Calling all Racists, Neo-Nazis and Klansmen!

A recent Excite Poll, with accompanying article, Armed Volunteers Plan to Patrol Border describes this organization called "the Minutemen Project" which consists of a group of volunteers, an armed militia, if you will, that will patrol the border with Mexico for one month and report any illegal activities to the border patrol.

What the heck is going on here? Allowing an armed volunteer civilian army to patrol our border with Mexico? Are they insane?

Just who do you suppose would volunteer for such a mission? The fears are that this will attract anti-immigrant, racist groups and individuals who can legally carry handguns in the barely red State of Arizona. Can you say, "Racially motivated crimes"? How about "International Incident"? Not that the GOP cares anything about such issues. I mean, heck, this is just Mexico, right?

What's worse, check the poll results... as of 10:15 AM, 62% of Excite Poll respondees thought this was actually a good idea!

TRANSFERRED FROM TAO OF APU... ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 2, 2005