Armed Polite Society

Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Ben on June 16, 2017, 10:28:07 AM

Title: Y2K Prep
Post by: Ben on June 16, 2017, 10:28:07 AM
Apparently we've been preparing for Y2K for the past 17 years:

http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2017/06/16/the-resistance-can-add-ended-y2k-preparedness-to-list-of-trumps-impeachable-offenses/

I'm sure some of that was post-Y2K modifications to keep something like that from actually happening. Also possibly EMP hardening, but I think that's different. Still, 17 years?
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 16, 2017, 10:38:39 AM
Quote
Deregulation is a major ambition of President Donald Trump’s agenda; as one example, he has signed more laws rolling back his predecessor’s regulations than the combined total of the three previous presidents since the process was established by the 1999 Congressional Review Act.

Alright, let's repeal presidential term limits. Heck, let's cancel all future presidential elections, and just say he's president for as long as he keeps finding stuff to eliminate.
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: HankB on June 16, 2017, 11:14:26 AM
Alright, let's repeal presidential term limits. Heck, let's cancel all future presidential elections, and just say he's president for as long as he keeps finding stuff to eliminate.
I am SO stealing that line . . .  >:D
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 16, 2017, 11:36:36 AM
'Course this all sounds good, until a federal judge blocks it.

Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: mtnbkr on June 16, 2017, 12:46:04 PM
'Course this all sounds good, until a federal judge blocks it.
Or he repeals something you like.

Chris
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: T.O.M. on June 16, 2017, 01:04:03 PM
I miss the Y2K prepping.  Got some good deals on guns, ammo, and gear from people when Y2K came and went and nothing happened.
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: MillCreek on June 16, 2017, 01:10:58 PM
Or he repeals something you like.

Chris

Word.
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 16, 2017, 01:13:23 PM
Or he repeals something you like.

Chris

Name something I like, which ought to be repealed.
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: griz on June 16, 2017, 01:55:34 PM
The tax to fund the Spanish American war lasted for 98 years, so by political standards 17 years is lightning speed.
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: makattak on June 16, 2017, 01:57:43 PM
You know, seeing the thread, I thought someone must have messed up his title, maybe getting senile.

But now that I see the government is involved... everything makes sense once more.
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: mtnbkr on June 16, 2017, 02:18:29 PM
Name something I like, which ought to be repealed.

Whether it ought to be repealed isn't the point.  Whether it CAN be repealed by the President is.

Chris
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 16, 2017, 03:24:58 PM
Whether it ought to be repealed isn't the point.  Whether it CAN be repealed by the President is.

Chris


That's the old canard of making libertarians/minarchists into anarchists, and then decrying the anarchist principles you've placed upon them. I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to prefer less regulation, without wanting the president to repeal every single thing he possibly could.

So, yeah, there are laws/regulation that I like. Which one of them ought to be repealed?
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: mtnbkr on June 16, 2017, 04:31:37 PM

That's the old canard of making libertarians/minarchists into anarchists, and then decrying the anarchist principles you've placed upon them. I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to prefer less regulation, without wanting the president to repeal every single thing he possibly could.

So, yeah, there are laws/regulation that I like. Which one of them ought to be repealed?

I know you're trying hard to be offended, but you're missing my point in the process.  I'm saying we shouldn't be so giddy until we get the full list of what he has or wants to repeal lest we find our ox gored as well. ;)

But, since you insist on me picking candidates from your favorites list, why don't you start by telling me which ones you do like to save me from making assumptions about you.

Chris
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Scout26 on June 16, 2017, 04:40:57 PM

the president to repeal every single thing he possibly could.


I'd be good with that.

If he (with the help of Congress) got rid of everything not in the Constitution.  I'd be like  =D =D =D =D =D =D =D

And then when you add in the Hippie Tears.... [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn]
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Hawkmoon on June 16, 2017, 05:35:22 PM
Name something I like, which ought to be repealed.

Mike Irwin?
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 16, 2017, 06:09:10 PM
I know you're trying hard to be offended, but you're missing my point in the process.  I'm saying we shouldn't be so giddy until we get the full list of what he has or wants to repeal lest we find our ox gored as well. ;)

But, since you insist on me picking candidates from your favorites list, why don't you start by telling me which ones you do like to save me from making assumptions about you.

Chris

It sounds like you're worried that Trump is going to roll back some executive order or ax some department you're fond of. What has you so concerned?
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: mtnbkr on June 16, 2017, 07:22:30 PM
It sounds like you're worried that Trump is going to roll back some executive order or ax some department you're fond of. What has you so concerned?
Not at all.  Again, you're reading into my simple statement something I didn't say.

Chris
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 16, 2017, 08:05:33 PM
Not at all.  Again, you're reading into my simple statement something I didn't say.

Chris

Now you know how it feels.  =)
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Hawkmoon on June 16, 2017, 10:20:51 PM
Back to the topic (is that allowed around here?) -- if anything, the fact we still have people "preparing" for the Y2K problem is just further proof of the fundamental truth that once government sets something in motion, it's virtually impossible to stop it.
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: KD5NRH on June 17, 2017, 02:11:19 AM
Whether it ought to be repealed isn't the point.  Whether it CAN be repealed by the President is.

The stuff I want FedGov doing can only be repealed by Constitutional Amendment.
Title: Re: Y2K Prep
Post by: Jim147 on June 17, 2017, 12:54:31 PM
Where is the news article saying trump is cutting jobs?