Voice of Reason Loc: Earth

This morning the Hawaiian Civil Defense issued an alert to the entire state warning of incoming ballistic missiles. It read, 'Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.'

Turns out some government drone "pushed the wrong button". After sending every resident in the state into panic mode, they waited over half an hour to issue a retraction.

This is what happens when hiring is based on minority status rather than qualifications. Typical government incompetence.

peter11937 Loc: NYS

Now they are discussing how the public notice should be made, The MAXIMUM notice of incoming fro NO KO is 18 min.. If they get too bureaucratic, the population's notice will be the mushroom cloud....

Happishark

Evidently you will use any excuse, however lame, to justify your r****m.

Voice of Reason Loc: Earth

While this is likely contrary to what your l*****t professors taught you, holding an opinion with which you disagree does not make one a r****t. It makes them smarter than you.

Please point out what I wrote that made you call me a r****t. Quickly. Because I've just reported your unjustified personal attack to the administration of this site and you'll probably be suspended shortly.

Meanwhile, maybe you can march someplace demanding more incompetence in government.

Voice of Reason Loc: Earth

...which would be no more ineffective than 'duck and cover'.

Happishark

Perhaps r****t was too strong a word. I apologize for going overboard. The statement I find strongly biased is "This is what happens when hiring is based on minority status rather than qualifications." Do you have some evidence that the person or people responsible for the error is/are members of a minority, or that he was/they were hired on that basis?

Voice of Reason Loc: Earth

Do I have evidence? Yes, math. I know math is hard but try to follow here. For over 30 years the government has been prioritizing identity over job qualifications in hiring. The average government worker retires after about 20 years due to, let's say 'generous' (because that sounds better than 'brazenly corrupt'), retirement benefits. That means that by now over 99% of government workers are performing (literally) jobs for which their major qualification is their identity, or minority status. So, while nothing is impossible and I could be wrong, the odds are overwhelmingly in my favor. It's unfortunate that this basic common sense needs to be explained to you. Unthinkingly parroting your l*****t professors' lunatic ravings doesn't substitute for intelligence, despite what they taught you.

So, obviously, it was the word 'minority' that triggered you. Are you too uninformed to know that race is just one of many diverse qualifications for minority status? Or are you so obsessed with race that you view everything through a racial lens, because you foolishly believe that makes you a 'not-a-r****t', somehow?

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

I was just there for 10 days last week and a half ago..

I can just imagine the fear they felt and yet the video of the college showing how they ran out to their cars etc, they weren’t screaming or hysterical..

Those people have a true sense of peace about them.. So nice, so polite and family means everything to them..

I’m glad it was just a mistake but very poor in it happening on the heals of the punk in No. Korea threatening to shoot a missle to them hitting within 20 minutes.. That was talked about with one of our guides and he wasn’t just dismissing it either...

When we visited Pearl Harbor I understood exactly why.....

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Just curious, VR, who actually is on the point of the warning spear in Hawaii? IOW, who is responsible for sounding the first alarm? What I heard was a state emergency management employee apparently pushed the wrong button.

Interesting, Hawaii heard a similar warning 76 years ago. From Navy Patrol Wing Two HQ, the radio message went out, "Air raid Pearl Harbor, This is not a drill." Fortunately, this time around, it was a false alarm.

Big Kahuna

Are you sure that wasn't Hillary that pressed that red button while she was drunk, depressed and on Valium while still pouting about losing the e******n to Trump?? Who cares about Hawaii anyway, they v**e marxist in every e******n and should be under water soon according to Al Gore so a good ballistic strike could save us the expense of bailing them out.

Big Kahuna

Hillary "Rotten" Clinton did it!!!

Texas Truth Loc: Behind Enemy Lines

Good move! What is up with these hair-trigger crybabies?

Happishark

I shouldn't have assumed you were among the many folks I've heard use the word 'minority' as code for 'non-white.' Again, I'm sorry. I question your data, however. According to the Federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM), minorities make up a little more than a third of the approximately 2 million federal workers, and their average span of employment (2013) is 27.8 years. Do you have a data source that tells you differently?

buffalo Loc: Texas

27.8 years, huh? That's because one cannot be fired for incompetence irregardless of their "racial" status.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

It’s also because they are so used to not having to do anything they don’t know what they are suppose to be doing or How to do it..Those in charge want the number of persons reporting to them so it looks like he/she is doing something impirtant..

I read President Trump reduced government jobs by 16,000.. A start but alot more need to go!!!