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Wrong. That website she sent does NOT "attack the majority of farmers in
the U.S.", nor "disparage the majority of farmers" at all. It focuses on
the questionable activities and priorities of the national FB organization
and some states. The accusation is false on its face as anyone can see who
looks through that website. It would be more helpful to address the
evidence it presents instead of dismissing it as the enemy of farmers.

The biggest problem with the national FB is spending money lobbying in
policy areas that are totally inrellevant to agriculture. No one denies
this is going on. They can take any political positions they want to, but
spending money on issues outside agriculture will keep them from getting a
dime from me.

paul & barb - on the continental divide
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On 10/11/2002 at 7:43 PM Rick Williams wrote:
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>Again, the Farm Bureau is a big tent organization of all farmers with many
>different views to reconcile. Quite different from groups that disparage
>the
>majority of farmers and wonder why they don't get much support from
>farmers.
>
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>Actually, there really is not a lot of anti-Farm Bureau material on the
>internet. In fact, it seems that this one group is the leading
organization
>that attacks the majority of farmers in the U.S. under the guise of
somehow
>promoting their version of what the family farm is all about.
>