STOP THAT S. T.. U... P.... I..... D...... hunger strike Jackson!!!

[TOM4CWB]

Who cares???

[agchat]

Still have not heard a word of it on any news channel or the radio stations I listen too. Are you sure your not just dieting Tom?

[TOM4CWB]

Agchat,

OK... I am dieting... isn't that what a hunger strike is?

I am not eating any Meat or starchy solid foods...

because I am annoyed...
the governments of Canada... and Alberta....

allow the Railways to bully grain growers... with impunity...

and allow them (CN/CP) to personally bully my family and farm with a $423,000 'Writ of Execution' on my farm land...

The Railways are almost 23,000 grain rail cars short... in 2015

delaying my farms deliveries on 100's of thousands of $$$ of deliveries... for our farm alone...

Wouldn't any reasonable person... say...

I have justifiable cause for my Hunger Strike???

[ajl]

If every farmer went on a hunger strike when grain contracts were delayed the prairie would have nothing but skinny people. These kind on problems are normal when your production is thousand of miles from the market. Rail service in Canada is a natural monopoly is another huge problem which makes the situation much worse than it has to be though.

[TOM4CWB]

AJL

We NEED to change the system. We can ship, by rail... in an orderly manner... our grain and grain products in domestic and export markets.

We could easily do this reasonable duty... IF THE RAILWAYS WERE NOT HOLDING GRAIN GROWERS RANSOM.

This is not fair. The RR know EXACTLY how to increase capacity by at least 30 percent for grain movement... and If they don't know... or are short of Ideas... I would very politely... tell these RR people... how to achieve these needed results!!!!!!

[grassfarmer]

Dieting is a wee bit different than a hunger strike. I well remember the huger strike by IRA prisoners in the Maze, Northern Ireland in the 80's. Ten of them died, takes between 60-70 days, and their demands were rightly never met by the Thatcher Government.

Bobby Sands was elected an MP during his protest - there is an idea for you. Of course it would take commitment to do that.

[mustardman]

I think you'd be better off ' Throwing your weight around' in this inept government Tom, than a hunger strike

[riders2010]

probabaly get more response if you went naked to parliament hill, haha just saying they might throw the camara your way, just don t have anything pointy looking, could be trouble but it would get attention. I could see the headline already. hahaha

[TOM4CWB]

OK Mustard,

What do you think I should do?

Grassy... IF I do not drink fluids... and take in reasonable minerals and vitamins... I will not live long enough to accomplish anything.

Am I not doing EXACTLY...what I should be doing... on a hunger strike?

I spent the last 2 days... at a Alberta Pulse Growers Strategic Planning session in Canmore. I had a couple of bowls of soup while I was there... that was it besides liquds... NO SOLID FOODS.

When I spoke about our plight... folks usually just look at the floor... and look glum... like nothing can be done...
CEO Gord Bacon of Pulse Canada was very good talking to me... about transportation logistics... and process.

CEO Gord... says the RR are doing EXACLY what their shareholders have asked. No failures in the RR strategy of implementaion of that strategy to increase profit and lower costs.

At grain growers expense I would add.

[tweety]

Tom, like agchat , did an exhaustive search and found nothing but your last one in 1996 against CWB

If you're only telling people on agriville, sorry buddy, it truly is a diet.

If you can't get decent media coverage and awareness, then yes, heed your topic headline.