Minutemen Dismiss Bush's Border Plan

Associated Press ^ | 5/17/06

[texas_mrs]

I would rather put the Minute Men in charge of the fence from the gitgo.

[soccer_maniac]

As they should, Bush is plan is a joke

[soccer_maniac]

As they should, Bush's plan is a joke

[Personal Responsibility]

Sending the Guard down there to do nothing but advise is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. This is simply pandering to Vicente Fox who would throw a media hissy fit if any of his countrymen were "captured by the US Military".

What a crock.

[yobid]

Are we armed on the N-S Korean border?

[kjo]

The Republican Party is trying to pacify its base, and keep the Mexicans and the MSM happy at the same time.

It won't work. The GOP is setting itself up for a huge loss in November. Many, many conservative are unhappy. I think that lots won't vote.

[tennmountainman]

"Are we armed on the N-S Korean border?"

Of course not! We are using drones, "virtual fences and high tech camera's in Korea. (Not)

[nckerr]

Unarmed National Guard asounds so Clinton like it is really dissapointing that the idea came from A republican. Nothing more embarrassing to a Soldier than guarding something unarmed. The idea is that if Soldiers are needed for anything other than a natural disaster, their job more than likely requires them to be armed. If that isn't the case, then why not hire a bunch of mall security guards to watch them cross over!

[Anti-Bubba182]

The Bush Administration needs to build at least as good a barrier the length of the Mexican border as the Minutemen are doing on private land.

[yobid]

And Clinton had nooooooo problem using armed military at Waco and Ruby Ridge.

Criminal.

[Nachum]

I think that it might be a good idea for many Minute Men fences to be put up. What if the Minute Men came up with a plan to put up fences on private property up and down our southern border. I'd volunteer to work, I bet thousands more would too.

[Txsleuth]

The Senate just voted overwhelmingly to build a fence and barriers...

Bush ordered the National Guard down there...

Kinda takes both arguements away from the Minutemen.

NOW, maybe they will be cooperative instead of combative.

[CWOJackson]

The Minute men...aren't their sixty seconds about up?

[Texas_Jarhead]

Sending unarmed, non-patrolling NG troops to the border reminds of how unarmed NG troops were sent to the airports after 9/11.

[samadams2000]

Yeah but I see it coming from miles away..

The state, local, or federal government will say the fence has not been appoved due to environmental impact and the Minute Men will be in violation of the law.

They should do it anyway.

[nckerr]

Kinda takes both arguements away from the Minutemen.
If it weren't for the minutemen, we would not have ever had this debate. They are a dream come true and will be credited as one of the single most influential groups in our history.

[wolfcreek]

I was listening to Rush earlier and he was flabbergasted at the response from the Repubs in the Senate. He couldn't understand why they wouldn't vote for a secure border first. This should send a message to those who think the ideas in Bush's speech were 'a good start'. More like a 'nonstarter'.

[tennmountainman]

Give the minutementhe money for building the wall and they will quadruple the length.
Plus git er done a lot sooner.

[ed1340]

The Senate just voted overwhelmingly to build a fence and barriers...

Bush ordered the National Guard down there...

Kinda takes both arguements away from the Minutemen.

NOW, maybe they will be cooperative instead of combative.

YEAH, A WHOLE 370 MILES OF FENCE. GREAT. EVER HEAR OF JUST WALKING AROUND THE END OF THE FENCES. I DON'T THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THAT STUPID. DO YOU?