Comments on: Reassuring evidence that we’re in the best of hands https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:57:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Ann https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358949 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:57:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358949 Not a button, but a drop-down menu on a computer program:

Around 8:05 a.m., the Hawaii emergency employee initiated the internal test, according to a timeline released by the state. From a drop-down menu on a computer program, he saw two options: “Test missile alert” and “Missile alert.” He was supposed to choose the former; as much of the world now knows, he chose the latter, an initiation of a real-life missile alert.

More:

Part of what worsened the situation Saturday was that there was no system in place at the state emergency agency for correcting the error, [Hawaii Emergency Management Agency] spokesmansaid. The state agency had standing permission through FEMA to use civil warning systems to send out the missile alert – but not to send out a subsequent false alarm alert, he said.

Insanity/incompetence all the way down.

]]> By: Steve57 https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358900 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:56:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358900 William Graves says: Trust the Air Force. It has to be said even though I’m Navy blue. But the Air Force has come through for the Army time and time again.

http://webspace.webring.com/people/dt/tomcatter_lu/aircraft/attackersfs/a10a10.jpg

The html tag says says it all. I could work the mighty, mighty AWG-9.

And the M590.

]]> By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358880 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:09:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358880 Agree with Richf. If you look around at various machines, even copiers, buttons are not sticking up like sore thumbs. Some are recessed. Some, as on the laptop I’m using now, are flush with the body of the machine.
It’s difficult to visualize setting off a button by putting a coffee cup on it, even if it were on a horizontal surface. Or by leaning on it while reaching for something.
This dude went looking for a button to push and, if we are to believe the story, picked the wrong one to push. Then he pushed it. Not knowing it was the wrong one.
After which, we must believe, there was no indication that something drastic had been done. “r u sure?” No beeping.
Or is “button” a metaphor for some other method of getting something started, such as clicking on a window or something? If this is the case, then he’d have been looking at a screen which said “NUCLEAR MISSILE ALERT” Maybe next to the one asking if he wanted a potty break.
I”m interested in the last line. “This Is Not A Drill”.
It’s the last line of the famous message sent one Sunday morning three quarters of a century ago. From which I draw the tentative conclusion that this might have been purposeful with some literary punch.
I figure such messages, composed in advance, might have such reassurances, but the phrasing leaves me wondering.

]]> By: Jeannine https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358877 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:03:32 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358877 “Top. Men.”

]]> By: Richf https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358862 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:21:13 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358862 So, the State government in Hawaii actually has a button that says: “Push in the event of a possible nuclear attack” ?

Color me skeptical.

]]> By: William Graves https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358829 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:00:02 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358829 Hawaii:

Gov – Dem
Lt. Gov – Dem
Atty. Gen – Dem
Sec of State – Dem

US Senators – Dem (2)
US Representatives – Dem(2)

All State Senators – Dem (25)
State Representatives – (Dem/Rep) (45/6).

Did that without an Ad Hominum attack too.

I read that it was Trump’s Fault…Interesting.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was somebody’s brother-in-law with who ‘needed’ a job that touched it off? Or that maybe the guy wasn’t screened for being an extremely stable employee who had no record of drugs, booze, etc?

I had a second cousin who was an Air Force launch officer. They are very well screened. The most exciting thing I ever heard of the guy doing was to have won the knitting contest at the Iowa State Fair. Apparently, he had a lot of time on his hands? The crowd and judges were quite surprised when he showed up in uniform to collect the prize.

I still trust the Air Force today…Dems in Hawaii…not so much.

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358828 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:59:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358828 Remember, as a democrat in office, we are in HER hands too

https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters/status/951898485162500097/photo/1

wowsers…

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358825 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:56:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358825 when being disrespectful to mamma has reached a peak as a reason for impeachment of a president of one of the most powerful countries in the history of the universe (As far as man knows now)…

you start to see WHY ladies were not much welcome in politics
this in a world of the past where men shot each other for insults not impeached each other…

Impeach Trump for ‘name-calling,’ ‘disrespect of women’ – Maxine Waters

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358819 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:47:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358819 AUTHOR: Scalia Spoke Favorably of Trump Presidential Run…

‘Refreshing to have candidate unfiltered and utterly frank’…

]]> By: Julia https://thenewneo.com/2018/01/13/reassuring-evidence-that-were-in-the-best-of-hands/#comment-2358802 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:54:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=74717#comment-2358802 All over FB, it’s being blamed on Trump. The latest I saw was that he knew about it and was golfing, and didn’t tweet that it was in error.

TDS is a mental illness.

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