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Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 05/07/2007 - 9:32am.
From the letters to the editor of The Olympian:

Police should be the only ones with guns

Emergencies require intelligent leadership! It is so easy to deal with emergencies if you just use knowledge properly and do the smart thing. Here is an example: criminals with guns is a real emergency.

However, we must compliment Chief Gary Michaels on his training of “officers to only use deadly force as the last possible alternative.”

We have an emergency given the rise in violence directly because of the world wars going on. So how do we protect officers so they may safely take the only shot as a last resort? Answer: You put a governor in office as a servant leader — not a dirty word like politician — who immediately signs executive orders with emergency clauses that cannot be overridden that do the following things:

• Create of a unified police force — international, federal, state, county, city.

• Ban guns, only allowing the unified police force of which chief Michaels team is a part of to have guns.

• At all ports of entry like airports, seaports, etc. require fingerprint identification as positive proof of identification.

• Computer check-in/check-out programs collect the guns (all of them) from private citizens and store them in a large weapon storage area and they may be “checked out” during deer hunting season.

That way the police can relax a bit and make good judgments before they shoot somebody they regret shooting later. Plus if they are the only ones with guns it is just common sense.

Kevin Douglas Donahoe, Olympia

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I need a drink

I need a drink EDIT: I wonder if this is the same guy http://kevindouglasdonahoe.spaces.live.com/
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While I disagree with Kevin,

While I disagree with Kevin, it's no worse than this nutjob: TJ Johnson: Among those arrested at the Tacoma protest was Olympia City Council member TJ Johnson, who was at Sunday’s protest in Grays Harbor. “Wherever they bring these weapons of death, we’re going to be here,” Johnson said. “We’re going to try to make it as inconvenient and as expensive for them as we can.” From The Olympian's cover story
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Please

let's not turn this into an Anti-TJ thread.
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Mr. Donahoe's info is not correct either

OPD follows State Law and industry standards as to the implimentation of any force, to include deadly force. Certainly not the strict standard Mr. Donahoe alludes to, "the last possible alternative".

OPD uses the "defense of life" standard for deadly force, FWIW.

"The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle."   dc talk
 
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well, that was disturbing..

well, that was disturbing..
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yeah, Norm, same guy. Here's his resume:

Chief Operating Officer (CEO) / President
Kevin Donahoe

Kevin Donahoe founded New Technology Advantage Inc. in the 1st part of this century to help people realize the potential good they can do in their life and encourage them to use new technology to their own advantage to accomplish their goals and dreams in the most productive and effective way possible both in business and their own personal lives. Kevin recognized the need to have new software and other technology that is a combination of incredibly excellent designed so it can be easily upgraded / replaced in a plug and play fashion and also extremely affordable so that anyone can acquire it.

Kevin spent over 25 years working as either an employee, or a technology consultant, for large scale corporations like Solutions IQ consultant at Microsoft, Data Administrator at Olivetti Of Noth America , Electronic Data Systems software engineer at Washington Water Power, Data Partners consultant at Washington Mutual Bank, programmer lead at Safeco Insurance, analyst / programmer at Swedish Hospital, an analyst / programmer at the Judicial System (superior, appelate, and supreme courts), and other forms of community government like DSHS, DOL, and OSPI. This diversity in many types of industry and people was challenging but ultimately Kevin wanted to learn more, make progress at a faster pace with new technology, and expand the territory for potential customers.

So he now runs his own technology company and learns from other amazing software engineers around the world how to provide the newest, most advanced technology, to customers at a more affordable price than they have ever been offered before. Running a corporation also provides a unique opportunity to find clever ways to encourage people to partner together for positive change (despite their differences) and create synergy from their own sense of teamwork / competition and the things they share in common.

Kevin uses decades of professional experience as a Knowledge Engineer / Data Modeler / Software Architect to define important things in life and formally agree on them in a world wide dictionary of important terms and data elements of value. This has two benefits. (A) ordinary people are deemed full stakeholders in defining words, concepts, and database knowledge using online voting software, and (B) people communicate better without so much mis-communication because they have consistent formalized definitions of important things and world-wide process oriented standards which they worked together online to define as a way of communicating better with each other towards an end goal of being more productive, SUCCESSful, and RESULTS DRIVEN in everything they do in life. Kevin not only helps people define and obtain PERSONAL SUCCESS. He helps you SEE SUCCESS clearly in your own life and helps you achieve it with your own GOD give s.h.a.p.e. in life. IT IS FORMALLY OWNED AND COPYRIGHTED WORLDWIDE as the "MARK" of success!!!

Knowledge engineering is essentially the opposite of Cancer. Knowledge engineering enhances communication between diverse groups or cells using a formalized definition and publication process and cancer blocks cells from communicating effectively (using a variety of techniques) and eventually shuts down all productivity, or life, from continuing from lack of effective communication between different areas.

Kevin enjoys balancing his time well so he can spend an equal amount of time in the best part of his life which is his relationships with his wife, kids, family, and friends.

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Wow

Wow, this guy is a CEO. Is anyone a little frightened by this letter after learning that? I'm really thinking that we need an interview.
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