SF Reservist arrested in AZ

[magician]

Fascinating.

Anyone see our rabid vigilante on Fox news? Just curious how he came across.

I find it....oddly typical that this case has dropped off the national media radar. For a moment there, it appeared that the sergeant would end up the sacrificial test case. So much the better, for the liberals, that he was "on medications" and could be catagorized as a damaged "war vet."

Now....the whole thing seems to be forgotten. I have not seen any follow up on this case on any websites, no articles in the vaunted "newspaper of record," nothing even in the Washington Times, which can usually be relied upon to cover issues with appeal to conservatives. Keep in mind that I have not searched....I gauge a story's profile by the frequency with which I encounter it in my daily surfing.

On a personal level, I am glad that the sergeant has apparently dodged a legal bullet. Had I been in his shoes, I cannot say that I would have acted differently. No one fucks with my dog out in the bush, especially a bunch of rough-looking characters who materialize out of nowhere with unknowable intentions. It is situations like this....that lead me to conclude that guys like me belong bunkered down in isolated areas, away from the madness, lest we end up surrounded, misunderstood and embattled like Randy Weaver. I bear no man ill will, but I am neither a victim nor the second coming of Jesus Christ. I will not turn the proverbial other cheek. I will bust a cap on your ass.

I think that the powers-that-be would vastly prefer that the issues of illegal immigration and security fade from the collective consciousness. Too much scrutiny will simply highlight the profits and exploitation which are the root of the problem. I myself am no fan of big government....but I see no solution to this dilemma but proactive, responsible regulation and enforcement. This will not be popular...as it raises costs for those who create the market for migrant labor in the first place. It is idealistic to redirect the focus on poverty in Mexico....it will take generations for that country to develop to a point where migrants can simply stay home and work in their own economy, in factories that we export from the American mainland.

No, we need to get serious about matters of border security, immigration reform, guest worker programs, and the entire corpus of regulations and law need to be overhauled and made sensible. It is ridiculous that a van full of illegals can be stopped for a routine traffic violation in Virginia, and then released on the condition that they report to immigration on Monday. Of course they are not going to report.

It will take nothing more than five "Beltway snipers" in various cities, all randomly killing miscellaneous victims on a loosely coordinated schedule, who are ultimately demonstrated to have infiltrated the country through our porous borders......for this matter to come into harsh relief.

The outcry will be great.

You will find me behind multiple layers of security, a gun within arm's reach, watching the whole thing on satelilte tv.