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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I can imagine the logistics of keeping that group running is a nightmare, especially on a volunteer basis. Unless there is proof of something nefarious I would not be too concerned. This is simply another attack against a group trying to keep America strong.
. . . a few thousand dollars . . .
How much?
I agree with you, if the money went for prostitutes, parties and outragous trips thats one thing. I wish people were as concerned and outraged as to what our goverment does or doesn't do with our money.
"I wish people were as concerned and outraged as to what our goverment does or doesn't do with our money."
Good point, even if these guys paid for prostitutes, parties and trips the money was still better spent dollar for dollar than our taxes.
I think people should be forced to pay their taxes AFTER its deposited. It hits you MUCH harder having to give up that 30% after the money hits your account. Might help people realize just how much money is wasted.
One donor mortgaged his house, others have poured substantial sums into an effort that has yielded very little.
One troubling feature of the past accounting from the Declaration Alliance is that only a nickel out of every dollar goes to the stated purpose of the donation.
If the same processes are in place here, questions about the disposition of the other 95 cents must be asked and answered.
How efficient they are will be followed. They won't be able to hide with fronts.
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You hardly seem concerned about the 10+ billion dollars that illegals cost the California taxpayers each year.
Your slip is showing.
Seem concerned? What kind of conservative are you, pining for expressions of my feelings? Should I rend my garments just to convince the likes of you?
I don't pay taxes in California and I have no vote there, they can make themselves into whatever kind of socialist hellhole they want, it effects me little.
"Seem concerned..." That's hilarious. Like I'm supposed to supply a YouTube link to video of me weeping about the Cali taxpayer.
Your slip is showing.
I don't wear a slip, sister.
Did you contribute to the MM fund?
If you're not concerned about CA taxpayers, and didn't contribute to the MM fund, what's the point of your post?
Just curious.
More anti-minutemen rhetoric from the anti-minutemen brigade.
Why of course he did not contribute. He does not want any support for the MMDC published on FreeRepublic, even though there are links to Keyes groups on the front page of FreeRepublic.
See you are too stupid to make ideological decisions or funding decisions on your own and need to be instructed on who to vote for, what to think, whom to associate with, what policies to support especially when your views collide with their Alienist party position.
They are upset because someone gave 120K to Simcox instead of a competing organization. They repeat the same sorry discredited and unsubstantiated attacts on a volunteer organization, yet turn a blind eye to federal policy because they are affiliated closely with the party currently in power.
You can't be a conservative according to this gang.
Dont attempt to think outside the box, have a contrarian opinion, support other than "party approved" thoughts groups ideology on the immigration topic or you will be branded racist and any adverb they can think of at the moment.
They have a pretty baseless foundation to attack from, but can rehash the same arguments for months on end.
Too bad they are losing in the court of public opinion and reality.
If you read the MMDC blog the person who donated his money knows where the cash is and what it's to be used for and has no qualms about it. Competing minutemen/border groups got their panties in a wad about it. As well as you, it seems.
Do some research before rehashing old unsubstantiated undocumented slimes. Especially if you claim to be morally superior to the MSM.
Bringing down Simcox already has taken over a month. It's not as easy taking down a conservative organization as it was a document fraudster like Rather. It's going to take until November, and by then they will have put up alot more fence.
I don't think there are any 990s available for this group--and Simcox will then form ANOTHER group, as he's done already. Lather, rise, repeat...
Pruden's one of the editors at the Washington Times. Nice try.
These questions will continue until they are answered.
Open the books.
And so it goes...on and on and on and on...
New info to read.
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You aren't supposed to notice that.
Are you referring to me?
If this claim is referring to me, then I will call you sir a damn liar. You don't know squat about me, you're one of the crew throwing charges at anyone who dare criticize Chris Simcox or his prophet Alan Keyes (or maybe that's the other way around).
Cut out the damn lies.
If you are referring to me, you are now twice the liar you were above.
They are upset because someone gave 120K to Simcox instead of a competing organization.
Is this meant to refer to me? If so, you have lied again.
Are you paid by the lie?
Why doesn't Simcox just put up the MMDC's financial paperwork on the internet? If he's got his jots and tittles straight, wouldn't that end the efforts against him?
i.e., if you dare criticize Simcox, Keyes, et.al., you will be told you must be a member of LaRaza and/or other liberal organizations, and you certainly aren't a real conservative.
They are upset because someone gave 120K to Simcox instead of a competing organization. They repeat the same sorry discredited and unsubstantiated attacts on a volunteer organization, yet turn a blind eye to federal policy because they are affiliated closely with the party currently in power.
Any criticism of Simcox is "discredited and unsubstantiated". However, even if it were true, it wouldn't matter because the federal government is worse.
In other words, whether or not Simcox is a crook is irrelevant because the government isn't doing its job.
You can't be a conservative according to this gang.
Of course, all TRUE conservatives believe in Keyes and Simcox.
Dont attempt to think outside the box, have a contrarian opinion, support other than "party approved" thoughts groups ideology on the immigration topic or you will be branded racist and any adverb they can think of at the moment.
You must approve of Keyes and Simcox, or you are a liberal, and OBLer, a closet member of LaRaza, and an anti-FReeper.
They have a pretty baseless foundation to attack from, but can rehash the same arguments for months on end.
Don't wait for any facts, but insults abound.
Too bad they are losing in the court of public opinion and reality.
More and more conservative columnists are calling for openness from the MCDC, but don't expect this small group of FReepers to do so....expect them to insult those who stand for responsibility and openness.
Chances are if the fund-raising through DA has been going on for less than 18 months, you won't see anything on a 990.
Well, okay, not quite true...let me put it this way. Anything collected for their current tax year has yet to be reported, but anything collected in the previous tax year will be there.
I have seen the posts; may not have been you specifically. But there are many snide remarks about posters being in the minority, not conservative, not representative of Free Republic or conservatives. In general.
"Nobody's trying to take down anybody."
I beg to differ if you read the threads.
Horsefeathers amelia. You are one of the persons I was speaking of.
Are you holding the Federal Govenment to the same standard?
How much is being spent on personell, equipment and training on the NG deployment to the border?
How many NG personnel are actually on the border?
Are you asking for the same openness of the Feds that you are asking of volunteers?
Do you think there will be 6000 NG folks on the border by next tuesday?
4500. Next question?
Where is your call for a GAO audit of the NG Deployment?
I hear crickets.
How many were promised on the border by next tuesday?
How much is being spent?
Where are the reports? Why arent they public. The mission is being paid for with tax money.
6000 and on track. Get a new talking point.
How long are we going to have to wait for disclosure of the GAO audit?
Come on tex. How much is it costing the taxpayers?
Go to their website
5 billion.
All of this, according to Mr. Simcox, will be done at the legally required time in th legally required manner.
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You are a hypocrite.
FedGov drops 5 Billion in 3 months and not a peep from you.
No asking for accounting.
One volunteer organization has raised up to 1.6 Mil over 3 years and you want a proctological exam.
I will love to see your posts Tuesday when they report there are not 6K on the border. And that the bulk of the troops are at home station in training and in support roles.
I guess that's a double standard you hold.
Once again for the comprehension impaired.
The MMDC has stated over and over again that they will 'open' their books at the legally required time in the legally required manner.
Nobody's trying to take down anybody.
Piffle, stuff, and nonsense.
You don't like these guys, you disagree with their goals, and would like nothing better than to see them fail.
It's pretty pathetic you can't be at least be honest about that much.
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How long are we going to have to wait for disclosure of the GAO audit?
Go to their website
Whose website. There is no GAO audit until someone from congress requests it or there are numerous calls to the fraud line. Otherwise the guard will be back home if they call the deployment off prior to or after the elections.
Crickets. Peeep Peep Peep
Homeland Security is not DoD.
They wont know how much is spent until the funding line for the deployment is at the end of the FY - 1 October.
NG is DoD, not Homeland Security.
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