Via The Truth About Guns, we have this story of how our betters deal with the embarrassment of the malfunction of a laser pointer during a powerpoint presentation:
"New York’s Director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services has found a new, sure-fire way to make damned sure no one in his audience nods off while he’s droning on . . .
According to timesunion.com, back in October, he gave a briefing to a Swedish delegation on the state’s response to “superstorm” Sandy in a “highly secure state emergency operations center below State Police headquarters.” In order to get his point across, he drew his GLOCK and used its laser to enhance the experience."
Yet lest you think only stateside Americans enjoy a lock on the market for crazy, there is the former Canadian defense minister, who thought it wise to announce the existence of extraterrestrial aliens on Russian TV.These officials, one of whom claimed to be an eyewitness, said that three Swedish emergency managers in the delegation were rattled when the gun’s laser tracked across one of their heads before Hauer found the map of New York, at which he wanted to point.Hauer, commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, was disabled by a stroke a few years ago and can be unsteady. He isn’t a law enforcement official. He carries the loaded 9-millimeter Glock in a holster into state buildings, an apparent violation of state law barring state employees from bringing weapons to the workplace, several witnesses say.
"Over the weekend, Paul Hellyer, former Canadian defense minister, went on television and declared that not only do aliens exist but that they walk amongst us and are responsible for some of our modern technology. Among these tech gifts are the microchip, LED light and Kevlar vest.
Hellyer, who served as Canada's Minister of National Defence in the 1960s, went on Russia Today’s program SophieCo to speak more about extraterrestrials. The interview, seen below, is a little on the long side but it’s totally worth it, particularly because he’s the first high ranking politician to publicly state that aliens are real."
Sigh. To think this guy had his finger on the button of whatever the Canadian military has to offer.....
lol
ReplyDeleteCanada doesn't have much of a military. but it is very capable and we tend to dominate in joint exercises.
At least we didn't lose the war f 1812 and you should look up the true story about Pork Chop Hill in Korea. It isn't like the movie.
....but yes Hellyer was/is an idiot.
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