I second this emotion at Blackfive and provide you with this aside from my own past …
Years ago, while learning how to deliver a briefing in a proper, efficient, military manner, I opted to break out of the well-used mold employed by my classmates and deliver: “How to kill with readily available office supplies.” The intro drew laughter of the hearty sort; the demonstrations drew laughter of the nervous sort.
You can’t get into the Capitol without being screened for weapons, but what in the world is to stop some deranged Pink-o from running a pencil into Condi’s eye? Throwing a belt around her neck and flipping her over the table? Whipping out a home-made tazer or even an old fashioned zip gun?
Nothing.
Whack-job flake-ohs 1: State Department 0.
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Talking about killing people for dissent makes me uneasy…
Nevermind the fact that if you actually shot some Lady MacBeth lookalike for waving painted hands in front of Rice’s face, it would be ALL OVER the news, here and abroad.
The price of absolute security would be too high in terms of public appearance. If there was a specific risk it’d be different, but I think generally VIPs shouldn’t be seen as fearing assassination from unarmed frail 50-yr old women when they are in the Capitol building.
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October 26, 2007 12:11 PM
Posted on October 26, 2007 12:11
Whoa!
Let me apologize for any confusion and let me be perfectly clear on this point: I do not advocate, condone or otherwise support doing anything bad to dissenters save for arresting them and charging them when they cross that “peaceably assemble” line.
My point was this: it is butt simple for someone to pick up something from a common desk or your average woman’s purse and f*** someone up. Today we could be talking about the actually brain-damaged Secretary of State instead of the merely inconvenienced/embarrassed Secretary of State.
Red-hands woman doesn’t look so frail to me, but even if she was, with the element of surprise – which she had – and the will to act (which she had – to a point) she doesn’t need to be Jennifer Garner.
You can keep principals safe without infringing on the rights of the people, or sealing them in a Popemobile; it just wasn’t done on that day.
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October 26, 2007 1:41 PM
Posted on October 26, 2007 13:41