Anti-Minuteman Observer & Reporter

Dear Anti-Minuteman Observer and"Tex" the Enlightened OneDear TEO:When the
Reporter:These Minuteman yahoos are trying toMinuteman Project knot-heads come a calling,
tell me that if I really loved America that I wouldcatch 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 wouldland.Signed,
let them come on my land and do God onlyAMOR***Dear AMOR:I attended one of those
knows what to those illegals the wife and I haveMinuteman 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 callwould jump at the chance to permit them to
me AMOR for short. You'll get a headache tryingcome on our land to "observe and report" all
to write out that whole name. Ok, here's thethose lovely Mexicans crossing the border to pick
scoop. The Minuteman Project people and all theirour fruit. But what I cannot understand is why
friends (do they really have friends?) use anthey were all armed to the teeth with a gun on
argument that is almost 300 years old. Theevery hip at this meeting and why will they want
offspring of the original English settlers of Americato take their guns on my land if they are there
used the identical craziness, pitching a hissy fitjust to "observe and report"?Signed,
over German and Scottish-Irish IMMIGRANTSClovis in LaredoDear Clovis:Did anyone ever tell
coming to America to find a better life.Here it isyou that you have a GREAT name?
briefly:"With unemployment at chronically highThere are many mysteries in life, Clovis, and I
rates in nearly all countries, it is not surprising thatam afraid the gun toting "observing and reporting"
the number of explanations and interpretations isMinuteman are just one of them.Here are the
on the rise. In less developed countries, we areonly things I can figure out:1. Some of them think
told, the high birth rates and population growththey look really cool in their cowboy outfits and
rates exceed the ability of agriculture and industrygun 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 industrialthey are compensating.3. Some of them are still
countries, where the rates of growth ofonly kids.4. Some really, really, really want to
population are much lower, the explanations covershoot some hapless Mexican.5. Some of them
a wide spectrum from the Marxian exploitationwant to have the press take their pictures looking
doctrine to the Keynesian inadequate--spendinglike Roy Rogers.6. Some of them suffer from
theory. In the United States, the oldestsevere 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 andClovis.
more Americans are pointing at the newcomersDid 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" forAMOR***[1] Illegal Aliens; by Hans F.
the chronic unemployment that is plaguingSennholz;Doug Bower is a freelance writer,
organized labor." [1]There you have it. Let meSyndicated 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 theJournal-Constitution, The Houston Chronicle, The
better part of three weeks to figure this out. WePhiladelphia Inquirer, and Transitions Abroad. He is
had to call the little woman's nephew, Avis, whoa columnist with and more than 21 additional online
just got out of college. He explained it fine. Somagazines. He is also a writer with with a
what do I do when them there Mexican huntersreadership of almost 6,000. He lives with his wife
come wanting to catch and hog-tie them somein Guanajuato, Mexico.
Mexicans on my land?Signed,