ACLU plans to follow Minuteman Project

Sierra Vista Herald ^ | 9 March 2005 | Bill Hess

[Brad’s Gramma]

I heard part of that yesterday...did he comment again today?

[Darkwolf377]

My initial reaction to this story was predictable, but it looks like the ACLU crowd have shot themselves in the foot again. These folks are, as the ACLU admits, going to be sitting in lawn chairs. They're going to be hanging around and watching, and then calling the authorities.

In other words, the ACLU now has a problem with people who see something illegal going on calling the authorities.

I wonder if they will be alerting the people in the rest of the country that they'd better think twice about calling the police if they observe a crime happening ala Kitty Genovese...or gay bashing...or rape. Don't call when you see something illegal--THINK FIRST! The ACLU will be inspecting you!

As the man in the article points out, the more people there, the bigger a bunch the illegals will see; the more false (or even true) charges the ACLU makes, the more TV time this issue gets. And frankly it isn't a BAD thing to keep possibly edgy people from going off on some illegal, either.

A win-win situation.

[Dan(9698)]

...Boy, it would be a damn shame if some of those ACLU city folks got lost out there in that big ol' desert. A damn shame!

A guy I know was Elk hunting up by Jackson Hole Wyoming.

Some anti-hunters started following them, so he and his son went back to their pickup and got their backpacks. They then walked into the forest until it started to get dark.

They then got out their sleeping bags and tents and prepared to spend the night. The anti-hunters didn't have any supplies so he took them some plastic sheets to use as a tent. They then got into their tents and went to sleep.

About 3:00 in the morning he checked and saw that the anti-hunters were asleep. He and his son packed up their stuff and left the area. They went about their hunting and returned to their pickup.

It took the Forest Service two days to find the anti-hunters. They were cold and hungry when they were found.

[Always Independent]

Funny, I thought that they should be watching out for AMERICAN civil liberties. They should change their name to illegal alien civil liberties union.

[A Navy Vet]

Good! I hope there are "counter-protesters" there too. The more the more publicity.

[k2blader]

I've been listening on and off (on tape delay). He hasn't mentioned it so far today.

Earlier thread on the subject here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1358754/posts

[Mr. Mojo]

If the ACLU is against this....uh.....

Exactly.

The ACLU is against the MMP, and Rush Limbaugh (and many other high-profile conservatives) is FOR the MMP.

Gee, I wonder who's on the right side?

The folks who've been desperately attempting to tie the MMP with neo-Nazi types are looking pretty foolish right about now.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thanks!

[dirtboy]

By following the volunteers, the ACLU of Arizona is putting those involved in the Minuteman Project on notice that the violation of the civil rights of "migrants" will not be accepted, Ybarra said.

Apparently Ybarra doesn't think that the participants in the Minuteman project have rights either, such as freedom of association.

[dirtboy]

To Ybarra, the Minuteman Project volunteers are dangerous. "The vigilantes are symbolic of the fear and misunderstanding that exists in our society," he said.

I guess Neighborhood Watch groups should come under ACLU scrutiny as well.

The ACLU no longer represents anything but liberal political interests.

[Fast1]

I am sure they will be very Welcome when the ACLU communists identify themselves.

[Mr. Mojo]

Love at least one feel-good story per day, and that one certainly suffices.

[dirtboy]

Seems to me if the Minutemen are on private property then the ACLU folks will be trespassing and subject to arrest.

Now, now, what makes you think that property rights are a concern of the ACLU? It's not like property rights are in the Bill of Rights!

Oh, dang, they are. Well, then, they aren't in the parts of the Bill of Rights that MATTERS!

[Spiff]

Once the ACLU fully comprehends this fact and notices that the "weapons" of the MM Project are cell phones and walkie-talkies, they'll bail pretty quickly.

Don't forget the evil high-powered assault binoculars...

[BubbaGOP]

Anyone wanting to join the fun can get further information at http://www.minutemanproject.com/

[Redcloak]

Now we need a group out there to keep an eye on the ACLU... and someone to watch that group. And some more to watch them! Perhaps if there were enough people milling around on the border watching one another, they would scare off the illegals!

It... could... WORK!

[Spiff]

Now we need a group out there to keep an eye on the ACLU... and someone to watch that group. And some more to watch them! Perhaps if there were enough people milling around on the border watching one another, they would scare off the illegals!

You know, I may actually do this to make the point about the ACLU vigilantes. Need a fake group name and a website and I'm set. Wait, I'm the President of a club and we have a website and I've sent dozens of press releases out in the past. This could be FUN!

[B4Ranch]

>>"The migration by our southern neighbors is not an invasion," Ybarra counted.<<

Ybarra seems intent that everything must be done under the legal standards. Why not call him and tell him where the closest legal Points of Entry are so that he can pass it on to the illegal migrants who refuse to use these Points.

[Fatalis]

The ACLU, the MMP, the BP, illegal aliens, coyotes, and probably a few Federales, all being watched by the media along the Arizona-Mexico Border... sounds liike the Perfect Storm.