Minuteman meet resistance

The city of Bellingham and the state's Democratic Party have denounced as racist and divisive the presence of civilian patrols at the U.S.-Canada border and want Gov. Christine Gregoire to tell them they're not needed.

Referring to the Minuteman Minuteman Civil Defense Corps as "self-appointed militia and vigilantes with limited training," Bellingham's City Council this week passed a resolution condemning the volunteer guards, who stationed themselves Oct. 1 at eight posts between Blaine and Sumas.

Why is it racist to want to protect your boarder from people who have no right entering the US?

Christine Gregoire should realise that the minuteman are needed if the government won't do a thing about the boarder. These people are the real patriots and not like the traitors that they have in government.

If the government don't want them protecting the boarder maybe they should protect it themselves or step down for being incompetant.