FBI Director James Comey House Intelligence Committee Investigations

“There’s a whole lot out there that is false, and I suppose some of it could be people lying to reporters, I think that probably happens, but I think more often than not it’s people who act like they know when they don’t know. …" James Comey to The House Intelligence Committee

Fake or False News has become a big issue. I talked with the several local News Reporters and found them outraged. The takeaway from that short talk in Shawnee, OK was simple. When people lie to the press, they do so to stir up bad feeling among portions of the public against a person or cause. It's hard to know what's real and what isn't unless you do the research. Then you can't just call the person a liar. The Defamation Laws prohibit it.  I also learned that they are being very careful what they report.  Bottom Line: At least the Reporters, in my neck of the woods, are making the attempt to verify before the report. That's better than it could be and not as good as I'd like to see.
Comey Live/Taped depending when it viewed feed NPR/PBS

It's time for a change. I fear this is a return to the past.

THe time is now for a change. There is One Provider in the County where I live and the cost is over $2,400 a month for my wife and I. They've cornered the market so they believe they can CHARGE what they want. It amounts to EXTORTION! The new plan however will leave too many people out of the loop. Not Cool at all. What ever happened to compromise.
GOP Plan

From Hopeful to Disgusted with Trump

President Donald Trump just could not leave well enough alone. With the Russian thing still simmering, he accuses former President Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. Even if it is true, Twitter isn't the place to voice the complaint. THe place to present the evidence would be to Congress's Ethics Committee. Well, it will never be boring with all this garbage floating. To #Trump learn to keep your cards close to the vest, please!
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/05/518630669/white-house-says-it-wont-comment-on-trumps-wire-tapping-tweets?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170305&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews

Trump: One Can Hope

On the eve, before President Trump's State of The Union Speech, there is room for hope. I've never been a Trump supporter. My personal views don't really matter. What do we, Americans, expect? We expect Respect for the Person who is the President, regardless of Party or Ideology. The radicals on both sides of the aisle don't give that respect and should be replaced in the next election. No obstructionism. The pas 8 years the U.S. Congress blocked, ignored, and boycotted the Legislation of our previous President and hamstrung our country. Those who will not work together should be replaced, in the next election. What does all of that mean. It means that the Population of the United States has to embrace the Advanced Citizenship required by our Constitution and Vote at every opportunity!

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/27/517429679/heres-what-to-watch-for-when-trump-addresses-congress

Remembering Desert Storm and a Young LTG McMaster

Oklahoma Atty. General - Now New EPA Chief - Trump

It's all been reported. Scott Pruitt is now the EPA Chief. What they don't tell you is that he is likely the most Stand Up man I've ever met. I doubt he remembers meeting me. This was a chance meeting. He was parking his car in downtown OKC and I was going to get my car, from the parking garage. I'm retired Army and had my "Gulf War Veteran" hat on. He took the time to walk a few steps and thank me for my service. Yep, the state Atty. General. I said thanks and we both went about our business. It's that kind of attention to detail that's necessary for the Chief of the EPA. It doesn't matter what his politics are. What matters is having the heart to remember a Vet, even when many would not.
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/17/515802629/scott-pruitt-confirmed-to-lead-environmental-protection-agency

I should write a book.

Writing a book would be wonderful. I doubt I'd ever get it sold. My masters thesis was ok, but the College didn't want to publish. The University of the South operates a Divinity School and graduates individuals who want to be ministers. I'm a Messianic Jew, I've no interest in ministering to a Christian Congregation. Not because we don't believe all the same things, but that my thesis was on the inaccuracy in translation done in the King James Bible.  Well, the Harvard Press picked it up and now it sits on the shelf and draws dust with a thousand others. That's where it sits.