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Thunder on the Border-- (Minuteman Project)
various FR links & stories | 04-08-05 | the heavy equipment guy

Posted on 04/08/2005 1:57:23 PM PDT by backhoe

 Firsthand reports from days 5 and 6 of Minuteman Project -- The Minuteman Project takes this to a whole new level. There will be no denying that the border traffic can be stopped if there is someone there with the will to actually stop it.
 
 After incident, man asked to leave Minuteman Project -- Thanks for the info the MSM won't report...
 
 The Minutemen Will Make A Fool Of President Bush -- The Minuteman project is proving that the "Border Patrol" has not been doing their job - a job that has been rather limited by the "powers that be".
 
 Minuteman Project Under Fire from Phoenix News Station Who Went Undercover
 
 Spotters on the border
 
 Minutemen Are Heroes (Citizens Can Make A Real Difference Alert)
 
 Minuteman Volunteers May Have Played Prank
 
 Douglas Mayor says Minutemen disorganized, insensitive
 
 Officials: Man not held against his will
 
 Migrant traffic apparently shifting to avoid border volunteers
 
 Cochise officials investigating 2 Minutemen
 
 Border volunteers probed over allegations
 
 Lawn-Chair Militias (Minuteman Project)
 
 Border vigil rescues emaciated alien (Minutemen rescue illegal immigrant)
 
 Border watchers have eyes on Texas (Minutemen may bring their armed patrol to the Lone Star State)
 
 OUR OPINION: We'd better start paying attention (Minuteman Project)
 
 Last stand against Mexican wave
 
 Minuteman Project:
 
 Border Patrol Complains That Volunteers Are Tripping Sensors Used to Detect Illegal Crossers(DRUDGE)
 
 Citizens take posts on the border; 118 illegals caught, officials say
 
 Showdown at border?
 
 Rancher in border case backs Minutemen
 
 Firsthand Report of Today's Minuteman Project Activities
 
 Firsthand Report of the Second Day of Minuteman Project Activities
 
 Firsthand limited report of some activities on the third day of the Minuteman Project
 
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A Reckoning In Crawford Texas - (illegal immigration protest on Sat. May 6th, 2006)--The President is the one personally responsible for the actions resulting from his own behavior and decisions. He screwed up his immigration policy when he favored the wishes of the cheap-labor faction after the 9-11 attack.
The Islamic fanatics couldn't help but see the easy avenue into our country and had a ready network of established mosques here to hide and move them. They're here - don't lie to yourselves

Divide is too deep for immigration reform

1,101 posted on 03/13/2006 4:01:04 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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[S. Texas]Comment: Minutemen fill void left by law enforcement--The people - and I'm talking about people with some community influence - are waking up to the way the border communities are being treated.
 
Free Inside Every 'Guest Worker' Plan: A Ticking Social Security Time Bomb.
 
Disorder On The Border
 
Can't Afford to Buy a House in San Diego? Become an Illegal Alien.
 
(Drivers) License checks fueling debate (illegal aliens protest)--She added that undocumented immigrants denied valid driver’s licenses will likely resort to using fake IDs, making life harder on police.  This makes sense... We should eliminate ALL official documents and just let everyone make their own licenses, passports, birth certificates, etc. using Print Shop Deluxe...
 

1,102 posted on 03/13/2006 4:56:49 PM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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Getting Control of Our Borders
 

1,103 posted on 03/14/2006 11:05:53 AM PST by backhoe
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DEATH BLOW TO GUEST WORKER AMNESTY:GAO REPORT EXPOSES MASSIVE MISMANAGEMENT AND CORRUPTION
 

1,104 posted on 03/15/2006 4:55:42 PM PST by backhoe (Has that Clinton "legacy" made you feel safer... yet?)
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CA: Border dialogue turns into forum on illegals, fence - San Diego Dialogue Forum Fronterizo
 
S.I. TODDLER KILLED IN SUV SMASHUP (crash driver had forged license)
 

It's Not Xenophobia, It's Xenonausea--It is not Xenophobia. It is Xenonausea. People are sick of having the whole world shoved down their throats at once and being told it tastes like ice cream. They are sick of every street corner and parking lot being filled with criminal aliens waiting to work off the books and outside the laws that are applied so enthusiastically to actual Americans. They are sick of pressing “1” for English. They are sick of being at war with foreign terrorists and simultaneously being economically and demographically bound more tightly to the nations producing these terrorists. They are sick of being told that the world is global or flat or smaller or at their doorstep or all coming for dinner on Tuesday


1,105 posted on 03/16/2006 12:28:32 PM PST by backhoe
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http://www.parapundit.com/
 Against Immmigrant Driven Population Growth

Nicholas von Hoffman argues against immigrant driven population growth.   Comments ( 21 )


1,106 posted on 03/18/2006 6:37:32 AM PST by backhoe
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Securing America’s Borders
 
Immigration Protesters Hurt Their Own Cause
 

1,107 posted on 03/19/2006 4:55:09 PM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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Chertoff Wants 'Virtual Fence' Along Mexican Border
 

1,108 posted on 03/21/2006 5:14:17 AM PST by backhoe (The 1990's? The Decade of Fraud(s)...)
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Mexican War, Part II--call it Reconquista.
 
Video from Reconquista California (video and pictures)
http://www.wehategringos.com/index2.shtml

1,109 posted on 03/22/2006 2:57:49 AM PST by backhoe (The 1990's? The Decade of Fraud(s)...)
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"Gran Marcha 2006" (Illegal Alien March in Los Angeles This Saturday)
1,110 posted on 03/23/2006 1:56:48 PM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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Ga. Close to Passing Immigration Changes

Hispanics Plan Boycott (Georgia Lawmakers Pass Illegal Immigration Law) --I have many Hispanic friends from Latin America, have traveled extensively in many Spanish speaking countries, and love the Spanish language and the diverse cultures throughout Spain, South and Central America. It has me fumed therefore when people are labeled as racist that want to stop illegal immigration. I would love to have more Hispanics in this country, as long as they are here legally.

1,111 posted on 03/24/2006 4:16:18 AM PST by backhoe
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Number of Illegal Immigrants Hits 12M--It's more than 20 million.  Two years ago the figure was 20 million, now we're supposed to believe it's only half that, They haven't told the truth about any of this from day one because Americans would yell bloody murder and kick the scoundrels out of office. It's illegal beyond belief, foisting a profound change upon the US.  I've seen figures that there might be 10 million just in Calif. and another 10 million in Texas alone.
 
Guest help "welcome"
 
Sheriff Displays Photos, Says Mexican Official Captured In US

1,112 posted on 03/24/2006 2:09:53 PM PST by backhoe
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Thousands in Phoenix at immigration rally
 
Georgia illegal alien protest organized by former Mexican consul
 
Alert tells of Mexican border hit men
 
Drug-Resistant Cases Of TB in U.S. Increase-- just carryin' the diseases we can't get Americans to carry.
 
ACTING LIKE DEMOCRATS--To call this a loser of a bill is an understatement. For starters, anything Ted Kennedy proposes or supports cannot be good for Americans (remember Teddy was the main sponsor of an immigration reform bill back in 1965 that has helped to cause many of our immigration problems today).

1,113 posted on 03/25/2006 4:11:29 AM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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Dangerous Holes in Border Security (Is a War Going on in Texas?)
 
Some never adopt English as second language--Multiply her by 20 million.
 
Language bill latest to target entrants [Arizona]
 
Thousands march on Kyl offices --The illegal aliens and the criminals who hire them and the criminals who harbor them are getting out in the street making their desires known. It is way past time those of us who support the rule of law and secure borders did the same.

1,114 posted on 03/25/2006 1:10:59 PM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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CA: More Than 500,000 Rally in L.A. for Immigrants' Rights--It doesn't matter. What our senators must remember is most of those 500,000 do not vote (legally that is) So if our Senators want to keep their jobs they better worry about the silent majority that is fed up with illegal immigration.
Yesterday’s Protester Remarks Illustrate A Misguided Nation
 
BUSH'S OPEN-BORDERS PLATITUDES
 
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/

Illegal Aliens: R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

IllegalaliensSherriffs from 24 counties on Mexican border unite as border force hat tip tOm p, GM

http://www.instapundit.com/

I'VE GENERALLY FAVORED OPEN IMMIGRATION, but I find myself feeling less and less that way in the face of mass rallies by illegal immigrants like this one.

Illegal immigrants as individuals just trying to make a better life are sympathetic. Illegal immigrants as a mass movement making demands on the polity are considerably less so.

I'm not the only one to get this impression, as Mickey Kaus's report on the rallies in Los Angeles indicates. I think that these marches just made passage of strict immigration laws much more likely.

Bush shifts emphasis to safe borders--The illegal aliens and the criminals who hire them and the criminals who harbor them are getting out in the street making their desires known. It is way past time those of us who support the rule of law and secure borders did the same.

The Immigration Debate: GOP COMMITS SUICIDE!

 
 


1,115 posted on 03/26/2006 4:25:16 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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Free Los Angeles, Go Fix Mexico
 
James Sensenbrenner Not Deterred by Immigration Protests
 
My letters to my Senators and the President regarding immigration legislation
 

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/

Marching For Lawbreaking

I grew up in the Los Angeles area, and while I enjoyed the area for its diversity and its many fine choices for living, working, and entertainment, it has always had an aura on unreality. Angelenos literally demonstrated this yesterday by rallying a half-million people in favor of unsecured national borders in a time of war: --I have some sympathy for the idea of guest-worker plans, but those only work once the borders have been secured. In truth, the marchers in LA don't believe in borders at all; the leaders of the "immigrant" community still believe that the southern border is illegitimate and that the Southwest was stolen from Mexico, and that they have an entitlement to cross them at will. That's what lies behind the march yesterday and the activism in Southern California that fights every effort to enforce border control. I have no sympathy for people who refuse to respect our borders and our laws, regardless if they march in the hundreds of thousands or not.   Comments (17)  ...here, read this petition and do something instead of yapping…http://www.weneedafence.com/

Katrina Vanden Heuvel: Tancredo a 'White Supremacist'--The Left loves illegal aliens because they want the country to disappear beneath the flotsam of history. If they can't get their power back, for the types like Katrina vanden Heuvel, its the best thing.

The Illegal Immigration Reform Scam

Immigration protest erupts in fisticuffs (Emboldened goons attack Minuteman Rick Basaida

http://michellemalkin.com/

MINUTEMEN ATTACKED

In Indiana.

Freedom Folks has the scoop on open-borders zealots who attacked pro-immigration enforcement activists this weekend outside a bank that offers home loans to illegal immigrants.

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Rick Biesada, head of The Chicago Minuteman Project, under attack by open-borders thugs.
Source:
NWTimes.com 

Biesada taken to an ambulance by police. Source: Freedom Folks

See also FF's update dissecting the local media spin on the story. An excerpt:

"What would Jesus do about immigration tact."

The good news is that their take on immigration is backfiring. I've read several polls indicating that a majority of Democrats are in favor of the house bill criminalizing illegal aliens. Their leadership is a mile behind the rank and file on this issue.

I think the demonstrations this weekend got under a lot of peoples' skin and produced the exact opposite effect of what they were going for.

18 posted on 03/27/2006 1:22:32 AM EST by capt. norm
 

I'm also suspicious of this circumstantial evidence of post 9/11 potential terrorist infiltration reported here:

http://www.opinionjo...

Are they carrying biological agents? We have no idea. They could be the worst terrorists and thugs. If that sounds alarmist, consider that some ranchers have found Muslim prayer rugs and Arabic dictionaries on their property. And the feds confirm that the ultraviolent Mara Salvatrucha street gang is using Arizona as a gateway into this country


Worldnetdaily reported this:

http://www.wnd.com/n...

As London recovers from the latest deadly al-Qaida attack that killed at least 50, top U.S. government officials are contemplating what they consider to be an inevitable and much bigger assault on America – one likely to kill millions, destroy the economy and fundamentally alter the course of history, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

According to captured al-Qaida leaders and documents, the plan is called the "American Hiroshima" and involves the multiple detonation of nuclear weapons already smuggled into the U.S. over the Mexican border with the help of the MS-13 street gang and other organized crime groups.

And what do we make of all this? I happen to know where we are headed, but for the sake of those troubled by what I might say concerning events I believe will occur soon, I will resist and just post some unverifed circumstantial evidence that protends to what I may know.

Is it coincidental that Arizona is the state reporting some factors that agree with others?


1,116 posted on 03/27/2006 3:27:14 AM PST by backhoe
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Tancredo on Illegal Aliens: They Are 'A Scourge That Threatens The Very Future of Our Nation'

Michelle Malkin: WELCOME TO RECONQUISTA!

These sentiments, as I've noted before, are not limited to ethnic fringe groups--but also mainstream Democrat politicians and campus chapters of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or MEChA.

Most of the members of the open-borders media won't dare breathe a word about this militant phenomenon, lest they be accused of...racism. Oh, the irony.

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http://www.instapundit.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11868622/#060327

An immigration brouhaha

Poison for both parties?

It looks like illegal immigration is shaping up to be the issue of the week, in the wake of mass rallies opposing new immigration legislation in Los Angeles, Chicago, and elsewhere.

Mickey Kaus has been paying a lot of attention to this subject and thinks it will be bad for Democrats.  I think it may well be bad for everyone.

At least 14,000 LA students walk out in immigration law protest

Minutemen alerted lawmakers to border issues

Students Still Protesting Immigration Crackdown

Polls: Illegals a Serious Problem in U.S.

Condemnation of border rapes pushed

Is Europe's Dhimmification and Reconquista in America the same?

http://corner.nation...

http://michellemalki...


1,117 posted on 03/27/2006 3:03:54 PM PST by backhoe
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BUSH'S SHADOW BOXING

Insipid open-borders platitude of the day (via WaPo):

"Nobody benefits when the illegal immigrants live in the shadows of society," [President] Bush said after the ceremony at the Daughters of the American Revolution Building.

Living in the shadows??? Message to White House:

Open.

Your.

Eyes.

20,000 out of the shadows in Phoenix.

50,000 out of the shadows in Denver. (hat tip: Slapstick Politics)

75,000 out of the shadows in Chicago.

Between 500,000 to 2 Million out of the shadows in L.A.

Could someone please rewrite the president's talking points to reflect reality?


Mark Krikorian sees something I've been noting myself lately--an analogy between the reconquista movement in the U.S. and Europe's dhimmification.
Another similarity between the reconquistas and the jihadists: hatred of Jews--and people married to Jews.
 

1,118 posted on 03/27/2006 4:23:56 PM PST by backhoe
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Ruh-Rho!
Mexico cheers passage of immigration bill in Senate committee
 
ORDER AT THE BORDER (shock as hyphenates wave Mexican flags, chant "Mexico, Mexico")
 
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/
Michelle Malkin has been providing excellent coverage of the immigration debacle, including the news that Los Angeles schools apparently took it upon themselves to send students off to bolster the pro-illegal-immigration rallies. Start with the link and keep going.
 
http://www.michellemalkin.com/
BUSH'S SHADOW BOXING

Insipid open-borders platitude of the day (via WaPo):

"Nobody benefits when the illegal immigrants live in the shadows of society," [President] Bush said after the ceremony at the Daughters of the American Revolution Building.

Living in the shadows??? Message to White House:

Open.

Your.

Eyes.

20,000 out of the shadows in Phoenix.

50,000 out of the shadows in Denver. (hat tip: Slapstick Politics)

75,000 out of the shadows in Chicago.

Between 500,000 to 2 Million out of the shadows in L.A.

Could someone please rewrite the president's talking points to reflect reality?


Mark Krikorian sees something I've been noting myself lately--an analogy between the reconquista movement in the U.S. and Europe's dhimmification.
Another similarity between the reconquistas and the jihadists: hatred of Jews--and people married to Jews.

Minutemen_4

 
 

 

 

http://www.blackfive.net/main/

The mythical power of protest marches

When was the last time the right got all up in arms and flooded the streets with chanting protesters? I mean beside the 4th of July, seriously, why is this such a staple of the left? --Continue reading "The mythical power of protest marches"

"We are running a welfare country for the citizens of Mexico, Central, and South America while the elected governments in those countries continue their corrupt and anti-American ways."
Continue reading "Immigration & Turbulence" "What country do I live in? Yes, this is out of control and I'm ranting a little. But, just how many people can we continue to allow into our country? Do we want a Billion like India?"
 
 
Concern high over immigration--We are not a country of street mobs. Unlike third world Latin countries, Americans debate issues and vote for those supporting their views.

1,119 posted on 03/28/2006 5:16:37 AM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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Schwarzenegger: Amnesty is 'Anarchy'
 
MASTER THREAD: FReeper Activism -- reports of turning in employers of illegal aliens
 
Democrats Will Use Immigration to Divide and Conquer
 
FREE RIDES FOR STUDENT PROTESTERS [Welcome to reconquista]
 
So Cal Walkout Pics (Dubya's Future GOP)

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Ten Worst Border-Security Congressmen
 

Liberal Ingrid Converted By Rush (Yes, THAT Liberal Ingrid!)--RUSH: We've gone at it tooth and nail. I mean, it's been fun; I've enjoyed it. I've always looked forward to your call, but I'm a little disappointed because it says up there that you agree with me. She's a big lib, proud to be so, is not offended when I call her that like some libs are. Well, they say, "No! I'm a progressive," or, "I'm a moderate," but you say you agree with me on this issue. I assume you mean immigration?

CALLER: Well, actually what upsets me about this whole thing, the illegals going out in the street to protest against US laws, and then at the same time they're flying their own country's flag. You know, it's like waving the red flag in front of a bull. It's just infuriates me -- and then we're catering to their language, ESL?

My Wife Confronts Illegal Alien Teenagers Waving Mexican Flags


1,120 posted on 03/28/2006 4:38:04 PM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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