As one who lives close to "Ground Zero" to the Minuteman Project, I read your response with an open mind and empathy...UNTIL I read your last charge which totally discredited ANY sincerity in the matter.
Since when has American Patriotism and the defense of our borders become equivocated to that of the deeds of murderous thugs? Your characterization is nothing but slander of the Minutemen and nothing but unsubstantiated, scurrilous lies.
Whom would you have compared Patrick Henry and Paul Revere to?? Attila the Hun?
You're not so much concerned for the NIMBY aspect of citizen BP, as much as spreading liberal propagandae.
It would seem that it's your opinion that when the Federal Government asks you to NOT help you still want to bully your way past them to do what YOU want. This is no great act of patriotism, our Federal Officials (the Law of this land) have requested that the Minutemen do not come to "help". When you insist on doing that which the Government has asked you NOT to do, then you are doing it for some self serving reason.
I simply do not believe that this whole ordeal is anything but the Liberals attempt to obfuscate the laws that we have in place and that are enforced by the Federal and Local Law Enforcement Agencies that already serve our area. If the Minutemen were true Patriots they would offer us the same 24 hour a day 7 day a week, EVERY single day of the year that the Border Agents who work here give.
I submit that the group was organized by Liberal Californians with an AGENDA. What gives anyone the right to inflict their paramilitary operations on someone's hometown (MY home)? Minutemen stay home, take your concerns to your elected officials (unless you are a raving Liberal who wants to create a climate of danger and further the hatred and violence along the border).
These are my opinions, and represent a growing number of the local citizenry in this County. We are not going to stand by while you tear up our home, would you stand by if we came to your home and caused trouble then ran back home breaking our arms patting ourselves on the back for the rest of our lives because we came to your home and conquered your local citizens and left our trash behind and defecated in shallow holes all over your parks and public lands (in public of course).
Before you say, that's an ugly pair of shoes on my feet, maybe you should walk a mile or two in them first. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, this battle is not between you and the Mexicans or you and the people here, you will be battling the US Gov. We have the right to enjoy our homes, and the right to defend ourselves from a group of anarchists and vigilantes.