the minuteman project is a very scary thing. A group of yokels, diehards, racists, vigilantes, steer chowin' 'mericans or any combination of the above are convening on arizona's southern border to "bring national attention to the fact that the U. S. Federal Government is not fulfilling its mission to protect American citizens from the economic and physical danger of porous borders." what i see is vigilante law being practiced in this area. how soon till we hear about slaughtered illegal immigrants or some knuckle-dragger who blew his own fred flintstone foot off? this may come off as presumptious, but perhaps you should check out what 'Jack, a border area resident' has to say of the current situation;

"Most of the Democrats here are more conservative than urban Republicans."

okay....

"We have about 30,000 Hispanics, mostly Mexican-American, with most of them concentrated in the town of Douglas. Most hate the border situation as much as we do. They've been here ever since the US Cav sorted out the Apaches and know quite well just how unsuccesful the Spaniards and Mexicans were. A lot of them speak very little Spanish. Believe it or not, I have to depend on a Puerto Rican lady at work for any Spanish assistance."

well, for starters here's what the history books define as "sorting out:"

June 27, 1857—Gila River.

"The earliest recorded U.S. Army conflict with Apache Indians in Eastern Arizona was an affair known as the Gila River Massacre. "On June 27, 1857, elements of the First U.S. Dragoons attacked a peaceful camp of Coyotero Apaches who were gathering mescal along the Gila River near Mount Graham. The soldiers, led by Captain R.S. Ewell ... reported killing twenty-four Indians and taking twenty-seven prisoners in this unprovoked attack."

The exact location of this action is unknown.

mescal is a type of cactus used to make food / liquor and the like. so 'jack' doesn't know spanish? well, now that we are starting to see where 'jack' is coming from and what kind of human being and 'merican 'jack' is shaping up to be, one might not be so surprised that he doesn't seem to know spanish. wouldn't that be a prerequisite for this kind of work though? i hope that "puerto rican lady" has a sense of humour.

one of the links off the poorly designed minuteman project homepage caught my eye: team america!! what?! i can't hear you!! TEAM AMERICA! YEAH! a quick perusal through the mostly boring and parroted message boards provided this little gem:

Dear Tom Tancredo,
Since President Bush has sided with Mexico's Pres. Fox against American citizens, will you in Congress please start impeachment for this traitor while thousands of us harmless, but patriotic Minute Man Project "vigilantes" head to Arizona to do jobs that Bush's budget won't allow Border Patrol to do? What Bush is doing to our nation is far more dangerous than anything Clinton did (not defending Clinton). Bush has betrayed Americans. Our veterans did not die so that Bush can sell out our country. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Diane Headrick - GA - freelance videographer

hmm....."harmless but patriotic MMP 'vigilantes'"

and there was this one too:

Dear Team America,
Is there an easy way to report illegals and how do you know they're illegal if they have green cards of are working on farms? Shouldn't they all be illegal? It seems they are taking over our country and everywhere I walk i'm forced to move for these invaders. What is the best way to report them and have them deported? And would I get in trouble if I didn't know for sure they are illegal?

the post went on to talk about getting back to local farms, and not big corporate ones, and i have to agree with that, but i don't think for the same reasons.

so, what i'm thinking is this:

here's the normal mode of transportation for illegal immigrants in the 20th century:


....oh yes, notice the beatings.

and here's the normal mode of transportation for illegal immigrants in the 17th century:



well, the shit would hit the fan soon enough.


here's more native americans welcoming their white illegal immigrant brothers to the plains!




americans, or at least 'jack' and his ilk are short-sighted. what a fucking bunch of horseshit. our only hope sometimes seems like the extinction of mankind.

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