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I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.
> Parson said...the reporter was “attempting to embarrass the state and sell headlines for their news outlet.” Literally a reporter's job.
This could actually become illegal in the UK. The official secrets act might be amended to make it illegal to embarrass the state...
I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.
I think you're under-estimating how much this is just the governor cravenly trying to save face. He's a just a spineless politician who is afraid that this "hack" will be used against him. Because the public was notified of the obvious fuck-up in the html, he felt he needed to "respond to their concerns" and is doing so in the only way he understands, or that that group of the public "under attack" understands as wel…
> No private information was publicly visible, but teacher Social Security numbers were contained in HTML source code of the pages. If it was in the HTML source code, then it was publicly visible, so it is unclear what the article is trying to say.
Perhaps opening and reading HTML source code is widely viewed as an esoteric skill.
The only message here is "be careful embarrassing fascists."
Earlier quoted context omitted.
We've got some presidential mis-speaks a plenty too. Some haven't been a governor, and didn't come from a "red" state.
This is clearly not an example of a politician simply "misspeaking".
> Parson said he had referred the matter to the Cole County Prosecutor and has asked the Missouri State Highway Patrol to investigate. Was this a drive-by "view source"? Why is the highway patrol investigating?
In a number of states, the “Highway Patrol” is—either through role expansion, merger with a preexisting State Police, or otherwise—the general-jurisdiction law enforcement agency of the State.
FYI the "Governor" is Mike Parson "As governor, Parson signed a bill criminalizing abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy and opposed Medicaid expansion. He oversaw the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, where he issued a temporary stay-at-home order in April 2020, allowed schools districts to decide whether or not to close, and limited postal voting during the 2020 U.S. elections. Parson also oversaw Missou…
The dude's clearly a moron but this isn't a thread about any of the topics mentioned in your quote. You're actively making HN a shittier place with comments like this.
I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.