My hats off to the Minutemen

I love America. I love America for her freedom and her gorgeous open space. Unfortunately, we're losing both.

We're losing freedom because of indifference and fear. Too many good folks don't vote, don't raise a stink when some evil law gets passed and don't put their foot down. As for fear, today's politicians have good folk convinced that we need to trade in our freedoms to protect ourselves from terrorists. That's just plain stupid because it's freedom that will protect us against terrorism in the first place. But that's another rant for another day. I want to talk about the decline of our open space.

Americans have already achieved zero population growth. Then why is America's population spiraling out of control? Immigration. We simply allow too many immigrants.

If you sit in your a** all day and watch the idiot box, then it shouldn't concern you. But if you love the outdoors, like to hunt, fish, hike, mountain bike, rock climb, shoot nature photography, shoot outdoor porn, ski, snowboard, etc., you've probably noticed that every year, you seem to have less places to go.

Somebody though is taking matters in their own hands. There's a group of good Americans who are working within the law to catch illegal aliens crossing the border in Arizona. They're called the Minuteman Project, and they do not physically detain illegals. Rather, they track them down and alert U.S. Border Patrol agents of their whereabouts. That's it. And they're highly successful at it too.

For more information, check out their website at The Minuteman Project homepage. Now, if only they'd come here to California.