This from the “Voice of Aztlan.”

It seems there is a group of American politicians traveling in Mexico asking that the Minute Man Project [MMP] and any effort by Americans to attempt do the job the American president will not do to be… “Hate Crimes”.

Can’t you just see Morris Dees kicking himself for not thinking of this first?

Prediction from Georgiafornia: next step- declare the entire U.S. Border Patrol to be a hate organization. Still time here Dees, why not put Heidi Beirich on this - but you better hurry, before the Texas AFL-CIO beats you to it. They are on the same page as the anti-American Americans smoozing in the old country.

Also, I love this from that same group of American elected officials:

“Bush should openly declare that he is against the Minuteman Project, and more aggressively criminalize their activities…”,

Umm…Por favor - someone tell these people that the President has already made his position on MMP crystal clear.

A select group of border security activists met on Tuesday in the California capital to lobby against another tiresome attempt of “One-bill Gil” Cedillo to pass the legislation rewarding illegal aliens with identification/drivers licenses.

The event was put on by FAIR, under the direction of Western Field Director Rick Oltman, and opened with a fire-’em-up dinner. The first speaker was Sen. Tom McClintock, who spoke more strongly on the topic of illegal immigration than during his gubernatorial run in the 2003 recall election.

Sen. McClintock lauded Rick Oltman as the top pro-borders spokesman at hearings, referring to him as the much appreciated “cavalry.”

The other politicians speaking were Assemblyman Ray Haynes, who is sponsoring the California Border Police Initiative, and Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy, an old hand at supporting borders and sovereignty.

The next morning was spent visiting Democrats with the message that if the drivers license bill is passed out of the Assembly, the result would hand Arnold a political victory because he would be a hero with voters upon vetoing it.

At 11, we converged in front of the Governor’s office to meet with two from his staff. The whole situation got more complicated when a troop of mostly hispanics wearing T-shirts reading “Licenses for All!” showed up, with Univision TV crew trailing behind. A professional Raza squawker threw a fit about “los Minutemen” for the cameras, following by loud shreiks of “racist” and “Si se puede,” just long enough for a standard news segment. The Univisioners also interviewed Lupe Moreno (Latin Americans for Immigration Reform) and Andy Ramirez (Friends of the Border Patrol).

(One thinks at such moments that if the anti-border Mexicans applied their considerable energy toward retrieving their nation’s enormous economic potential instead of whining to Americans, a decent country might be built.)

When we were finished, the consensus was that the lobbying had been very successful overall, due to smart planning and the efforts of everyone. Another day saving the country!