Thanks Econ101...you proved my point brilliantly. The other day you stated that you agree with most NCBA policies (I am paraphrasing your comment.) If that is the case, why would you go to such a stretch to attempt to criticize the NCBA with an article like this. I am just glad that so many people can see the follies in your "logical" reasoning.

I am the first person to admit that the NCBA is not flawless; however, they are an important part of our industry. It saddens me that people like you attack them constantly. Cattlemen and Beef Producers make up the membership of the NCBA, whether you and some of the others on here would like to admit it or not. These cattlemen and producers set the policy. Just because it disagrees with your line of thinking on a few issues does not make their policy wrong or against the wishes of the rancher.

I personally think that disagreement on policy issues is healthy...What I do not like to see is one side picking up their toys and going to play by themselves. That is truly the sad part of the policy disagreements. Additionally, the correct ideas would sort themselves in the policy eventually. That is what I find so sad about the few selfish, arrogant people that decided to fracture the industry by splitting off into new groups. That action has harmed this industry more than it has helped. It has only caused confusion as to where the rancher stands on most issues. It has also made it a more difficult environment to deal with important environmental issues and other issues that are extremely important to cattlemen.

I apologize for length of my dissertation here. I could go on forever about this because it is truly disconcerting and disappointing to me, but for the sake of everyones boredom I will stop now.