A local radio talk-show host had some interesting things to say this morning, specifically about President Bush describing those involved in the Minuteman project as "vigilantes." The talk-show host mentioned those involved in this project do have rights to "freedom of assembly" and "free speech" as stated in the U.S. Constitution. But he also stated that this is a "PR stunt," although he said he in no way meant that description in a perjoritive manner.
He then went on to say much of this revolves around the cynical viewpoint of the President. A President who is catering to the lobbyists and major corporations who want cheap labor from Mexico. And also the cynical "triangulation" of Karl Rove, who he surmised is thinking about the religion of most of the immigrants. That religion being Catholic, the host suggested Karl Rove is looking at support of "family values" if these immigrants are able to start voting in the future, thereby strengthening the prospects of the Repulican Party to keep the U.S. presidential office many years into the future.
While looking for links about this topic, I also found one which stated some members of this project have taken to ironically calling themselves, "undocumented border patrol agents."
The related links
This is a transcript of a CNN program from March 21, 2005. It's very long, so you'll have to use "find" in your browser, and enter "James GilChrist," the organizer of the Minuteman Project in order to find the relevant section.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...21/ldt.01.html
A link to an opposing article entitled, "Minutemess Patrol"
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...09wed1-09.html
And a link to the "Time" magazine article from last year entitled, "Who Left the Door Open?" I had to follow the link to this article from the link below, which stated this was premium content, but it went to the article without any problem. Only a pop-up ad from "Time," asking me to try four free issues, which I did not fill out.
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101040920/
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