Thoughts On Some Recent News Stories

Someone in Washington is lying.

 

Please. OK, cynics (I am not one) believe someone is always lying in Washington...but..the recent “news” out of the White house on the Comey firing triggered, over several days, from the Pres, V-P, press secretary, deputy press secretary, and assorted etc...the most extensive series of lies I’ve ever heard (and I was around covering Watergate, the 5 O’clock Follies during the ‘Nam war, and others.)

 

Who can the American people believe?

 

And if not outright lies, then mistakes of gigantic proportions—which amount to the same thing.

 

Now we know what “fake news” really is.

 

And that’s sad, because we should be able to trust our elected leaders most of the time, and the FBI Director is a major official of our government.

 

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Did you see the sports story from Colorado where a Colorado State football player was arrested and charged with stealing from a teammate?  What he stole were diamond bracelets and Rolex watches.

 

And just how did the teammate get such items?  Are we missing a bigger story here?

 

And when will the NCAA issue its report on the UofL scandal...years since it began..and the North Carolina report, even years longer since the NCAA began that important investigation?

 

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Then there’s the latest (but far from the last) case of international hacking...where major firms are being held for ransom because of a flaw in the Windows software—that the firm fixed in mid March.

 

Right, the hackers used a flaw that was fixed 6 weeks ago...after Windows keeps telling its customer to install antivirus software, always keep your fixes up to date and back up your files.

 

All of this should NOT have happened...to Disney, Nissan, Renault, Britain’s National health System, and firms large and small...if they had just followed both common sense and good business practice and what computers firms have urged them to do for years.

 

Major banks, department stores, etc. have been guilty of this—and suffered (No, we the customers have suffered) the consequences for years.

 

When is someone going to file a major, global class action suit against these firms for such gross negligence?

 

Where are you Morgan and Morgan when we need you?

 

Talk about a case “for the people!”

 

I'm just sayin'...