Of course, we all remembered the earlier thread. But I in no way read the "jerk" being directed at Bill. Rather, I took it as being an editorial comment much in the vein of [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=268410|#268410].
Surely we all recall from some earlier posts directed at He Who Shall Not Be Named ;-) that when Rand has an opinion, he's not afraid to state it directly.
Cheers,
Scott.