Minutemen in action
I have always been interested in Minutemen Civil Defense Corps. Apart from an unfortunate name, their lives must be full of excitement and adventure. Who is that in the desert, is it another Mexican emigrant, or is it a drug mule, or perhaps it's Osama himself, trying to get into Disneyland?
ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST:Our top story tonight, it takes us to the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona, where the Minutemen have begun patrolling once again. The video you're looking at was shot just hours ago and shows a snapshot of the waves of illegal immigrants that have been surging across the border in the Arizona desert.I think that just about sums it all up.
The founder of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, Chris Simcox, joins us from the border.
[...]
SIMCOX: You know, we don't need negotiations, Alan. Come on. It's four and a half years past September 11. We keep negotiating. We keep having studies. We keep debating the issue while people are dying in the desert.
American citizens are victims of the crime wave coming into this country. And as another news agency reported today, 300,000 people from the Middle East were apprehended coming into this country last year.
This is a clear and present danger. It is the greatest threat to national security and public safety. The time for negotiating is over.
posted by amitav at 4/06/2006 01:11:00 PM
1 comments
1 Comments:
Thanks for the link Baltar. Them minutemen are special kinda guys, that's for sure.
I have read the interview again and I still don't get who are these "people are dying in the desert". Are they the immigrants? But then there is this statistic he quotes, "we've been working 72 hours so far — 308 sightings, 91 apprehensions, and six rescues." I assume he is talking about apprehending immigrants. Like those 300 000 people from Middle East that were apprehended last year - that's a lot of people, half of Mexico must be speaking Arabic by now, while they are chilling and waiting for their turn to go across the border.
So I guess they are rescuing the border patrol. After all, the border patrol agents "fear for their lives and [...] fear for this country." Maybe someone needs to get them some new helicopters, horses and SUVs.
I got a theory about those 308 sightings. I am guessing that it was one guy who got lost and frightened by the brave minutemen and their willingness to use the firepower given to them by the 2nd amendment to defend themselves. He got confused and kept on running from one minuteman to another.
Meanwhile the minutemen, who were busy rescuing the border patrol, were counting him as different Mexicans, Arabs or Russians. Who knows, it was dark.
Post a Comment
<< Home