Neighborhood watches are groups of private citizens who patrol their neighborhoods and report crime to the cops.* Neighborhood watches are groups of private citizens who patrol their neighborhoods and report crime to the cops. The neighborhood being patrolled by the Minuteman Project is the San Pedro Valley of Arizona, a 23-mile strip of border that is the most porous in the nation. The founder of the Minuteman Project is Chris Simcox, a 44-year-old former teacher originally from Los Angeles, who once volunteered for Teddy Kennedy, but became concerned with the softness of America's underbelly after 9/11. The cops seem to appreciate the help: "We have increased our boots on the ground "Boots on the ground" is an all-purpose term used to describe ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict at the time of speaking, rather than troops not engaged or being transported to the fighting. ," said Robert Bonner, the U.S. customs and border-protection commissioner. But the Minuteman Project is a target of feckless feck·less adj. 1. Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective. 2. Careless and irresponsible. [Scots feck, effect (alteration of effect) + -less. liberals, led on this issue by President Bush. "I'm against vigilantes vigilantes (vĭjĭlăn`tēz), members of a vigilance committee. Such committees were formed in U.S. frontier communities to enforce law and order before a regularly constituted government could be established or have real authority. in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, ," said Bush. So do your job, and they'll go home. |
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