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...."
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
$128k for camping out is a pretty good deal.
You are making even less sense than usual. Are you high?
The states dont pay for it. The Fed gov does. All records on individuals are kept in the DoD repository in St Louis.
If the states were funding the Guard, there would be an oath of allegiance to the state.
The oath taken by the NG folks is the same as the Active Duty; they are under the UCMJ in addition to local law jurisdiction while on drills.
Oh baloney. You were never in the NG or you wouldn't be posting this crap. Yes, when the feds nationalize the NG for out of state missions they reimburse the states for the extra costs. That is what delayed the California mobilization. The Arnie didn't like the money offered to cover the cost.
You are pretty slow for a friday tex.
The NG is under OPCON by the states. They are under TACON by the feds.
The feds/president ask to use the NG, a formality, to deploy to Iraq, an exercise, the border etc.
TACON (tactical control of an operational commander) takes over and they belong to the theater commander, not the state, not funded by the state.
The State does fund the NG if its a deployment above the one weekend a month 2 weeks a year deployment; Fires, Hurricanes, Emergencies in the state. Not on DoD funded missions.
What crack are you smoking Tex? You think Texas taxes pay for all the bases in Killeen, and San Antonio, San Angelo, Lubbock, Dallas and Corpus Cristi?
Why do Texans have all those arguments about funding schools then? They could close a few bases if they fund them all.
You are missing a few meds, im afraid.
When was that? Your personal pages states that you REGULAR military and left same in '03.
How much of the $128,000 funded per deployed soldier is going to the soldier and how much is going to overhead?
What's the percentage, Tex?
Are the NG soldiers bivouacing or are they staying in hotels and commuting to work?
Tell me mr expert.
You either lied on this thread, or lied on your personal page.
Asked how she'll approach the immigration issue while campaigning, Napolitano said she'll continue to call for border enforcement, employer sanctions _ "we've had no interior enforcement to speak of" _ and a guest worker program as part of comprehensive federal action.
Napolitano has said she'd expand the National Guard's existing role on the border if the GOP-led Legislature provides funding, and she said she vetoed the trespassing bill because it was unconstitutional and an unfunded mandate on local law enforcement.
NYARNG. You Know Green Uniforms, Guns, Jeeps, Light Infantry.
C/C 1/174 Infantry. Look it up. We had SF Observers for summer camp.
He's not lied and you're jumping to conclusions.
You have defeated your own agument and shown your idiocy.
Napolitano would not fund the guard mission and vetoed the funding and authorization bill the Repubs put before her.
Why dont you get your story straight about the Nationa Guard.
Take your meds.
Both.
Why did she need funding if the feds paid for her state guard? Man you are dense.
I guess you can't read my profile.
I was in the AOR 2 Weeks after 9/11.
Read post #63.
You have one claim on your personal page and another on this thread.
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