Vermont's Burlington Free Press discusses the plans of the Minuteman Project to patrol that state's border with Canada in "Just a minute, Minutemen; Vermont says 'No thanks'".
It's a downright nasty editorial, ayup. Nasty like sour maple syrup, Cyris. In fact, it reads more like something one of those people from New Hampshire might write, ayup.
A preliminary search only showed two articles from that paper discussing either "illegal aliens" or "undocumented", and Vermont isn't a big illegal immigration state. Now, VT is certainly a "liberal" state, in fact they're the ones who inflicted Howard Dean on America. Is this lack of neighborliness due to "liberalism" or something else?
The virtually unanimous message from Vermont residents and leaders alike is, "Stay home." ...If common sense won't deter these silly plans, let's hope Vermont's winter will do the trick. After all, the temperature drops well below zero along our border on a winter night, a shock to anyone used to the Southern desert... The Minutemen shouldn't come where they aren't wanted. But if they do, let's hope that along with those lawn chairs and binoculars they bring their long johns.
What xenophobia! Could someone who's familiar with the Burlington Free Press provide a clue why they might say things like this?
Immigration2005b · Tue, 09/27/2005 - 04:07 · · Importance: 1
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Comments
What the Burlington Free Press, and presumably the rest of the 'Vermonters', fail to understand is that the border is a NATIONAL border...not a state border with Canada. Any security breaches of that border affect the country as a whole, and not just tiny, little, liberal Vermont.
Message to Vermont: Join the Union or go fish !!!
Posted by: John Stone at Sep 29, 2005 3:51 AM
"he virtually unanimous message from Vermont residents and leaders alike is, "Stay home." ...If common sense won't deter these silly plans, let's hope Vermont's winter will do the trick. After all, the temperature drops well below zero along our border on a winter night, a shock to anyone used to the Southern desert... The Minutemen shouldn't come where they aren't wanted. But if they do, let's hope that along with those lawn chairs and binoculars they bring their long johns."
If the dimwits at the Burlington Free Press weren't so provincial they would know that many of those desert dwellers originally hail from places like Chicago and the Upper Midwest, which can get just as cold as Vermont.
Posted by: perroazul del norte at Sep 27, 2005 5:28 PM
Actually, the federal government has 'politicized the border' by refusing to enforce immigration law, including by doing more to prevent illegal entry. Which is its responsibility, and in accord with the wishes of a sizable majority of Americans, per every poll I've seen. Therefore the Minutemen exist.
And here is one reason why the amount of illegal immigration an area has experienced might influence how the locals feel about help, any kind of help, trying to reduce illegal entry. (As a practical matter, most illegals are Hispanic.)
As for 'bad schools', the next story about that will no doubt be out shortly.
But as I hinted, even all these facts are sometimes not enough to sway the die-hard politically correct crowd.
Posted by: eh at Sep 27, 2005 9:59 AM
Yeah, they don't want the Minutemen politicizing the border because they haven't experienced a lot of Hispanic immigration. Or perhaps it's because they drink a lot of milk. That's got just as much to do with it.
Posted by: Slim at Sep 27, 2005 9:27 AM
Probably because they haven't gotten a full dose of Hispanic immigration yet. That and they've decided to break out big time the self-righteously indignant welcoming tolerance rhetoric in an effort to score a triple double in the game of political correctness.
Probably little prospect of change until they're faced with having to put together a gang task force in their police department. Or maybe their schools suddenly turn into 'bad schools'. Of course by then it'll be too late.
Does that answer your question?
However I'm not familiar with the Burlington Free Press, but then one doesn't really need to be.
Posted by: eh at Sep 27, 2005 9:02 AM