Transparency would be nice, but dividends as a measure of transparency is no better than the periodic "interest" received from a ponzi scheme. Personally, I think Labrat should point all of the hashing power at BTC Guild, and enable the namecoin mining option in their pool.  It would allow investors to track the rate, and add an extra 2%-3% return OVER what would otherwise be generated. LRM needs all it can get at this point. It would be nicer to have a pool that has merged mining and zero pool fee's.

Regarding LRM's growth plan:
Some seem to think future bonds sales are a way to achieve sustainability. Personally, I loathe the idea that growth would depend on future bond sales. That would be more like a ponzi scheme than any self-sustaining business model. So, it appears the two week dividend cuts for new hardware will need to happen for all future hardware received. Otherwise LRM would shrivel up like a raisin, or depend on future bond sales.

Some clarity for investors, and I hate to have to say this, but the two weeks of mining with no dividends will not necessarily place LRM in a more advantageous position than was already estimated for this year on the LRM website. The best chance, as far as I see, to beat the prior estimations is to actually receive Monarchs before the end of the year, OR to sell out of that Monarch order and purchase Bitfury hardware (asap).

For those that agree the Monarchs are not a good thing to wait for... Send messages directly to Labrat to ask that selling the Monarch order be one of the top priorities.