~ The Gift Outright ~
The land was ours before we were the land's.
She was our land more than a hundred years
Before we were her people. She was ours
In Massachusetts, in Virginia.
But we were England's, still colonials,
Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,
Possessed by what we now no more possessed.
Something we were withholding made us weak.
Until we found out that it was ourselves
We were withholding from our land of living,
And forthwith found salvation in surrender.
Such as we were we gave ourselves outright
(The deed of gift was many deeds of war)
To the land vaguely realizing westward,
But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced,
Such as she was, such as she would become.
~ Robert Frost; 1874-1963 ~
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Report from Kingfish
It is very cold at Campo. Light snow on the ground in some places.
It has been very active at his new post, east of Smith Canyon. In the last 24 hours, they have stopped a group of 18 and another of 25.
There are a lot of Border Patrol and National Guard there. For the most part, they are friendly and supportive of Civilian Border Watchers. They even gave Kingfish a present. One also used the van to look over the fence.
I don;t want to put too many details in print, but contact him when you are there if you want more information.
As he called in this report, a man was yelling at him in Spanish.
It has been very active at his new post, east of Smith Canyon. In the last 24 hours, they have stopped a group of 18 and another of 25.
There are a lot of Border Patrol and National Guard there. For the most part, they are friendly and supportive of Civilian Border Watchers. They even gave Kingfish a present. One also used the van to look over the fence.
I don;t want to put too many details in print, but contact him when you are there if you want more information.
As he called in this report, a man was yelling at him in Spanish.
RAMOS AND COMPEAN IN SANTA ANA TOMORROW
Media Advisory
U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher (CA-
46) http://www.house.gov/rohrabacher
December 19, 2006
Contact: Tara Setmayer
(202) 225-9274
**********************************************************************************
Rep. Rohrabacher Joins Convicted Border
Agent For Major Petition Announcement and
Support Rally To Pressure President For Pardon
***********************************************************************
When: Thursday, December 21, 2006
1:30pm PST
Where: Old Orange County Courthouse (Front Steps)
211 W. Santa Ana Blvd.
Santa Ana, CA 92701
http://www.ocparks.com/oldcourthouse/
What:Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46) in an effort to turn up
the pressure on President Bush to pardon Border
Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean will be joined by
convicted agent Jose Compean and family to
announce a petition signed by over 140,000 Americans
supporting their commutation. This event is another
attempt in a series of efforts by Rep. Rohrabacher and
other members of Congress to convince President
Bush to do the right thing and pardon these unjustly
convicted agents. Rep. Rohrabacher recently sent a
letter to the president, signed by over 50 congressmen
demanding his intervention. Mr. Compean's sister is a
constituent and resident of Huntingdon Beach, CA.
Who: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46)
Jose Compean, convicted Border Patrol Agent
Grassfire.Org
Friends of the Border Patrol
National Border Patrol Council
California Coalition for Immigration Reform
For more information, please contact Tara Setmayer at 202-225-9274.
U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher (CA-
46) http://www.house.gov/rohrabacher
December 19, 2006
Contact: Tara Setmayer
(202) 225-9274
**********************************************************************************
Rep. Rohrabacher Joins Convicted Border
Agent For Major Petition Announcement and
Support Rally To Pressure President For Pardon
***********************************************************************
When: Thursday, December 21, 2006
1:30pm PST
Where: Old Orange County Courthouse (Front Steps)
211 W. Santa Ana Blvd.
Santa Ana, CA 92701
http://www.ocparks.com/oldcourthouse/
What:Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46) in an effort to turn up
the pressure on President Bush to pardon Border
Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean will be joined by
convicted agent Jose Compean and family to
announce a petition signed by over 140,000 Americans
supporting their commutation. This event is another
attempt in a series of efforts by Rep. Rohrabacher and
other members of Congress to convince President
Bush to do the right thing and pardon these unjustly
convicted agents. Rep. Rohrabacher recently sent a
letter to the president, signed by over 50 congressmen
demanding his intervention. Mr. Compean's sister is a
constituent and resident of Huntingdon Beach, CA.
Who: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46)
Jose Compean, convicted Border Patrol Agent
Grassfire.Org
Friends of the Border Patrol
National Border Patrol Council
California Coalition for Immigration Reform
For more information, please contact Tara Setmayer at 202-225-9274.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Report from Kingfish
Report from Kingfish.
Kingfish is currently east of his prior post, by Schokey Truck Trail, Rattlesnake Canyon and Tierra Del Sol. There is heavy Patrol Presence there, as well as National Guard
The National Guardsmen are overall supportive of the Minutemen efforts, including one guy whose family are legal immigrants.
Much of the prior activity in Campo has moved East of Smith Canyon, including the Black BDU Smuggling Ring, last seen the night of the night of the rocking / shooting.
Their nick name for Kingfish is "Tienes Cajones"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2986508034730756488&q=campo+minutemen&hl=en
Kingfish is currently east of his prior post, by Schokey Truck Trail, Rattlesnake Canyon and Tierra Del Sol. There is heavy Patrol Presence there, as well as National Guard
The National Guardsmen are overall supportive of the Minutemen efforts, including one guy whose family are legal immigrants.
Much of the prior activity in Campo has moved East of Smith Canyon, including the Black BDU Smuggling Ring, last seen the night of the night of the rocking / shooting.
Their nick name for Kingfish is "Tienes Cajones"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2986508034730756488&q=campo+minutemen&hl=en
Friday, December 1, 2006
Emails! We get Emails!!
Friday December 1, 2006
We are thankful for our Minutemen who give up their time to protect all of us.
And do the job our government should be doing but most likely never will.
Merry Christmas to you too.
Project Coordinator MinnSir
--------------------------
Hello ' I just wanted to say "God Bless you people" I thank god for you every day. Me and my kids pray for you everyday."""" God Bless America, God Bless Campo Minutemen
________________________________________
We are thankful for our Minutemen who give up their time to protect all of us.
And do the job our government should be doing but most likely never will.
Merry Christmas to you too.
Project Coordinator MinnSir
--------------------------
Hello ' I just wanted to say "God Bless you people" I thank god for you every day. Me and my kids pray for you everyday."""" God Bless America, God Bless Campo Minutemen
________________________________________
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Campo Update and editorial: Thanksgiving 2006
Update and editorial: Thanksgiving 2006
On 11/23/06 I took the scenic route down the old
highway from Jacumba to Campo as I usually do. Just
as I did on 11/10/06, I stopped by the MCDC’s new
compound called “Camp Vigilance” to check it out. I
found it locked and deserted on both weekends and none
of their crew observed me or the border.
I rolled up to The Oaks at Campo about noon just as
Weasel and Shaggy were leaving, having finished their
night shift and heading home. I was grateful to
relieve them. Mad Max was on hand to give me a
briefing. Several locals and MMP affiliates brought us
Thanksgiving meals for with we were very grateful.
Thanksgiving night was very active. A large group
crossed and the Border Patrol sent three trucks up on
the power line road behind 138, 139 and 140.
Meanwhile a small group apparently got though by The
Oaks. Max heard them and we tracked their footprints
down the trail west of The Oaks until we lost them in
the brush. Max and I each sat watch in separate
locations on high ground just east of the PCT,
observing the culverts and low lands beyond. The
would-be crossers in Mexico taunted us all night,
hollering and banging the fence.
As we sat on the high ground the vision of the
Border Patrols working the power line roads was a
sight to behold. They were obvious herding a large
group of illegals. Suddenly, I was startled by a
vehicle coming up behind me. It was a large Border
Patrol van heading east at high speed, a sure sign
that a significant number had been captured. I
radioed Max and we met at The Oaks in time to watch
the BP vehicles leaving the area. They waved at us as
we gave them a standing ovation.
I resumed my patrols, alternating between using my
top mounted Go-Light to spotlight the area and my side
light to look for fresh tracks. Periodically Max
would bring Thanksgiving leftovers to my position.
I ended up at my favorite spot (and apparently the
smugglers too) at 139. About 0400 Max, while out on
patrol, brought me pumpkin pie. About fifteen minutes
after he left, someone from behind the fence hollered,
startling at me. At about 0445 I got out of the truck
to stretch and someone else hollered at me, this time
from America, in the area behind 139 where the BP had
been working only hours before. I called the Border
Patrol at Campo and reported it, stating that perhaps
there were still illegals in that area. BP was at my
position within 15 minutes and searched the area to no
avail. When he came back to my position I asked him
what had gone on earlier in the evening. He said they
had caught thirteen illegals, but the two young
coyotes they wanted weren’t with them. I thanked him
for the job he was doing and he returned the
compliment.
As aside, this has always been my experience at
Campo. Without exception the BP always thanks us for
being present. I always ask them if there is anything
we should do or not do and they always say to just
keep doing what we are doing. One officer even
commended me for being armed and said it was dangerous
not to have a weapon as close to the border as we
work. So much for the gun toting vigilante
accusations. The individual BP officers in the field
profess to like us there, and like us there armed.
They enjoy having responsible citizens providing them
with more eyes and ears.
About sun up I walked quietly over the white monument
panel at 139, where I have frequently noted illegals
brazenly coming and going. Through a peephole in the
fence I spied movement under a tarp on the ground.
Payback time. I banged on the fence loudly as they
had done repeatedly through the night. I abruptly
awakened three men who sprang up surprised from
beneath the tarp. I took a picture of one of them
though the hole in the fence and immediately had a
rock thrown at me.
Friday morning a White Bronco drove down the fence
line on the Mexican side from 140 to a hilltop just
west of The Oaks. I took pictures as five men, all
dressed in identical dark blue uniforms got out of the
vehicle several times and walked around toward the
fence. Then they left the area heading south.
Friday afternoon, while patrolling on my motorcycle,
I found a fresh hole under the fence between 139 and
140. It had been dug out from the American side. I
informed a BP agent who was on patrol and then we
plugged the leak.
Friday night I had another Minuteman Thanksgiving
meal, prepared by Ridgerunner. I ate it in the cab of
my truck while observing the 140 area with night
vision, also loaned to me by Ridgerunner. Gadget and
Radar visited me before a thick fog rolled in and
visibility deteriorated. Unable to see, I went back
down to The Oaks where Max and I slept in shifts.
The fog lifted and I resumed my patrol about 0230.
About dawn I went back to the monument panel at 139 to
see if those boys were under the tarp again. They
were there, but they were already awake and peering at
me thought the holes in the fence. I left Campo for
home Saturday morning about 1100.
Now comes the brief opinion piece
I have deployed with the now defunct Friends of the
Border Patrol once, the Border Search and Rescue one
time and in April of 2006 I tried to deploy with the
MCDC. The MCDC muster was in disarray and that is how
I ended up in Campo, where the men put me to work
directly. I am proud to claim affiliation with all of
the groups but especially the men and women who work
the Campo area. They are tireless patriots and
civilian observers, many of whom live on the border
24/7. They work closely with, cooperate with and are
welcomed by the BP. If MCDC actually has the money
and manpower it claims to have in the southern
California area why not organize and help the other
groups? Instead of a large, once a month MCDC dog and
pony show at “Camp Vigilance” which is deserted the
rest of the time, why not stagger the MCDC “musters”
and communicate with the Campo Minutemen and the MMP?
If we put our egos aside and our country first we
could effectively cover and observe the border from
Boundary Peak to Bell Valley! Can’t we all just get
along??
This concludes my report. I will submit this report
and corresponding pictures to the webmaster for
eventual inclusion at
http://www.campominutemen.com
C1
Campo Minuteman
On 11/23/06 I took the scenic route down the old
highway from Jacumba to Campo as I usually do. Just
as I did on 11/10/06, I stopped by the MCDC’s new
compound called “Camp Vigilance” to check it out. I
found it locked and deserted on both weekends and none
of their crew observed me or the border.
I rolled up to The Oaks at Campo about noon just as
Weasel and Shaggy were leaving, having finished their
night shift and heading home. I was grateful to
relieve them. Mad Max was on hand to give me a
briefing. Several locals and MMP affiliates brought us
Thanksgiving meals for with we were very grateful.
Thanksgiving night was very active. A large group
crossed and the Border Patrol sent three trucks up on
the power line road behind 138, 139 and 140.
Meanwhile a small group apparently got though by The
Oaks. Max heard them and we tracked their footprints
down the trail west of The Oaks until we lost them in
the brush. Max and I each sat watch in separate
locations on high ground just east of the PCT,
observing the culverts and low lands beyond. The
would-be crossers in Mexico taunted us all night,
hollering and banging the fence.
As we sat on the high ground the vision of the
Border Patrols working the power line roads was a
sight to behold. They were obvious herding a large
group of illegals. Suddenly, I was startled by a
vehicle coming up behind me. It was a large Border
Patrol van heading east at high speed, a sure sign
that a significant number had been captured. I
radioed Max and we met at The Oaks in time to watch
the BP vehicles leaving the area. They waved at us as
we gave them a standing ovation.
I resumed my patrols, alternating between using my
top mounted Go-Light to spotlight the area and my side
light to look for fresh tracks. Periodically Max
would bring Thanksgiving leftovers to my position.
I ended up at my favorite spot (and apparently the
smugglers too) at 139. About 0400 Max, while out on
patrol, brought me pumpkin pie. About fifteen minutes
after he left, someone from behind the fence hollered,
startling at me. At about 0445 I got out of the truck
to stretch and someone else hollered at me, this time
from America, in the area behind 139 where the BP had
been working only hours before. I called the Border
Patrol at Campo and reported it, stating that perhaps
there were still illegals in that area. BP was at my
position within 15 minutes and searched the area to no
avail. When he came back to my position I asked him
what had gone on earlier in the evening. He said they
had caught thirteen illegals, but the two young
coyotes they wanted weren’t with them. I thanked him
for the job he was doing and he returned the
compliment.
As aside, this has always been my experience at
Campo. Without exception the BP always thanks us for
being present. I always ask them if there is anything
we should do or not do and they always say to just
keep doing what we are doing. One officer even
commended me for being armed and said it was dangerous
not to have a weapon as close to the border as we
work. So much for the gun toting vigilante
accusations. The individual BP officers in the field
profess to like us there, and like us there armed.
They enjoy having responsible citizens providing them
with more eyes and ears.
About sun up I walked quietly over the white monument
panel at 139, where I have frequently noted illegals
brazenly coming and going. Through a peephole in the
fence I spied movement under a tarp on the ground.
Payback time. I banged on the fence loudly as they
had done repeatedly through the night. I abruptly
awakened three men who sprang up surprised from
beneath the tarp. I took a picture of one of them
though the hole in the fence and immediately had a
rock thrown at me.
Friday morning a White Bronco drove down the fence
line on the Mexican side from 140 to a hilltop just
west of The Oaks. I took pictures as five men, all
dressed in identical dark blue uniforms got out of the
vehicle several times and walked around toward the
fence. Then they left the area heading south.
Friday afternoon, while patrolling on my motorcycle,
I found a fresh hole under the fence between 139 and
140. It had been dug out from the American side. I
informed a BP agent who was on patrol and then we
plugged the leak.
Friday night I had another Minuteman Thanksgiving
meal, prepared by Ridgerunner. I ate it in the cab of
my truck while observing the 140 area with night
vision, also loaned to me by Ridgerunner. Gadget and
Radar visited me before a thick fog rolled in and
visibility deteriorated. Unable to see, I went back
down to The Oaks where Max and I slept in shifts.
The fog lifted and I resumed my patrol about 0230.
About dawn I went back to the monument panel at 139 to
see if those boys were under the tarp again. They
were there, but they were already awake and peering at
me thought the holes in the fence. I left Campo for
home Saturday morning about 1100.
Now comes the brief opinion piece
I have deployed with the now defunct Friends of the
Border Patrol once, the Border Search and Rescue one
time and in April of 2006 I tried to deploy with the
MCDC. The MCDC muster was in disarray and that is how
I ended up in Campo, where the men put me to work
directly. I am proud to claim affiliation with all of
the groups but especially the men and women who work
the Campo area. They are tireless patriots and
civilian observers, many of whom live on the border
24/7. They work closely with, cooperate with and are
welcomed by the BP. If MCDC actually has the money
and manpower it claims to have in the southern
California area why not organize and help the other
groups? Instead of a large, once a month MCDC dog and
pony show at “Camp Vigilance” which is deserted the
rest of the time, why not stagger the MCDC “musters”
and communicate with the Campo Minutemen and the MMP?
If we put our egos aside and our country first we
could effectively cover and observe the border from
Boundary Peak to Bell Valley! Can’t we all just get
along??
This concludes my report. I will submit this report
and corresponding pictures to the webmaster for
eventual inclusion at
http://www.campominutemen.com
C1
Campo Minuteman
Saturday, November 25, 2006
An Illegal Alien Killed Tyler Lundin
My lovely living boy,
My hope, my happiness
My love, my life, my joy.
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas. (1544–1590)
Because of An Illegal Alien. The Lunden's Lovely, Living Boy,
is No Longer with Them.
Pictures w posted here:
http://www.campominutemen.com/photos.aspx
-----------------------------
http://www.dailynews.com/antelopevalley/ci_4722382
Protesters decry illegal immigration
Man died after collision blamed on undocumented driver
BY CHARLES F. BOSTWICK, Staff Writer
Article Last Updated:11/25/2006 06:27:59 PM PST
PALMDALE - More than 50 people carrying American flags and signs that read "Stop illegal immigration" demonstrated Saturday at an intersection where a young Palmdale man was fatally injured in a crash blamed on an unlicensed, uninsured undocumented immigrant who tried to walk away after the collision.
The protesters said local government officials should do more to deter illegal immigration, including turning over to federal authorities undocumented immigrants who have been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and similar crimes rather than releasing them to await trial.
"If they release drunk illegal-alien drivers after they sober up, they're setting us up for more deaths of American citizens," said Frank Jorge, founder of the Antelope Valley Independent Minutemen, which organized Saturday's demonstration.
With songs such as Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" and the Eagles' "Lying Eyes" playing on loudspeakers, the demonstrators stood along 10th Street West at Avenue O, beside a memorial cross and candles for 20-year-old Tyler Lundin of Palmdale. Passing motorists honked and waved.
"It's been overwhelmingly positive," Jorge said of the response from passers-by. "I don't think I've seen anybody give us a thumbs-down or a middle finger.
Lundin died four days after an Oct.22 crash in which his pickup truck collided with a compact car that turned left in front of it. The car's two occupants tried to walk away after the crash, but they were caught and detained by several people who witnessed the crash, sheriff's deputies said.
Wilfredo Briswela, 22, of Rosamond, who prosecutors said is an unlicensed, uninsured, undocumented immigrant, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, punishable by up to a year in jail, and felony hit-and-run, punishable by up to four years in prison. He's in jail in lieu of $100,000 bail awaiting trial.
Littlerock resident Susan Zaks stood beside Lundin's roadside memorial with a hand-lettered sign reading, "The cost of illegals."
She said she is not against immigrants - her father and his parents came to the United States from England, her mother's parents from Russia and her husband from Israel - but wants immigrants to comply with U.S. immigration laws.
"I want everyone coming in the front door, just like my father, my grandparents and my husband did," Zaks said.
By federal law, immigrants - legal or illegal - are deported after they serve their sentences for serious crimes including murder, robbery, child molestation and some thefts.
But Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said they do not routinely check the immigration status of people arrested for misdemeanors or cited for offenses such as driving without a license, though they routinely impound vehicles driven by people without licenses.
Jorge, a Mojave resident, said the Antelope Valley Independent Minutemen was founded to try other tactics not used by the nationally known Minuteman Project, whose members have staked out border crossings used by people entering the United States illegally.
The group's first demonstration was in September at east Palmdale's Four Points intersection, where they protested loitering by day laborers whom they presumed to be mostly, if not entirely, undocumented immigrants.
They also protested the September 2005 death of off-duty paramedic Michael Sprinkles, whose motorcycle was hit by a compact car driven by an undocumented immigrant who had been deported in 1999 for crimes committed in the United States and had a driver's license under one of his many assumed names.
The group's members have also appeared before the Lancaster and Palmdale city councils, and Jorge said he thinks their pressure is responsible for a Lancaster decision to reject Mexican matricular consular cards as identification for city business, and for Palmdale officials' consideration of requiring companies with city contracts to verify they are not employing people who are in the United States illegally.
My hope, my happiness
My love, my life, my joy.
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas. (1544–1590)
Because of An Illegal Alien. The Lunden's Lovely, Living Boy,
is No Longer with Them.
Pictures w posted here:
http://www.campominutemen.com/photos.aspx
-----------------------------
http://www.dailynews.com/antelopevalley/ci_4722382
Protesters decry illegal immigration
Man died after collision blamed on undocumented driver
BY CHARLES F. BOSTWICK, Staff Writer
Article Last Updated:11/25/2006 06:27:59 PM PST
PALMDALE - More than 50 people carrying American flags and signs that read "Stop illegal immigration" demonstrated Saturday at an intersection where a young Palmdale man was fatally injured in a crash blamed on an unlicensed, uninsured undocumented immigrant who tried to walk away after the collision.
The protesters said local government officials should do more to deter illegal immigration, including turning over to federal authorities undocumented immigrants who have been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and similar crimes rather than releasing them to await trial.
"If they release drunk illegal-alien drivers after they sober up, they're setting us up for more deaths of American citizens," said Frank Jorge, founder of the Antelope Valley Independent Minutemen, which organized Saturday's demonstration.
With songs such as Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" and the Eagles' "Lying Eyes" playing on loudspeakers, the demonstrators stood along 10th Street West at Avenue O, beside a memorial cross and candles for 20-year-old Tyler Lundin of Palmdale. Passing motorists honked and waved.
"It's been overwhelmingly positive," Jorge said of the response from passers-by. "I don't think I've seen anybody give us a thumbs-down or a middle finger.
Lundin died four days after an Oct.22 crash in which his pickup truck collided with a compact car that turned left in front of it. The car's two occupants tried to walk away after the crash, but they were caught and detained by several people who witnessed the crash, sheriff's deputies said.
Wilfredo Briswela, 22, of Rosamond, who prosecutors said is an unlicensed, uninsured, undocumented immigrant, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, punishable by up to a year in jail, and felony hit-and-run, punishable by up to four years in prison. He's in jail in lieu of $100,000 bail awaiting trial.
Littlerock resident Susan Zaks stood beside Lundin's roadside memorial with a hand-lettered sign reading, "The cost of illegals."
She said she is not against immigrants - her father and his parents came to the United States from England, her mother's parents from Russia and her husband from Israel - but wants immigrants to comply with U.S. immigration laws.
"I want everyone coming in the front door, just like my father, my grandparents and my husband did," Zaks said.
By federal law, immigrants - legal or illegal - are deported after they serve their sentences for serious crimes including murder, robbery, child molestation and some thefts.
But Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said they do not routinely check the immigration status of people arrested for misdemeanors or cited for offenses such as driving without a license, though they routinely impound vehicles driven by people without licenses.
Jorge, a Mojave resident, said the Antelope Valley Independent Minutemen was founded to try other tactics not used by the nationally known Minuteman Project, whose members have staked out border crossings used by people entering the United States illegally.
The group's first demonstration was in September at east Palmdale's Four Points intersection, where they protested loitering by day laborers whom they presumed to be mostly, if not entirely, undocumented immigrants.
They also protested the September 2005 death of off-duty paramedic Michael Sprinkles, whose motorcycle was hit by a compact car driven by an undocumented immigrant who had been deported in 1999 for crimes committed in the United States and had a driver's license under one of his many assumed names.
The group's members have also appeared before the Lancaster and Palmdale city councils, and Jorge said he thinks their pressure is responsible for a Lancaster decision to reject Mexican matricular consular cards as identification for city business, and for Palmdale officials' consideration of requiring companies with city contracts to verify they are not employing people who are in the United States illegally.
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