[bvw]

I agree -- and so too the dead of Flight 800, OKC, and WTC bombing I, and other covered up and ignored terrorist attacks. All accounted to war. And what of the dead in Waco? How are they accounted?

But the issue is by way of setting up the author's points in the rest of this good article, that good news is overbooked and bad news overlooked on financial statements.

[dighton]

But the issue is by way of setting up the author's points in the rest of this good article, that good news is overbooked and bad news overlooked on financial statements.

Granted, but authors who *lead* with arrant nonsense must expect some readers to stop right there.