What's your take on this report, JeffA? More Y2K paranoia, you think?
I got this from a friend, who has never lied to me before. (So, for
what it is worth, I cannot prove it.) He is a Graphic Artist who went to
a New Jersey Printer Shop twice last week to get some work done for a
client. The shop owner said they were too busy doing 'Government work'.
He noticed pallets and pallets of different colored coupons that said
GAS on them. Other areas in the shop where pallets were stacked had
signs in front of them on the floor that said things like MEAT and
PETROL.
He went back there yesterday to see if he could steal some samples ...
he couldn't, but he had a long conversation with the sales rep. They
went out to a bar, and he proceeded to drink all afternoon with this
guy, who then spilled his guts. This is what was said: The Government
supplied the paper and ink, and everything was weighed when it came in
and when it left. Security cages had been installed by the feds, and all
hard drives were taken, and all film and press plates were taken, too,
and the whole process had been monitored by a Marine Captain and two
armed guards.
The Marine Captain is a Y2K Nut and said these things to the sales rep:
The Government expects things to break apart around September 9th, 1999.
The computers see this as 9/9/99, or 9999, which is the end code for the
software. The Marines are ready to declare Martial Law on September
29th. They are "counting on" the computers to go down on either Sept.
9th, 19th, or the 29th. It all has to do with "9's". They are hoping it
happens on 9/9, so that by 9/29, everything will be in chaos, and the
public will be calling on the Government to do something.
As for the gas coupons ... most gas stations will be closed when Martial
Law is declared. The coupons are in $5 and $10 amounts, and would go on
like the odd-even times with license plates like it did back in the 70's
gas shortage. Diesel is, at this time in the plan, exempt.
The Government's biggest fear, according to the Marine Captain, is how this will affect the economy during the holiday season. Under Martial Law, with curfews and gas rationing, the public won't be able to shop late, and many retailers live or die by the holiday season sales. [Damn, if enough of us can't get to K-Mart, maybe Ragnarok will start sooner than we expected. - T.H.] This is supposedly why Vice President Gore was pushing Internet Shopping this week, so people will be able to shop at home.
The sales rep told my friend that they were only one of many printers
being used, and the Government needs millions of these coupon books.
Others have to be involved in this, too. Know any printers you could ask
about this? |
