| Dear Anti-Minuteman Observer and | | | | "Tex" the Enlightened OneDear TEO:When the |
| Reporter:These Minuteman yahoos are trying to | | | | Minuteman Project knot-heads come a calling, |
| tell me that if I really loved America that I would | | | | catch and hogtie them, then call the Sheriff and |
| suddenly, like a light bulb turning on in my head, | | | | have them arrested for trespassing on your |
| realize their cause was right and good and would | | | | land.Signed, |
| let them come on my land and do God only | | | | AMOR***Dear AMOR:I attended one of those |
| knows what to those illegals the wife and I have | | | | Minuteman Project meetings where they kept |
| coffee with every morning.Signed, | | | | telling us that if we were real patriots that we |
| Billy Joe Bob ("Tex")Dear "Tex",Oh, please call | | | | would jump at the chance to permit them to |
| me AMOR for short. You'll get a headache trying | | | | come on our land to "observe and report" all |
| to write out that whole name. Ok, here's the | | | | those lovely Mexicans crossing the border to pick |
| scoop. The Minuteman Project people and all their | | | | our fruit. But what I cannot understand is why |
| friends (do they really have friends?) use an | | | | they were all armed to the teeth with a gun on |
| argument that is almost 300 years old. The | | | | every hip at this meeting and why will they want |
| offspring of the original English settlers of America | | | | to take their guns on my land if they are there |
| used the identical craziness, pitching a hissy fit | | | | just to "observe and report"?Signed, |
| over German and Scottish-Irish IMMIGRANTS | | | | Clovis in LaredoDear Clovis:Did anyone ever tell |
| coming to America to find a better life.Here it is | | | | you that you have a GREAT name? |
| briefly:"With unemployment at chronically high | | | | There are many mysteries in life, Clovis, and I |
| rates in nearly all countries, it is not surprising that | | | | am afraid the gun toting "observing and reporting" |
| the number of explanations and interpretations is | | | | Minuteman are just one of them.Here are the |
| on the rise. In less developed countries, we are | | | | only things I can figure out:1. Some of them think |
| told, the high birth rates and population growth | | | | they look really cool in their cowboy outfits and |
| rates exceed the ability of agriculture and industry | | | | gun belts.2. Some of them didn't get to play much |
| to absorb the new population, with the result of | | | | "cowboy and Indians" when they were kids so |
| increasing unemployment. In the industrial | | | | they are compensating.3. Some of them are still |
| countries, where the rates of growth of | | | | only kids.4. Some really, really, really want to |
| population are much lower, the explanations cover | | | | shoot some hapless Mexican.5. Some of them |
| a wide spectrum from the Marxian exploitation | | | | want to have the press take their pictures looking |
| doctrine to the Keynesian inadequate--spending | | | | like Roy Rogers.6. Some of them suffer from |
| theory. In the United States, the oldest | | | | severe paranoid delusions and are in need of |
| explanation of them all is coming to the fore. | | | | heavy doses of psychotropic medications.Other |
| Rooted in the fear and resentment of foreigners, | | | | than that, I don't know what else to tell you, |
| many of whom are illiterate and poor, more and | | | | Clovis. |
| more Americans are pointing at the newcomers | | | | Did your parents ever tell you just "why" they |
| as the cause of their difficulties. Labor leaders, | | | | named you, "Clovis"?Signed, |
| especially, are quick to vilify "the illegal aliens" for | | | | AMOR***[1] Illegal Aliens; by Hans F. |
| the chronic unemployment that is plaguing | | | | Sennholz;Doug Bower is a freelance writer, |
| organized labor." [1]There you have it. Let me | | | | Syndicated Columnist, and book author. His most |
| know what you think.Signed, | | | | recent writing credits include The Atlanta |
| AMOR***Dear AMOR:Took the wife and me the | | | | Journal-Constitution, The Houston Chronicle, The |
| better part of three weeks to figure this out. We | | | | Philadelphia Inquirer, and Transitions Abroad. He is |
| had to call the little woman's nephew, Avis, who | | | | a columnist with and more than 21 additional online |
| just got out of college. He explained it fine. So | | | | magazines. He is also a writer with with a |
| what do I do when them there Mexican hunters | | | | readership of almost 6,000. He lives with his wife |
| come wanting to catch and hog-tie them some | | | | in Guanajuato, Mexico. |
| Mexicans on my land?Signed, | | | | |