Subject:	Re: Kalifornia: Passing Legislation To Declare State EMERGENCY
Date:	1999/07/14
Author:	cory hamasaki <kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net>
	Posting History

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 05:25:19, "Paul Milne" <fedinfo@halifax.com> wrote:   > Bill seeks to coordinate millennium planning > > State legislative panel to hear measure that would, among other provisions, > give governor power to declare a state of emergency > By Bryce G. Hoffman > TIMES STAFF WRITER > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Under the provisions of Dutra's legislation, the department would have the > authority to take over any agencies that are lagging in their Y2K work. It > would have the power to reassign staff and redirect resources. The bill also > allows the department to pool the state's 10,000 computer technicians and > assign them to Y2K projects in any state agency.   And what, Bellasco out, "You, you, and you, you're going 200 miles south to fix up some VAXen, here's a Pooley system, hoist those computers up the buildings."   b-b-b-but we're Wang programmers.   "You're VAXen now, and don't give me any lip."   You Pollies thought I was kidding about management screaming in terror. Well, here it is.  Instead of allowing the agencies and departments that understand the problem, apply their resources or perhaps even negotiate with each other for assistance, "if we send you some money, will you ask your contractors to stop by our place tomorrow?",  instead, they're ready to declare a state of hysteria.   This wackiness flows directly from the Polly position of deny, deny, deny.   The problem has been denied so long that it's about to explode in management hysteria.  Of course, old Joe the COBOL programmer and the others knew this for years, if they had gotten some decent help, resources, maybe an encouraging word from management 5 years ago, we might not be in this mess.    But no, the denial has gone on so long that the problem cannot be fixed.   > In short, it gives the department's director, Elias Cortez, the power to do > anything necessary to make sure that all state agencies are ready for 2000.   Including what? Commandeer the output from Apple?  Draft programmers?   Be still my heart, pay programmers as much as HVAC guys during a heatwave.   > One provision of Dutra's bill would give the governor the power to declare a > state of emergency prior to any actual crisis in California.   Sniff-sniff, the governor is snorting and pawing, MooooOOOOooo, it might be an actual crisis, Declare an Emergency!   > http://www.hotcoco.com/news/business/businessstories/jfm28594.htm > > > NOTICE the word ***PRIOR*** to any crisis. > > Kiss your ases goodbye.   We're safe here in the east, paul.   > Think for one  minute that they will NOT excercise this USURPATION of > authority?   The peach crop is in,  plums, Silver Queen corn, had some rain yesterday and it was about 70 degrees last night.   > "We made it very clear in our bill that he does have that authority," Dutra > said. "As we get closer to the end of the year, (Cortez) is going to start > exercising that authority."   Uh-oh.   > Kiss your asses goodbye. > > Paul Milne   cory hamasaki http://www.kiyoinc.com/current.html 

-- a (a@a.a), July 14, 1999

Answers

Ladies and gentlemen This is excately why I elected to take a good long holiday from my profession. It will go further yet. with-in the foreseeable future (possibly by an E.O.) any one deemed with experience in re-constructing what is called the "Iron Triange" is going to find themselves drafted to repair what ever the powers that be deem nessary to repair...Even if the nessary repairs are in Zaire, Africa.

I do not relish the thought of working behind razor wire with an armed "helper" at my side. So as you think about staying untill the last possible moment at your work station trying to get just another line of code (or what ever it is that you do) before you bug out to go home to be with your family. You very well may look up and see your new helper being assigned to you.

Sigh....But I know that you, for the most part won't listen. But at least I tried. And I won't be there to say I told you so...I'll be out there some where listening to see if/when it is safe to come back into a city/town....If ever it will be safe.

The only comforting thought is that I would dearly like to see Pool's face when his helper shows up. May be, since he is such an athority on every aspect of the y2k problem. He'll get Russia as his AO...LOL

Shakey

-- Shakey (in_a_bunker@forty.feet), July 14, 1999.

See also...

California proposed bill to give governor power to declare state of emergency prior to any actual crisis

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 0015Hc

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), July 14, 1999.

Is there an acronym for "Oh Shit" (OS?), such as LOL for "Laughing Out Loud"?

-- Anonymous99 (Anonymous99@Anonymous99.xxx), July 14, 1999.

Can you say, "Draft-dodgers"??????? I thought so.

Glad to be a goat herder.......

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), July 14, 1999.

Need to get more ammo....

-- Jack (jsprat@eld.net), July 14, 1999.

Anonymous:

How about DDD (Deep Doggie Doo-Doo)?

-- Jon Williamson (jwilliamson003@sprintmail.com), July 14, 1999.

Anonymous, you could always use PD (poopie doodie). Of course that may be confused with Paul Davis....or not. Two birds with one stone? We are running short on time.

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), July 14, 1999.

Annonymous,

Might I suggest a tried but true abreviation, AS.

AS (Aw Shit!) was the indicator light on VietNam-era F-4 Phantom's surface to air missile warning systems. When the AS light came on, not only had the North Vietnamese launched a radar-guied SAM at you but you were flying head-on at the missile. This is definitely not good since you usually couldn't manuever fast enough to put the missile off to your side, where you could then get a look at it and try to dodge the thing.

Instead you were presenting the easiest possible shot for the oncoming missile, with little chance of escape. Hence the renaming of the AS light from it's official name (Azimuth Sector) to the phrase more likely to be spoken by a Phantom crew as they realized they were probably soon to become either dead meat or if they were lucky, POW's.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), July 14, 1999.

S.N.A.F.U. ???

-- Jim (x@x.x), July 14, 1999.

F.U.B.A.R.

-- jaime estrada (beseme@dedo.net), July 14, 1999.

Wildweasle - AS light... I like that. The AS indicator light is definitely ON in Kalifornia.

What a day! Gun Grab... Geek Draft... stage set for State of Emergency...

What's missing from this picture boys and girls???

Limits on banking withdrawals perhaps?

"Won't be long now." PM

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), July 14, 1999.

"OH SHIT" is also the statistically most often uttered last words on cockpit recorders. By a HUGE margin.

just somethin for brightening your evening

Night Train

-- jes' an ol' footballer (nighttr@in.lane), July 15, 1999.