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Keeping the trust is the first order (Minutemen-Simcox)
Jewish World Review ^
| July 28, 2006
| Wesley Pruden
Posted on 07/28/2006 3:05:06 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
The first thing a Minuteman has to learn is to keep his powder dry. The bigger the powder magazine, the bigger the risk of getting it all wet.
This is the lesson that Chris Simcox, the president of the volunteers on the border, who have almost single-handedly aroused the nation's conscience about the tide of illegal immigration, seems to have missed in basic training.
The "powder" is the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Americans have contributed to the Minutemen, who have been exceedingly helpful to the U.S. Border Patrol. The careful, rigorous reporting of Jerry Seper in The Washington Times reveals that the Minutemen management has not made its records of fundraising and finances public in more than a year, raising the hackles and suspicions of several top Simcox aides. Some of them have resigned, protesting the loose management of the money...."[snip]
"... All the more reason that Chris Simcox and his lieutenants must account for the money and explain what the Declaration Alliance, the grandly named political public-relations firm in Herndon, has done with the money it has collected and disbursed in the name of the Minutemen. The Declaration Alliance is the creation of Alan Keyes, the smooth-talking conservative activist and sometime pol, and is meant to provide mass mailings, public relations and "a fully accredited and independent audit." So far no one in the Minutemen management has said how much has been paid to the Declaration Alliance, and what the Minutemen got for the money...."
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; immigrantlist; immigration; minuteman; minutemen; mmp; pruden; simcox
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To: 1035rep
:-)
To: Texasforever
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh....just look at that!
To: nopardons
Let's see, 1.2 mil in postage and printing and 3k in supplies. That must be the cheapest paper on the planet.
143
posted on
07/28/2006 9:43:38 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
Remember when Klayman started enclosing a dollar bill with every fund raising letter?
I wonder what his form looked like. LOL
To: Amelia
TWO three-month extensions of the filing deadline is the most they can get, eh? I just thought of something. The 990 they have promised is from 2005 in November. That means they will have another year plus extensions to account for the bulk of donations collected to date.
145
posted on
07/28/2006 9:46:55 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: nopardons
Remember when Klayman started enclosing a dollar bill with every fund raising letter? Knowing Klayman the bills were probably counterfeit.
146
posted on
07/28/2006 9:49:53 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
To: Anti-Bubba182
LOL. I don't know. I wish I had that gig. I have looked on the DA site and the only "product" they have is an Internet newsletter. I see nothing about a monthly or weekly print publication that one can subscribe to.
148
posted on
07/28/2006 9:56:16 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Anti-Bubba182; EternalVigilance
Maybe EV can tell us exactly what hard copy "educational material" DA sends out.
149
posted on
07/28/2006 9:57:53 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Anti-Bubba182
Who is the printer?A very rich man?
150
posted on
07/28/2006 9:57:55 PM PDT
by
1035rep
To: Anti-Bubba182
151
posted on
07/28/2006 10:03:25 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
I have looked on the DA site and the only "product" they have is an Internet newsletter.At least Klayman sold watches.
152
posted on
07/28/2006 10:03:49 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: Howlin
And badges, don't forget the badges.
153
posted on
07/28/2006 10:04:27 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
Geez, how many of those sites are there?
And how many of them is Keyes et al. running?
154
posted on
07/28/2006 10:05:32 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: Texasforever
Refresh my memory: when we first started talking about this a few months ago, did we know then that Keyes' group was running the fundraising -- or did that just come out recently?
155
posted on
07/28/2006 10:06:22 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: Howlin
This is getting interesting. That site is not listed on Guidestar nor does it even mention the Minutemen. They show the Minutemen fence but that is it.
156
posted on
07/28/2006 10:07:48 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Howlin
The first time, that I remember, Keyes came into the picture was at the Memorial Day photo op on the border.
157
posted on
07/28/2006 10:09:17 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
Oh, yes. The Cleavon Little picture.
158
posted on
07/28/2006 10:11:47 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: Howlin
Ok Let freedom ring, a 501c4, is the fundraiser for "Weeneedafence.com. LFR has no 990 on file at all.
159
posted on
07/28/2006 10:12:52 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Ken522
"This is preposterous! All of the sudden, the fact that our borders are wide open to anyone with willpower and the legs to walk - is deemed superfluous to how a few thousand dollars was spend by a volunteer organization? What about the federal government's legal obligation to secure the borders and enforce the laws - which is apparently too much for the federal government!The only way those with no ideas can fight back....rather shameful.
160
posted on
07/28/2006 10:15:44 PM PDT
by
TheLion
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