Around Town – March 1

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March 1

Orchids to

Rick Titus for clearing our driveway this winter season, you’re the best!

the economic blackout on Friday to protest companies that have scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being gutsy and standing up to the two bullies.

Onions to

mentioning lipstick on the pig of communism, yet supporting a leader who plays nicely with Chinese, Russian and North Korean leaders, you cannot have it both ways.

state legislators, all well-paid with benefits and privileges, doing nothing about the federal slash and burn causing the loss of health insurance for many hardworking Hoosiers.

the negatives already coming about the current administration not fixing all the problems the previous administration created over four years.

driving without a license, which apparently is not required by other countries.

the Robin Hood-in-reverse political party who is robbing from the poor and giving to the rich.

willful ignorance about how DOGE is going to help the economy and cut spending on corrupt practices.

the POTUS and his sidekick for browbeating and disrespecting a foreign leader: a new edition of Shark Tank?

the once rejected leader who shows no respect to anyone by calling them childish nicknames, daring to say the well-regarded leader of an ally is being disrespectful because he won’t kiss his ring.

referring to it as a cabinet, when it is really just a junk drawer.

the unelected billionaire for shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and other agencies that help ordinary citizens that he doesn’t want investigating himself.

proposed cuts for Medicaid that will leave senior citizens in the streets and close medical facilities.

the new FBI director, who after he was sworn in, used an expletive in front of his children.

the USAID cuts, which is an anti-Christian action at its core.

thinking spending money on Gaza will automatically mean peace in an area that hasn’t known peace for decades, all because the Great Leader deemed it so.