I expect good solid numbers from the Midwest, and the idea is to grow from there. We just in the last three months started having those breakthrough markets. We went from 60 kids to 600 kids in those cities in 90 days.

We've had a good relationship with the Port. I'm sure if they were concerned, they would have told us.

I don't think we've done nearly a good enough job tracking the money in Washington and the influence it buys in concrete terms.

I'm expecting something like 10,000 in sales in the first 14-day period, and that's what (Universal) is expecting. Once we put up 10,000 units on the board, we'll get on a national tour. Come January, you have the band more than 100,000 (in sales) and on its way to gold. Come June you're on tour with another up-and-comer and approaching platinum.

The police officer starts to look more and more like a monster.

At times I feel overwhelmed.

Whatever they're trying to justify, hurting Mike would not help their case at all. And no one would worry about what they are trying to justify if they do hurt Mike.