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Burl Amsbury's avatar

All I can think to do is cling to the fact that there are people like you, with your head down, quietly doing good work. We have taken a step or three back today as a nation, but maybe we need to hit rock bottom before we can go all-in on the good work at scale. If so, I guess the cold and homeless in Alamosa will stay that way for a while...

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George Whitten's avatar

Burl,

it seems we may have crossed a threshold that we will have great difficulty correcting.

As I read this just after listening to the acceptance speech yesterday I wonder if anyone is listening to us anymore. It occurred to me during that speech, at least as far as I could stand listening, that the "Gulf of America" was created by the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

There were homeless people freezing on the streets of Alamosa yesterday as I drove by to give a talk to the Master Irrigators class, where the people in attendance had spent three days listening to product salesmen giving instructions on how efficiency and optimization equals sustainability. There was silence for a few minuets as I finished my presentation then a barrage of questions but all those were about how to cut and pile hay not, why. My message isn't landing anymore because agriculture is so far past the point of no return that the obvious seems absurd. Thank you for your rational thoughts.

George

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