Posted on 04/09/2005 7:03:51 AM PDT by harrowup
A Houstonian armed to the teeth stands atop his pickup truck in the Arizona desert. He wishes to deter illegal immigrants from Mexico, but he and his confederates will fail. Border Patrol officials said some civilian observers set off motion detectors, complicating rather than aiding the agency's mission.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
The MMP is not trying to stop the flow of illegal entrants...Like you wrote, it's trying to raise awareness of the problem...and as the MMP has stated, nothing short of military intervention will stop it...but if the efforts of the MMP make just one person aware of the issue, then they have suceeded.
The MMP is already a success, they have motivated the Federal government to action and they have capture the attention of the nation...the flow of illegals in that sector has diminished to a trickle. When the MMP effort stops, the flow will return, and when it does, the Federal government will be in the spot light and will be held accountable...
Militia type operations will only fail. You might consider hiring a public relations firm to help you.
This is only the begining, with any venture there are lessons learned and changes made...your last sentence makes a lot of sense...
We see what we want to see. Some see patriots, some see nazis.
My, what a big tent we have.
Lonely and craving.
The aclu, splc, democrat party are all joined at the hip, against the USA. They are also the ones working against the MM. Interesting company you keep.
I mean this in the most sincere way, but wouldn't you rather be on President Bush's team than a group like F.A.I.R?
It's been suggested that I add your lame slur to the infamous "Legacy List". How many does that make for you, so far? And without one shred of evidence from anyone that the Minutemen are anything but patriots!
The Legacy of Slurs by the Criminal Alien Lobby:
"vigilantes"
"skinheads"
"neo-Nazis"
"KKK"
"MMK" (Minute Men Klan)
"Stormfront"
"racists"
"criminal thugs"
"felons"
"fat old ex-supply sergeants"
"armed angry bumpkins"
"alcoholics in camouflage"
"ideologue drunkards"
"yahoos"
"clowns"
"buttinskeys"
"mental defectives"
"cancers on America"
"moonshine patriots"
"Timothy McVeigh's"
"Lee Harvey Oswald's"
"rednecked trailer trash"
"good ole boys with shotguns"
--Boot Hill
Ping for later -
I sincerely wouldn't. Not if it means joining the aclu, splc, or the democrats. At least FAIR isn't trying to tear the country apart like the fifth column I just mentioned.
From what I can see, the Minutemen deserve praise for their success in drawing national attention to this vexing problem.
"Seems to be like adding to the burden of the Patrol agents, IMO." Only if you're listening to BP management. Agents in the field have been praising the Minutemen, but have to be careful because of the higher-ups.
"I doubt anyone will look back and say what a great plan it was..." Remains to be seen.
No; I voted for Ol "read my lips no new taxes" and the "Unite'er not a divider", twice.. also every other republican candidate since oh!.. the cows came home..
I have the gravitas to be able to say it.. I'm not very smart but I'm loyal..
If not me then WHO can SAY IT.?.
AND YOU, your Barney Fifeness, what is your gravitas..?.
Oh, so you don't like the Polish, either?
Butt-ins-keys is a derivative of a famous New Jersey Bowling Team in the 1960s..:
The GarageKeys pronounced ga-RAJ-keez
It's been suggested that I add your lame slur to the infamous "Legacy List". How many does that make for you, so far? And without one shred of evidence from anyone that the Minutemen are anything but patriots!
The Legacy of Slurs by the Criminal Alien Lobby: "vigilantes" "skinheads" "neo-Nazis" "KKK" "MMK" (Minute Men Klan) "Stormfront" "racists" "criminal thugs" "felons" "fat old ex-supply sergeants" "armed angry bumpkins" "alcoholics in camouflage" "ideologue drunkards" "yahoos" "clowns" "buttinskeys" "mental defectives" "cancers on America" "moonshine patriots" "Timothy McVeigh's" "Lee Harvey Oswald's" "rednecked trailer trash" "good ole boys with shotguns" --Boot Hill
Hey.
I demand equal standing.
I also coined the term,
or just Mighty Meece for the short hairs.
And don't forget 'dog and pony show' which was the choice of your fearless green shade leader, Mr. Gilfish.
I'm sorry, I just can't divine the worth of your intended insult. Please check in with 'nunya bidness' who has a storehouse of drunken funnies of which I have long been fond.
You see, I enjoy a laugh now and again, and again and again. We need to keep a sense of balance and humor about us, else all is lost.
One of the great things about the USA is the fact that we are not all one color or nationality and we have intermarried and produced some great minds in the arts and science and of course comedy.
I happen to believe that some of the best comedy today is coming out of the Latino community as represented by George Lopez and some of the funniest sit-coms on TV today are both his show and many of the more famous black comedians.
We are very lucky in this country to allow so many truly magnificent cultures to mix. It would be a shame to mess that up with thumbing our noses at the fellow who is picking the strawberries and cleaning the pool as opposed to the obnoxious thieving killing illegal Russian Mafia thugs in Brighton Beach just because they buy Mercedes and rent a beach house and throw great parties for all the other cons in TriBeCa.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I did not realize that his National Guard Unit was on a weekend desert training exercise.
I have written the reporter to determine why he failed to mention this and I have lodged a stern rebuke to the CA National Guard for allowing their troops to encamp unarmed.
"I am also a Democrat..." harrowup Post #64
Well then, this pretty much explains all we need to know about you, doesn't it. And here I gave you the benefit of the doubt by pegging you as a GOP "Big Tent" RINO/liberal/moderate. You aren't even that good (comparatively speaking).
Really, harrowup, this is the bottom of the barrel.
What is worse than a GOP liberal? An ACLU democrat.
You have now slipped from little credibility to zero credibility.
Congratulations...
I've no problem with the Polish or any other foreigner as a group. I do think we have to defend our territorial integrity, which includes controlling our borders.
That's why most of us ignore him.
No problem. Most of our friends are Republicans, but that is because my wife makes that list and she's a Republican; but so far one grandson has remained loyal to his grandfather...I think because I'm good at pork spending.
No question about it. I agree. I just don't like people pretending to be your friendly neighborhood watch stomping around causing a ruckus.
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