Editorial

Our new president has stirred up a hornet’s nest by declaring that we no longer have a Gulf of Mexico. From now on, all government references will be to the Gulf of America. I grew up along the gulf coast, spending just about every summer there that I can remember. From Gulf Shores, Alabama to Perdido Key Florida. Passing away more hours than I can remember water skiing, fishing and, as Jimmy Buffett would sing, “wasting away” days on my used Sea-Doo sports boat. I drove that boat for 40 years until it landed in a treetop blown away by hurricane Katrina.

While it may not be top news around much of the country, in the Washington, D.C. area the staffing cuts in various federal government offices are all consuming. This is neither surprising nor without merit. With 375,000 federal workers in the D.C. Metro region, the impact of any employment cut will be felt immediately.

As the federal budget moves through Congress, Democrats and their loyal media allies have done nothing but scream about Medicaid “Cuts” in funding and the harm that will do to health care. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has downplayed the possibility of significant cuts to Medicaid and stated, “what we’re talking about is rooting out fraud, waste and abuse–-eliminating these fraudulent payments can achieve a lot of savings.” Shouldn’t the state media instead focus on the possible savings from cutting Medicaid Fraud?