Posted on 01/15/2018 5:55:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The words “accountability” and “government bureaucrat” are strangers to each other for many of the almost 22 million people who work for governments in the United States. Imagine having a job where you can totally screw-up and seriously inconvenience a million people, and not only remain unpunished, but not even be identified to the people you scared the wits out of.
That is the privilege being enjoyed by the person (a male, apparently, based on the gender pronouns employed) who told Hawaiians that a missile strike was incoming last Satrurday at 8 a.m. John Fund writes in National Review:
[A]pparently, no one is resigning, and the staffer in question is merely being “counseled” and retrained so he doesn’t do it again. According to state officials, the staffer answered “yes” when asked by the system if he was sure he wanted to send the message. He wasn’t even aware of his mistake until mobile phones near him began displaying the alert.
This guy feels bad, right. He’s not doing this on purpose. It was a mistake on his part and he feels terrible about it,” explained Hawaii EMA administrator Vern Miyagi, a former Army major general. But Miyagi declined to say that the staffer would face any disciplinary actions. Richard Rapoza, the official spokesman for EMA, declined to identify the errant employee and added, “At this point, our major concern is to make sure we do what we need to do to reassure the public. This is not a time for pointing fingers.”
I can’t speak for the people of Hawaii, who have always impressed me as rather laid-back, but I am not reassured that no serious consequences follow
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What a way to get people mad at an overweening government.
Were we supposed to fire one back at them? Deep State WW111?
Surely, Derrick Watson will grant a court order demanding the name of the perp.
After all, the button-pusher caused events to happen across state lines, so it was a Federal offense. /s
Kinda like they protected the Obama birth thing.
What is incomprehensible is the length of time the “mistake” was allowed to play out. Those employees at the office don’t have smart phones themselves?
In Hawaii, democrats protect their own.
This was not a “mistake.” No way, no how.
PUBLICLY NAMING and then FIRING the person(s) responsible would be good start.
Hawaii.... Land of Spontaneous Button Pushers (SBP).
How did Rep. Tulsi G. get her notice and outrage ginned up so quickly?
The event stinks.
Perhaps, FEMA and Homeland Security should mount a full-scale inquiry into the Hawaiian civil defense office, examine their cell phones, and check their bank accounts.
That’s what I hope people conclude but proud progressive officials resist.
God knows how to send Satan to pose tests that will be failed, to humble know-it-all smarty pants.
He most likely did it on purpose and I noticed the immediate response was to blame Trump. I would think there is safety factors to prevent one from leaning up against the big red button.
I’m interested in the theory that it was done on purpose to provide cover for some activity related to draining the swamp.
Calling BS on this explanation.
/.02
Absolutely! They play this off as if the “Real warning” button is like right next to the light switch. No way in hell this was unintentional. Period.
The media continues to push this BS narrative.
Makes me mad!
A divinely orchestrated snafu. To show even progressives how badly their government is out of touch.
“Male?”
How trannyphobic.
I think it will make a lot of even progressive voters mad.
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