Me suspects a hoax. Here's the original post by the previous poster.
Clever, but too bizarre.
US Government Advocates Y2K Plan
By: Steve Cropper - Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) - In what can only be described as a stunning
announcement today, the US Government has fallen in line behind a
controversial y2k plan known as the 'Paul Milne Y2k Preparation
Plan.' In a news conference from the Capitol steps, Sen. Chris Dodd
and Sen Robert Bennett explained this sudden shift in the government's
y2k policy. 'After careful examination of all the facts and evidence
known at this time', said Dodd, 'we felt it was time to inform the
public of the possible dangers we may all face just a few months down
the road. Mr. Milne's plan to prevent unnecessary panic was brought
to our attention by a Washington computer professionals group and we
thought it deserved some consideration. It should be noted that Mr.
Milne has been advocating this plan for nearly two years on the
internet and consequently some will be very familiar with it's
contents'. Sen. Bennett was asked why it has taken so long for the
government to come up with something and he said, 'Well, we've had
some difficulty getting some members of Congress and the
administration on board. When you see the details, you'll see it's
just common sense preparation for any disaster, but those of you that
have been around Washington any length of time know that a common
sense approach to problems doesn't usually garner much support here.
Other problems were Milne's political and religious views, but we are
encouraging the media to focus on the plan itself'.
Mr. Milne was unavailable for the news conference but when reached by
phone had this to say, 'It's about time those morons in Washington got
off their dead asses. I understand the holdup was that butthead
Koskinon. Unfortunately for these assholes, they are a day late and a
dollar short'. When asked to describe his plan he said, 'Any moron,
except the Pollyannas of course, can figure out that having food,
water, shelter, and heat might be a good idea if the power goes out.
What's so hard to understand about that? Even those losers in
Washington finally figured it out'.
Mr. Milne's plan will be released on the internet Tuesday morning and
the Federal government is urging all citizens to take a look and
encourage others to start making plans. Currently the government is
urging people to stockpile at least a week's worth of supplies but
this stockpile recommendation may be increased as further facts become
known. Mr. Milne actually is stockpiling for a year's worth of
problems but the government has determined that that might be
excessive. Sen. Dodd commented, 'The beauty of Milne's plan is that
it is open-ended'.
This development is not without it's critics. One of Milne's harshest
critics, Canadian Don Scott, apparently got wind of this program three
weeks ago and has gone into seclusion. His neighbor said, 'This has
really hit Don hard. He believes this is a big mistake. He hopes the
Canadian government has no such ideas'.
Another critic, Californian Brad Sherman, had this to say, 'Why is the
government doing this? This whole y2k thing is overblown, it'll be a
non-event. I'll bet you a hundred bucks right now that no one has to
touch any of their supplies'.
A more recent critic, California computer professional Al Dechert,
commented, 'This is all we need. Milne's name on a government plan.
He'll be insufferable on the newsgroups. This is a technical issue,
as all computer professionals know, and will be solved by computer
professionals. It is impossible for the lay person to understand this
issue, and we all know Milne is no computer professional'.
Mr. Milne's most vociferous critic, only known as 'Doc Dwarf', had
this to say when we reached him on assignment in Detroit, 'I guess
it's time to don my egg salad and tinfoil hat'. It wasn't clear what
was meant by this comment and further prodding only produced Latin
gibberish concerning Carthage.
Sen. Bennett further stated, 'We are urging the States to contact Mr.
Milne directly at his farm for his recommendations. All local
governments are urged to contact their representatives in their
statehouses for local recommendations.
Mr. Milne has been approached by several publishers and is in
discussions for numerous book deals. He will appear on CNN's
Crossfire next Monday along with his critic Brad Sherman. Mr. Milne
stated, 'PeeWee won't know what hit him'.
ET
-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), March 02, 1999.