WorldNetDaily -- July 16, 1998
Y2K and the government power grab
As a computer programmer and instructor, I believe I have a better
than average grasp on the Y2K issue, as well as D10K and Euro issues.
Also as a candidate for public office, I have a keen interest in
the government's role and preparedness.
I appreciate the coverage in WorldNetDaily, I hope it serves to alert
the unenlightened that there is truly a problem here. However, I hope
that your coverage will start to emphasize, as does today's
Victor Porlier column, the need for disaster and contingency planning.
With any luck at all, the existence of disaster plans may be enough
to stop a federal powergrab in November 1999 in the name of impending
national emergency. Everyone should be reminded that the earth worked
long before the ENIAC, and financial transactions can be done on paper
just like they were 40 years ago. Pilots still know how to fly without
ground control. People regularly live without electricity and telephones
during serious weather. I can foresee the possibility of local emergencies
if loss of power enables riots and looting, but I really don't see
anything that would justify a national emergency. Unfortunately, the
fear of the unknown feeds right into the sensationalism of today's common
media coverage, and I'm afraid that the people may be lured into believing
that some savior (BC) can do something about it. It's coming, it's going
to hit, there will be problems, we will survive, there is nothing that
the gov't can do to stop it.
Other than the possibility of a FEMA take-over on the eve of the millennium,
I see the biggest threat to our country to be the tide of lawsuits sure
to flood our legal system related to Y2K problems. Fortunately, that can be
mitigated, and I'm sure will be, with legislation limiting the scope of such lawsuits.
--Gerald Klaas
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