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Rep. Kolbe (RINO-AZ) Sierra Vista Town Hall Met With Protests Against Amnesty (FReeper Organized)
16 January 2004 | Spiff

Posted on 01/16/2004 9:51:39 AM PST by Spiff

Kolbe/Bush Amnesty Proposals Protested!

Rep. Kolbe, whose amnesty/guest worker legislation was closely mirrored by President George W. Bush's amnesty proposal last week, held a town hall meeting in Sierra Vista last night. Awaiting his arrival were a dozen protestors who disagree with Kolbe and Bush's proposals which would provide amnesty for illegal aliens. Among the protestors' signs were some that read, "No Amnesty! No Rewards!", "Terrorists Love Open Borders", and "Deport Kolbe".

Protestors brought along several bags of trash gathered from a campsite in a wash near 2 of the protestor's homes. The trash was laid out on both sides of the sidewalk leading to the entry of the City Hall where the town hall meeting was held. Items in the trash included clothing, backpacks, spoiled food, cans and wrappers bearing Mexican labels, toiletries, medication, and interestingly a number of black ski masks.

Greeting meeting attendees as the door to City Hall was a full-sized, stuffed Border Patrol agent who was kneeling, slumped over a bench, with a large knife in his back which bore the labels, "Bush Amnesty" and "Kolbe Amnesty".

Upon his arrival, Rep. Kolbe was met with chants and catcalls from the protestors. One protestor used a bullhorn. Chants included, "No Amnesty! No Rewards!", "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Illegal aliens have got to go!", and "No Bush Amnesty! No Kolbe Amnesty! No McCain Amnesty! NO Amnesty!" Kolbe approached the building using an alternate sidewalk in order to avoid acknowledging the trash. When the protestors noticed him and aimed their comments his direction, Kolbe simply forced a chuckle and walked on. Kolbe did not acknowledge the Border Patrol agent with the large "Kolbe Amnesty" knife in his back placed at the entrance of the building.

The town hall meeting was standing room only has over 100 people crowded the room and spilled out into a hallway. The meeting was repeatedly interrupted by loud and angry audience reaction to Kolbe's explanations of his and Bush's amnesty proposals. Two attendees voluntarily ejected themselves from the meeting after they stood up and loudly denounced Kolbe's amnesty plans. After Kolbe explained the supposed economic benefits his guest worker plan would bring to employers in other parts of the country, among other things unrelated to people in his district, Kolbe was loudly interrupted with the comment, " There isn't a person in this room who will benefit from your plan! You represent us, the people in your district - not the rest of the United States, not the economy! You represent us! Act like it!" The audience at the town hall was decidedly hostile to Rep. Kolbe and, particularly, his and the president's amnesty proposals.

After the meeting, Kolbe was met again by angry protestors who loudly denounced his amnesty legislation. He refused to acknowledge their presence as he and his aides walked quickly to their cars.

Protestors later delivered the illegal alien trash to Kolbe's Sierra Vista office, leaving it leaning up against the office door. Along with the trash was a printed list of the names of 174 people from all around the country who claimed responsibility for the last time bags of illegal alien trash was left on Kolbe's doorstep. All trash was bagged in "Cochise County UDA Cleanup" bags provided by the county. UDA stands for "Undocumented Alien" and the bags were purchased by the county after receiving a $4 million grant from the Federal Government to clean up the thousands of illegal alien campsites, lay-up points, drop points, and open latrines which pervade the desert in the county. The county provides bags so that citizens can do the clean up themselves. The county does not allow the citizens to dump the garbage in the county's dumps free of charge and instead charges them to dump there.

Here are some pictures from the protest and the town hall. Some of the pictures are taken from the American Patrol website:

Americans Confront Rep. Kolbe
Sponsor of Amnesty Bill Faces Angry Sierra Vista Crowd


Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) rushes past effigy of Border Patrol agent with knife in his back as he entered Sierra Vista City Council chambers Thursday evening.

More Photos

KOLBE FACES DEMONSTRATORS / HOSTILE CROWD IN SIERRA VISTA
Frustrations Surface at January 15, 2004 Town Hall Meeting

Demonstrators outside Sierra Vista Council Chambers Thursday night, January 15.

Kolbe addresses audience in Sierra Vista Council Chambers. Crowd was hostile toward proposal for amnesty for illegal aliens.
 
Demonstrators dump illegal alien trash on sidewalk leading to Sierra Vista Council Chambers



TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; bordersecurity; cochisecounty; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; invasion; kolbe; kolbesucks; sierravista
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To: tgslTakoma; kristinn; BillF
They did good didn't they?

Any copies of this at the Freeper booth at CPAC?

The Border agent dummy would have made a great visual at CPAC. Maybe we should get one for May 1!
61 posted on 01/17/2004 5:16:15 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine's brother ("Never trust a RAT with anything" - Angelwood)
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To: Jimmy Valentine's brother; Spiff
Any copies of this at the Freeper booth at CPAC?

That's a very good idea, JVb. Spiff, have you contacted the folks who will have the national FR booth (Bob J and Diotima) at CPAC? Since we're just the DC Chapter, we don't want to step on any toes or give the impression that we are taking credit for your fine Arizona work. If national doesn't have room at their booth, let us know, and I'll see if we do.

62 posted on 01/17/2004 5:42:43 AM PST by tgslTakoma (In the USA we don't reward lawbreakers - or do we? No amnesty for illegal aliens.)
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To: Spiff
Good job!

Maybe keeping the pressure on high will get the admin's attention.
65 posted on 01/17/2004 7:56:02 AM PST by stopem
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To: Spiff
Good job
66 posted on 01/17/2004 7:56:19 AM PST by MissAmericanPie
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To: Spiff
hehe. Good work.

Flake should be next.

67 posted on 01/17/2004 8:00:28 AM PST by riri
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To: EagleMamaMT
I don't understand how that loser (Kolbe) keeps getting elected.

Get a Freeper to run against him. How about you? We will help (I know I will).

68 posted on 01/17/2004 9:01:57 AM PST by Travelgirl
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To: Jim Robinson; Spiff; MissAmericanPie; keri; international american; Kay Soze; jpsb; ...
"The problem is spread across the southern border, but the ‘hot spot’ to cross into the country illegally is Cochise County. The number of people crossing nightly has been estimated at more than a 1,000. Take this number times the estimated 8 pounds of trash each illegal alien leaves behind, and this will give you an idea of the scope of the situation we face."

Arizona's Cochise County's ravaged terrain should be plastered on the front pages of every newspaper in the country.

It isn't. And it won't be. The Feds suppress this information and find ways to silence American citizens who manage to briefly bring it to any kind of wide reaching publicity.

Awareness and truth being told by our elected officials is just not happening. Many thanks go out to you and the FReepers who are fed up enough to go out and make Americans aware to the point of absolute shock and awe.

Bush has inadvertently brought premature and unwanted awareness of the invasion to the forefront with his immigration reform gesture and by outright denial and refusal to counter it by means of neglect and denial.

Cochise County is blaringly outspoken evidence of it. So is our entire border with Mexico (which is no longer property of the United States as those photos so accurately portray).

President George Bush - stand before the people of this nation and tell us Cochise County is the sovereign territory of the United States of America and is not under foreign invasion.

President George Bush - stand before the people of this nation and tell us you are using all means within your power to ensure Cochise County is free from illegal migrant invasion.

President George Bush - stand before the people of this nation and tell us the national, social, political, and economic interests of this nation come before any other nation, including Canada and Mexico. And including special interest groups who under the table continue to sponsor illegal immigration by hiring illegal migrants.

President George Bush - stand before the people of this nation and tell us we mean more to you than the migrant invasion coming across our borders.

President George Bush - stand before the people of this nation and tell us the truth.

Nothing but the truth. The truth is, you haven't done this. And it remains to be seen that you intend to.

Was Nakita Kruchev prophetic? Have we have been defeated without even a single shot being fired?

Has an army of migrants been able to achieve what the mightiest of armies were unable to do?

Has the corrupt and greedy aristocracy won?

While America slept, democracy was hijacked by an elite aristocracy. Unless drastic measures are vigorously and immediately taken, their mission to ultimately relegate the middle class of America to a footnote in history will succeed.

Bye bye Miss American Pie.

Glance over the definition of the word - you will recognize the characters it applies to in both political parties of the United States - Democrats and Republicans.

One entry found for aristocracy.

Main Entry: ar·is·toc·ra·cy
Pronunciation: "ar-&-'stä-kr&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cies
Etymology: Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French aristocratie, from Late Latin aristocratia, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos best + -kratia -cracy
Date: 1561
1 : government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
2 a : a government in which power is vested in a minority consisting of those believed to be best qualified b : a state with such a government
3 : a governing body or upper class usually made up of an hereditary nobility
4 : the aggregate of those believed to be superior
70 posted on 01/17/2004 9:44:29 AM PST by Happy2BMe (Liberty does not tolerate lawlessness and a borderless nation will not prevail.)
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To: Spiff
Excellent all around, including of course the mannequin border agent. But my favorite has to be "DEPORT KOLBE."

LOL

71 posted on 01/17/2004 9:56:01 AM PST by Petronski (I'm *NOT* always *CRANKY.*)
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To: Petronski
Excellent all around, including of course the mannequin border agent. But my favorite has to be "DEPORT KOLBE."

Thanks. I came up with that one on the spot. You see, someone was supposed to paint the signs for us before the protest. She showed up about an hour prior and had painted nothing. Luckily, I had purchased extra poster board and extra HUGE magic markers, just in case. In a matter of minutes I had a stack of various signs to hand out. Disaster averted.

Also, a $30 bullhorn from Radio Shack is priceless when doing a protest like this.

72 posted on 01/17/2004 10:47:50 AM PST by Spiff (Have you committed a random act of thoughtcrime today?)
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To: Spiff
documentary competition
73 posted on 01/17/2004 6:55:55 PM PST by fatso
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To: Happy2BMe
YOU GO GIRL!!!
74 posted on 01/17/2004 10:32:27 PM PST by JustPiper (Register Independent and Write-In Tancredo for March !!!!)
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To: Spiff
If you said THREE, you are on the right track.

Oo Oo What do I win?

75 posted on 01/17/2004 10:57:05 PM PST by JustPiper (Register Independent and Write-In Tancredo for March !!!!)
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To: Spiff
Way to go folks. We need to keep the pressure on all these clowns.

I've already called to offices of my two US Senators. Didn't actually speake to either one (naturally). Wa told by staff that one did not like what he had heard from GWB the other day. The other office informed me that "the Senator has not had time to evaluate the President's plan" or some other such BS.

I plan to call often and send as many faxes, e-mails and letters as possible.
76 posted on 01/18/2004 6:55:32 AM PST by WayneM (Cut the KRAP (Karl Rove Amnesty Plan). Call your elected officials and say "NO!!")
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To: WayneM
"The President's plan" or some other such BS."

The SLOW - ROLLING OF AMERICA BUMP!

77 posted on 01/24/2004 6:32:58 PM PST by Happy2BMe (U.S. borders - Controlled by CORRUPT Politicians and Slave-Labor Employers)
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To: Spiff
I hear an interview with Andrew Card (WH Chief of Staff) on the radio tonight (Lars Larson, I believe). He was repeating the same BS we've been hearing all along. He actually repeated the lie that illegal immigrants were "doing the jobs Americans won't do".

As a side note do a Google search on the term "jobs Americans won't do" - use the quotes so you hit on the exact phrase.

This is how the administration needs to be corrected on this issue. Essentially the immigrants are being pitted by employers against our own citizens who were living on the edge of poverty. Our own citizens will always lose this battle because of many factors, including their unwillingness to live 2 or 3 families, or 8-12 singles, to a house.

The employers will always say they can't find someone to work - the truth is they cannot find Americans to work for what they are offering. . The illegals are being used to distort the labor market in favor of the employer, and we the taxpayer are subsidizing the labor.

I think the administration is very vulnerable to these charges - vulnerable because they are absolutely true.

I believe GWB is a good president and a good man. I also believe he needs to be reconnected with his base voters and that he needs to listen to his voters - not just his advisers and largest contributors. We can turn this around if we are loud enough and persistent enough.
78 posted on 01/24/2004 7:54:38 PM PST by WayneM (Cut the KRAP (Karl Rove Amnesty Plan). Call your elected officials and say "NO!!")
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