Article

2006-07-21 Home Front: Culture Wars

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Steve White 2006-07-21 00:46|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How did Alan Keyes get involved in this ? Is he trying to outdo Jesse ? I thought Simcox was OK, but now I wonder.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-07-21 02:20|| 2006-07-21 02:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope this gets sorted and soon, what the Minutemen are trying to do is far more important than some grubby 'money goes missing' story.

Not good.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-07-21 02:22|| 2006-07-21 02:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Turn the financial affairs and accountability over to the Bill Gates foundation and you'll not have to worry about it.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-07-21 07:11|| 2006-07-21 07:11|| Front Page Top

#4 I echo all of the above. Bad news. C'mon Chris, say it ain't so...

Posted by cruiser 2006-07-21 08:00|| 2006-07-21 08:00|| Front Page Top

#5 He told me what he did was his business

There is you answer right there. This really is a scandal because people have donated millons and I'm guessing most of it went to reelct Alan Keyes.

This worm won't have the option of just saying it's his businessbecause the money wasn't donated to him or to Alan. Really a sad situation. And of course, as usual, we won't be able to expect our federal government to help. They'll sit on the sidelines instead of getting involved in this fraud.

Posted by 2b 2006-07-21 10:42|| 2006-07-21 10:42|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd seen some of this floating around on the lefty blogs, didn't want to put too much credence to it.

Now I'm upset. Phooey.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-07-21 10:55|| 2006-07-21 10:55|| Front Page Top

#7 I got mail from Simcox et al, the usual funding request. I'm holding off until this shakes out.

My local pro-life charity can have this slug of money - they are using it to pay medical cost (prenatal, post-natal and delivery) for pregnant girls/women who cannot afford to have a child but had the courage to say no to the abortion industry (Planned ~~Parenthood~~ Liars).

Posted by Oldspook 2006-07-21 11:02|| 2006-07-21 11:02|| Front Page Top

#8 FYI: souce of this is the Wash times - a normally right-side paper. So this isnt jsut NYT style posturing.

Questions have been asked - answers must be given.

Simcox is stonewalling, and any time there is a pool of moeny and policiians sniffing around it (Keyes), I get VERY suspicious.

We need an open non-profit organization formed that will openly accoutn for all funds - and have a single mission: the securing of the US Borders against illegal entry.

We want the government to be accountable - and so should the Minutmen, no double or lesser standards allowed. From what I'm reading, Simcox is jacking this up big-time!

Posted by Oldspook 2006-07-21 11:08|| 2006-07-21 11:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Reminds me of the Katrina fiasco(s).

Posted by ex-lib 2006-07-21 11:19|| 2006-07-21 11:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Simcox just killed the minutemen project I think. WHY on earth did he do this?

Posted by Charles 2006-07-21 15:34|| 2006-07-21 15:34|| Front Page Top

#11 I blame Karl Rove. Every one else does.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-07-21 21:21|| 2006-07-21 21:21|| Front Page Top

#12 The way I see it:

Simcox = wrong guy for the part. Right place, right time, right cause - wrong person.

He had no organizaitonal skills but thought that he did. His ego got in the way when the real pros (ex-military) showed up ans started calling him out on all this - and he went running to Keyes, who has an agenda of his own. Now hes hosed.

And no this will not end the movement - the pros will do an end around and set up a proper organization, one that focuses on operatiosn and is properly formed as a non-profit with full and open accounting - and an organizationt hat will do the damn job instead of talking about it.

the labor is there - freely volunteered. so is the organizational skills. All it takes is for some of the old founders to get out in front of a new organization, set up patrols, etc - and be very clear about where the money and supplies go, and demonstrate a linkage between donations and border security.

It can be done - and better now than when it was the only game in town.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-07-21 21:48|| 2006-07-21 21:48|| Front Page Top

#13 OS -- glad you popped in. I do believe this is going on. My question. Why are these people doing this? Is there something about power that I just don't understand? Do they so think the Repub are so wrong, that it is their duty to do this? Or, is it a money issue, or just simply, a power question?

If you can't answer, I do understand. Thanks for staying close to us.. I always feel much better, seeing your name!

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2006-07-21 21:52|| 2006-07-21 21:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Opps, this was posted in wrong thread!

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2006-07-21 21:53|| 2006-07-21 21:53|| Front Page Top

23:53 tu3031
23:50 Secret Master
23:46 3dc
23:44 trailing wife
23:41 Barbara Skolaut
23:32 DMFD
23:28 Glenmore
23:27 Sherry
23:19 Shinegum Thraiger5571
23:15 Iblis
23:12 Slavising Sholuting4450
23:07 Sock Puppet of Doom
23:07 Slavising Sholuting4450
23:04 wxjames
23:04 Slavising Sholuting4450
22:59 Slavising Sholuting4450
22:57 Slavising Sholuting4450
22:55 wxjames
22:45 JosephMendiola
22:43 tu3031
22:42 Shinegum Thraiger5571
22:36 JosephMendiola
22:36 Aztaroth
22:31 JosephMendiola