Two little words.

Martial law.

I get that it's probably necessary in New Orleans. Lord knows a few swiftboats and some helicopter gunships would take care of the looters rather efficiently.

But those two words chill my Libertarian sensibilities to the bone.

They conjure up images of Tiananmen Square, the KGB, and yes, Nazi Germany. Those are the end results of a government that can do whatever it wants without consequences.

Not something we should make a place for in America.

Especially considering the unwillingness of the current government to let go of any supposedly temporary power grabs it enacted after 9/11.

When the government gets power, it always uses it, and never lets it go.