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Time for us to halt donations to the Minuteman project. They have utterly failed to fulfill their promises.
Minuteman's high-tech border barrier called 'a cow fence'
*Minuteman founder promised to build Israeli-style border barrier
*Reality is five-strand, barbed-wire fence that rancher say keeps Mexican cows out
*Former Minuteman members say they were fired after questioning fence plan
On the Minuteman Web site and in e-mails to members, Simcox asked for donations while making big promises, including a vow to build a fence along the border. It was not just any fence; it was to be 2,000 miles of state-of-the-art fencing at a cost of $55 million. (55,000,000 dollars, or fifty-five thousand thousand dollars.)
Simcox described it as "our high-tech, double-layered gauntlet of deterrent."
The fence was described on the Minuteman Web site as 14 feet high, with security cameras and sensors, topped with razor wire and flanked by ditches to stop vehicles. Simcox referred to it as an "Israeli-style" fence...
Donations started flowing in. One man actually mortgaged his home and contributed more than $100,000. And on Memorial Day of last year, there was a groundbreaking ceremony on John Ladd's Arizona ranch. But what the Minutemen were building was not a tall, Israeli-style fence.
Former member Bob Wright said, "It wasn't until they actually started the ceremony that it became clear. It was gonna be a cow fence!"
As a group, these leaders started to question Simcox about how donations were being spent. They wanted to him to provide specifics as to how much money was being raised and how it was being used...
They demanded that Simcox meet them in person to address their concerns and answer their questions. They say he refused to meet with them and subsequently fired them...
Simcox posted his group's most recent tax filing and an independent audit on the Minuteman Web site. In the audit, the largest expense listed, by far, is for "professional services," with no further details given.
Meanwhile, Simcox continues to solicit donations to build a fence...
Well, that's what happens when you play defense: you lose. It's time to go on the offense: fight the illega immigrants in Mexico, so we don't have to fight them at home. Gentleman, the Landover Baptist Security Detail is always welcoming applicants. Just look at the stylish new uniforms we've just ordered:
Minuteman's high-tech border barrier called 'a cow fence'
*Minuteman founder promised to build Israeli-style border barrier
*Reality is five-strand, barbed-wire fence that rancher say keeps Mexican cows out
*Former Minuteman members say they were fired after questioning fence plan
On the Minuteman Web site and in e-mails to members, Simcox asked for donations while making big promises, including a vow to build a fence along the border. It was not just any fence; it was to be 2,000 miles of state-of-the-art fencing at a cost of $55 million. (55,000,000 dollars, or fifty-five thousand thousand dollars.)
Simcox described it as "our high-tech, double-layered gauntlet of deterrent."
The fence was described on the Minuteman Web site as 14 feet high, with security cameras and sensors, topped with razor wire and flanked by ditches to stop vehicles. Simcox referred to it as an "Israeli-style" fence...
Donations started flowing in. One man actually mortgaged his home and contributed more than $100,000. And on Memorial Day of last year, there was a groundbreaking ceremony on John Ladd's Arizona ranch. But what the Minutemen were building was not a tall, Israeli-style fence.
Former member Bob Wright said, "It wasn't until they actually started the ceremony that it became clear. It was gonna be a cow fence!"
As a group, these leaders started to question Simcox about how donations were being spent. They wanted to him to provide specifics as to how much money was being raised and how it was being used...
They demanded that Simcox meet them in person to address their concerns and answer their questions. They say he refused to meet with them and subsequently fired them...
Simcox posted his group's most recent tax filing and an independent audit on the Minuteman Web site. In the audit, the largest expense listed, by far, is for "professional services," with no further details given.
Meanwhile, Simcox continues to solicit donations to build a fence...
Well, that's what happens when you play defense: you lose. It's time to go on the offense: fight the illega immigrants in Mexico, so we don't have to fight them at home. Gentleman, the Landover Baptist Security Detail is always welcoming applicants. Just look at the stylish new uniforms we've just ordered:
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