Thread: Dan Smeriglio Connection With Neo Nazi Skin Heads

Dan Smeriglio Connection With Neo Nazi Skin Heads

On Monday May 10, 2010, ALIPAC received information that Dan Smeriglio who has no group, website, accounts, funds, etc... yet operates under the moniker Voice Of The People USA had no permit for a June 5 event in Arizona and had connections to neo-Nazis and neo-Nazi rock groups on his Facebook page promoting an event in Phoenix on June 5.

While ALIPAC had worked with Dan Smeriglio some over the last three years, we never had any solid evidence he was connected with or working with skinhead groups, until May 10, 2010. Although, we must mention that racist skinheads have shown up at and caused trouble at many of Smeriglio's events in Pennsylvania. Smeriglio has always denied any ties to these groups.

Despite our direct complaints on May 10, and our departure to a new event date on May 11, the neo-Nazi rock group SAGA continued to be listed on Dan Smeriglio's Facebook page until May 13. Dan Smeriglio only removed the group neo-Nazi group SAGA and Steve Smith, founder of a skinhead group called Keystone United, from his Facebook page after being confronted further.

Dan Smeriglio has known Steve Smith and about Steve Smith's position with Keystone United skinheads because they appeared together at a small rally in Hazelton, PA on November 14, 2009

Illegal Immigration groups released this news clip to attack ALIPAC. It shows four white nationalists at Dan Smeriglio's rally, including Steve Smith who appears to help lead the event with a bullhorn.

Neo Nazi's At November Rally with Smeriglio. Skinhead Steve Smith is the large guy with the bullhorn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqlYOmU7iew

After this video came out, William Gheen of ALIPAC confronted Dan Smeriglio and he claimed that he did not know Steve Smith or the white nationalists or of their affiliations.

Yet, long after that confrontation Dan Smeriglio added Steve Smith as his Friend on Facebook and the two were seen communicating with each other in relation to politicians in PA who are against illegal immigration.

NOTE ON SCREEN SHOT FILES: Use your mouse roller to flip through pages on the files.

Screen Shot #1 establishes these screen shots were taken on May 13, 2010 by showing Dan Smeriglio's Facebook profile with a dated newspaper.
http://www.alipac.us/media/May13proof.pdf

Screen Shot #2 shows Dan Smeriglio as friends with skinhead Steve Smith at time of capture on May 13, 2010. Steve Smith is in the video above holding the bull horn back on Nov. 14, 2009 rally.
(page 1)
http://www.alipac.us/media/DanSteveSaga1.pdf

Screen Shot #3 Shows skinhead Steve Smith is friends with Dan Smeriglio
(page 2)
http://www.alipac.us/media/DanSteveSaga2.pdf


AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SCREEN SHOT, STEVE SMITH IDENTIFIES HIMSELF WITH KEYSTONE UNITED AND THE BAND SAGA.
(page 3)
http://www.alipac.us/media/DanSteveSaga3.pdf


HIS GROUP KEYSTONE UNITED IS SHOWN ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE
http://www.keystoneunited.com/

Closer analysis of Steve Smith's Facebook profile indicates he lists his favorite musical groups as SAGA.

Dan Smeriglio has first musical group of preference listed by name as SAGA, up until May 13 and only removed Steve Smith and Saga after numerous demands by leaders planning rallies in Arizona.

Screen shot proof that
DAN SMERIGLIO's (The organizer of June 5 rally with Tancredo) FACEBOOK PAGE WAS LINKING TO NAZI ROCKERS SAGA
(page 2)
http://www.alipac.us/media/sagaprofiledan.pdf


SAGA and Steve Smith were removed from Smeriglio's Facebook page promoting the June 5 Phoenix event after a lot of pressure on May 13
Screen Shot of Sanitized Pages...
http://www.alipac.us/media/SanitizedVer ... und430.pdf


The neo-Nazi rock group SAGA is also listed on Steve Smith of Keystone United's Facebook as his favorite rock group too!

(Screen Shot of Steve Smith Saga profile Page 3)
http://www.alipac.us/media/DanSteveSaga3.pdf

Dan Smeriglio's Facebook profile has been advertising the neo-Nazi rock groups SAGA up until a few days ago. Dan's Facebook profile is the main communications channel running a page to drive a rally on June 5 in Phoenix AZ in support of SB 1070.

The page is called "OFFICIAL: ARIZONA RALLY & FREEDOM MARCH ACROSS AMERICA"
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110559345651797

Dan Smeriglio and Steve Smith were seen conversing with each other on the rally page two weeks ago, but we do not have the screen shots and those posts have recently been erased.

While there are several SAGA Fan Pages on Facebook, the SAGA links on both Dan Smeriglio's and Steve Smith's Facebook profiles links to the very same SAGA Fan Page found at this link...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saga/249159933080

Here is what Wikipedia says about Smeriglio and Smith's favorite band SAGA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_%28singer%29

Here are some examples of SAGA's music videos on YouTube that shows her performing for the NSF "National Socialist Front". The NSF is a neo-Nazi political group in Sweden.

National Socialist Front
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Front

Videos (Swastika's and other racist symbols appear in these)
Saga - Ode To A Dying People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3rKRh0h5k

Saga - European dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47CZsj8X ... re=related


This SAGA should not be confused with the defunct Canadian band from the early 80's called Saga.

ALIPAC is pulling out of any rallies in Arizona in the month of June after discovering that retired Congressman Tom Tancredo is working behind the scenes to try and direct leaders, candidates, and groups away from an alternate event planned on June 12 and into Dan Smeriglio's rally in Phoenix on June 5.

We feel that Tancredo's assertions that there are no serious concerns about Smeriglio or bringing candidates into the June 5 rally are false.

Here is ALIPAC's announcement that links to this evidence page...
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-199590.html


We are getting more information and evidence coming in about Dan Smeriglio's associations with skinheads and will post that information here as it comes in and is verified.

If anyone has any questions about this information or needs clarification, please contact William Gheen of ALIPAC at WilliamG@alipac.us or (866) 703-0864

One common question I am receiving is

Question:

"Why did you let Dan Smeriglio be in charge of the June 5 rally if you knew he was trouble?"

ANSWER:

I spoke with Dan early on as I spoke with about six other leaders that have actual real groups about an event in Arizona. The other leaders wanted to go in but all wanted dates as late as mid June to prepare.

Suddenly, I get an email forwarded to me that came from Tom Tancredo's people announcing a rally in Phoenix on June 5. I tracked that back and found Dan Smeriglio setting up the Facebook page. Smeriglio claims that Tancredo contacted him and asked to speak, but it really looks like they launched at about the same time.

I was asked to get in behind the both of them to support and speak on June 5. I agreed as did many of the other leaders I had been polling about the issue because after Smeriglio and Tancredo launched, without checking with any other leaders first, our choice was to get behind the effort or split up our strength.

So we got behind the effort until the lie about the permit and the neo nazi connections became clear on May 10.


William Gheen
President of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
www.alipac.us

I agree that this is not what we want to be associated with. My question would be how do you prevent groups like that from infiltrating into a peaceful support gathering? It seems a shame because of a few people like the skinheads which I detest that we have to give up a unified gathering of supporters of the bill. America has only seen one side of the issue by the anit-1070 protesters and its a shame they can't see that there is as large if not larger a group of citizens who support this bill. I certaintly don't want to see any acts of violence or racial overtures but feel it important we somehow get our message of support out there as well. What do you propose as an alternative to the June 12th rally? Are you planning for one in July instead?

The rally needs to be in temperate weather. Something in July will have poor attendance. I am so disappointed but I also do not wish to subject my family to the hate and targeting. If it were the Hispanic community they will see my husband as the traitor for marrying outside his race and the skinhead types will target both of us as well. I have been assaulted by Hispanic while pregnant so not too interested in putting us in dangerous position. I think that there is a huge population of mixed-race marriages that are in our position. We are willing to go out and support a just cause and to make a better situation for citizens but not willing to risk our loved ones even though we want a chance to do the right thing.

Originally Posted by Arizonaman2008

I agree that this is not what we want to be associated with. My question would be how do you prevent groups like that from infiltrating into a peaceful support gathering? It seems a shame because of a few people like the skinheads which I detest that we have to give up a unified gathering of supporters of the bill. America has only seen one side of the issue by the anit-1070 protesters and its a shame they can't see that there is as large if not larger a group of citizens who support this bill. I certaintly don't want to see any acts of violence or racial overtures but feel it important we somehow get our message of support out there as well. What do you propose as an alternative to the June 12th rally? Are you planning for one in July instead?

We will work on alternate planning once the dust settles from today's announcement.

This fiasco has dominated a lot of my time over the last three weeks and I've found myself dealing with bad news after bad news being generated by others.

It is hard to tell if this is just stupidity in motion or intelligent human resources causing the problems they are paid to cause.

Will take the future rally idea into advisement.

Please feel free to call or write me if I can provide you with more information about this tough situation.

Sincerely,

William Gheen
President of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC)
www.alipac.us
Post Office Box 30966, Raleigh, NC 27622-0966
Tel: (919) 787-6009 Toll Free: (866) 703-0864
FEC ID: C00405878

Maybe it is a good thing to pull away from the event. But as you well know whether these other ,more aggrssive, groups are present or not we are all labeled "racists" and "KKK" "rednecks" "xenophobics" anyway. Not just by illegals,but by the media some politicians and persons like Sharpton. They can not get it through their THICK SKULLS that "we the people" want our laws obeyed and enforced and borders secured.

while i dont condone their politics, they ( skinheads and kkk) are following laws when they protest. that cant be said about the illegal aliens and their supporters. There is no law against being in the klan on skinheads ( the person is pretty sick).

There is a saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I am sure all the illegal groups and anti american groups are working to keep illegals here and continuing birthright citizenship.

I'm disappointed to see all this controversy. It's exactly the thing we do not need in this movement to defend our nation and preserve liberty.

In the interest of fairness and respect for all concerned I'm taking the liberty of posting this response by Dan Smeriglio which I received by email this morning courtesy of a third party.

I hope all who understand the functions of FaceBook recognize that the social networking site can be as much of a curse as a boon when used to further your message. All would be well advised to study this tragedy carefully and examine their own exposure when using such internet tools.

Here is the explanation by Mr. Smeriglio.

__________________________________________________ ___________

From: Daniel Smeriglio <voiceofthepeopleusa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:42 PM
Subject: A special message from Daniel Smeriglio of Voice of the People USA


Ladies and Gentlemen,

Please forgive me for having to waste a moment of your time, but sometimes it is necessary to respond when your character, integrity or honor are under attack.

In regards to false statements being made about our rally, June 5, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona, let me state a few things.

I have always worked on a grassroots level with honor, integrity and passion for always putting the people first and foremost with everything that I do. I do not beg for money, nor am I sponsored by any national organization. No organization funds my efforts to combat unfair and unjust taxation, political corruption on all levels, and of course holding rallies opposed to illegal immigration and amnesty.

My organization operates on a shoestring budget that is self-funded. We believe that our freedoms are guaranteed to us by the bravery and ultimate sacrifices made by our men and women of the armed forces. Our Bill of Rights does not have a price tag attached to it. We do this out of love for our country and a willingness to always put the people first above money and special interest groups. We believe that We the People have the power!

Along the way you hit road blocks and hardships, but it's how you rise above the lies and jealousy that speaks to the character of not only yourself, but of the people that believe in you. I have always held truth to be of the utmost value.

Let me address some toxic lies that are being hurled by those who claim to represent the same beliefs about national security that I do.

First, it was brought to my attention over the last week that some people were concerned about allegations made against me with regards to Facebook friends and a band that appeared on my Facebook profile. Out of the 2,200 friends on my Facebook page, two apparently had or have some association with groups that do NOT represent my beliefs, particularly regarding illegal immigration.

When this was brought to my attention I immediately removed and blocked the two individuals in question, because I stand against illegal immigration with no hatred in my heart for any person, race or religion. I support LEGAL immigration and always pay homage to the millions of hardworking immigrants that have made our nation the beautiful place that it is today. I believe that "illegal" has no race and has no social standing. I am opposed to lawbreakers that damage the good and noble name of all those whom migrate to this country legally every year.

When I learned that these two individuals were connected to my Facebook account I was outraged, disgusted and angry. I am a person from a culturally diverse family and I am extremely proud of that.

Secondly, apparently there was a band that has some form of hatred in their lyrics on my Facebook profile. I assure you that I had never heard the lyrics of this band - which I shall not name because I refuse to advertise for them. I do not have the ability to do a background check on every person or band out of thousands that I come into contact with on Facebook. To link me with this band is absurd and was done with malicious intent. I will have no part of it.

I will never subscribe to a person or group that chooses to hate others for any reason. I find it insulting to be accused of such beliefs. These allegations are unfounded and their claims are baseless.

All that I do comes from a caring and concern for the people of this nation. I have witnessed first hand what happens when national security isn't a primary concern in our nation. My family and many other families all suffered incredible losses on 9/11. I fight because I believe that we are a nation of laws and that the law should apply to everyone equally without exception.

Lies and misinformation will not derail me from my mission. I will pray for those who have spread these lies, that they some day see the error of their ways.
I am determined to put on the largest rally in support of Arizona and the rule of law that our nation has ever seen. It brings me great honor to have you continue to believe in me - and stand with me - as this is all about our survival as a nation. The integrity of this important and patriotic event shall not be infringed upon or sabotaged.

A month ago I made a promise to hold a rally in support of Arizona and I will keep my promise to all of you no matter what is thrown into our path. When the truth is guiding you, you can never be wrong. I am grateful to have so many national leaders and elected officials standing with us. There is no greater honor for me than to make this rally a tremendous success for all of you brave patriots in Arizona and every patriot across this great nation.

I will never resort to the tactic of spreading hateful allegations. I would rather funnel that passion and desire into standing up and doing the right thing, not only for my country, but also for all of you out there who believe in this noble and just cause.

Thank you very much and may God bless you all,

Daniel Smeriglio
The Voice Of The People USA, PAC

tiredofapathy,

This message from Dan Smeriglio has been posted in several locations here at ALIPAC.

Yes, we fully understand how Facebook works as the ALIPAC Facebook network is the strongest in our movement.

In this case, Smeriglio's excuses do not hold water and the neo nazi music groups were promoted on his profile where either he directly or a skinhead friend posted the group name.

A claim his account was hacked is not being made and Smeriglio contends he did put SAGA on his profile but did not know they had a racist message.

Go google SAGA, the swedish female singer and tell me if you could have missed SAGA's message.

W

The leader of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton chapter of the Keystone State Skinheads is prominent in the video of the very small Hazelton rally. I find it impossible to believe Smegal had no idea who the man was. IMPOSSIBLE!