Posted on 07/24/2006 10:16:33 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
As supporters of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, we were disheartened to read Jerry Seper's front-page article Thursday about questions and criticisms of President Chris Simcox's management of the organization. According to the article, the volunteer group has not made any financial statements or fundraising records public since April 2005 -- circumstances that have strained relations between Mr. Simcox and several of his top employees, some of whom have resigned in protest.
Mr. Simcox must resolve these problems quickly. Failure to do so would only encourage the organization's critics -- who have made no secret of their desire to see the Minuteman volunteers arrested for vigilantism. But more importantly, according to Mr. Simcox's estimate, Americans have donated $1.6 million to the corps because they believe in their mission to secure the southern border. In return, the least they should expect is transparency and the assurance that their donations went to help the volunteers in the field. But the truth is that no one except Mr. Simcox knows how much money has been donated and what it has been used for.
So far, Mr. Simcox has been unable to come up with a good explanation -- at least one that can be independently verified. And while he insists the money went to help field operations, workers at these locations tell a different story. For instance, Vern Kilburn, who resigned earlier this year as director of operations for the organization's northern Texas sector, told The Washington Times that only two checks for $1,000 came from Minuteman headquarters in October and that other directors across the country "are having similar problems." Some volunteers said that money promised by Mr. Simcox for food and supplies never arrived. "An awful lot of equipment I saw was donated," said Mike Gaddy,...."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Not really. It's the same 10 or so of you guys on FR keeping this alive.
Hmmm...if anyone should know, it would be you, PDR. Your DC connections are almost without parallel.
How about a quiz?
What do the Washington Times, UPI, Grover Norquist, the Free Enterprise Fund PAC, Stephen Moore, the Wall Street Journal and the Bush White House have in common?
Other than being key components in the open borders lobby...
The answer?
YOU.
Free Republic has really hit the big time, drawing such concentrated efforts by a propagandist of your stature.
Hey, have you told your toadies here about your close ties to Keyes 2000?
No?
Maybe you can tell me...now that the "Money is God" wing of the Party has declared war on the base, where will it all end?
Somehow I think your victory, if you gain it, will be a pyhrric one.
Oh you mean like one of Simcox's biggest supporters, The Washington Times editorial board.
He got tired of this site because of you Harriet Miers Republicans trashing him every time he disagreed with the President. You guys do the same thing with Mark Levin. Mark and Sean are some of the best friends conservatives have and the way they are treated on this site is shameful sometimes.
I can really care less about what Sun Myung thinks.
LOL! The Washington Times has been championing Simcox's cause and all of the sudden, when they raise questions, you get indignant and use a textbook DUmmie slur against them.
JMO, jeff your DUmminess is showing.
ooohhhh..... i'm quacking in my boots. go back to mowing lawns.
Somehow I think your victory, if you gain it, will be your first.
If you want to defend the a$$hole go right ahead, but his nonsense almost ruined my family years ago. I stay away from the Times as much as I possibly can and honestly did not know that they were pro-Minutemen in the past.
Do you mean a$$hole Simcox, jeff?
As I said before, the Washington Times has been one of Simcox's biggest supporters, but once obvious questions are raised, your latent DUmminess comes out.
I told you that I stay away from the Times like it's HIV because of past family issues. I really didn't know that the WP was pro-Minutemen.
OF course he had a good reason...Connie Hair was booted from FR and she whined to Hannity about it and he quoted her word for word "All the best people have left FR".
CH, of course, being "all the best people".
"The defense of Simcox is taking on cult like proportions and that is very dangerous to any movement."
It's not defense for Simcox per se, it's preparing for the defense of the Declaration Foundation.
Follow the money.
Uh jeffrey, the Washinton Times is pro-minuteman, not the WP(Washington Post), but you already knew that and now doing your pathetic best to to change the subject.
How about we follow the money...millions...gained by DC open borders lobbyists and their propagandists who are actively pushing the attacks on the Minutemen...in the media they control, and even right here on FR?
How about we talk about the revolving doors between K Street open borders lobbyists, the RNC and this White House?
Uh, dude, I ain't the one being "gay" on this thread(your reply #79 of this thread, being case in point)
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