You might remember that I commented the other day on the results of the Beef Checkoff survey. Now I see something that proves some people are out of touch with producers.
It appears the Montana Stock Growers Association (MSGA) thinks that the Beef Checkoff fee should be raised to $2 dollars from it's existing $1 fee. They give themselves an out by claiming that producers should vote on it, but the vote itself tells how they feel. You will remember that in the survey I mentioned above, 91% of respondents felt the one dollar fee was more than enough to pay. Ninety one percent. That's an extremely large number. It just shows you how out of touch with the common producer the MSGA is.
Let me extend this a little. The MSGA is the Montana affiliate of the NCBA. The Beef Board, who controls the money raised by the Checkoff fee, is controlled by the NCBA, at least that is the perception. So, is it any surprise the MSGA wants the Checkoff fee raised? It will only help the NCBA and the Beef Board raise more money.
This survey and the vote by the MSGA just show how out of touch these organizations that claim they represent cattle producers are with the average producer out there. I just have to laugh at the whole situation. If you ask me the MSGA really embarrassed themselves here.
I am generally way out of touch with trends, except now and then I am surprised to find myself leading one, like sympathetic vampires. Fred Saberhagen
Monday, February 5. 2007
Out Of Touch
Saturday, January 13. 2007
I Must Be Deaf
I don't know if it's the cold temperatures, 2nd morning of 20 below here, or what but I have no motivation. Plenty out there to talk about but the motivation to do it is lacking. Do you understand what I am saying?
I could talk about Democrats gushing over Governor Schweitzer's education bill, big surprise that the Democrats are supporting it without thinking, or I could talk about the push to make businesses responsible for stopping illegal immigration in the state, or the state moving forward on further restrictions on free speech. I just don't have the energy though. I wonder if it's all really worth it though?
What difference does all this make? What difference does one lone voice in the wilderness make? All I can do is love my family, take care of my animals and keep my head down so the government doesn't come along and unthinkingly take it off. That seems like all the government wants to do is fence us in tighter and tighter until we can no longer breathe or move and the majority of people just love it.
I'm tired of it all. Tired of trying to make sense of it all. There is no sense to it, just unthinking legions marching in lock step to the beat of the drum that I don't seem to hear or sense. Where did I miss it? Why am I not hearing it? What should I do?
All I can do is relax and enjoy my family, that's all any of us have.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford
I could talk about Democrats gushing over Governor Schweitzer's education bill, big surprise that the Democrats are supporting it without thinking, or I could talk about the push to make businesses responsible for stopping illegal immigration in the state, or the state moving forward on further restrictions on free speech. I just don't have the energy though. I wonder if it's all really worth it though?
What difference does all this make? What difference does one lone voice in the wilderness make? All I can do is love my family, take care of my animals and keep my head down so the government doesn't come along and unthinkingly take it off. That seems like all the government wants to do is fence us in tighter and tighter until we can no longer breathe or move and the majority of people just love it.
I'm tired of it all. Tired of trying to make sense of it all. There is no sense to it, just unthinking legions marching in lock step to the beat of the drum that I don't seem to hear or sense. Where did I miss it? Why am I not hearing it? What should I do?
All I can do is relax and enjoy my family, that's all any of us have.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford
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