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A Celebration of American Sovereignty
July 3rd to July 6th 2008 Camp Vigilance, Boulevard, CA
Save the Dates! Bring the family.
Secure America Now is an American Celebration of Sovereignty.
http://www.secure-america-now.com
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Ken
We are getting great turn out for this event, if you need space for the weekend you need to make reservations NOW!
We will be serving PIT roasted pigs, 2-200lb pigs BBQ stype with hamburgers & Hotdogs & chicken and lots of great food and entertainment!
check the site for updates http://www.secure-america-now.com
Ken
See you on July 4th at the BORDER!
I wish if was close enough to partispate, sounds like so much fun....where are all the alipac californians ?
It bears repeating.''Where are all the alipac californians?''
Very good point, we need Alipacers in this event! Come on down to the event this July 4th!Quote:
Originally Posted by use2busmc
send your reservations to us now!
www.secure-america-now.com
8O :lol:
I'll be out there Ken and I'll bring the real mountain dog with me.
This is worth going to just for the pit BBQ!!!!!!!
I've been out to this site before so I hope more of you will show up as I'm sure it will be a lot of fun and a most enjoyable weekend.
See you all there, I'll be the guy with the border collie.
Howdy MountainDog,
I am looking forward to meeting you and your faithful companion.We are expecting lots of Patriots,it is going to be a blast!!
Jim
Darn, I wish I could be there. This really sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. Darn.
I'm looking forward to this event.
The 4th should be very none confrontational and a good opportunity to get invite old acquaintances to get together and maybe get one or two off of the apathy fence.
Well, we worked most of the weekend getting camp ready for this event, I posted more photos online at the site for all of you to look at.
We have the PIG PIG about 3/4 done!
Ken
Lets see you at the event!
When you guys dig a hole to cook some pigs you dig a hole!
http://www.campvigilance.com/2008/page1.html
I talked to some more people I haven't seen in about twenty five years about the 4th of July party. I hope they can make it.
StokeyBob-
Well, yes when we do something here in CA it is usually done the right way!
I did a lot of research on it, and got the best ideas from the Pig BBQ folks around the country who said it was a great way to do it!
Having NEVER done one we decided to do it the best way we could, this way we can use it for the next event also!
Maybe this will lead to a regular BBQ at the border!
What fun!
Ken
:lol: :lol: :lol:
It looks like you guys have some nice equipment to work with.
I tried a deer in the ground once. I ended up having to finish it in the oven. It was sort of hard to check it to see how it was doing all covered up. Plus I don't think I had enough coals going when I covered it. They sort of got choked out.
It is looking good the way you have the rocks on the bottom with big cracks for air to get in.
It sure seems like a good way to interest more people in coming out and joining in. They don't have to be for or against or on one side or the other. Just behaved.Quote:
"Maybe this will lead to a regular BBQ at the border! "
Many families, I would imagine, could have some on each side of the argument but should still feel welcome.
Bob, here is what we posted on the BBQ forum:
We plan on digging a 5’ wide, 10’ long, 4’ deep pit into the camp ground area where there is no brush or trees. This area is compacted Granit. Then we will place corrugated metal on the sides and bottom of the pit and hold it up with rebar posts pounded into the inside of the pit. Then we will place large head size boulders from the property all along the bottom of the pit. Then we will create a Oak based fire that will burn until we have about 12-16â€
It sounds well thought out.
I can't wait.
I'm going to start me a pile of all of the things I will be bringing.
Hey, no fair, you guys cheat! I've done pit bbq's before and we had to dig the holes by hand, but then that was a long time ago maybe they didn't have backhoes then? :roll:
This should be a good time and hopefully will become a yearly event.
This thread looks like it needs a bump.
It's time to pry ourselves out of those easy chairs and get on down to where everything is happening.
Speaking of chairs, a good folding one may come in handy when you get there.
That's a good idea Bob, also keep in mind this is the high desert and day time temps have been in the high 90's so dress accordingly.Quote:
Originally Posted by StokeyBob
See you there!
MD
Operation Secure America Now!!
The Novel
Part 1 of 3 parts
Five-dollar gas is awesome…
Traffic wise.
I made it to the OPERATION SECURE AMERICA NOW!! 4th of July event in San Diego. I traveled down from Fremont, California. The drive down seemed a little peculiar traffic wise. I told my brother about the traffic seeming light and he thought it was because of the five-dollar gasoline. The trip home confirmed it.
The event started early Friday morning with the checking in. Security was there to help with the parking and getting everyone signed up. It went very smooth.
It was nice to meet some familiar faces.
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We opened with the pledge of allegiance. I’m not sure if this was the exact moment or just who this guy was but I know he is good people and kept us up on the announcements of the day. (After reading some of the Operation Secure America Now website I think he is Carl Braun.)
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From what I remember the fist speaker was Duncan D. Hunter. Duncan Hunter’s son. He seems to be a chip on the old block and should be a good man to represent us in the government.
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Some of the original minutemen took the stage and spoke of many things of the past and dreams for the future.
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I met one of the two people I have been wanting to meet since I read Daniel Sheehy book, Fighting Immigration Anarchy One is Glenn Spencer. The other is Barbara Coe.
Barbara Coe is seen here giving a rousing speech.
She has been at this battle for many years. If you get a chance to read Sheehy’s book you can get summery of how she started out working in the Los Angles Police department statistic department when things first started getting out of hand. She took statistics to her bosses that showed troubling trends that showed the city was heading for trouble but they didn’t want to hear it. She went on to work on California’s Proposition 187, I believe, and also founded the California Coalition for Immigration Reform. It’s also known as CCIR. She sends out email alerts and forwards emails of the things that are happening in regards to illegal immigration. When things are really happening there can be a lot of messages. It can a little overwhelming at first but once you get used to it they can really keep you up to date and not much will slip by.
Another person in this picture is Chelene Nightingale. We know her here as Patriot Dream. I was looking forward to meeting her but not in the star struck sense like with Barbara Coe or Glenn Spencer but more as a casual, she’s a nice looking women, I’ve seen a lot of pictures of her and read a lot of her post on the message boards. Much like many of the other Save Our State message board people I always look forward to meeting. I had no idea just who she was in person. Right off the bat I saw her early in the morning. I introduced myself and she welcomed me and made me feel like someone special and a real part of the group. She was able to do that with all of us I believe.
She is one of those naturally gifted people to the stage. She was the Master of Ceremonies for the day and kept the entertainment and speeches organized and flowing on the stage.
If I see her again I may be a little star struck. Well either one of them.
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We had many speakers throughout the day. I remember one spoke of taking a list of Constitutional violations and charging members of congress criminally. Another has a petition that will be out soon. I remembered to pick up a flyer on the petition. The web address is http://www.taxpayerrevolution.org/. I should really take notes I suppose. Now I’m relying on crossing my fingers and hoping I will hear more about some of the day’s topics.
Chris Simcox is a familiar face across the nation.
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This is Rubin Medina of the American Union Band. He played and wrote some excellent selections that fit the occasion to a T. We need more events with music. Music worked well for gathering groups in the sixties.
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Part 2 of 3 parts
Another part of the entertainment was Loch David Crane as Bafflin Bill Cody. He put on a magical act and was great with the kids. I’m thinking he is a regular at the Outdoor World RV Park next door but I could be sadly mistaken. If he is not, he should be.
We also had showings of a new immigration film that is coming out. It was the premier showing of "Documented Americaâ€
Part 3 of 3 parts
DARSACRAMENTO or Melissa is another one that is good at pulling people into her circle. Her and some others had clumped up their chairs and were talking before the launching of the balloons. She told me to grab a chair and join them. I did. The group also pulled in others.
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What was a clump of chairs grew to a circle and the circle grew larger.
Ted Hayes, Candidate for Congress 35th District got sucked into the circle here. He gave a great speech earlier. At one point he broke out into a song. He can always fall back on his singing someday if he needs to.
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I keep hoping our events will draw more people. We have many members that are good at making others feel welcome.
I grew up in San Diego and I tried to get ahold of as many of the old group as I could find. I found one person in Alaska and another in Texas. Some of those in San Diego seemed interested in coming but things just didn’t work out I guess. This isn’t anything new for our little group. Sometimes the parties were huge. Sometimes they fizzled.
As I watched the festivities, maybe it isn’t so important that everyone join in in every event. The forth of July reminds us we are all part of a bigger group known as the United States of America. Many of our fellow fighters in this battle against illegal immigration remain unseen from the masses. They are out there though, writing and faxing and doing many other deeds that go unseen. There are lots of unsung hero’s out there we have yet to hear about or meet. Each chooses their own battles.
The grand finale with the balloons was just one of those things where you just had to be there. I tried to takes some pictures of it but they only show a hint of what it was like.
Around nine o’clock we were each given our own balloon. They were a trip. Each one had a blinking LED light inside of it so they looked pretty eerie blinking and glowing the way they did. Red, White and Blue. (You’ll just have to pretend the green ones are white in these pictures.)
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We gathered by the stage waiting for the signal to release them at the same time.
A few test balloons escaped which gave us a clue as to what was going to happen. It wasn’t even close to the reality of them all taking flight at once though. Like I said before you just had to be there. I think one of the problems with the pictures is the camera couldn’t see many of the balloons when their lights blinked off. Another was the camera had trouble with the color, it being dark.
Man it was cool when the lights went out before the release.
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They drifted away. Well except for some that were stuck in a tree but that was cool too.
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We were all invited back for the Forth of July in 2009. I’m sure that invitation includes all of you out there reading this message. The infrastructure, in other words, the people running the show and Camp Vigilance, could have handled more people than we had this year, it looked to me like.
I know they could use help during the rest of the year watching our borders. Throughout the day they were taking groups out on guided tours of the border. Even if you have a place you want to watch of your own this would be a good place to get the instructions on how to go about it and get started.
If I was going to give it a try I think I would start by contacting the Minuteman Corps of California at;
http://www.campvigilance.com/
Outwitted
by Edwin Markham
He drew a circle that shut me out —
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Border watch groups celebrate the Fourth
Anti-illegal immigration and border security activist groups attend a Fourth of July celebration at Camp Vigilance.
By ERIN CARLYLE
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Comments 11 | Recommend 6
Boulevard, CA - Steve Holder stretched out across a crop of high desert rock just north of the California-Mexico border Saturday and peered through his binoculars, hoping to spot a drug runner.
It was just after 7 a.m., and the desert sun was already beating down on Holder's camouflage pants, khaki vest and low ponytail. The 57-year-old Lake Forest man pulled a green bottle of Perrier from his backpack then, in his clipped British accent, cracked a joke about how his bubbly water habit has become the stuff of legend – at least among his fellow Minutemen.
Maybe that's because it isn't what you'd expect a redneck, or a border vigilante, or a racist – as members of the Minuteman groups have been called by their critics – to drink.
But Holder and his classy beverage appeared determined to surprise. In the past, Holder has refused to let reporters use his true name, fearing backlash at his job as a computer programmer. But this holiday weekend, the native Brit and American citizen decided to go public.
"Do we hide forever because we're patriotic and fighting for our rights?" Holder asked.
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Read the whole article here;
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/b...emen-minuteman
Still recovering, but here is a link to more photos from teh event:
http://www.campvigilance.com/2008/photos-of-campv.html
More later:
Ken
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Minutemen Gather For July Fourth Celebration
POSTED: 4:35 pm PDT July 4, 2008
UPDATED: 7:09 pm PDT July 7, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- There is no parade and no fireworks, but this Independence Day celebration in Boulevard is open to all who are considered friendly.
The Minutemen are as serious about keeping Camp Vigilance free from controversy as they are about securing the U.S.-Mexico border.
"To a lot of people, it's OK … in high power, high places, it's OK if tons of drugs come across this fence," said Jeff Schwilk of the San Diego Minutemen.
Schwilk points to the most recent drug seizure this week. Just two miles from Camp
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For full story and video go to this link. I think they are having trouble with their video right now. I emailed them and maybe they will have it fixed before you see this. It was worse than dial up waiting for it to load.
http://www.10news.com/news/16792885/...=sand&psp=news