Minutemen building Ariz. border fence (broke ground today)

Yahoo by Associated Press ^ | 05/27/2006 | ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN

[faq]

Here is a link to the Minuteman web site http://www.minutemanhq.com/hq/

[cardinal4]

Quetzal Doty of Sun Lakes, Ariz., a retired U.S. diplomatic consular officer, brought his wife, Sandy, to the event.

Hows that for irony? The Quetzal was an Aztec god, in the form of a bird..

[Ostlandr]

Good to hear. American individualism and independence still lives.

How long before Mexican soldiers from Grupo Beta come across at night and wreck the fence?

[rockabyebaby]

Hot diggity dog! A fence, wooohoooooo, FINALLY some sense! Let's hope our government doesn't stop this process, God bless the minutemen!

[KoRn]

Good for them, and good for us! They are sure as hell doing more than those jackasses in Washington are doing. Every American is in their debt for they are the true patriots of today.

[Rick_Michael]

Click here to donate Directly to Minuteman Border Fence

[Rick_Michael]

"Somewhere John McCain is wetting himself and crying."

Post 7. ; )

[SteveMcKing]

I had this idea today-


They should cover the entire length of the border with live web-cams. (At night they could use IR, or some form of night vision.)

The key is this: we need a website where thousands of volunteers would sign up to monitor the cameras. When someone sees movement, they just click a mouse button. Of course a second (and perhaps third) confirmation would be needed- and after that, the location automatically gets reported to local police or border patrol.



Spread this idea, if you like it, perhaps it will take off somehow.

[kstewskis]

Patriot PING

[soccer_maniac]

As of midweek, the group had raised about $225,000 for fence materials and signed up about 1,000 volunteers to work on the project, organizers said.

How can we donate to this project?

[Guenevere]

bttt

[soccer_maniac]

Thanks for the donation link!

[Rick_Michael]

Wasn't someone talking about this?....good idea, though.

You know, we need a website person handy, every time we come up with good ideas. So we can see if implementing them would be possible. Agree?

Anyone know a webmaster/designer?

[soccer_maniac]

[soccer_maniac]

Simcox says those involved in the planning hope to keep costs near $150 per foot.

How much would that be for the entire border?

[SandRat]

There's a big fire burning now off to the west on the other side of the mountains in the vicinity of Parker Canyon Lake. Any bets on how it got started since there's been no lightning? Hmmmmm.........?

[NormsRevenge]

San Wright (L), of Brunswick, Georgia, and Jack Pate, of El Sobrante, California, volunteers with the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, run barbed wire along a fence line the group is building 50 feet from the U.S. border with Mexico on the San Jose Ranch in Palominas, Arizona, May 27, 2006. The group plans to build approximately 70 miles (113 km) of border fencing on private land in Arizona at a cost of nearly $55 million. Area ranchers are allowing the group to build the fence on their property to help keep undocumented immigrants who cross the border from encroaching on their land. REUTERS/Jeff Topping

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Volunteers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps run barbed wire along a fence line the group is building, 50 feet from the U.S. border with Mexico, on the San Jose Ranch in Palominas, Arizona, May 27, 2006. The group plans to build approximately 70 miles (113 km) of border fencing on private land in Arizona at a cost of nearly $55 million. Area ranchers are allowing the group to build the fence on their property to help keep undocumented immigrants who cross the border from encroaching on their land. REUTERS/Jeff Topping

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A group of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps volunteers and members of the media listen to U.S Congressman Steve King (R-IA) during a ground breaking ceremony on the San Jose Ranch in Palominas, Arizona, May 27, 2006. The group began building a fence on the ranch to help keep undocumented workers from entering the property. The group plans to build approximately 70 miles (113 km) of border fencing on private land in Arizona at a cost of nearly $55 million. REUTERS/Jeff Topping

[native texan]

thanks for the donation link...just did one...I feel really good about it too.