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Quote of the Day – Culture War Edition

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Publicola has written an excellent piece, Resolve, that I strongly recommend you read.  Today’s QotD comes from it:

We have to be more determined than our enemies, but our focus does not have to be on them exclusively, or rather not on who we think our enemies are. Bluntly, our enemy isn’t flesh and blood – that’s just a manifestation. Our enemy is the idea that our culture is not worth saving. Our enemy is the notion that our culture can compromise on its values. Our enemy is the practice of appeasement.

Quote of the Day – Disappearing Generals Edition

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From the Investor’s Business Daily article, The disturbing pattern: Obama rids America’s military of yet another top general:

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a special ops veteran who was McKiernan’s successor. He resigned when his staff was quoted making derogatory comments to an embedded journalist about the administration in general and VP Joe Biden in particular. If mocking Megamind Biden is worthy of resignation, then most of America needs to step down by lunch today.

It’s a pretty serious piece, though, and I recommend you read the whole thing.

I Have an Idea, Joe

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Let’s replace all of your security team’s submachineguns and semi-automatic pistols with double-barreled 12 gauge shotguns.  They don’t need thirty rounds (or eighteen) to protect you, right?

In fact, I think all Secret Service protective detail agents should be equipped with Ruger Red Label shotguns and two shells apiece!  If it’s good enough for us, it ought to be good enough for our employees!

Oh, hell, let’s let ’em have Stoeger Tactical Coach Guns so they can hang flashlights, lasers and optics off the rails.

Seriously?

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“Designed to prepare officers for the worst possible situation.”

Reader David Turner sent me a link to these Law Enforcement “No More Hesitation” training targets to ask me what I thought of them. Here are four of the seven:

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The sales spiel goes:

No More Hesitation Targets were designed to give officers the experience of dealing with deadly force shooting scenarios with subjects that are not the norm during training.  No More Hesitation faded background enhances the isolation and is meant to help the transition for officers who are faced with these highly unusal targets for the first time.

I’m sure these targets are Bob Owens-approved. I wonder when they’re going to start producing “No Hesitation” targets like this:

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Oh, wait! No need!

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EDITED TO ADD:

Sometimes hesitation is called for:

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UPDATE II:

What, they don’t carry a “Household Pets” target set?

UPDATE III:

No, this is not satire.  At least the targets themselves aren’t.