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Border Patrol told to stand down in Arizona
THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^
| May 13, 2005
| By Jerry Seper
Posted on 05/13/2005 4:36:25 AM PDT by strategofr
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I've been waiting for Bush's response to the Minutemen. This is it, in my opinion. He will not budge on the border, I believe, unless he gets a strong signal in the 2006 elections.
I hate to see this.
To: strategofr
I met a buddy of mine yesterday who is a conservative but not quite as committed as those of us here. He said: "What's your buddy Bush doing about the immigration problem?" I didn't have a real good answer. Our mini-consensus was--pandering for Hispanic votes. Anyone here have a better reply?
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:42:02 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: strategofr
Border control or IMPEACHMENT
how's this for a signal?
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:45:22 AM PDT
by
1234
(Border control or IMPEACHMENT)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Bush isnt alone in this. Just the other day Kennedy and the head RINO McPain endorsed an amnesty plan. It seems the only thing our two political parties can agree on is giving this country away to the Mexicans. Voting against the Republicans isnt going to stop it and it seems only Vigilantes and Civil unrest by real Americans is the only thing that will.
To: strategofr
When the law fails to protect the citizens, it's time to change the FORM of government.
Vigilanteism now becomes the rule of the land!!
As I sit here cleaning my weapons...................
To: strategofr
as it usually goes, follow the money
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - FBI agents posing as cocaine traffickers in Arizona caught 16 current and former U.S. soldiers and law enforcement personnel who took about $220,000 in bribes to help move the drugs through checkpoints, Justice Department officials said Thursday.
Those charged include a former Immigration and Naturalization Service inspector, a former Army sergeant, a former federal prison guard, current and former members of the Arizona Army National Guard and the state corrections department, and a Nogales police officer, officials said.
"Many individuals charged were sworn personnel having the task of protecting society and securing America's borders. The importance of these tasks cannot be overstated and we cannot tolerate, nor can the American people afford, this type of corruption," FBI agent Jana D. Monroe, who directs the bureau's operations in Arizona, said during a news conference in Tucson.
All 16 have agreed to plead guilty to being part of a bribery and extortion conspiracy, the result of the nearly 3 1/2-year FBI sting, acting assistant attorney general John C. Richter and Monroe said. Officials said more arrests are anticipated.
The single conspiracy count carries a maximum prison term of five years and a fine of $250,000. The 16 defendants have not been arrested and have agreed to cooperate with the ongoing investigation, officials said.
The FBI set up the phony trafficking organization in December 2001, then lured military and police personnel with money to help distribute the cocaine or allow it to pass through checkpoints they were guarding, officials said.
One defendant, John M. Castillo, 30, was on duty as an INS inspector at a border checkpoint in Nogales in April 2002 when he twice allowed a truck he believed was carrying at least 88 pounds of cocaine to enter the country without being inspected, the Justice Department said.
In another instance, also in 2002, several of those charged met an aircraft piloted by undercover FBI agents that was carrying 132 pounds of cocaine at a remote desert airstrip, officials said. In full uniform, they supervised the loading of the cocaine into two military Humvees assigned to the National Guard and another government vehicle, then drove to a resort hotel in Phoenix. There, another undercover agent posing as a trafficker paid them off in cash, the Justice Department said.
The FBI used real cocaine seized in other operations, the officials said. The 16 suspects transported more than 1,230 pounds of cocaine and accepted more than $222,000 in bribes, the officials said. Each escorted at least two shipments of cocaine to Phoenix, Las Vegas and other locations, they said.
The cocaine, with a street value of nearly $18.5 million, never ultimately left FBI possession, officials said.
--- http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050512/D8A1S6UO2.html
...getting into someones campaign/retirement funds?
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:47:44 AM PDT
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
You don't have a good answer because Bush is doing rather little, Hildebeast senses this and is likely to capitalize on it. Original report on this:
here
To: Mathemagician
Bad idea. The border agents will be ordered to start arresting Americans hanging around near the border.The second that happens is the second that the first shots of a civil war are fired.
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:48:20 AM PDT
by
frankiep
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I think so too, but it's completely misguided.
We're like loyal dogs, obsequeously licking the slapping hand.
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:48:57 AM PDT
by
1john2 3and4
(Conservatives rage because the truth isn't told. Liberals rage because it IS.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Anyone here have a better reply?
The truth has set you free. There is NO better response than to call it like it is.
The problem that Bush seems to be unaware of is that he is antagonizing the support of conservative Hispanics who came here legally, NOT with their hand out, but with their "Will work hard to improve America, create a better life for myself and my family, and work to improve the values and education of my children and community" sign.
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:49:14 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: strategofr
Just last night Michael Savage said "Thank God for our FBI"
I agree!
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:56:43 AM PDT
by
mickie
To: 1john2 3and4
When will the administration get the message to do something?
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:58:35 AM PDT
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: strategofr
I've been waiting for Bush's response to the Minutemen.
Bush received good money for selling out his country men and he is not going to cross his sponsors.
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posted on
05/13/2005 4:58:40 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: strategofr
This is disgusting. Bush is either totally out of touch or has no regard for the sovereignty of this country.
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posted on
05/13/2005 5:02:12 AM PDT
by
isrul
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Our mini-consensus was--pandering for Hispanic votes. Anyone here have a better reply?
Politics as usual. The Hispanic population is now the majority minority and the Republicans are determined to put them (as a voting block) in their pocket just as the Democrats have put Blacks (as a voting block) in their pocket.
For successful politicians, The Party comes first, the good of the country is way down the list of priorities.
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posted on
05/13/2005 5:06:03 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: strategofr
I think they are going to give these 10 million illegals amnesty. Why do I believe this?
Connecticut just passed a law giving illegals tuition assistance.
Activist judges clamp down on any community or state trying to control the costs of supporting these people.
Local politicians and police forces refuse to enforce immigration laws.
The Border Patrol management refuses to their jobs and protect our borders.
Businesses are making millions of dollars a year off the backs of illegals.
Hispanic activists want to play the race card every time someone mentions illegal immigration/Mexican in the same sentence.
Politicians from the white house on down, including both parties are afraid to stand up against the Hispanic activists. And not a damn one of them are listening to American citizens (including Hispanics) who want to put an end to illegal immigrant issue.
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posted on
05/13/2005 5:06:26 AM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: frankiep
I agree wholeheartedly with your solution ... when will the rest of the "country" get it? Washington handled a similar situation in San Diego County a couple years ago, by giving orders NOT to arrest illegals within the 25 mile area from the international border. All this is designed to keep "the sheeple" quiet.
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Anyone here have a better reply?Tell them the truth---Bush is a globalist.
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posted on
05/13/2005 5:09:26 AM PDT
by
Pillows
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