Posted on 04/29/2005 10:00:40 PM PDT by Spiff
Posted on Fri, Apr. 29, 2005
Hutchison praises civilians patrolling border
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said the civilians who patrolled Arizona's border with Mexico are "very brave" and "caring."
The Texas Republican made the comments late Thursday during Senate debate on the budget. Several volunteers with the "Minuteman Project," some armed, have been patrolling the Arizona-Mexican border. The group is hoping to expand to the Canadian border and other border states.
"We have seen some very brave people sitting on the border of Arizona and Mexico in the last few weeks and I have to say I think these people have shown a commitment and a caring that should be acknowledged here in the United States Senate," Hutchison said, according to a transcript from her office.
Hutchison was pushing for more money for Border Patrol and other immigration enforcement needs. She said money for the agency had been reduced in negotiations with the House.
The volunteers have said they have alerted federal officials to hundreds of cases of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States at the Arizona border and helped stem illegal immigrant traffic. Some federal officials disagree that they had an impact. And President Bush, when asked about the group, said he does not support vigilantes.
Hutchison spokesman Chris Paulitz declined to comment when asked whether Hutchison supports the actions taken by the volunteer patrols. He said the senator is impressed with their commitment and working hard to relieve them of their duty.
I had a pretty good feeling that was what would happen because the mainstream media only attacks Bush from the left and not the right, so I watched country-music videos instead.
I know that feeling all too well. RINO George W. Bush has stabbed me and other conservatives in the back with his big-government education bill, with his amnesty plan for illegals, with his vigilante insult, with his recent praising of the corrupt Bill Clinton, with his increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and other domestic spending programs, etc.
If Kay Bailey really is a RINO, maybe it's because her mentor lives just down the street at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. As for the praise she gave the minutemen, I applaud it.
Show me the Arabs and don't bring up the Maxwell Smart shoe bomber in Seatle that one was just too pathetic.
Build walls. Great walls.
Bingo.
I heard it reported that morning on either CNN, MSNBC or FOXNews that WH spokesman McClelland laid out the ground rules and anything having to do with immigration or the Minutemen and a couple of other current issues would definitely be persona-non-grata at the press conference. It figures that the WH wants to do damage control since they're getting creamed by the Minutemen coverage and in the Congress.
Absolutly true, no arrest ever occured. The Sheriff met with the accused person in the "Day room" at the Bible College dorm and the first thing he said was "I am not here to arrest you." He was investigating the allegation. Period. So the guy's buddy fetched the video camera and plugged it into a little TV right there and rolled the tape, with about 15 folks, the Sheriff and his Deputy and the accused person all watching. After watching the entire 10 minutes or so of the "encounter" the Sheriff indicated "nothing here," requested a copy of the tape, not the original and went back to his business. i.e. the sheriff left.
So much for the "arrest."
What does burn me is the reference to the number of Americans at the Project with the term "several." Biggest bunch of "several" I ever saw.
WOOOOHOOO!
I just talked to Jim Gilchrist again yesterday. 3 Minutemen from Chicago want to stage a protest at a Republican meeting were Steve Rauschenberger who is running for Governor of Illinois will be speaking.
3 weeks ago State Senator Rauschenberger voted for Illinois to ACCEPT the Matricula as a valid form of ID. He also voted to grant Illegal alien's children tuition breaks.
To make a long story short I asked Jim if we could identify ourselves from the Minuteman Project.
He said "By all means!! Please do!"
I am sending out press realeases this weekend.
Yes, he didn't want anyone cutting into the time that the President needed to explain his new Marxist means-testing way of redistributing money directly confiscated from everyone's paychecks. My back really, really hurts and the stain between my shoulder blades is ruining all of my clothes.
That's exactly what I thought! Asa correcting himself as regards "the will of the people."
This REALLY bothered me!!! My hubby said he felt the Prez should have brought it up as it is such a HOT issue right now.Wake UP President Bush, Wake up Congress. Minute Men are to be PRAISED!!!!!!
The "four of us" are on the same page. Guess we married smart men...lol.
When the Minuteman Project was first publicized, I thought it was an excellent idea. It was an idea long in the making, something that needed to be done. I had high hopes and was very happy to see this type of thing proposed.
As the time drew near, for the MP to be implemented, I noticed an element (probably from the sidelines) that expressed the right to be armed and use lethal force. While I agreed with that idea in principle, I also recognized that it would only take one loose canon hothead to destroy any positive outcome the MP could hope to realize. It was at that point that I reluctantly backed off open support.
While I did back off open support, it was my hope that the MP effort would be launched, carried out successfully and obtain good success. My hopes have been realized. My fears were not. I am very glad to see this outcome.
I can't express my appreciate enough, to those who thought up this effort, participated and drove it through to success and have now inspired other efforts to come.
Wow! Screening those who were to participate, directing their actions and making this an overall sucess was a masterful job.
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