Dept. of Energy Secretary Richardson's radio interview...UNBELIEVABLE! Kosky's a doomer!

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Bill Richardson, U.S. Secretary of Energy, was the guest of radio talk show host Jim Bohanan (sp?) last night. The subject was Y2K. This was an unbelievable interview. The Gospel according to Richardson:

1. Electricity is 99.98% compliant. He mentioned the 7 small, rural providers who are not yet compliant, but affect only a little over a thousand customers. He said that he expected those 7 will achieve 100% compliance in time.

2. Gas distribution is 100% ready

3. Oil distribution will be no problem. Mexico, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia are all Y2K ready, and will have no problems.

4. Russia is Y2K ready. There will be no problems with their nuclear reactors.

5. All foreign nations are in good shape for Y2K, with only the Ukraine and South Africa having the possibility of minor disruptions.

6. If there are any disruptions they will be very minor. Here are Richardson's suggested personal preparations: flashlights, batteries, first-aid kit, food for the weekend (only a 2-day storm!). He didn't mention storing any water, nothing about alternative heating or cooking, nothing about having some money or filling your car's gas tank.

There you have it, straight from the horse's mouth (or some more appropriate part of the horse's anatomy). Y2K isn't even going to be a bump in the road anywhere for anybody. Koskinen is a DOOMER!!

-- (RUOK@yesiam.com), December 08, 1999

Answers

I bet Bill has a shack in rural Montana, 1000 lbs of rice and beans, and a machine gun.

-- Tim the Y2K nut (tmiley@yakko.cs.wmich.edu), December 08, 1999.

You know, he might be right. But what gets me is that he can say these things with no way of knowing the truth. No one, short of God, knows what will happen and for that matter who is and who isn't compliant. This is typical of an administration that will say ANYTHING!

-- CAI (cai2k@flash.net), December 08, 1999.

Flashlight? What for? The power's fixed, right? Ah, what's the use.

-- Servant (public_service@yahoo.com), December 08, 1999.

DID YOU SEE HIS LIPS MOVE? WELL DID YOU?

-- Susan Barrett (sue59@bellsouth.net), December 08, 1999.

What a dipshit. Is someone keeping a list of retards who braodcast stuff like this? I personally would like to contact them, and share my feelings about them if we end up having disruptions.

-- C. Hill (pinionsmachine@hotmail.com), December 08, 1999.


2 days? Hallelueah! That means that Y2K is only going to be 2/3rds as bad as TPTB said it could be. Gosh, can all those people that bought that one extra (excessive and hoarding) day of food start a class action suit against Koskinen? I guess we need to change our acronym of BITR to LITR (lump in the road).

Thanks RUOK, I needed a good laugh today, and this is priceless/pathetic. Love it......

-- Ken Seger (kenseger@earthlink.net), December 08, 1999.


Yeah, and we all know what a great job Richardson has done overseeing the nuke labs, don't we?

-- haha (haha@haha.com), December 08, 1999.

Howdy--

Before everyone leaps on Bill Richardson with both feet, I want to remind yall that he was the guy who would travel around the world freeing hostages by jawboning third-rate murderous warlord types for eight, nine, ten hours. He was a decent congressman for New Mexico, and I think a decent UN ambassador. That he got stuck with a bull**** Department of Energy is unfortunate. I don't know what to make of this report, except to say that maybe he's being sandbagged by his bureau.

Best to all,

-- William in Dallas (bcheek@onramp.net), December 08, 1999.


As usual, a 'positive' piece gets posted here and then subsequently trahed by the doom crowd. A question for Cory Hill: have YOU kept track of the illicit predictions of doom and gloom proferred by your own, ahem, 'gods', or doesn't that count?

Ever hear of telling it like it is, Cory?

-- Bad Company (johnny@shootingstar.com), December 08, 1999.


I like this part: . Electricity is 99.98% compliant. He mentioned the 7 small, rural providers who are not yet compliant, but affect only a little over a thousand customers. He said that he expected those 7 will achieve 100% compliance in time.

Don't those very precise numbers.. not 99% but 99.98%.. and EXACTLY 7 small providers with a little over a thousand customers (what's wrong Bill, why not say 1003 customers?)... don't those very precise numbers make you feel secure. So definite. So exact.

Kinda like "I did NOT have sex with THAT woman".

Oh wait... that turned out to be a lie.

Oh well. Nevermind.

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), December 08, 1999.



Bill Richardson, U.S. Secretary of Energy, said:

"3. Oil distribution will be no problem. Mexico, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia are all Y2K ready, and will have no problems."

MAYBE HE SHOULD CALL MEXICO, VENEZUELA AND SAUDI ARABIA AND TELL THEM

TO QUIT WORKING ON REMEDIATION, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY FIXED, HE DID IT!

Dear Bill, please sign on the dotted line...

now let me read you your Miranda Rights.

---

...(hittin the)...

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), December 08, 1999.


I guess no one here can remember the Scene:

Clintons Entire cabinet standing outside the Whitehouse--one by one all of them parroting the---I trust this man and believe him!!!

LOL--remember them? See it again in your minds eye! Our trustworthy government leaders looking into the cameras--Alone with their true thoughts, but Robotically speaking.....

oh never mind, its all so UFB!!!!

-- d----- (dciinc@aol.com), December 08, 1999.


-- William in Dallas commented:

Before everyone leaps on Bill Richardson with both feet, I want to remind yall that he was the guy who would travel around the world freeing hostages by jawboning third-rate murderous warlord types for eight, nine, ten hours. He was a decent congressman for New Mexico, and I think a decent UN ambassador. That he got stuck with a bull**** Department of Energy is unfortunate. I don't know what to make of this report, except to say that maybe he's being sandbagged by his bureau. "

William, putting it in the simplest terms, Bill Richardson is a LACKEY for the Klinton administration. WHATEVER they want him to do he will accomodate.

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), December 08, 1999.


Richardson on Oprah warned against people like us, trying to cause fear. (He didn't say what our terrible agenda is.)

-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), December 08, 1999.

Right - and Richardson was the one selling nuclear secrets to the Chinese too - then covering up the results......

... the truth, the law, the Constitution means nothing to these criminals.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 08, 1999.



Been suspicious of Richardson ever since he came out to trumpet the staged 'n rigged 9/9/99 "Test" at BPA, from whence the troll The Engineer hails with his bragging of limited type testing, which even Koffinsky has now uh-ohhed. PR lackey flackey trolls lie together ...

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), December 08, 1999.

Bad Company:

As usual, there you go shooting your mouth off without even the slightest attempt at thought.

you wrote:

"Ever hear of telling it like it is, Cory?"

Yeah...I've heard of it..but what is one to do when every single "official" document or "statement" that comes out contradicts all the others. We are getting a mixed bag off messages from the powers that be. Even Koskinen has a more negative look at Y2K than this guy.

The message from our beloved government so far..

"Everything is ok......no its not....yes it is....no its not.......who said that??"

Gimme a break. You sit here and bitch at us because you say "all you do is agree with the bad news", meanwhile you are constantly doing the exact opposite...attaching yourself to all of the positive news.

-- C. Hill (pinionsmachine@hotmail.com), December 08, 1999.


Yep, Bill Richardson is a total moron.

This is the same guy that equated the 9/9/99 glitch to Y2K and thus came to the brilliant conclusion that Y2K is not a problem.


That's him on the left

This is also the same guy who is advising Clinton that he should wait until after January 1 to make a decision on whether we need to sell some of our Strategic Petroleum Reserves on the market.

Will we use our Strategic Petroleum Reserves?

"On Monday, energy secretary Bill Richardson said that a sharp rise in world crude oil prices and Iraq's decision to halt its oil exports were not reason enough to open the spigot on the emergency stockpile."

Hey Bill, did you ever hear of Y2K???


With our Just-in-time supply system, if there are any disruption in our supply of oil imports from foreign countries, even if some of our own refineries are capable of refining, it will take minimum 15 days after the decision before our reserve oil even gets to them. If gasoline prices go through the roof in January, this guy will be a major part of the reason why, because of failure to take precautionary action.

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), December 08, 1999.

Throw this into the mix, and you'll see why he is almost guaranteeing supply shortages...

Average oil exporting country could have transportation delays of 23 days due to Y2K

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), December 08, 1999.


From: Y2K, ` la Carte by Dancr (pic), near Monterey, California

Bad Company said: ...have YOU kept track of the illicit predictions of doom and gloom...

Wh y Pollyticians Should Be Held Accountable While Warners Should Not Be

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage), December 09, 1999.


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