PRESS RELEASE (June 10, 2006)
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BILLBOARD BY BILLBOARD THE MINUTEMEN WILL TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK
Help Stop McCain
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Arizona citizens that passed legislation last election blocking taxpayer services to illegal aliens was long over due. Many applaud their efforts and endless work. The voters of Arizona sent the perfect message: Foreigners who break into the US illegally don't receive freebies from Arizona citizens. They will be reported and deported. The loud and clear message sent by Arizona taxpayers means the money in their wallets will no longer subsidize border jumpers. EVERY STATE in the country needs to implement their own initiative and send out a clear warning that their "Bank of Entitlements" will no longer fund illegal aliens. Simply put, American taxpayers are tired of footing the bill for illegal aliens breaking into the United States. That is why Minuteman Founder Jim Gilchrist and his Minutemen have started the "Minuteman Billboard Project". Our first target is Senator John McCain of Arizona.
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The Minuteman Billboard Project is going national and state-by-state we will send a loud and clear message not only to the President, but to the 62 senators who are pushing SB 2611 AMNESTY for illegal alien invaders. Senator John McCain will be the first targeted recipient as he is one of the sponsors on the McCain/Kennedy Amnesty Bill and by far the most vocal and rude elected official voting and sponsoring legislation to give up America's sovereignty.
Currently, Senators Kennedy and McCain joined forces to "work" the illegal alien problem. We must expose government mismanagement and corruption. Unfortunately, career politicians prolong this national crisis. Greedy elected officials need to be reckoned with as they have been hijacked by lobbyists. We must get to the bottom of the cesspool since our federal government offers little, if any help. We must start at the local government level and manage "OUR" money.
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It's time our elected officials represent us, "We the People." They swore on the Bible to uphold the Constitution and serve American citizens. Nowhere did it say they serve illegal aliens from other countries over American citizens. It's time they follow through on their sacred trust as a majority of Americans are "mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore."
Recently, MMP Founder Jim Gilchrist attended "Billboard Colorado's" unveiling of their first billboard and supported Congressman Tom Tancredo in Denver at this patriotic event. The citizens of Colorado donated their hard-earned money to have three billboards placed in strategic areas where citizens are able to view them. Go to BillboardColorado.com. Peter Boyles of 630 AM KHOW Radio was instrumental in starting this project.
Won't you please help, support and donate to the Minutemen Billboard Project? The opposition and open borders advocates receive funding from foundations such as The Ford Foundation, First Data/Western Union, Home Depot, etc. Jim Gilchrist and his soldiers of sovereignty are fighting for your AMERICA and spend their own time and their own time to save our beloved country.
Please join citizens throughout the country by sending your check or by making a donation on our "Billboard" page.
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Thank you for your support at this crucial time in America.
Minuteman Founder,
Jim Gilchrist
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Sunday, June 11, 2006
Lawmakers fly high on special interests' dime
Lawmakers fly high on special interests' dime
If the thought of a congressman traveling to Paris or Rome courtesy of a special interest group makes you angry, you're going to be peeved for the foreseeable future.
There are many unsettled issues surrounding the ethics bill now being ironed out in Congress, but even if the bill passes,
it will not prevent lawmakers or their staff members from accepting pricey trips from corporations and special interest groups.
The Center for Public Integrity has released an eye-opening report on the travel members of Congress and their aides
have accepted from businesses and groups that try to sway Congress. The report found that members of Congress and
their staffers accepted at least 23,000 trips from
January 2000 through June 2005 worth a total of almost $50 million.
And these aren't trips to the county courthouse, either.
There were at least 200 trips to Paris, 150 to Hawaii and 140 to Italy. Those picking up the tab for the travel
included Microsoft, Time Warner and the Nuclear Energy Institute.
When asked about traveling on someone else's dime, members of Congress vow that all of the trips were necessary for their work. And clearly, most of this travel comported with disclosure and ethics laws in place at the time.
(There were, however, at least 90 trips sponsored
by firms that lobby the federal government; ethics
rules forbid lobbyists from paying for congressional travel.)
But if the trips were necessary to government, then why are they financed by special interest groups? And does a congressman or staffer really need to go to a Colorado ski resort to study Social Security?
Yet if the trips irk the public, they suit Congress just
fine. Both houses of Congress have passed ethics reform efforts: The House bill asks the ethics committee to propose new travel rules, which may or may not be adopted. The Senate bill would prohibit lobbyists from going along on trips
and would tighten disclosure requirements. Both houses
talked about banning privately funded travel for lawmakers after the Jack Abramoff scandal hit; bans are included in neither of the bills.
Lawmakers can tout the value of these trips all they want,
but the real problem here is the sponsorships. Voters are
left to wonder if their traveling congressman is gathering information, or if the business sponsoring the trip is gathering influence.
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060611/OPINION01/606110348/1008
MccainAlert.com
emial your congressman with your thoughts
If the thought of a congressman traveling to Paris or Rome courtesy of a special interest group makes you angry, you're going to be peeved for the foreseeable future.
There are many unsettled issues surrounding the ethics bill now being ironed out in Congress, but even if the bill passes,
it will not prevent lawmakers or their staff members from accepting pricey trips from corporations and special interest groups.
The Center for Public Integrity has released an eye-opening report on the travel members of Congress and their aides
have accepted from businesses and groups that try to sway Congress. The report found that members of Congress and
their staffers accepted at least 23,000 trips from
January 2000 through June 2005 worth a total of almost $50 million.
And these aren't trips to the county courthouse, either.
There were at least 200 trips to Paris, 150 to Hawaii and 140 to Italy. Those picking up the tab for the travel
included Microsoft, Time Warner and the Nuclear Energy Institute.
When asked about traveling on someone else's dime, members of Congress vow that all of the trips were necessary for their work. And clearly, most of this travel comported with disclosure and ethics laws in place at the time.
(There were, however, at least 90 trips sponsored
by firms that lobby the federal government; ethics
rules forbid lobbyists from paying for congressional travel.)
But if the trips were necessary to government, then why are they financed by special interest groups? And does a congressman or staffer really need to go to a Colorado ski resort to study Social Security?
Yet if the trips irk the public, they suit Congress just
fine. Both houses of Congress have passed ethics reform efforts: The House bill asks the ethics committee to propose new travel rules, which may or may not be adopted. The Senate bill would prohibit lobbyists from going along on trips
and would tighten disclosure requirements. Both houses
talked about banning privately funded travel for lawmakers after the Jack Abramoff scandal hit; bans are included in neither of the bills.
Lawmakers can tout the value of these trips all they want,
but the real problem here is the sponsorships. Voters are
left to wonder if their traveling congressman is gathering information, or if the business sponsoring the trip is gathering influence.
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060611/OPINION01/606110348/1008
MccainAlert.com
emial your congressman with your thoughts
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