Warm Welcome in Texas for Minutemen

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[Happy2BMe]

(GOLIAD, TEXAS) -- There was no shortage of volunteers last night as the controversial Minuteman civilian border patrol organization gathered in this historic south Texas town to organize anti illegal immigrant activities in Texas.

Many volunteers said illegal immigration needs to be stopped, and since the federal government is unable or unwilling to do it, then its up to civilians to step in and get it done.

"Our children can't get out into our yards," rancher and Texas Minuteman leader Bill Parmley told the group. "We're afraid. Something has to be done."

The location of the meeting in Goliad was significant. The city was the home of many of the volunteers who died fighting the Mexican army at the Alamo in 1836. The unit which delivered a cannon the Alamo along with a flag that carried the defiant message 'come and take it.'

Many volunteers complained that their lives have been 'turned upside down' by the surge in illegal immigration. They told of having illegals kicking down doors, damaging their property, and stealing livestock.

And there was a lot of frustration with what the volunteers perceived to be the federal government's inaction on the problem.

"We have met with our senators, we have sent letters to President Bush, we have gone all the way to Washington, and still no response," Parmley told 1200 WOAI's Charity McCurdy. "All we're doing is what President bush asked us to do after 9-11, to be observant citizens and look for suspicious activity and call it in. That's all we're doing."

But several civil rights leaders at the rally said the Minutemen go a lot further than that. Che Lopez compared the volunteers at last night's rally to the Ku Klux Klan.

"Just basically racially profiling people. Pulling them out of their cars. Intimidating them."

Minutemen organizer Chris Simcox said he plans to have four chapters of the group patrolling the Texas-Mexico border in October. A Minuteman action in Arizona in April had mixed results.

"We are here at the invitation of Texans," Simcox said. "Over 7,000 requests from citizens of Texans who are fed up with President Bush, and are growing weary of the situation we have on our borders."

But not all Texans are excited about the presence of the Minutemen in Texas, and one of them is Senator John Cornyn, who this weekend introduced a measure calling for comprehensive changes in border security, and the hiring of 10,000 additional sworn officers of the U.S. Border Patrol.

"I don't think that it is in the best interests of the country to have untrained people, who not withstanding their best of intentions, might find themselves involved in violent and unexpected situations along our border," Cornyn said, adding that he understands the 'frustrations' of the Minutemen and their supporters.

"I recognize that citizens think it has fallen to them in the absence of the federal government living up to its responsibilities to provide that security along our border."

But last night in Golaid, volunteers weren't interested in Senate resolutions or debates on international migration. They are increasingly frustrated with that they see as a growing threat to their lives and the security of the United States, and they want action.

"I don't think that the federal government has the ability to take care of it," one volunteer said. "I think they need help, and I'm ready to help."

[TheGrimReaper]

One of the good side-effects of this is that Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Mars) is having a freakin' canniption fit over it!

[marty60]

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF AN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT SPREADING FROM TMEXICO INTO THE US AND GIVEN A WINK AND A NOD BY THE EMPLOYERS THAT SUPPORT IT.

I posted this to another thread but should be here also:

"The term anarchy comes from the Greek, and essentially means 'no ruler.' Anarchists are people who reject all forms of government or coercive authority, all forms of hierarchy and domination. They are therefore opposed to what the Mexican anarchist Flores Magon called the 'sombre trinity' -- state, capital and the church. Anarchists are thus opposed to both capitalism and to the state, as well as to all forms of religious authority. But anarchists also seek to establish or bring about by varying means, a condition of anarchy, that is, a decentralised society without coercive institutions, a society organised through a federation of voluntary associations." ["Anthropology and Anarchism," pp. 35-41, Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed, no. 45, p. 38]

[Melas]

You might be suprised how many citizens of Texas show up to oppose the Minutemen.

[Melas]

Don't even think for a minute that all Texans, or even a majority see things your way.

[F16Fighter]

Che Lopez compared the volunteers at last night's rally [of the Minutemen] to the Ku Klux Klan.

I guess calling them "Nazis" has become too trite.

[conshack]

Thanks for the info. It's good to know that there was no tollerance or "showboating" allowed. It really lends credence to what they are trying to do. Hope it doesn't change.

[derheimwill]

Relax, all they want is [a] piece [of Czechoslovakia]. (/sarc)

[potlatch]

I pinged you first BUMP, LOL!!

[janetgreen]

Don't even think for a minute that all Texans, or even a majority see things your way.

I'm speaking as a Californian, and Californians can't wait until the Minuteman project begins here.

[philman_36]

But not all Texans are excited about the presence of the Minutemen in Texas, and one of them is Senator John Cornyn, who this weekend introduced a measure calling for comprehensive changes in border security, and the hiring of 10,000 additional sworn officers of the U.S. Border Patrol.
And just how many illegals are going to cross the border while these "comprehensive changes" and 10,000 new agents get trained and certified Mr. John?
Sometimes you're denser than a rock! The instructions to pour that urine out of your boots is on the heel of your boots.

[Happy2BMe]

"What a hideous way to live. It's no different than the inner cities, is it? Parents afraid to send their kids out to play...."

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Sad to say - but these conditions have deteriorated to these levels at the most rapid pace under the present regime.

There's a fly in the ointment - A BIG ONE.

(Thanks for the Texas pings all.)

[devolve]

SHEILA JACKSON LEE CULT BUMP

[ForGod'sSake]

Hiyer Meek. We should maybe roll out the welcome wagon???

FGS

[lentulusgracchus]

So what's the deal? We sending SJ-L (my Uncongressperson, charged with the sacred duty of voting opposite to my every interest in the House), Queen of the Nile hairdo and all, to Mars?

I'm in for a ticket upgrade. Or maybe some Gloria Steinem audiotapes.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yeah!

:)

[MeekOneGOP]

One of the good side-effects of this is that Sheila Jackson-Lee
(D-Mars) is having a freakin' canniption fit over it!

Well, well, well! Music to my ears. :)

[devolve]

Sheila Jackson Lee got up in Congress and talked about when she watched our astronauts on TV plant the American flag on Mars -

I made up that animated .gif last year of an astronaut holding the American flag on Mars just for SJL -

Just to hard to pass up -

I have a handy flying saucer .gif to go with it if Louis Farrakan starts blabbing his garbage again -

Now what can I come up with for "Mr. Chairman" Conyers?

[lentulusgracchus]

Now what can I come up with for "Mr. Chairman" Conyers?

Gotta photo of the robot Klaatu from The Day the Earth Stood Still?

Or was that Gort?

[citizen]

To be fair, he made that comment before the Minuteman operation began,

To be fair, that little fact makes Bush's slur against his countrymen all the more offensive.

He uttered it a full 10 days before the Minutemen began actual patrols and in the presence of two heads of state at a press event garnering worldwide attention.

Shameful.

[citizen]

Gort.

From the screenplay:

KLAATU
(with great urgency)

If anything should happen to me, you must go to Gort. You must give him this message: "Klaatu barada nikto." Please repeat that.

HELEN
(shocked and bewildered,
she repeats nervously)

"Klaatu barada nikto."

KLAATU
(gravely)
Remember those words.

Helen nods, repeating the words soundlessly.