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Stopping the Minute Men!

by Deeply Concerned Tuesday, May. 10, 2005 at 6:04 AM

I am hoping someone can let us know in the Bay Area what are the plans to organize against the Minute Men coming to California? Are there websites? Are there planned actions?

To me, the Minute Men (the vigil antes that have been patrolling the Arizona border) represent the beginnings of the Brown Barretts, the start of a fascist movement that scares me deeply. We have a governor who said Hitler is the man who he admires most, who has invited them to our state. I want to know what are the plans to drive the out of California if they try to come, they are saying they will come this summer. I think this is an absolutely essential that we mobilize mass numbers to confront them and drive them out of our state.

"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me. "

Martin Niemöller
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by Jefferson Davis Wednesday, May. 18, 2005 at 3:50 PM

God Bless the Minute Men. Keep America free from illegal aliens.
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leftist thugs

by I.P. Freely Wednesday, May. 18, 2005 at 3:58 PM

I want no Minute Men getting hurt and no one on either side to get killed, but I do hope there's a clash between mecHa-AZTLAN THUGS and the MM.

The whole world needs to see what happens when you let illegals take over a once-civilized, once-prosperous society and let socialist pigs run the schools.







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some corrections

by johnk Wednesday, May. 18, 2005 at 8:44 PM

I think this poster is fake.

It's the Brown Berets, not Brown Barrettes. The BBs *are* over; the ones around now aren't regarded by everyone as the "real" BBs, who were active in the 1960s and 1970s. They were not a fascist group. They were a radical Chicano rights group.

You might be thinking of the Brownshirts, or the Stormtroopers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownshirts

They were the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party. Here's an excerpt from the article that explains their history:

"In Munich in the fall of 1920, Hitler himself created the Ordnertruppen; a body of muscular Nazis, ex-soldiers, and beer hall brawlers in order to protect his speeches and disrupt his opponents. It originally functioned as a group of bodyguards to enforce order at Nazi gatherings. It was shortly changed to Sportabteilung, a cover name meaning "Sports section," and came to be known by the initials SA. In late 1921, the name was changed to the current name Sturmabteilung. Under their popular leader Ernst Röhm, the SA grew in importance within the Nazi power structure, eventually claiming thousands of members. The SA carried out numerous acts of violence against socialist groups throughout the 1920s, typically in minor street-fights called zusammenstösse ('collisions'). The SS eventually took over their original role."

Recently, I learned that Ernst Rohm was actually a socialist. He, and other liberal/leftists in the Nazi party, were killed by Hitler due to a power struggle. While I was reading in the SOS site, I did see that there was a former leftist in there, and a few people who wrote like liberal/leftists. Peculiar.

PS - "socialist pigs"? Maybe they'd do a better job than the present people running the schools.
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by Murray Visser Thursday, May. 19, 2005 at 11:02 AM

Sir: my mother spent more than a year filling out immigration papers before we could enter the U.S.A. legally. I don't see why others should not do the same. This is not a question of being against immigration. This is an issue of being against ILLEGAL immigration. The fact is also that Mexico has a very strict immigration policy itself. It won't allow illegal immigrants from other countries such as Guatemala, unless they travel straight through to the American border. Mexico wouldn't even give me a working visa when I wanted to live there for a few months. Very Respectfully, Murray Visser
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You left a few out

by Righty Saturday, May. 21, 2005 at 6:26 AM
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You left out the Catholics... they came for them too.And the gays and the Jehovah's witnesses. But oh yeah, the Communists came for them too. Actually they came after any religion because it threatend them.
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dividing america

by ivan p Friday, May. 27, 2005 at 5:09 AM
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I think that is funny how some of these minute men say that this not a racist act , but they only want to protect the border, and that they would never harm or misstreat and illegal immigrant, come on , give me a break, a person who travels hundreds of miles to the border and spends an entire week there .is not some one that is just sick of the situation but someone that is really pist off . people just full of anger and hate, i think these kind of people present a threat to these immigrants, and these immigrants are human beings. I live in the state of Utah and the minute men in Utah are now going to protest out side banks and credit unions, because they dont think that illegal immigrants should be allowed to use their drivers permits as credentials at the bank. This is outrageous, these people just hate immigrants, and want to get them out of here, i wonder if they dont know, that these immigrants have families and loved ones, this whole thing just makes me sick,people like this dont look at people and see people , they look at people and see color, race , accents, or religions, they are the ones destroying this beautiful country . im a immigrant from Ecuador, and believe me i love this nation, i have a son that was born here and my wife was born here as well, this is my home , i pay my taxes, help my neighbors . and want the best future for my family, like any other American. I think the scary things are happenig right now, and we should do something about it, make sure human rights are not violated, it almost feels like a lot of people think that thay have a justified reason to be racist and pretend to be patriotic after 9 -11, and this cant be allowed. please if you feel the same way i do write me an email and share some thoughts mith me.
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NO STOPPING US

by REAL LEGAL AMERICAN Friday, May. 27, 2005 at 9:44 AM

I SEE YOU ARE CALLING FOR OUR COUNTRY GO TO HELL OR TO MEXICO.

THESE MINUTE MEN ARE ONLY CALLING FOR OUR BORDERS TO BE PROTECTED. THEY HAVE NOT HURT ANYONE. ASK THE ACLU. THEY WANT TO STOP TERRORISTS AND DRUG SMUGGLERS AND THOSE WHO ILLEGALLY ENTER THE USA. IS FOLLOWING OUR FEDERAL LAWS SOO BAD?

SOO YOU PEOPLE SUPPORT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES? SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU ARE FOR ANYWAY...WE OWE MEXICO NOTHING..PUSH AGAINST US AND WE'LL ONLY GROW, BECOME VIOLENT AND THE LAW WILL TAKE YOU DOWN. OUR NUMBERS WILL NOT BE SLIGHTED WE ARE UNITING IN LAS VEGAS TO COME TOGETHER TO KEEP THE USA FROM BECOMING ANOTHER MESSED-UP STATE OF MEXICO.


HOW MANY HOSPITALS MUST CLOSE? IS $20,000 PER IMMIGRANT ENOUGH OR SHOULD WE GIVE YOU MORE?

I AM TIRED OF ALL THIS TAXATION W/O REPRESENTATION. WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR YOUR MEDICAL BILLS? I MUST PAY FOR MY OWN YOU SHOULD TOO. WE WILL RISE AND WIN, WE ARE AN AWAKENED GIANT . MEXICO WILL LOOSE. TOO BAD, WE OWE YOU NOTHING...

WE ARE GOING TO STOP YOU:

A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPANIES HIRING ILLEGALS HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED AND WILL ALL BE RAIDED SOON. HA HA, MANY FINES FOR COMPANIES AND MANY OF YOUR "SUPERIOR" LA RAZA PEOPLE ARRESTED AND SENT HOME.

YOUR VIOLENT OUTBREAKS ARE ONLY MAKING MARTYRS. THIS WILL LITERALLY BACK FIRE ON YOU SOON. HOW CAN YOU JUST KILL OUR POLICE AND BORDER AGENTS AND NOT CARE. PLEASE KEEP IT UP, IT ALLOWS OUR RESOLVE AND NUMBERS TO GROW.
AND OUR NUMBERS GROW DAILY. OUR CONVICTION IS STRONG.


A REAL AMERICAN AGAINST ILLEGALS RUINING OUR COUNTRY.
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illegals destroy America

by Novan Friday, May. 27, 2005 at 9:47 AM


I think that is funny how some of these minute men say that this not a racist act , but they only want to protect the border, and that they would never harm or misstreat and illegal immigrant, come on , give me a break, a person who travels hundreds of miles to the border and spends an entire week there .is not some one that is just sick of the situation but someone that is really pist off .

>>>> And why shouldn't they--and we--be pissed off? We've got a motherfucking invasion force of 11 million illegals in OUR country, bub. They're spreading diseases, aiding drug dealers and committing crimes against real Americans. And when the pussies do something really heinous like kill a cop, they flee back to mexico.

people just full of anger and hate, i think these kind of people present a threat to these immigrants, and these immigrants are human beings.

>>> They're human beings, but they're also invaders. If you want to see real violence against illegal immigrants,look no further than Mexico's militarized southern border...they shoot Guatemalans.


I live in the state of Utah and the minute men in Utah are now going to protest out side banks and credit unions, because they dont think that illegal immigrants should be allowed to use their drivers permits as credentials at the bank.

>>>> Good. Since illegals shouldn't even be here in the first place.

im a immigrant from Ecuador, and believe me i love this nation, i have a son that was born here and my wife was born here as well, this is my home , i pay my taxes, help my neighbors . and want the best future for my family, like any other American.

>>>> Then stop supporting the invasion of America. A country without borders is no longer a country.
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KPC Awareness is everyone's job

by get in the ring Friday, May. 27, 2005 at 10:00 AM

KPC's Press Corps Release

Hey pal, I didn't want you to miss this message, so here it is again. Be sure to answer it upon your next visit to nazimedia:

Never (have) heard you put two words together that would defend or support whatever it is YOU believe, or believe in.

Around here you've criticized everyone and everything, but never a few words about what YOU would do to fix or make things better. At least Meyer and others have a philosophy and ideas of some sort.

No need to wear out your keyboard. Even a few words would be helpful.

Let's see if you know how to do it better, or if you're just another attention whore.

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Your an immigrant too!

by Edith Friday, May. 27, 2005 at 5:58 PM

I think you need to talk to your wife about finally installing some mirrors in your house Novan because OBVIOUSLY you can't see that YOU are an IMMIGRANT. Who cares if you are married to a citizen and have a citizen child! That doesn't take away what you truly are. How can you be against your own kind. Just because you were able to make in this country doesn't mean that you need to hate on all the rest of the people to try to put food on their tables! Next time you sit down for dinner in your cozy home, stop and think that you have that food there because of the immigrant workers that bring that food to the supermarkets. Would you like to pick your own tomatoes? And you're right about own thing. We are invading this country. We're simply taking back what was once ours. And sorry to disappoint you and your lovely AMERICAN family, but we will continue to INVADE this country no matter what anybody tries to do to stop us! P.S. Are you related to Arnold the governor?
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Does the word "ILLEGAL" mean nothing?

by Angel Face Tuesday, Jun. 07, 2005 at 6:51 PM

Whenever the word "illegal" is attached to anthing, there are usually penalities. As a citizen, I feel as if my rights are constantly being violated by those who literraly get obease in this country and have the luxury of escaping taxes, fees, license revocation and even jail! Recently a cop killer was located in Mexico. I'm sure he's not one-in-a-million, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened here. He did the crime and jumped over the boarder. Wanting the heat to burn down before crossing back over to do god-knows-what next.

American citizens are punished serverly for any crime we may commit and taxed even worse. It makes no sense that an illegal immigrant can go to a county hospital and have her child there just so she can stay in this country. When senior citizens, a lot of whom are veterans, cannot afford thier medication because we are supporting a life style of an immigrant who doesn't respect our country enough to appliy for proper citizenship. Who spits on out flag by carrying thier own and posting up signs that say, "Los Angeles, Mexico" - crossing California out. When in fact , if they knew thier history - would call it Los Angeles, Spain because the word Mexican is a derivitive from a Latin word meaning mixture. The mixture of an indiginous people mixed with Spainards. Furthermore, this indiginious people did not cover all of California. There were many other tribes on this land. But.... ignorance is bliss to some.
Please excuse me if I seem to be ranting. That is not my intention at all. But I fail to see that when the founding fathers wrote the rights of citizenship, they considered the over population, poverty and crme that is Mexicos over flow. The education standard in Californa is the third lowest in the nation, mostly due to the students not being able to speak English (and sadly enough, a lot of the teachers.)

I do not consider the Minutemen racists, nor to I consider them a threat to hard-working Latino citizens who must suffer because of thier illegal counter parts.

Many will say that illegal Mexicans work the jobs no one else wants to do, etc. but the bottom line is that they are criminals. They have entered the country illgelly and should be sent back. If they drop a baby while they are her, then they should have 3 months from crossing over her to apply or she and the child GO BACK! If one cannot respect this country enough to apply for citizenship and pay the dues that citizens pay, then they need to be arrested, the country of Mexico needs to be fined and that person needs to be sent back. No exceptions. Americans caught in Mexico have been treated awful by thier law. Americans caught elsewhere need to follow the rules of that country. If there is no exceptionfor us, then there should be no exception for them. Teenagers can do the jobs that illegals have stolen from citizens, prison workers can work for thier meal and reduce our taxes.

Final note, it is not fair for the word "ILLEGAL" to be ignored, it is not fair for them to come and go as they please, using up our resources, lowering our education standards and crowding out citizens with over population.
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