The Orwellian double-speak in this article is getting pretty well entrenched. Sadly, President Bush also called the Minutemen "vigilantes". While he is a good man, he is the person who is most responsible for legitimizing the term.
"I'm against vigilantes in the United States of America."~ President George Bush
I don't believe Pres. Bush has ever retracted that statement.
-Our President has also made the following statements. (the first two statements were made before he was President):
"Family Values Don't Stop at the Rio Bravo" -- George W. Bush
"Hell, if they'll cross Big Bend, we want 'em." -- George W. Bush
"They just do the jobs Americans won't do...."--George W. Bush
I'm afraid after reading the report below and after years of giving him benefit of the doubt, I can't agree with you about the President. For him to essentially call Americans "lazy" while doing nothing to undo the socialist state is such a kick in the face. Those who "want to work" are called "vigilantes."
The document referred to below calls for open borders by 2010.
"This CFR document, called "Building a North American Community," asserts that George W. Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin "committed their governments" to this goal when they met at Bush's ranch and at Waco, Texas on March 23, 2005. The three adopted the "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America" and assigned "working groups" to fill in the details.
"It was at this same meeting, grandly called the North American summit, that President Bush pinned the epithet "vigilantes" on the volunteers guarding our border in Arizona. "
http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/july05/05-07-13.html