I feel like ranting today. This week has been filled with news that has scared me, angered me and totally frustrated me.

I am scared because, it is not everyday that a suspected killer escapes from prison in your hometown. For the first time ever, I am double checking the doors in my home to make sure they are locked, with the same going for the car.

The likelihood of this man showing up to attack me is slim, I know, because one would think he should be long gone, but I am just not going to take any chances, nor should anyone else.

My anger stems in part from the issue of the escapee, and the Facebook fodder it has elicited.

On Wednesday night, I was scrolling through and noticed a post by someone calling The Vicksburg Post the Vicksburg Pest. I think they were name calling because of information they had seen in the paper about Rafael McCloud and the pants he was wearing when he escaped. This person had combined the paper’s earliest information of the news with information posted later, and because the information did not line up, this individual blamed The Vicksburg Post.

I did not take it personally, because working here I have had to thicken my skin, but what just ran all over me is the number of people that take all they see on Facebook at face value.

Well folks, I hate to burst your bubble, but people can post rumors, misinformation and down right lies. I know you may be asking then why do I participate in Facebook, and on days like Wednesday, I asked myself the same question.

But the truth is Mark Zuckerberg’s entrepreneurial discovery has made it possible for me to stay up-to-date with long distance relatives and friends, and I have secured a few good recipes.

Facebook is not all bad, but when we start thinking everything we see on it is factual, that is when we can get into trouble, and it is when I get frustrated with the lackadaisical effort in seeking the truth.

After watching Thursday night’s debate, it was evident that we are becoming a lazy society and are refusing to fact check.

Just because Donald Trump says it, does not make it so!

It is time to start seriously checking for the truth about this man’s past. We need to find out how much money he is worth and how much he paid in income tax. We need to fact check Trump University and all of his other business that have bitten the dust.

Just because he says he has nothing to hide, does not make it so!

I am done ranting for the day and all I have left to say is, I hope we find McCloud soon, I hope people will not believe everything they see on Facebook and I hope Donald Trump is not the Republican nominee.