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I want Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne fired and banned from any job where he has any authority or contact with the public. He should not be permitted to handle any weapon more threatening than a squirt gun, a small, cheap, dollar store version that holds no more than 1/2 a cup of water. He's a scary guy, and nobody who thinks like this should have his job. He clearly doesn't understand his job, and he's got his chain of command entirely fouled up.
Wasn't his kind of thinking typical of the bad guys in the movie Blue Thunder?
We have the Zeus-Moose dog in part for protection of our domestic hearth and home. He is that rare animal, a huge beast who is excellent with children and extremely protective and territorial, about men in particular. We fully expect, with good reason, that if any man comes into our home without express permission and sanction of the family members (and some control of the Zeus Moose on our part) he will eat that adult male intruder (Burglars, now you know if you are coming to our house, bring your kids and cower behind them at all times. Zeus might leave you alone then. Or he might decide he needs to protect your kids from you. Your risk). Defending his family against outsiders is his job. By Wynne's way of thinking and ethical values (and I use those terms sarcastically), if we are not willing to feed a couple of our Progeny to the dog first, we should not be willing to use the dog as a defense mechanism.
But I'm such a meek, mild, and bashful sort of person that you'll just have to guess how I really feel about what may well be one of the most idiotic, ethically confused, and completely clueless remarks I've ever heard an alleged public servant make.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Fire Him Now
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My jaw is still on the floor so it's really hard to type. Something is terribly wrong when fear of what the international community might think leads to this kind of thinking.
On second thought, maybe we won't come visiting if we ever get up that way ... ;)
[gulp]!
I read the article about what he said yesterday and for some reason did not come away with the meaning that I should have (I need to read more carefully in the future!). Test stuff on Americans to avoid bad foriegn press? What an IDIOT!! While I agree that the SECAF should be replaced immediately (and publicly humiliated, for that matter), you really need to cast off your "meek, mild, and bashful sort of person" mindset and let us know how you really feel! We really want to know!
jdavidb - I think you missed the "without express permission and sanction of the family members" part, or do you think that the Common Room folk would not give you that permission and sanction? They are usually friendly, but with the Moose, I wouldn't want to get on their bad side ;)
Anne, No Kidding! The more I think about it the angrier I get. He completely misunderstands his job!
David, if you are holding one of your children, chaperoned by your wife, NOT wearing a baseball cap, and do not show him that you are afraid, then he'll be fine with you.
Probably. Snicker.
Maybe we should invite the SECAF over for a visit?
And Clan Keeper- nah, I think I'll stick with my usual gentle and mild approach. (insert cheeky grin)
NON-lethal weapons, as in riot control.
Stephanie, I am afraid I find the distinction irrelevant.
In Blue Thunder riot control is exactly what the bad guys had in mind- riot control of our own citizens, and that's what made them the bad guys.
The Secretary of the Air Force should not be suggesting we try any weapons out on Americans first, non-lethal or not, and especially not because he's worried about what the interational community might think of him.
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