Oct 2, 2013

Shortest shutdown question yet:

If the government is closed, have we furloughed the Presidential Protection Detail of the U.S. Secret Service?

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Edit to add on Thursday evening:  With the fracas in the White House/Capitol corridor today, the comment above may seem ill-advised. This blog has no Memory Hole, so I'm letting it stand as the off-the-cuff mockery intended. I add only that the TMR has a long history of opposing unprovoked violence against politicians and people.  
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How does one decide what constitutes 'unprovoked'?

Jim said...

In this context, "unprovoked" means the absence of an immediate, existential threat to your immediate well-being such as being confronted with a weapon or other major force.

More staightforward, you don't shoot at a fellow just for being obnoxious or just because his ideas represent a threat at some point in the future.