This is absolutely the worst kind of revolt that a government could face. A revolt by the middle class. No threats of violence, no boozing in the streets, no property damage, just 1500 people who have decided that, "Sir, You are doing it wrong and you need our help. We voted you into office to do this job and since you apparently didn't understand what we meant by "Seal the borders, so we've come down to show you how we want it done."
1500 people who took their vacations and decided to go down to Arizona for a few days and make sure that the border along Arizona is actually protected from terrorists and illegal aliens.
They aren't going to burn any Border Patrol vehicles or cause any other damage. After all they know it was their tax dollars that bought the equipment in the first place.
This is a slap in the face by the voters that our politicians are never going to forget. This isn't young college kids protesting, this is their Mom and Dad. You know, the ones who pay ALL the bills for our government.
It took quite a bit of malfeasance to get these folks angry enough to interrupt their busy lives. Calling them derogatory names only makes them more determined to see that the border is properly sealed.
The worst part about this is that 300 million other Americans are seeing what 1500 peaceful protesters are doing. The mass media is trying awful hard to keep this out of the news but it ain't working!
So the next time we tell the Feds that we want something done, it will either be, "Do it or get out of my way and I'll do it."
If May becomes the month for monitering employers who have hired illegal aliens, this might just be a very effective summer at teaching the politicians what we mean when we say, "I said do it and do it now."
Thank you, sir, for that great bullseye post!