Well , I ’ m to a point where I need to say something , but there are so many topics from which to choose . Should I opine on the Feb . 28 Oval Office meeting that made me embarrassed for my country ?

I saw an interview of President Zelenskyy in between the first refusal to agree to give away half his country ’ s rare earth minerals and this new draft . He had told the interviewer he would agree to that stipulation if there also were guarantees of security from the U . S ., an item ignored by the administration .

This request actually has some history . America promised security in exchange for Ukraine ’ s destruction of nuclear weapons after

the collapse of the Soviet Union ( Google Trilateral Statement , signed in 1994 ).

Or maybe I should share my thoughts on how closely Project 2025 is currently being followed . This will take a little research , so that ’ ll be another day .

For now I will delve into the rapid and massive federal cuts we ’ ve seen . If you take a new leadership position , would you erase all that has been built and start from scratch ? Would a new superintendent come into a district and start slashing programs and staff before he / she is well-informed about what good would be taken away from students ? Would a new judge come

in , cut employees and write new court rules without first knowing what would suffer ? Would a new owner of a factory fire the entire line and bring in all new people ? I would think not .

These losses were felt immediately and will continue to be felt as the ripple effect spreads . Worldwide , children are already suffering because of the food and medical attention no longer available from

USAID . Nationally , we are set up to be a little less secure because the loss of military experience in various security agencies and a lot more frustrated in access to government services because of the thousands of personnel let go .

Locally , small business owners at Wooly Pig Brewery are feeling the sting to the tune of about $ 145,000 in frozen solar project grant money for which they had already been approved . ( Let ’ s support them and others with extra business to try to make up a tiny bit .)

Personally , it has even hit my bucket list . I wish I would have visited more of the national parks earlier . With the federal cuts there ,

they will either end up being closed , privatized , or sold to the highest bidder for the oil and minerals .

I have already contacted my congressmen and given them my opinion regarding the job Musk is doing . Call 202-224-3121 and follow the prompts to reach your representatives . DOGE may be finding methods to change the way tax dollars are spent and even saving us some unnecessary expense . However , it seems to me the method Musk is using is kind of like hunting rabbits with a machine gun — you ’ ll probably get the rabbit , but there ’ s a good chance you won ’ t have much meat left .

Chris Sycks Warsaw