dumb·founded – adjective - speechless with amazement; astonishment.
It’s not a word I use very often, but it’s the perfect word for describing how I feel after a series of interactions with a federal agency. I keep trying to let go and move on to more productive things. But I’ve never been able to let go of something until I understand it, or have a solution. So I thought I’d share it and see if anyone out there has some suggestions. And, since my recent experience has demonstrated that people can be dangerous, I’ll do this without sharing names or identifying information. It involves plagiarism, copyright infringement, and state level federal managers choosing to not share information with ranchers rather than properly cite the inventor of a process that could save ranchers thousands of dollars. It comes down to one of my core beliefs, that if I do good things people will respond respectfully, being crushed for no reason I can come up with. (more…)
