>>Last spring President Bush dismissed them as "vigilantes" (though they've broken no laws), but he and his political allies ought to take a second look at the Minutemen and their works.<<
Mr.President
Protecting our homes, families and jobs is not vigilantism.
Actually, they are vigilantes.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a vigilante. Vigilanteism is what happens when law abiding people have to face the fact that help is not on the way and they are on their own. Vigilanteism is precisely what SHOULD happen when the forces of law and order are clearly outmatched. It is what didn't happen in Clichy sous Bois and caused the situation to spiral out of control.