"Peaceful Authoritarianism"

Nevermind that this article is mostly about Occupy NOLA. It captures, quite well, the dismissive soft bully tactics we've come to recognize as this administration's M.O.

While no skulls were cracked or elderly women pepper-sprayed, there was no shortage of brazen behavior on the part of a mayor that has proven particularly smug in his treatment of Occupy. Meanwhile, the fact that he demanded congratulations for breaking camp “peacefully” demonstrates the increasingly authoritarian nature of the American political class.

I always said the saving grace of the Nagin years was that none of those people was as competent as they were evil which helped to mitigate the damage a bit. This group is a good deal more competent.