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10.31.2005
The Minuteman Come Home? What to make of a Washington Post story about "Minuteman" border patrols in the Green Mountain State? Well, it is true that Vermont was the site of a Confederate raid south into the US in 1864...and the it is the first New England state to see this sort of activity. (After all, the Minute man caricuature was a description penned by Boston newspapers.) But my own guess is that the "Minuteman" local chapters are tired of being accused of racism or targetting Latin American migrants in their hunts. And where else is a better place to break that mold but the progressive Eden of Vermont. The Post is actually doing them a huge favor by writing this story, though there's no telling if more patrols will pop up along the border with our northern neighbor. It's also a slow time in Vermont as the "foilage season" is over already but the ski season has yet to begin. Though it does give a whole new meaning to Smuggler's Notch. |
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