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Maybe things are changing .. finally. Now we have the Louisiana governor saying of the newly arrived National Guard troops: "They have M-16s, and they're locked and loaded ... I have one message for these hoodlums: These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so if necessary, and I expect they will."

This illustrates how incompetent the governor is.

Nowhere in her statement above does she exhume _any_ authority or issue a direct threat to the lawbreakers.

Her statement _should_ have been, "there are now National Guard troops patrolling the streets, and I have issued orders for them to shoot to kill if necessary to bring about order".

I suspect she is emotionally UNable to give such a command, and as such, is unfit for the office she holds.

I would further contest that this is a more-than-common problem when women are elected or appointed into positions of high authority (I know I'm gonna get flamed for making that observation). They simply are too "caring" to assume the "hard-male" stances needed in extreme emergencies.

Of course, _some_ women are notably different: Margaret Thatcher, for one. They didn't call her "The Iron Lady" for nuthin'....

As an aside, for all we conservatives hate Hillary Clinton, _she_ would not be hestitant to issue orders to "shoot to kill" in such a situation. I suppose we're going to find that out after 2009....

- John