Really?
Not at all.
You went off and satisfied yourself to the level you wanted, which is the correct way to handle it. Which is what whiney jules should've done. Find a link and post it, or don't find one and post that you couldn't find one.
Badgering someone for "a link" helps nothing, especially when you don't bother to apologize for calling someone a liar when the demand is answered.
Again, if four FReepers report that they saw a tree fall and MSNBC does not have a link to a transcript and a video, did it happen?
You may still think I'm drunk, LOL, but Winston planted a bee in my bonnet this morning and I'm interested in your perspective.
On another thread below, IL Republican posted his personal (but anonymous) experience about his business.
I can go research and/or invalidate what he's saying and argue or confirm. But I can also take it with a grain of salt, and take it for what it's worth.
If he does not provide "a link" does it make the post worthless or a lie until he delivers a link?
I appreciate insights like IL Repub's, and it helps direct me on where to color in my understanding of the subject, or where to start looking sometimes better than any other article or "link" out there.
I just would rather not see so much "link please!" badgering. It's so silly.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2606728/posts
To: milwguy
I am a broker primarily trading ag commodities. Corn trades represent probably 85% of my total income.
First off, I am not a fan of the government subsidy. I’m a free market lover, and in years with a very
large corn carryover, it made sense for some capitalists to turn the cheap surplus into a usable commodity.
ADM/Aventine, and others have been doing this for decades.
In 08, there was an ethanol boom with every Tom, Dick and Harry trying to build a plant. During this boom,
ethanol science did improve, and it is no longer a net energy loss to produce.
Raising the allowable blend to go to 15% is not a Mandate to do so, but rather it allows stations to sell it
if properly labeled. You will not be forced to buy it.
My personal opinion is that the demand for it will be so limited no station will buy the necessary new pumps
to sell it.
The price of corn is “sky high” as our supply is down this year and demand is up. In early July, we thought
the national average corn yield might be pushing 170 bushels per acre. The USDA stated this past Friday that
it is 155. The market anticipated various drops along the way, but the last drop was not anticipated. Spot
corn is up 80 cents since the report Friday morning!
In the big picture, this is a non event. The 45 cent blender credit is a much larger issue free market
lovers should take issue with.
My largest account is one of the largest hog producers in the country. Our feed cost has gone up significantly.
Thank goodness for call options!!!
18 posted on 10/13/2010 11:29:51 AM by IL Republican