Minutemen hit D.C.

WorldNetDaily ^ | May 12,2006

[Man50D]

Members of the Minuteman Project will stage a rally at the U.S. Capitol today to celebrate the end of a cross-country caravan meant to protest the flow of illegal aliens across the border.

"This is a Trojan horse – a covert invasion," Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, said of illegal immigration.

The caravan began in Los Angeles May 3, and participants have been holding rallies in several states along the way. The caravan's "official pace car" is a 1970 Mercury Cougar dubbed "The Spirit Of Allegiance."

The final rally is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the park on the Senate side of the Capitol.

Prominent national speakers at the kick-off rally in L.A. included WND columnist Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, the founder and president of BOND – the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and social activist Ted Hayes.

Addressing the rally, Peterson commented, "Illegal immigration is having a devastating effect on the black community. African Americans are being put out of jobs and out of homes."

A rally also occurred May 6 in Crawford, Texas, home to President Bush's ranch.

"We are doing what the original Minutemen would have wanted us to do," Gilchrist told WND. "We are bringing the message to Washington."

According to its website, the Minuteman Project hopes to "bring national awareness to the decades-long careless disregard of effective U.S. immigration law enforcement."

A recent poll indicates concern about illegal immigration is now the No. 2 issue among Americans, next to the war in Iraq.

Gilchrist, who is being talked about as a 2008 presidential candidate, believes that by Election Day in November, "voters will show conclusively that illegal entry by foreigners on U.S. soil and the issue of 'guest worker amnesty' is at least as important to the American people as the war in Iraq."

[Enterprise]

I wouldn't realistically expect the lamestream media to get to the truth of who is giving financial support to the pro-illegals.

[texasbluebell]

Here it is:

Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas: "We have an aging white
America. They are not making babies. They are dying. The explosion is in our
population . . . I love it. They are s___ing in their pants with fear. I
love it."

[Spiff]

This is amazing. Truly historic.

The very day that the Minuteman Project - who has done more than any organization to call attention to the terrible problems on our border - rolls into D.C. with their caravan and rally is the same day that President Bush - who called them vigilantes a year ago - announces a speech on immigration that will (according to Drudge) include a call to put the National Guard on the border.

This is EXACTLY why the Minuteman Project was formed. Observe, report, and call attention to the problem until the Federal Government will do something to secure the border.

I am damned proud to be a Minuteman today. I can't wait to hear what the President has to say on Monday. I hope that he finally got the message and that he means to actually secure the border this time and not just put on a show to placate his base through the November election period.

[Spiff]

Here it is:

See Post #27. The actual quote is there. Your quote is a little bit off from what he really said. Although the version you have is widely reported, it isn't accurate.

[texasbluebell]

It seemed that the police did a piss poor job by allowing the pro-illegals to be so close to the rally. Later it seemed that they were quieter.

That was my perception too. At first, I was thinking that some of the media were using their mikes to magnify the counter-protestors' shouts, maybe not, but I wouldn't be surprised...the shouting was too loud just for that small group of antis.

I did see some bullhorns back there later.

[Enterprise]

Thank you. She had quoted someone else who said something to the effect that they will control our Government either through votes or violence.

Anyway, as I remember her comment, it was not one where she was suggesting a racial fear of the illegals by an aging white population.

[texasbluebell]

Thanks for that, I had copied it from someone else's post some time ago.

Will hang onto yours.

[texasbluebell]

Be sure to read post 44 by Spiff, which has the accurate quote.

[Enterprise]

I saw at least one bullhorn with one of the pro-illegals and I wondered if there were more. In the future, the police should not allow that. But then, it shouldn't have been allowed this time either!

[politeia]

He is talking about the right of self-governance.

Finally, someone gets it! What this issue is really about is very simple: Who gets to decide how we will deal with illegal immigration -- the people or the ruling elites? No other public policy issue demonstrates so clearly and so nakedly what is at stake here. This battle of the people against the politicians and their globalist minded handlers is about whether we still have a republican form of government in which the people are sovereign or whether we have a dictatorship of an oligarchic elite.

The minuteman phenomenon has the makings of a political movement with Gilchrist as its leader. When both major parties conspire against the will of the people, it is time for a major realignment of our political landscape. We desparately need a permanent political party in this country that understands and supports the political theory of republican self-government. Such a political movement will draw support from both parties and perhaps would displace one of the existing major political parties.

In the mid 1800's disagreement over the slavery issue birthed the Republican party and sunk the Whigs. Perhaps this fight over illegal immigrations will cause as profound a political realignment. It will certainly be a test of whether "we the people" care enough about our right to govern ourselves to actually organize and work to support a political movement to restore and defend these rights

[gubamyster]

ping

[EternalVigilance]

Hope this helps.


http://occourant.blogspot.com/


Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Gilchrist clarifies position on Register estate tax remarks

Unfortunately, recent press reports concerning my supposed support for the estate tax lacked any context, and are untrue.

In fact, I support Congressman John Linder’s House Bill 2525, known popularly as ‘the FairTax’.

Passage of the FairTax will make all discussion of the estate tax moot, since it totally ends all current forms of federal taxation, replacing them with one single-rate national retail sales tax.

If our goal is to leave our children and grandchildren a country that is free and prosperous, there are few things we can do on the economic front that will accomplish it as effectively as passing this fundamental reform of the way we collect taxes.

The day when Americans can take home 100% of everything they earn, saving and investing their hard-earned money with no fear of the ravages of the taxman, is one we should all look forward to and work towards. I will do so, in or out of Congress.

Can you imagine a world free of the paperwork nuisance of filing annual tax returns?

My goal is, and always will be, to lessen burdens on the American people and to restore freedom. Nothing will do that like the elimination of the federal income tax.

Those of you who wish to educate themselves about the FairTax, and its provisions to end the IRS once and for all, can find all the information they need at:

http://www.fairtax.org/

Thanks!

Jim Gilchrist, CPA, MBA(taxation)

[texasbluebell]

Well, it was too much noise from that handful, it was fishy to me. Magnified somehow, can't see how they could have been as loud at times as they were. When the MM began speaking, the antis were equally loud at first. I too saw only 1 bullhorn, just assumed there were more.

Hope Kristinn will post later for an on-the-ground report!

[Enterprise]

Initially the "elites" are guiding this misguided policy of open borders. In time, it will be the "illegals" who will guide the policy.

The Minutemen are facing a profoundly disturbing coalition which is aligned against them, consisting of Republicans, Democrats, Businesses, and the MSM. These groups control the military, the monetary resources, and communications. I wonder who will blink first?

[texasbluebell]

bttt!

[Enterprise]

Great job Spiff. Thanks.

[Enterprise]

Thanks for your kind words.

[Eaker]

Ping!

[humblegunner]

Must be along a bus route.

[B4Ranch]

Several years ago, when we found ourselves in the throes of the obscenity known as the second term of the Clinton administration, I found myself obsessing with the atrocities being perpetrated on the sovereignty of our republic and the safety of its citizens … obsessing to the point at which my concern interfered with my own everyday responsibilities and, sometimes, with my ability to obtain a good night’s sleep.

It was then that I stepped back and took stock, realizing just how little power to institute change we individual Americans have these days, as a result of the unprecedented power of the mass media (despite the dent in their omnipotence that the internet has provided), technological progress, laws that have been passed (CFR chief among them) whose major focus is to silence the voice of the individual in the political process, the incredible power of special interest groups, and the general unconstitutional over-reaching power that the state now has in all of our lives and liberties.

It was then that I also recalled, and reflected upon, the words of the serenity prayer:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next

. … and then decided to attempt to re-shift my focus from frustration and anger with those in power who are virtually ‘beyond arm’s length’ from me, and, instead, speak and work, for the most part, within my own circle of family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers … and, where possible, beyond that, through the power of the written word.

As a result, I have spent the past approximately eight years sleeping better and knowing a renewed peace of mind.

Until now.

In some very disturbing ways, the state of our republic is even worse off than it was back in the late nineties. Back then, despite the overt anti-liberty, anti-sovereignty crimes and treasons committed or condoned by so many in power in Washington, there was always a major group of republican/independent leaders and lawmakers who were decrying the duplicity and decay. They were voicing outrage and concern, and seeking the eventual power to administer an antidote to negate the toxic effects of the Clinton administration’s crimes. Whether consciously or not, we conservatives clung to the hope that they would someday … and sooner rather than later … be successful.

In 2000 the clouds appeared to disperse, and the sun shone on our republic once again.

Fast forward six years and we conservatives are once again outraged by the behaviors of our leadership in Washington. Yet this time (at least in name only) that leadership is our own. So to whom, now, do we turn for the hope that springs from knowing that there are large numbers of people of like mind and purpose in our national government who are just as outraged as we?

Our southern border is being left open and vulnerable, and foreigners are streaming into our country as a result … arrogantly demanding rights without responsibilities, staking out illegitimate claims to our homeland, looking at two-plus centuries of success and prosperity, built on the blood and sweat of those who came here with a respect for our laws and a willingness to shed their blood, and work from dawn to dusk … and the invaders are scheming to steal those hard-won successes and rewards, and to bring this republic to her knees in the process.

And our leadership in Washington remains relatively oblivious. Rather than look the evil in the eye, they are consumed with posturing, preening, preparing for the next election, spending what they don’t have, exhorting us to dig deeper into our pockets for the ‘greater good’, and daily authoring and promoting their latest innovative blueprints for cradle-to-grave socialism.

I used to believe that the fact that our leadership in Washington would turn a blind eye to such a monumental threat to our liberty and sovereignty as the malignancy known as illegal immigration was the result of either incompetence or naiveté.

What has me (and I suspect many of you, occasionally or regularly) once again losing sleep over the state of our republic is the hideous realization that incompetence and naiveté no longer provide a rational explanation for our leadership’s inaction … even enabling … of the border travesty.

It appears that the allegiance of much of American leadership at the highest levels rests in something other than the sovereignty of our republic and the safety of her people. Whether that alternative allegiance lies in a belief that the importance of illegals to the (mirage) robust American economy supersedes any threat to our sovereignty that their criminality poses …. or a belief that a world without borders is preferable to one in which each nation’s sovereignty is sacrosanct … is unclear.

But what is becoming abundantly clear is that America’s sovereignty is now under relentless attack from both within and without her borders. Thanks to politicians (both republican and democrat) without character or conscience, obsessively focused on cheap labor and more votes (read: the amassing of personal and ideological power), or openly advocating a globalist world order … and thanks, also, to media that hold in disdain the America that once was, working hand-in-hand with racist pressure groups … our republic sits on the brink of a terrible abyss from which, for the first time in our history, only the American citizen can pull her back.

God bless (and we must support) the Minutemen. These modern American patriots, and the potential influence they may have on the rest of the citizenry, embody the hope of our republic … our leadership having betrayed us by purposefully abdicating that role.

~ joanie ….

2,155 posted on 05/11/2006 2:42:52 AM PDT by joanie-f (If you believe God is your co-pilot, it might be time to switch seats ...)