Reply #17: My thoughts exactly

[Mandate My Ass]

although they are far from pleasant thoughts. The bulk of the national guard is off in Iraq creating a vacuum police can't fill during catastrophes like Katrina. The recruitment process they're using is no doubt to make up a force that consists of those who think like Philly's infamous John Timoney, who came right out and admitted he hated protestors' guts and then look at the Miami model: pepper spray, rubber bullets, tasers etc. Throw a few mercs in there who are accountable to nobody and you have a recipe for disaster the next time people take to the streets.