-Caveat Lector- > http://www.y2knewswire.com/19990628qr.htm > > This week, Y2KNEWSWIRE covers the "Y2K > Disconnect" -- a mysterious psychology that > allows people of all walks of life to selectively > ignore a mountain of evidence that Y2K is not > only unsolved at this moment -- it is > unsolvable in the time remaining. > > In part one of this report, we present this > 36-item list, titled, "If Y2K were solved…" > > IF Y2K WERE SOLVED… > > 1.…the FAA would have tested all airport > and en route radar control systems rather > then just the Denver systems. > > 2.…programmers wouldn't still be working > on the problem. > > 3.….the federal government wouldn't be > reluctant to hold a nationwide Y2K test > day. > > 4.…the sewer system in Los Angeles > wouldn't have spilled several millions of > gallons of raw sewage into the city > streets during a recent Y2K test. > > 5.…the G8 meetings would not have urged > member countries to urgently raise > awareness among their populations. > > 6.…Congress would have no reason to > pass Y2K liability limitation legislation > (and trial lawyers would have no reason > to fight it). > > 7.…federal agencies would have spent > 100% of their Y2K budgets, and they > would not be asking for an additional $1+ > billion in emergency Y2K funds for fiscal > year 2000. > > 8.…President Clinton would be loudly and > publicly proclaiming Y2K as being solved > (and taking credit for it). > > 9.…lawyers wouldn't be running seminars > that teach other lawyers how to sue big > companies over Y2K problems. > > 10.…every publicly-traded company would > file a non-ambiguous SEC statement > claiming full compliance. > > 11.…Y2K programmers, who make up > barely 1% of the working population, > wouldn't be buying up 10% of the > long-term-storable food. > > 12.…there would be no need to create > fictitious subsets of systems-to-fix -- such > as the now-famous "mission-critical" > subset or, as President Clinton describes > them, the "most important" systems. > > 13....banks would have no reason to spend > millions of dollars convincing people not to > withdraw their funds. > > 14....the members of the President's Year > 2000 Council would be looking for new > jobs. > > 15....airlines would not be grounding their > fleets on December 31, 1999. > > 16....insurers would retract all the > Y2K-immunity clauses they've issued over > the past 18 months. > > 17....federal agencies wouldn't be afraid to > have outside auditors verify their claims. > > 18....electric utilities, banks and federal > agencies wouldn't now be naming > "September" as their newest compliance > target date. > > 19.…Senator Bennett (R-Utah) would not be > stockpiling food and water. > > 20....company and agency spokespeople > would stop using words like "ready" and > start using "compliant." > > 21....Janet Reno wouldn't have quietly > created the "National Domestic > Preparedness Office" to deal with Y2K. > > 22.…President Clinton would not have > recently modified Executive Order 13073 > to include text describing the handling of > Y2K emergencies and rebuilding efforts. > > 23....Marines wouldn't be staging urban > military exercises in major U.S. cities. > > 24.…John Koskinen would not have to hold > "community conversations" to urge calm > about Y2K. > > 25.…The President's Year 2000 Council > would not currently be employing a > big-name Public Relations firm to > engineer a "calming" Y2K > communications strategy. > > 26.…Rep. Stephen Horn's government Y2K > grade card would not have to be based > on purely self-reported numbers: it could > be based on audited, verified numbers. > > 27.…Power plants wouldn't be stockpiling a > 60-day supply of coal (the few that > are…) > > 28.…The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory > Commission) would not be allowing > on-site plant inspectors to make > "exceptions" to safety rules in order to > maintain the collective "safety" of the > power grid. > > 29.…The federal government would have no > need to increase the stockpile of > emergency oil reserves. > > 30.…Government (both local and federal) > would not be buying up all the high-output > diesel generators on the market. > > 31.…The banking industry would not be > spending millions of dollars creating and > running advertisements that attempt to > persuade people that holding on to their > own cash is a bad, bad, decision. > > 32.…The GAO (Government Accounting > Office) would be backing up the federal > government's claims of compliance rather > than challenging them (and exposing them > as lies). > > 33.…The Y2K budgets of every private > company would have been entirely spent > by now. > > 34.…Nuclear power utilities would not be > urgently issuing protective orders to > prevent the public release of documents > describing their Y2K status. > > 35.…Insiders in law enforcement, Fortune > 500 companies, oil companies, the > military and the federal government would > not be contacting Y2KNEWSWIRE and > spilling the beans on how non-compliant > their organizations really are. > > 36.…The United States Post Office would > not be firing people for refusing to falsify > Y2K compliance documents. > > This list is just the beginning, of course. There > are so many things that would be different if > Y2K were solved, it's impossible to list them > all. The only way to observe all these things > and still conclude Y2K is solved is to mentally > invoke the Y2K Disconnect. > > Check back tomorrow, when we investigate > the origins of this amazing psychological > phenomenon -- and what it means for the last > half of 1999. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave this list, email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > with the body text: leave Survival-Ark > or go to the archive web site at http://lyghtforce.com/survival-ark/ > { in case of difficulty contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> } > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! 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