Minutemen....Tea parties...... This is 2010, right, not 1775?
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Minutemen! The head of this group that just disbanded so it won't > get sued sent out an email inciting the behavior she is worried about. > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:33 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > BTW who is "they"? > > > > I'd like to get some context on the issue. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:48 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: locked and loaded -- more dangerous stupidity > > > > > > OK so... allow me to rant a moment. They sent out an email urging > > people to come "locked and loaded" and now they are worried that > > someone will get hurt??? What does "locked and loaded" mean to you? > > Actually, allow me to correct myself -- they are apparently worried > > that they will be *liable* if someone gets hurt. It's pretty much a > > no-brainer that someone will. Locked and Loaded? > > > > Just to add the right surreal note -- it seems they are still going to > > patrol the *Canadian* border. Locked and loaded? Since when are > > Canadians even an issue? What are they afraid of, sarcasm? > > > > =============================================== > > > > AZ-based border Minuteman group calls it quits > > > > By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 > 2:21 > > pm > > > > The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is no longer. > > > > The Arizona-based border watch group that burst onto the national > > scene in 2005 sent an email to its members this week announcing the > > corporation has dissolved. > > > > The group's president, Carmen Mercer, of Tombstone, said she and the > > board's two other directors voted to end the group's five-year run > > because they were worried her recent "call to action" would attract > > the wrong people to the border. > > > > On March 16, Mercer sent out an e-mail urging members to come to the > > border "locked, loaded and ready" and urged people to bring "long > > arms." She proposed changing the group's rules to allow members to > > track illegal immigrants and drug smugglers instead of just reporting > > the activity to the Border Patrol. > > > > "We will forcefully engage, detain, and defend our lives and country > > from the criminals who trample over our culture and laws," she wrote > > in the March 16 e-mail. > > > > Mercer said she received a more feverish response than she expected - > > 350 personal e-mails she said - and decided the Minuteman Civil > > Defense Corps couldn't shoulder the responsibility and liability of > > what could occur, she said. > > > > "People are ready to come lock and loaded and that's not what we are > > all about," Mercer said. "It only takes one bad apple to destroy > > everything we've done for the last eight years." > > > > The group formed as Civil Homeland Defense in 2002 and later became > > the Minuteman Project in April 2005. The named changed again to > > Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. > > > > http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_7d47c702-378b-11df-9 > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314618 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
