Goodale Commentary – You Can’t Manage What You Won’t Measure

[jdepape]

Let's measure Goodale's statement:

There are 23 individual sentences of which....

15 are factually incorrect
(farmers not asked? no public debate? Where has he been for the last 30 years?)

5 are factually correct (or at least I can agree with)
- the date it was posted
- 69 years of history
- the single desk is dead
- the CWB continues to exist, now "one of many"
- railways and grain companies expect to extract higher margins (yes - through efficiencies. But farmers will get high prices too.)

3 are conjecture, guess or hyperbole (like our brand has been "slashed" and the projection of market values)

Score: 21.7% correct

Conclusion: FAIL

[parsley]

Hey, when can I get my picture taken with you,
depappy? ; D . Pars.

[parsley]

It's a 10 post, depappy. Reads like you're just
rolling up your sleeves! Pars.

[notaredneck]

Hey Decrap...Still full of bs!!!!!

[wd9]

Yes gust, it was the shippers! Thankyou
for that.

[wd9]

Notaredneck, obviously is a redneck.

Dispute any of the 15 statements that are
incorrect rather than just fling your
poop.

[parsley]

Post some facts, notarwdneck, rather than simply
flinging insults again. Depape has started a
marketing company. Read about it on his
website. Farmers need a wide variety of
companies to sell to, and more competition is
good

Nice to get your call, John. Pars

[sddickson]

Notaredneck -
Fairy tales aren't working for you guys any more eh ...?
Name calling doesn't work in the federal appeals courts either ..
Sounds like you guys are taking lessons from Pat Martin.

[notaredneck]

So decrap wanted the board gone so he could make money "marketing" our grain? Wow didn't see that coming!

[Fransisco]

And I wanted it gone so I could make more money selling my wheat. Which by the way is already happening.

[TOM4CWB]

Notaredneck,

If John can convince folks that he can add value to sales... then that is great.

All the best to John for being innovative.

That is what we are all trying to do... add value to what other folks are doing...

Cheers!

[wd9]

Point is redneck, you get a choice whether
or not you find value in his services. If
you don't, you can do something else. Its
called freedom.

Again, we await your display of brilliance
in debating any of the points.

[jdepape]

Don't forget wd9 - I have a choice too.

Something tells me that notaredneck wouldn't
qualify anyway.

[haveapulse]

69 years is correct, previous to this the CWB was a dual market, not a single desk.

My comment: with no disrespect to a good old country song:
THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND HE'S GONE.. both the CWB and Ralphs influence.

[haveapulse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx8x3LCnYZw
Thank God and Greyhound: Roy Clark.