The Minutemen Ride Again

Posted on February 21, 2005

The Associated Press shares the exciting news that the Minutemen are riding again. What's that, you ask? Should I grab my trusty musket, join the Massachusetts Colony Militia and prepare to defend our beloved home against the British? Ummm, no. Not exactly. The embattled Arizonians who have the misfortune to live near the Mexico border are sick and tired of illegal aliens crossing their lands and the federal government doing nothing about it. The property damage and violence is no joke and the citizens have had enough. So has the Border Patrol, by the way. But every time they complain to Washington, their budget gets cut even further.

This is what happens when our own government refuses to police its own borders. So the 500 citizen Minutemen are going to patrol the border, looking for illegals then reporting them to the authorities. They will never exceed their authority, challenge suspected illegals directly or engage in violent acts just because many of them carry weapons. Trained? No, they're not trained. But I'm sure it will be fine. Really.