B. U. G. S.

Let me respond to something somebody is likely to come up with:

“But, Bob, if everything is so transparent in the movement, why did YOU say you had to keep it SECRET in your blog entry from DC?”

Because I am an advisor. I think I am one of the best, but I can say without fear that I am a pro.

I told Kelso to go public instantly. But if someone asks you to advise them, what they tell you is between you and them until THEY give you permission to go public. As an advisor, no matter how ridiculous I consider it that someone is keeping something secret, it is HIS call, not MINE.

Even if hte whole world already knows it, I STILL can’t say HE told me this.

If someone said to me, “In my opinion, the sky is blue” while they were asking me for advice, and asked me not to tell others that they said that, you would have to use torture to get it out of me.

This is very frustrating, because I have often told people, as I kept telling Kelso, that he needed to get it out immediately. But as an advisor, no matter how frustrating it is, that conversation stays between him and me until he says differently.

Most secrets are a mistake. While you are agonizingly over what to say, the other side is telling the story ITS way.

But as an advisor, this is NEVER my call.