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    #21
    The legacy of
    Ralph.

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      #22
      The legacy of
      Ralph.

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        #23
        I signed a contract for 4.70 off the combine for malt and it will be filled. piss on the NDP and the CWB.

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          #24
          Even if an appeal is launched, I suspect it will have about the same chance of success as the last one. Even if it did succeed, Friends of Slavery would undoubtedly challenge it again.

          Ken Ritter should have been fired months ago and replaced with someone who does not regard instituting a dual market as the equivalent of defying gravity. Not doing so was a critical mistake for Strahl. The fact that the government chose the path it did can indicate several things:

          It honestly believed it had a good chance of success in court. As time goes on, this gets harder to believe.

          Alternatively, the court battle may have been an attempt to mollify its supporters into believing that the government was serious about its goals, even though it knew the whole exercise was a long shot.

          If the latter turns out to be closer to the truth, then marketing choice supporters have essentially been misled and played for patsies.

          As far as I am concerned, I am withholding any financial support for the Federal Tories as of right now, and will continue to do so until they present a concrete plan that has a reasonable chance of success to resolve this issue and usher in marketing choice. Some creative thinking is what is required here instead of veiled threats to jail barley farmers.

          The Tories have more room to maneuver here than they may think: the opposition parties are not going to bring down the government over an issue that 8/10ths of Canadians couldn't care less about.

          The Tories need to be reminded once again that the number one rule of politics is: don't alienate your core supporters. Brian Mulroney did exactly that and we know what happened to him.

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            #25
            Should we really be surprised. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Any thoughts where the barley price will shake out delivered Lethbridge. $3.5/bu, $3.25 or Sub $3/bu. I doubt sub 3/bu. I think 3.25- 3.4/bu once harvest settles. Not quite 4/bu but not too shabby either.

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              #26
              A poll question is being asked on the site www.saskatoonhomepage.ca

              Are you happy with the decision brought down by a Federal Court Judge?

              At 10:30 PM SK time 59% registered NO 41% said yes. These numbers are very close to the Barley vote of last spring prairie wide.

              Support for the CWB side in SK alone indicates that their numbers are lower than the spring vote.

              It is a very strange democracy that allows a single unelected judge to over rule a cabinet of close to 30 duly elected representatives of the people. The American system looks better with each passing day.

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                #27
                Alberta Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld response to the ruling.

                http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/newslett.nsf/all/cotl11952

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