouts

Your Post - George Ingram

How can I get in touch with you? I would like to talk to you!

this comment is tied to George Ingram's e-mail address -mhjacks

He is in Nashville

I just had lunch him today at the Grace Mansion, he was trying to sell me on a song he wrote, Elvis

this comment is tied to George Ingram's e-mail address -mhjacks

Your Posting - George Ingram

I would like to contact you, how do I speak to you? Truth Seeker

this comment is tied to George Ingram's e-mail address -mhjacks

How do I get in contact with you

Did you have intimate relations with George Ingram III, let me know how to contact you, Seeker of the Truth

this comment is tied to George Ingram's e-mail address -mhjacks

Need to Know more - Who are You!

I found your posting interesting can you tell me who you are? Truth Seeker

this comment is tied to George Ingram's e-mail address -mhjacks

I was Wrong about George!

This comment is not to be trusted. Please notice the 'mhjacks2' signature at the bottom, which attempts to pretend to be the author of this website (I added the 'possibly George himself'). I'd delete it, but pure BS like this should be left as a warning to all others. Frauds and hucksters abound, and will spread misinformation wherever they can.

this comment is also tied to George Ingram's e-mail address: gx.ingram@georgeingram.net

-mhjacks

Here is what I found out to be true, a Newspaper man gave me this that was published in 2007...

Questions and Answers by George Ingram III founder of American PureTex Water Corporation:
1. It has been reported and there is a web site to the affect that you were arrested over the Christmas holiday period, is this true?
Yes, these are false pretense charges, I was not a fugitive and I have prepared a legal response against San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas & the State of Texas.
2. What are the circumstances that led up to the arrest?
In 1999 I brought a legal malpractice case lawsuit against the now defunct Law firm, Butter Binion, LLP in Houston, on none counts of legal malpractice. That case wound around Texas, New York, California, China, and Korean, it was originated by me principally to protect my personal fortune, as the attorneys involved were abusing their durable power of attorney related to my estate plan they wrote putting them in charge of my assets. My will was eventually re-written by the Baker Botts law firm to protect my family.
In the process of litigating the International portion of my claims, we wound up in an International Arbitration administered in New York, and at the same time the defendant law firm was creating ancillary cases in Texas, to one distract the public perception that they we innocent of the many malpractice claims against them myself and other, and to raise my litigation expense to carry on. One of the thing a victim must do in litigation is produce expert witnesses to prove how he or she was damaged. In 2000, an accounting firm Hanke, Green, & Stein in San Antonio was recommended by the now defunct accounting firm of Arthur Anderson in Houston, and I sought to retain that firm as expert witness in the International Arbitration to testify on behalf of Ingram Investore, LLC my co-Plaintiff. The accounting firmed showed up for the deposition in Houston, and testified that he was not an expert, and he did not know how his $55 Million dollar numbers on the companies damages were different than all other estimates of damages related to an Foreign exchange hedge with Wells Fargo Bank that was to transact in 1998. At that point we decided since he was not an expert, and we did not get the benefit of our bargain, that we would not pay him for the services he could not perform. Mr. Dan Hanke, had substituted a junior accountant for himself because he was to busy.
After that happened it was clear that Hanke was open to an accounting malpractice suit from Ingram Investore, LLC, and sought to bring a criminal complaint against George Warren Ingram, individually as his defense. It is interesting to note, that the same professional liability insurance company insured both Hanke, Green, & Stein, and Butler Binion, LLP, and that the $55 million was the threshold insurance coverage for the first tier of coverage, our damages were $285 million for all claims, and $218 million just for the Botched FX Exchange Transaction.
The rest is history, all other claims have been litigated to finality, and it has been a very tough 8 years. I was forced to him the $10,000 he was claiming under judicial pressure, but I expect to have that return to me at the end of this saga.
Before Butler Binon, LLP, I personally had no litigation for 15 years prior to when I hired them.
3. You noted that emails and letter writing campaigns are being waged against you and your companies, what are these about? In Texas the anonymous Letters and faxes are against me primarily but refer to a PureTex Water and its parent APWC that I founded in 1974 and in which I owe shares. Apparently they seek to discredit the company because of the San Antonio, Texas illegal arrest.
4. Is there any connection to your legal issues and APWC? No APWC is a run independently by Executives and a Board of Directors. And I am personally a not major shareholder.
5. How do you plan to fight the arrest and legal challenges?
The arrest was illegal, and I have retained legal counsel in my home state an also in Texas to counter these malicious charges and defend myself, other than that, what else can I do?
6. Are there any other legal actions going on that may come forward? There is one legal actions involving one former employee that were discharged for cause in APWC. He has filed a wage claim but has perjured himself, and his friend also filed a wage claim in Texas, but the APWC records shows he did not perform work for the company in Texas as a Texas employee There are no other suits or activities I am aware.
7. Are there any other past legal issues you have been involved in? I am an international business man with a lot of interests around the world. From time to time there are legal issues the come from conducting business in many countries, but today as far as I know today, there is no outstanding litigation.
8. What is the status of your business start up PureTex Water Works at APWC: A shareholders meeting occurred on January 17, 2007 and the company is currently in the due diligence process with several investment banking houses in New York to guide the company through the process place private equity funding of $500mm to construct two bottle water facilities in South Texas. Nineteen APWC shareholders attended that meeting and ratified the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the company on file at the Texas Secretary of State Office, and the structure of the financing that the company representatives are presenting to the investment bankers.
9. Anything else you would like to add? APWC was formed to develop its unique position that it holds to provide safe clean pure drinking to people. It is an agricultural food product, and we can by bottling it provide the daily necessity to millions of people without pumping large volumes of water that is principally wasted. At the same time at the company in the years of 2002, 2003, 2004 ,2005, and 2006 dicussed these matter with our neighbors and concluded that what we should be doing is producing pure clean drinking water only, and not allow our resources to be wasted by pipelining water to cities to be used as waste water and industrial use, and lost in their system . Bottling it is the only way we see that we can insure what we do goes directly to human consumption, what APWC has is to valuable to waste.

MHjacks is a idiot

Hi, my name is Denis Robinson, I used to work for Ed Bahl, (former President of Global Intelligence, and now President of TechConnectUSA.com, it turns out that Mr. Bahl and his group were the frauds, which I learned only to late, I followed Mr. Bahl, beucase he was doing nasty things like creating this blog to diss Ingram, beware of Edward C. Bahl, he is trouble.... Denis

This commenter is also likely to be George himself, although it is not tied to George's e-mail address, it is tied to an e-mail address from George's failed Global Intelligence Corporation. - mhjacks

Ingram, Robinson, who to trust?

Don't trust any of these guys. I had no freaking clue who George Ingram was until I started Googling him, and his story is plain to see. It requires no special effort to realize that George Ingram is a fraud and a con artist.

I would not be surprised if nefarious George was aided and abetted by numerous other con artists.

I am Edward C. Bahl and created this blog to diss Ingram???? You sir, are an idiot that has no ability to perform due diligence. Ever hear of the domain name registry, or perhaps just clicking other links on this site to see who originated it?

YOu are all

YOu are all crooks...........all ya'll! Dennis, Ed and George........how is that!

HA!

If you are Denis, Dennis, or Ed or George, I hope you burn in hell for what you ALL to me and my family! I know Karma will come around and bite you when you least expect it. I have dealt with pain and suffering you put my family and I through..........so enjoy what you have because when day the creator will reap revenge for all the people you have hurt. I believe in balance in this world so we need to have good (me) and evil (you), so because you have taken this evil to high levels, the balance is off and you will suffer my friend! If I were to read your OBIT in the near near future, I wouldn't shed a tear but rejoice that justice has finaly been served!

I was his assistant

I was George Ingram's assistant for one summer in between semesters in college at the Lincoln, IL office. Everything there seemed legitimate to me. I got my paycheck reqularly with taxes taken out.

I actually found out all this stuff after trying to contact him so I could update the references on my resume.

You were a lucky one!

Hello there assistant! I worked with one of his assistants and she worked for him for about 6 months and she didn't have problems until the end! Her checks were legit until all of ours bounced, then hers did as well! Consider yourself lucky, because I had to borrow money to cover the check that bounced and I have a family six..........I hate that guy and I would beat him with bat if only I could find his sorry ass! He is crook so do not put him down as a reference.......... I showed my current boss, who is from Texas, George's picture and he said, "wow he looks like a skezzer" and he said that usually when people put the III at the end of their names, it is usually a farce!

Anyone???

Well I have left a couple comments about all these guys and the crooks that they are but I still have yet to see any reponse from anyone. The creater of this site, George himself, Denis or Ed.........so what it the deal? I know George is total idiot, but the men who follow or followed him are idiots as well......and if he is such criminal then can someone explain to me why he isn't in prison and why he keeps going free? Is our system really that screwed up or does George really have friends in high places? Something I have wondered about for 4 years. What is the deal with this guy? Is obviously stupid but smart enough to not be in prison, WHAT?????

I see you're having difficulty dealing with the subject matter.

To talk about George as 'smart' or 'stupid' misses the point; it doesn't really matter what his IQ happens to be, what's more important is his cunning, which appears to wielded much like that of a predatory animal.

In my most recent follow-up on George Warren Ingram III I explore the possibility that he has anti-social personality disorder; a constellation of 'sociopathic' personality traits.

You have hit the nail on the head with your question of why George is not in prison. If George does possess a clinical diagnosis of anti-social personality disorder (ASPD), he represents a very fascinating subset of the clinical population that possesses these traits. Most individuals that display these traits are studied in prison settings, because that's where they typically end up.

The marked lack of remorse for doing wrong unto others that the psychopath possesses usually leads relatively quickly to violent crimes. It is not fully understood how certain people with ASPD decide to either limit or not engage in violent crimes. Perhaps if this particular population of those with ASPD could be studied more rigorously, we might learn new things about the human brain. Wounding others monetarily rather than physically I would say has much better risk-to-reward ratio in terms of jail-time; perhaps certain people with psychopathic tendencies evaluate these options rationally, but it seems that most are unable to attach much meaning to adverse consequences of their physically violent behavior. This owes partly to what seems like an inability to correctly attach emotional responses to particular events (those with psychopathy are particularly noted for their flat affect).

Thus, I would argue George has stayed out of prison largely because he is unwilling to engage in physically violent crime; these are the types of offenses that quickly lead to prison. That key survival trait mixed with a dash of intelligence and cunning, along with our highly malleable criminal justice system allows individuals like George to range largely unfettered; the only thing that can keep people like that in check is a finely tuned bullshit detector.

also check out this

also check out this link:

http://www.hare.org/links/saturday.html

interesting tidbit from the site:

For his first paper, now a classic, Hare had his subjects watch a countdown timer. When it reached zero, they got a "harmless but painful" electric shock while an electrode taped to their fingers measured perspiration. Normal people would start sweating as the countdown proceeded, nervously anticipating the shock. Psychopaths didn't sweat. They didn't fear punishment -- which, presumably, also holds true outside the laboratory.

No problem with subject matter..........

Well mjhacks, I do not believe I am having a problem with subject matter, I am just asking the question. When this incident happened to me I have tried for years to get this guy caught and put in jail and yes I do believe he is a true sociopath. I worked for him and Ed Bahl and Denis Robinson and in my mind I see all of them as this. I was told one lie after another by all of them. I knew something was wrong when his wife, Kim, brought in their "alleged" son and he called both of his parents by their first names. I assumed he was kidnapped but had no proof. Kim herself was very skiddish and anti-social; all the license plates in the truck of his car was another clue; the fact that he told us "for our own protection" to take pictures of everyone who walked through our doors. Yeah, something was screwy. I often wonder if his wife, Kim, is also a sociopath and shares his lust for deceiving people taking their money.......HUMMM??

I have moved on from this situation but I felt like a dumbass for many years because I allowed George, Denis and Ed to take advantage of me.......I hope they all burn in hell. Oh and a side note, on George's excuse of his employees stealing from him, let me set the story straight. The paychecks bounced so if he would have paid the money back to his employees in CASH, then he would have received his stuff back, but he did not and left town so he cannot use that as an excuse. So George if you read this or Ed or Denis or Kim, be sure to get your story straight no one wanted your crappy stuff but we never got paid so when you all go down I will be there to witness it!