Reply #75: Fine. You can take any comment out of context and leave in a huff [View All]

[riderinthestorm]

The discussion with you was dead anyway. You aren't even trying to understand, address or even listen to what I'm saying. And talk about ad hominems - I have only brought up facets of the program that are really in the proposal yet you persist in conflating my comments with others. I'm not too thrilled with that either.

You have a real live small farmer debating you from a real life perspective and you aren't even addressing my comments. It's really frustrating. This is what it feels like to dialogue with the USDA on this issue - they aren't listening and then accuse the small farmer of getting irate about it.

I've addressed your points on cost, feasibility, theft, disaster preparedness, real life experiences for horses (and the related issues of competition barns and show grounds) etc. etc. I've brought up my fears of the intrusion and manipulation that I see in this measure.

And you haven't offered any reasonable alternatives to my comments.