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Earlier, it was reported that Whole Foods CEO John Mackey was posting under the name "rahodeb" on Yahoo Finance message boards.

If you think I have so little to do but find his most obnoxious posts...you know me too well.

Pull up a chair and an organic kumquat, here we go:

#1:

Thanks for your pity. I don't need it though. If I told you how many shares in Whole Foods I actually own you wouldn't believe me.

#2:

I like Mackey's haircut. I think he looks cute! If his hair bothers you now you should have seen what it looked like 10 years ago! The guy was/is clearly into alternative lifestyles and is one of Paul Ray's Cultural Creatives I outlined in my 2 posts to Hedge.

You must not patronize any of WFMI's stores. Tatoos, piercings, unusual dress, and interesting haircuts are everywhere in the stores. In comparison, Mackey looks like a model for Brooks Brothers!

#3:

Oh yes, "the John Mackey identity theory". I've heard it a few times before on this Board. Believe it if you wish since it enhances the value of what I write.

#4:

Surgeon Genrl,

I've stated my identity on this board before, but no one apparently believed me. I am George W. Bush and a long-time customer of Whole Foods Market. I own quite a bit of stock in the company and have owned it since the IPO back in 1992. HOG152 is my father, George H.W. Bush.

Ideas are ideas, facts are facts, and arguments are arguments. They all stand (or fall) on their own regardless of their source. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what my non-screen identity really is or what yours is or who anyone else's is on this board. dcc7 has claimed that my true identity is John Mackey. You can believe that one or not. Doesn't matter to me. If I really am Mackey then I'm the ultimate insider at Whole Foods and you would be well served to pay attention to what I have to say on this board. If you don't believe I'm Mackey (admittedly the idea seems pretty far fetched) then you should still pay attention to what I have to say on this board if my ideas and arguments make sense. If they don't make sense or you disagree with me--well that's what bulletin boards like this are all about.

#5:

Hey, we aren't a first name basis!

I'm glad you've got a category for me! Gosh, so I'm a New Ager! I wondered what I was. Now that you've got a category for me I guess my ideas and arguments don't need to really be taken seriously. FYI--I don't think of myself as a "New Ager". Where I live I will keep private. While I'm not a "Mackey groupie", I do admire
what the man has accomplished--building a $1.6 billion business from scratch is quite an achievement. What have you accomplished in comparison whtmewrry 99? If you want to understand WFMI's past, current, and
future success you will need to understand that there are about 50 million adults in the United States who share very similar lifestyles and values to myself. Paul Ray's research strongly supports this proposition. Who is Paul Ray? He has a Ph.D in sociology and is
the executive vice president of American LIVES, a research firm in Oakland, CA. His 160 page study on the Integral Cultural Survey can be found at the Institute of Noetic Sciences--415-331-5650. His summary of this study was written in the February 1997 issue of American Demographics. Two recent articles by Ray can be found in the Natural Business LOHAS Journal--303-442-8983. He has a book on his research due to be published sometime in
2000.

Posted by edelfenbein at July 12, 2007 8:36 PM