Are we in a free country still?

[coppertop]

I am not interested in being a language cop Willow-Kreek, but this site is meant for producers to air their ideas, concerns and hopefully proposed solutions to industry issues. Name calling and comments that cast a reflection on the conduct of others aren't productive in any forum.

As far as defeated resolutions goes, AAMD C and AUMA always provide their membership with a report card of all resolutions passed and defeated annually. This serves to provide new members and in the case of ABP, new producers, with information on what has or has not been considered by the membership at the fall producer meetings.

I have certainly seen some questionable resolutions passed at producer meetings, ones that have little or no chance of moving forward but in a free country members have the right to propose and vote on these resolutions, and if the majority of attendees at a producer meeting choose to pass resolutions.

ABP has whatever mandate the producers give them and apathy has certainly played a huge role in how our industry is represented.

[grassfarmer]

Fair enough farmers_son, I accept your apology, this will be my last post on this thread also. The obvious mistake in your scenario of the group of PETA supporters getting a resolution passed at the Fall producer meetings is that they wouldn't be eligible to attend or vote. Only checkoff paying producers can do that and I don't think too many of them are PETA activists.

[farmers_son]

Coppertop: One last thing. I am sure glad I did not utter the words "there is more than one way to skin a cat" or you would have reached through my computer and strangled me. LOL.

[coppertop]

Ah, but farmers_son I wasn't the first one to chastise you for your comment. Randy was way ahead of me !!!!!