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		<title>&#8216;VDEM&#8217;: Branding Faux Pas or Intentional In-Your-Face Messaging?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Especially with the Coronavirus activity, we&#8217;re seeing more of these SUV&#8217;s in Virginia neighborhoods and around government buildings. Maybe it took a pandemic to make these more noticeable but the messaging is troubling. &#8220;VDEM&#8221; stands for Virginia Department of Emergency Management. However, didn&#8217;t anyone see &#8220;VDEM&#8221; as potentially problematic? The Virginia Department of Emergency Management [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Especially with the Coronavirus activity, we&#8217;re seeing more of these SUV&#8217;s in Virginia neighborhoods and around government buildings. Maybe it took a pandemic to make these more noticeable but the messaging is troubling.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-SUV.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12947 size-large" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-SUV-500x375.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-SUV-500x375.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-SUV-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-SUV-80x60.jpg 80w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-SUV.jpg 640w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;VDEM&#8221; stands for Virginia Department of Emergency Management. However, didn&#8217;t anyone see &#8220;VDEM&#8221; as potentially problematic?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-logo.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12948 size-thumbnail" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-logo-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-logo-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-logo-125x125.jpg 125w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-logo.jpg 370w" sizes="(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><span style="color: #808080;">The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) works with local government, state and federal agencies, and voluntary organizations to provide resources and expertise through the four phases of emergency management. VDEM develops and maintains state emergency plans and assists communities in developing localized emergency operations plans</span><span style="color: #808080;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.virginia.gov/agencies/department-of-emergency-management/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Virginia.gov</a></p>
<p>If you see this as hypersensitive, what do you think the immediate response from the left would be if, say, a Virginia Government Office of Protection or &#8220;VGOP&#8221; department were created?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VGOPsuv.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12961 size-large" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VGOPsuv-500x375.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VGOPsuv-500x375.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VGOPsuv-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VGOPsuv-80x60.jpg 80w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VGOPsuv.jpg 640w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a></p>
<p>Heaven forbid there&#8217;s any confusion&#8230;.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://vademocrats.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12956 size-full" title="VADEMS - &quot;Democratic Party of Virginia&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEMS-website.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="452" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEMS-website.jpg 800w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEMS-website-150x85.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEMS-website-500x283.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEMS-website-768x434.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-sweater.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12950 size-medium" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-sweater-150x84.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="84" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-sweater-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-sweater-500x281.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VDEM-sweater.jpg 700w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>A &#8220;VGOP&#8221; acronym would <span style="text-decoration: underline;">never</span> make it past the suggestion stage before some liberal would be hyperventilating that the department may give a suggestion of partisanship. But VDEM makes it straight to implementation without concern for what may be implied or even potential offensiveness to Republicans?</p>
<p>Virginia&#8230;.</p>
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