Pull down your skirt. Your media bias is showing.
KPHO television conducted a news report on their station in which “average people” would be given a gun and sent down to the border in the form of the Arizona Special Missions Unit. This, of course, is meant to imply the superiority of the United States Government and National Guard who have done nothing to stem the tide of illegal alien traffic and whose battle cry has been that the border is more secure now than it has ever been.
They interviewed Senator Steve Gallardo who is opposed to stopping illegal immigration who stated that it would draw racists. They used a partial clip of National Guard General Salazar stating that it would take a lot for him to feel comfortable with sending people to the border with guns.
They did not interview any of the approving Senators except for the author of the bill, Senator Allen. One of them a former special forces member gave several specific examples of the federal government training groups in foreign countries in arms in a short amount of time. They did not show the testimony over the last months which stated that no one would be assigned to missions that they were not trained for.
The newscasters, obviously having not read the legislation, failed to point out that the organization cannot act in a community without the permission of law enforcement. They did not even know that the legislation has been around for some time to form the Arizona State Guard and this is a new development to change it to the Arizona Special Missions Unit.
They also did not point out that border security is one of the missions. Others include “To respond to natural and manmade disasters. For search and rescue efforts. To support community activities.”
Their own poll, as of this writing, shows 67% for the project and 33% against.
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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