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    Minutemen return to the border – this time locked and loaded

    On March 15, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps President Carmen Mercer sent out an e-mail message proclaiming, “High Alert for All Minutemen.”

    Her message began with, “Obama cuts border security funding and freezes hiring of new Border Patrol.”

    She wrote, “The Minutemen are returning to the border – locked and loaded – to say, ‘You are wrong Obama, America comes first!’”

    Mercer chastised the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, stating Janet Napolitano thinks “border security is a waste of time and a politically sensitive issue,” adding the Minutemen are returning to the border – locked and loaded – because they think Napolitano is an “unqualified buffoon who risks the lives of American citizens every day she is the head of DHS.”

    In 2004, Sen. John McCain told Chris Simcox he thought American citizens watching the border would pose a greater risk than the drug cartels.

    Mercer said the Minutemen are returning to the border, this time, ready to stop each and every person they encounter “because John McCain is responsible for every death of an American citizen at the hands of illegal alien criminals and the drug cartels.”

    Mercer called on all MCDC volunteers to return to the southern border with Mexico, en mass, beginning Friday afternoon, March 26, and lasting until Congress deploys the U.S military to our borders to defend the United States of America.

    “On the eighth anniversary of Chris Simcox’s historic Tea Party protest on the border, which began in Cochise County … this muster will be a defining moment for our nation,” Mercer wrote.

    She went on to call out President Obama, McCain, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-N.C., and others Mercer labeled as “impotent and incompetent federal representatives, who have continued to exhibit as much contempt for our Constitution, rule of law and ordered society as do the illegal aliens, drug dealers and human smugglers who violate our borders 24/7/365.”
    Mercer said, “Enough is enough!” quoting Chirs Simcox, MCDC’s founder, who said it first in 2002.

    “For eight long years we Minutemen played nice; yet for the past eight years we firmly expressed our opinions and desires for the border to be secured,” said Mercer. “This muster will be completely different. President Obama and John McCain have left us no choice. This March we return to the border locked, loaded and ready to stop each and every individual we encounter along the frontier that is now more dangerous than the frontier of Afghanistan.”

    She said this operation will not be for the faint of heart and MCDC volunteers will work under entirely different Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), as they will approach their duty as citizens with zero tolerance for any and all violations of our border.

    Mercer stated, “We will forcefully engage, detain, and defend our lives and country from the criminals who trample over our culture and laws.”

    Previously prohibited from MCDC musters, long arms will be not only allowed but encouraged.

    She said from the surveillance videos they have gathered in the field over the past six months, “it is more than evident the violators of our borders seem to have been given carte blanche permission to willfully violate our public safety.”

    This time, Mercer said, MCDC will not be tempered by political correctness and stated every single individual they encounter will be apprehended by the Border Patrol with their help; even those who dare enter our country armed will be stopped and challenged.

    Mercer stated, “Political correctness is a fad of the past. This is for the survival of this great Republic!”

    Carmen warns volunteers to prepare for a marathon and bring as much in the way of equipment and supplies as they can carry.

    She concluded with, “Please help us send a strong message to the cowards in charge of our nation's security. We are ready to defend our nation. Are you?”

    Minutemen return to the border / March 17 / Sonoran News
     

    paddling_man

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    TD, that may be. I would still stand a picket if I could work out the logistics.

    I have nothing for that organization and had no idea that there was an aromatic taint to them. To protect my country I would fill a niche.
     

    SavageEagle

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    Corruption or not, they're doing the right thing. I would love to join them but I can't leave my family behind like that without compensation. It's not that I don't want to serve my Country. I do. But my family would go completely broke without me here. Give me enough money to cover day care and send me a little work now and then and we'll be all gravy.
     

    DocBoCook

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    You know, that alleged Double Murder was almost a year ago. If it was murder by her, she wouldn't be out on bail at home in washington, then allowed back into arizona, would she?
     

    hookedonjeep

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    With the other Sheepdogs
    I think that there will sadly be a high chance of someone being to fired up and shooting someone trying to cross the border.........


    So be it. They (the persons making their way across the border) know when they engage in that activity that it is a criminal act. They also understand that should they be caught, they will be detained, and sent back to their own country. They are emboldened by the lack of real consequence for their actions. Think about it...... if the worst they have to fear is a slap on the wrist, why not continue to try; over and over again? IMHO, start stacking the bodies like cord wood...... make a wall from their rotting corpses, and maybe THEN they will get the picture! :shoot:

    Yes, I am insensitive. Yes, I am slightly twisted. However, being sensitive and PC about it all these years has not served us well; perhaps it is time for a more realistic approach. There have been proper legal channels to obtain entry into our great nation for far too long to ignore. Yes, it takes a long time, and a decent sum of money to do so - for a reason! We don't want leaches in our pond! :twocents:
     

    JBusch8899

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    How do other countries protect their borders from unwanted invaders?

    Oh yeah, they point the muzzle end of a rifle at the offending parties.

    Seems an effective method: Turn around, or chance being shot and die.
     

    mrjarrell

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    Looks like the minutemen are no more. They've packed up their things and gone home.

    via Arizona Star

    The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is no longer.
    The Arizona-based border watch group that burst onto the national scene in 2005 sent an email to its members this week announcing the corporation has dissolved.
    The group’s president, Carmen Mercer, of Tombstone, said she and the board’s two other directors voted to end the group’s five-year run because they were worried her recent “call to action” would attract the wrong people to the border.
    More at the source.
     

    chraland51

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    You just watch what happens to patriotic citizens who try to defend our voters from the multitudes of new democratic voters who will be invading out country. The bammer will have the various federal agencies detain, harass, disarm and maybe even fire upon those who are tring to save our country and will help those illegals gain entry and eventual citizenship and voting rights. Just watch him do this to us!!!.
     

    mrjarrell

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    Actually, hispanics tend to vote conservative, not liberal. That's one reason the gop's darling McCain has been wanting "reform". He wants the votes.
     

    Mokkie

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    I sometimes wonder what if ( I know what if) these drug gangs already in this country go to the aid of the ones south of the border? It could be a blood bath. I think the government might not want discourage the minutemen to much. They might come in handy if things turn sour.
     
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