Friday, April 26, 2013

Heh

From The Duffel Blog...
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Officials from the Minnesota Department of Motor Vehicles have confirmed approval of a new policy making it mandatory for all active-duty and military veterans to register their status with the agency. The move will require all veterans to have a special “Vet” designation on their drivers’ licenses and state identification cards.

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“We’ve seen what these savages are capable of all over CNN and MSNBC,” says DMV director, Greg Olson. “Out of all the millions of men and women who have deployed to combat zones this past decade, there are literally a dozen, perhaps even two,  who have come home and committed atrocious acts. That’s way too big a chance. We can’t risk having these people hidden in our community and will be making sure they’re easily identifiable to law enforcement personnel and citizens in general.”
The new strategy will most likely result in changed police escalation-of-force procedure when dealing with veterans during routine traffic stops.

According to Olson, law enforcement officers will be given more opportunity to defend themselves against a perceived threat.

“Phase One will consist of the officer identifying an individual’s vet status on his or her driver’s license,” he says. “Once the officer realizes what he or she is dealing with, Phase Two will kick in and they will immediately unsheathe their pistol and drawdown on the potential psychopath. Then, at Phase Three, the officer will be given free reign to search the individual’s vehicle for weapons and dead bodies. If, and only if, the officer doesn’t find anything, then he will subsequently release the veteran and thank them for their service.”
RTWT.  The WSJ, among others*, have praised the Duffel Blog's satire as cutting edge, and it most certainly IS.

Good stuff, Maynard.

* "others" includes a number of general officers, not the least o' which is retired Marine Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis.

8 comments:

  1. A number of retired Air Force Master Sergeants have also praised the Duffel Blog. At least two that I can think of.

    But you knew that, didn't ya?

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    1. I didn't know that, actually. How'd I miss yer post?

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  2. Wait. You mean those articles aren't real? Dang. I wrote my congress critter!

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    1. Heh. The Duffel blog has sucked in a LOT o' folks. That said, I'm pretty sure yer tongue is in yer cheek.

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  3. As a semi-proud Minnesotan, this satire cuts WAY too close to the truth to really be funny. We have a serious split between normal folks who live outside of the Twin Cities and those oh-so-gentle people who think the sun rises and sets because the State Authoritarians have commanded it to be so. Fortunately they tend not to reproduce, but they do vote.

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    1. We have a similar split here in NM between normal/moonbats, too... moonbats in Santa Fe/ABQ, the rest of the state is pretty much normal. Sigh.

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  4. I got sucked in the the Duffel Blog - once. In a story about Nancy Pelosi that, given the person in question, seemed quite true.

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