It's not exactly one-on-one with John Koskinen, but the President's Y2K Council is a team effort.

And,

they do talk to each other.

I want three responses from each of you: Knee-jerk, clever, then good will.

If we are to find meaning in our Y2K inspired endeavors, it will be found in the quality of our relationships

Time starts now...

Critt

-- Critt Jarvis (middleground@critt.com), May 25, 1999

Answers

Knee-jerk:

You have GOT TO BE KIDDING, John Boy! Community Conversations!! < /b> Get real!!! Theyll just TALK more Y2K spin, *with* more government sanctimonious sanctions! Try to remember who actually pays your paychecks, will ya!

Clever:

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time--a tremendous whack. -- Winston Churchill

(Gift from Old Git--BTW, that quotes getting used in another document, Critt)

Good will:

Mr. Koskinen,

Although we applaud your recent efforts to keep conversing with American communities, we suggest you also get them prepared, simultaneously. If they all wait until next fall, they might panic all at once.

;-D

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Kosky: Your nonactions and waffle lies brand you a jerk.
You are passe.
At best, already dumped in the dustbin of history. At worst, you personally will be held accountable for the misery of each and every person globally who will be affected by your multiple failures, and you will have to pay back the misery one hundredfold each person by person by person by person ad infinitum ...

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-- Leska (allaha@earthlink.net), May 25, 1999.

Come on Leska, you're holding back!

Critt, you might choose to "remind" him...

Koskinen Comments To Singapore APEC Y2K Symposium--USIA, April 22, 1999

A transcript well worth reading.

http:// www.usia.gov/topical/global/y2k/kosksing.htm

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Knee Jerk:

You have my sincere condolences, Mr. Koskinen. The special footnote reserved for that bureaucrat who served his President by betraying the American people will not be gentle.

Clever:

The search for the meaning of the deception will lead many to look for clues in the alcove of the oval office and just under the presidential desk. With regard to the quality of our relationships, a cigar is a cigar is a cigar.

Good Will:

As Aristotle explained, courage as a virtue begins with the act. The opportunity to act courageously is now, Mr. Koskinen. The truth shall set you free!

Sincerely, Stan Faryna

-- Stan Faryna (info@giglobal.com), May 25, 1999.

don't sugarcoat it, Leska, tell us what you really think!

1) this is BS big time

2) the time for talk is waaaay past

3) John, this is only a beginning. please use your influence to get poeple to start thinking about the stakes involved.

-- Cowardly Lion (cl0001@hotmail.com), May 25, 1999.

Dear John K.

Last summer, you were publicly stating that y2k was largely a non- issue, and that everything would be fixed by about October. Your boss was claiming that he had never had sex with 'that woman - Miss Lewinsky'.

Last fall you were publicly stating that y2k wasn't really all that much and besides it would be fixed by absolutely no later than December. Your boss was claiming that there had been no Chinese penetration of American weapons programs.

Earlier this spring you were saying that Y2K would be no worse than a three day storm, and ALL of the government's critical systems would be fixed by April. Your boss was claiming whether or not he had sex with a woman depended on the meaning of the word 'sex' and the word 'is'; and that any Chinese espionage which might have occurred happened during previous administrations.

Currently we find ourselves in a situation where the evidence pretty well shows that your boss is a rapacious, adulterous, traitor who has managed to give away access to all of our nuke weapons secrets in exchange for major donations from Chinese front organizations; while you, yourself, have been knowingly lying since last - having lulled the majority of Americans into ignoring the entire y2k issue in the process.

...AND NOW YOU SOMEHOW THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE STUPID ENOUGH TO TRUST YOU????

Arlin

-- Arlin H. Adams (ahadams@ix.netcom.com), May 25, 1999.

KNee jerk: Hey! Knee jerk yourSELF!! Three days doesn't pass the laugh test! what happened to a REAL recommendation! Or are you REALLY a space alien?

Clever: If we are supposed to be starting these "Conversations" based on a need to start preparations, isn't the 3 day thing a little light to need ANY community preparations?

Good Will: Sir, the Senate suggests that there are going to be communities that will undergo serious disruptions, they just do not know which ones. I would think that it would behoove all of us to heed that, and start considering what we each need to do to help our respective communities to actually prepare to be one of the unlucky ones. we may all hope, but must each cut the cards.

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), May 25, 1999.

Our country is being "led" by an individual who was brought up to postpone telling the truth. By the time facts came out, the shock value of the facts were watered down. I'm sure this worked on his mother. The longer he put it off, the less of a big deal it was. He probably was never held accountable for any of his behavior. If he was "cute" enough, he got away with anything. It is still working, isn't it?

This doesn't work with machines. They will still crash even if Billy has a good hair day and Hilary stands by her man.

John: your boss doesn't care about anyone but himself. Please resign your post and let someone who understands the interconnectedness of our civilization take over. (I am being charitable to you in assuming that you do not understand. There will be blood and bodies on your hands.) Do you have a conscience? We already know your boss doesn't.

To those who say, "no one knows what will happen," that's about as intellectually honest as a cancer doctor saying the same thing to a terminal patient. We don't know precisely, but we've got a damn good idea that it's going to be BAD.

I call for some intellectual honesty! I'm tired of PC!

-- sally strackbein (sally@y2kkitchen.com), May 26, 1999.

P.S. on the topic of the quality of our relationships. I discovered somewhat late in life that you cannot have a relationship with someone you cannot trust. You need to detach and distance yourself from such persons. I choose to forge relationships with people who are open and honest.

-- sally strackbein (sally@y2kkitchen.com), May 26, 1999.

kneejerk: Oh shut up, you idiot!

clever: Try telling folks that three days prep is enough when they have just been through the Oklahoma tornado, Hurricane Andrew, Mt.St. Helens explosion, Montreal ice storm, Mississippi floods etc.

good will: Dear Mr. Koskinen, I'm sure you and President Clinton would agree that the American public can be trusted to prepare wisely and rise to the occaision of y2k disruptions in a mature and resourceful manner. etc. etc.

-- seraphima (seraphima@aol.com), May 26, 1999.

Knee Jerk: You want a hundred Abbie Hoffmans on your doorstep next week?

Clever: Might me and a few friends work side-saddle with you next week?

Good will: How best can we prepare for shared responses to "isolated failures?

Critt Jarvis Wilmington, North Carolina

-- Critt Jarvis (middleground@critt.com), May 26, 1999.