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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 04:33 PM
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Minutemen Internal E-mails Show ‘Classic Racism’
An immigrant rights organization released this week alarming internal e-mails circulated among members of the San Diego Minutemen, considered one of the most aggressive, anti-illegal immigrant groups in the United States.

Although this group publicly maintains that it is not racist and opposes only illegal immigration, the candid communications among its members frequently describe immigrants as “cockroaches” and “Third-World animals,” among other pejorative terms.

One e-mail from June 2007 says group members would “need a portable battery operated freezer...for store of filets, hams and ribs of well-marbled border crossers ” during an outing to stop illegal border crossers.

The release of the e-mails comes at a time when protests carried out by The Minutemen and their sympathizers have started to pick up, ending a lull after the October wildfires.

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=afbe6a2fabca903d9af708991a4c02d6&from=rss
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 05:03 PM
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1. Anyone that thought differently was delusional.
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Liberal Gramma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 05:11 PM
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2. Well, duh
Why else would they volunteer to do this? This study sounds like one of those academic studies that proves something we all knew anyway, like "Research shows sleep deprivation affects memory."
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TML Donating Member (749 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 05:15 PM
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3. They are racist pigs
All you have to do is do a search on YouTube for "San Diego Minutemen" and you'll see these disgusting pieces of shit at their worst. They especially love to hang out in front of the Home Depot on Fairmont Ave in Mission Valley and in Vista.

Jeff Schwilk, their leader, is also a misogynist. The videos on YouTube will prove my point.
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Baby Snooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 10:20 PM
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4. "Ronnie's Law"
All these groups focus on the immigrants instead of the law which for 21 years has said it is a criminal matter to hire an illegal immigrant.

Both Ronald Reagan and Barbara Jordan warned Congress about allowing illegal immigration to continue. Ronald Reagan in 1986. Barbara Jordan in 1996. George HW Bush and a Democratic Congress ignored Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress ignored Barbara Jordan.

This was the Republicrat Party's first "coup d'etat" which created a "worker class" in this country that was exempt from labor law. And for the most part still is. And will continue to be.

All of these groups are racist and most if not all are connected to NumbersUSA which is headed by Roy Beck - google Roy Beck and find out what immigration reform is really all about.

Reality is we have an estimated 50 million illegal immigrants in this country and as the economy worsens the impact will be enormous.

These "immigration reform" groups will begin to scapegoat the illegal immigrants as the economy collapses.

A lot of people dismiss these groups but in reality they are a real threat to civil order in this country - all the candidates are pandering to both sides of the issue while avoiding any discussion of solutions.

Welcome to the melting pot of America. Which is finally melting. The sectors that demanded "cheap labor" of course are begining to let the "cheap labor" go - primarily the construction sector. Other sectors will follow. Imagine millions of people suddenly unemployed who cannot collect unemployment. Who have no jobs.

The Republicans will blame the Democrats. The Democrats will blame the Republicans. Everyone will forget the warnings of Ronald Reagan and Barbara Jordan.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 04:07 PM
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5. well i'm shocked....shocked!
the minutemen showing a racist side????
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 05:39 PM
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6. shit! I didn't know they were cannibals too. a good movie on this: THE GATEKEEPER
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