"Simcox is being viciously attacked by the DC open borders lobby and their willing toadies. "
You know, whatever I know about Simcox and his organization comes from threads right here on Free Republic. From those threads, it's clear that the concerns come from people who were part of that organization, so what you say simply does not track.
As for standards, I have one, single, simple standard for organizations that want my money. I insist that they use the bulk of the donated money to do what they say they will do.
I have donated to many non-profits. Some, I have found, distribute the donations according to their stated intentions. I donate again to such organizations.
Others, however, I find, never seem to fund what they say they will fund. I make a practice of using slightly different names and addresses for every donation I make. Many times, I find that the greatest work of an organization is to sell my name again and again. I can tell when that happens, because I can track the various forms of my address.
I made the serious mistake of donating to an organization connected with Alan Keyes. It was his Declaration Foundation, which I understand from Free Republic threads is associated with Simcox.
From that single donation, I have received over 20 requests for additional donations from organizations I have never heard of before. Apparently, the Declaration Foundation has as its principal goal selling my name and address to as many other organizations as possible.
That is fraud, pure and simple. Then, when I started checking on the organization to which I donated, I discovered that it could not account for how its funds had been dispersed. Its required filings were not made on time.
You appear, on Free Republic, to defend Alan Keyes and his various organizations. I am quite sorry, but I must take exception with that.
I have since found other conservative organizations for my donations. They're not large donations, since I am not a rich man. But each of them has disclosed its finances on time and fully.
I will never again donate to any organization which has not made its filings on time. Never.
You ask about Democratic organizations, and I cannot tell you a thing about them. I do not donate to them. I do not follow them. I do know about some conservative organizations. Some are honest, reliable, and faithful to their goals. Others, I am sorry to say, are nothing but money-making schemes for their founders and executives. They will not recieve further donations from me, and I will advise others not to donate to them as well
I have no idea who you are. I do not know any of your associations. You are another name on Free Republic, anonymous and unknown. If you're supporting organizations that do not live up to their promises, then I will assume that you are merely a dupe. You might want to look more closely at those organizations.
Personally, I only give of my money, time, or energy to specific candidates or specific projects I believe in.
As I have stated here more than once, I don't think the resources of the conservative movement are used wisely, overall. IMO, money given to most organizations or to the RNC is largely wasted, if your goal is to defeat the Left and to advance conservative ideals.
The top-down mentality of the DC-based hacks leads to a situation where the needed resources for battling the Left rarely get to where those resources are needed most, down in the trenches. Many of these people pay lip-service to "the grassroots", but they don't really believe in grassroots politics, aka "self-government". In fact, they sneer at it.
Having said that, I think that both Keyes and the Minutemen have done quite a lot for the movement, and for grassroots conservatism.
Sorry you've had a bad experience with fungible mailing lists. I hate that myself. But, you are going too far when you call the sale of mailing lists "fraudulent". It's standard practice...the same people who you are pointing a finger at vis a vis Keyes also work for the RNC, the NRA, NRTL, Heritage, etc., etc., etc. If it was fraud, they'd have all gone to jail decades ago. You might not like that fact. I may not like that fact. But it remains a fact.