As an honorably-discharged Army veteran who was fortunate enough not to have to lay down my life for my country, each Memorial Day brings me a very somber and personal reminder.  In the summer of 1993, shortly after graduating high school, I left my hometown in southern California for what would become my new home for the next four years: the United States Military Academy at West Point.  Like most new cadets, the first friend I made at West Point was my roommate in "Beast" (short for "Beast Barracks," describing our basic training at the academy).

Mike MacKinnon and I roomed together for six weeks, and we both went on to endure challenges and "joys" a West Point education brings and were both commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army.

Sadly, Mike was later killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.  He left behind a wife and two children.  His letter to his family, written by him to be given to his family in the event of his death, is one of the first things I think of when remembering our fallen heroes.

I've posted a link to his letter at http://www.FIRECoalition.com/docs/MacKinnon Letter.pdf

Make sure you have some tissue handy.  This letter has been known to make grown men cry.  Yes...me too...

Jason Mrochek

The other day, I had a very enlightening conversation with a former organizer for the Laborers International Union Of North America. He wrote out a letter to describe the current situation in the unions from an "insider's" perspective. John Buck worked his way up to a pretty lofty position within the organization, so his perspective is valuable for us to use in our fight against the illegal alien invasion.

After reading John's letter below, please take action on the following:

1) If you are a member of a Union, please update your profile (http://www.FIRECoalition.com/profile) to indicate you would be willing to volunteer and select "Union Member" so we can include you in any of our initiatives that deal with unions. This information will not be shared with anyone outside of the FIRE Coalition. Your privacy will be paramount.
2) If there are other like-minded members in your union, please encourage them to join the FIRE Coalition (http://www.FIRECoalition.com/register and similarly indicate they are a union member after clicking the volunteer checkbox.
3) Contact John Buck at strongbuck2003@yahoo.com to let him know where you stand.
4) Send John's letter to your local media (print, radio, and tv) and write letters the editor of your local papers.


Below is his open letter.

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My name is John Buck. I am a former organizer for the Laborers Eastern Organizing Fund, Laborers International Union Of North America. This is my story.

After years of being a rank and file laborer, I was asked to become an organizer. I agreed with the belief that advocating for better working conditions, benefits, and wages for American workers was a worthy cause. I still do.

After some time, I came to these conclusions.

1) Labor leaders nationwide are merging local union halls across the country in order to avoid dissent on illegal immigration.
2) The leadership of these unions are selling out the rank and file in order to gain membership dues and political power for themselves.
3) The unsustainable tide of cheap illegal labor takes the teeth out of any present and future collective bargaining agreements.
4) These leaders have come to a "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" mentality.
5) With years of fighting big buisness' use of illegal aliens, they have succombed.
6) These actions are are costing American union workers jobs.
7) Through the threat of takeover by the international union, local buisness agents submit or are merged to avoid dissent.
8) Through their dues, rank and file members are unwittingly donating money to political action committees who have a pro-amnesty agenda. In other words, they are advocating for their own replacements.
9) Even without the current economic down turn, jobs are finite not infinite.
10) Without a great groundswell of dissent, this situation is irreversable.

Let me tell you a story of the laborers union...

Over the years there has been a number of corruption convictions in my union, so the Justice Department came in to oversee it. This gave the current leadership the appearance of changing the union for the better. Everyone cheered. Then they went to work on us.

Instead of demanding that contractors use legal American workers, they thought it easier to just organize the illegal alen workers which started us down a slippery slope. The courts made the decision that organizing these workers was legal, but here's the rub: while that is legal [I don't agree with it though], sending out illegal aliens from a hiring hall is another matter. My union card has my social security number on it. What about yours? Whose number are the illegal aliens using?

This leaves all our union contractors exposed to fines and penalties, and therefore could affect collective bargaining agreements. The granting of union cards is facillitating the employment of illegal aliens, which is a crime. So I see this practice as an ongoing, organized criminal enterprise. That is the definition of a R.I.C.O. (racketeering) violation.

AND THE JUSTICE DEPT IS LETTING THEM DO IT.!!!!

This house of cards must not stand. Please stand up and scream with me. I am an American Union Worker, and I want my union leaders to identify and e-verify.

Sincerely,

John Buck
strongbuck2003@yahoo.com

"If Mexican drug violence spills across the U.S. border, Homeland Security officials say they have a contingency plan to assist border areas that includes bringing in the military."

"In the last year, more than 5,000 people have been killed and police and military officials have become common targets for violent drug cartels who are fighting with each other and the government for control of lucrative drug and human smuggling routes across Mexico." 

On January 19th, 2005, I watched a program on CNN entitled, "Defending America".  The program aired during the Anderson Cooper 360 show.  In it, CNN’s Drew Griffin interviewed Michael Touhey the American Airlines ticket agent who sold tickets to Mohammed Atta and his henchman.

 

The most compelling part of the show, to me, was that the first thing Mr. Touhey thought when Atta approached his counter was, "if these two don't look like terrorists, I don't know who does" (paraphrased).  Yet, despite his "gut feeling", he issued tickets to both.  In fact, he said that his second thought was of shame for judging based on his "gut feeling" and their appearance.

 

Thus, he faced a “catch-22” situation that has been imposed by our country's incessant quest for political correctness and tolerance.  If he questions their motives, he is likely to face a reprimand for "racially profiling."  If he issues tickets, he runs the risk of letting two individuals who may be terrorists, on board the plane.  Unfortunately for hundreds of people that day, he erred on the side of political correctness.

 

Of course Mr. Touhey would take it all back were he given the chance today.  So this brings us to the question, if hindsight is 20-20 would he be correct in calling the authorities to check out the two men?  Of course, the rational among us emphatically scream, "YES!"  However, if this is the case, why do we still not allow our law enforcement officers to do the same?

 

The answer is because the "deafening minority" is louder than the "silent majority".  Anytime there is the appearance of a law enforcement officer singling out a minority, this relatively small minority of people (or groups like National Council of the Race, ACLU, or MALDEF) cry foul.

 

Is it safe to assume then, that those opposed to allowing law enforcement officers to use their experience (aka “gut feelings”) and profiling techniques to question individuals would still want Mr. Touhey to issue the tickets?  Doing otherwise would be to "racially profile" according to these same people.

 

Which way do we want it? We cannot have it both ways.  Do we continue to cower in the face of the "deafening minority," or use "common sense" profiling to thwart crimes in our nation?

 

I liken the situation to the inland immigration enforcement operations (aka "sweeps") that occurred in June of 2004 in southern California.  When, once again, the "deafening minority" cried foul to theUndersecretary of DHS, Asa Hutchinson ,and the sweeps were stopped, a human rights commission was convened in Riverside, CA to discuss the appropriate methods for our law enforcement officers to use when identifying potential illegal aliens (or other criminals for that matter).  At that meeting, I was present at that commission and reasoned with the commission that the techniques used by immigration officials should be similar to those of vice officers when picking up prostitutes.

 

If the law enforcement officers see a group of scantily-clad women (a subjective assessment) at night approaching cars that stop by the side of the road, in an area known for prostitution, their reasonable conclusion is that these women are prostitutes, and they act accordingly.  Likewise, if immigration officers see a bunch of men in work clothes (another subjective assessment) on the side of the road approaching pick-up trucks as they come by and leaving in those trucks, their reasonable conclusion is that these men are illegal aliens and should be able to act as such.

 

It is entirely possible for the women to be tourists asking for directions, just like it is possible for the men to be American citizens looking for work.  With the presumption that there can always be doubt about these conclusions, why can vice make these judgment calls and immigration and local law enforcement officials not be allowed to do so?

 

We need our public officials to reassure the law enforcement community that they will be defended by their federal, state and local governments, should a group like "The Race", ACLU, or MALDEF bring suit against them for using "common sense" profiling.  We need to begin standing up for each other when we see someone wrongly labeled as a “racist” with the not-so-hidden-agenda of silencing them.  We cannot continue to let the “deafening minority” dictate the security—or lack thereof--of our country and usurp our laws to suit their purpose.

Patriots:

 

            The next four years may be a very difficult time for our great nation if either of the two main parties have their way.  In both cases, “comprehensive immigration reform” (e.g. Amnesty) will be the order of the day.  The FIRE Coalition, along with many others, was successful at fending off the 2007 amnesty attempt through our on-the-ground education of federal legislators in the weeks leading up to the final vote, and we may need to lead a similar effort in the future.

 

            However, we are not content to sit and wait for the inevitable.  All politics is local, and it is in the cities and counties that the effects if the illegal alien invasion are felt first hand by our families and our communities.  The open borders lobby (and their puppets in our government) would have you believe that illegal immigration is a federal matter and must be reserved for the federal government.  It works in their favor if we believe this because it is easier to attempt to influence (“buy off”) 545 federal officials than thousands of state and local officials.  We know, however, that the illegal alien invasion is far from just a federal responsibility.

 

The state and local authorities have as much a responsibility to protect their citizens as the federal government; even more so since they are closest to the crimes and can react with more speed and flexibility.  Though cities and counties may not be able to enforce the border or deport illegal aliens, they can certainly seize the initiative and take defensive and offensive measures to protect their citizens.  City and county councils can pass ordinances.  States can pass new laws.  But in all cases, creativity is key.

 

We have already set in motion our plans to engage our state and local teams with their respective elected officials—and we want you to be a part of this effort.  The FIRE Coalition has had great success partnering with state and local officials across the country:  holding National Security Conferences, Workshops, Training Sessions, and more.   These events are designed to bring creative and previously-tested solutions to the table for local and state leaders to deploy in their jurisdictions.

 

However you choose to stay involved in this critical fight to defend our nation’s sovereignty, know that we will provide whatever support we can to aid you.  Please consider participating in one of our events or if you would like to schedule something similar, let us know and we can help you with ideas.

 

Thank you for your continued efforts in service to your country and please don’t hesitate to call on us to assist you in any way.

  

Keep up the fight!

 

                                                                                                            Jason Mrochek

                                                                                                            Co-founder & Executive Director

                                                                                                            FIRE Coalition

Today, was the first day of a 2-day garage sale my wife and I decided to have to rid ourselves of the junk that accumulates in our house.  What transpired with the very first customer seemed like either a cruel joke or God's encouragement that we must continue to save our country, our heritage, and our culture.

A nice Lincoln SUV approached and while I was still moving things out to the driveway to sell, and my wife was arranging the last few items, the occupants of the vehicle (at least some of them) were perusing our tables.  When I returned outside, I noticed what I thought was power steering fluid leaking out of their SUV.  When I started walking around the car, the father was standing behind their youngest son while the son was urinating near the tire and onto our residential street.  The "power steering fluid" was actually this young boy's urine running down our hill.

I immediately yelled at the father to knock it off and asked him where he thought he was, but was met with just a big, dumb smile.  Meanwhile, the other occupants, the mother and what I presumed to be a grandmother, were just laughing away.  It was then that it occurred to me that these people had never actually responded to any of our greetings or accusations in English.  When I tried again to haze the father, he only spoke broken and unintelligible English.  My wife then told them all to leave and when the mother indicated that she wanted an item, my wife told her to put it down and leave.  We didn't need the money that bad.

These were the real-life example of "family values" that George Bush claims don't stop at the Rio Grande.  This was a perfect example of what has somehow become acceptable behavior as the rest of America sticks their heads in the sand and thinks there is nothing wrong with importing millions of 3rd world peasants into our country that was founded by English-speaking, God-fearing, Bible-believing Christians that based their laws and culture on the Bible.

This is the same country that we are about to lose if individual Americans don't start standing up and saying "NO" whenever they see their laws, culture, and heritage being stripped away before their very eyes.  It is no longer acceptable to say, "I wish someone would do something about this problem" and go back to watching American Idol.  It's about choosing the "harder right" over the "easier wrong". 

Get involved personally.  Whether it's your time or your money that you can give--choose one.  It's your country that's at stake.

Jason Mrochek
Co-founder & Executive Director
FIRE Coalition
http://www.firecoalition.com/

She should be scared to send her children to school if they are breaking the law. Part of the effectiveness of punishments is the deterrent effect. She wouldn't have to worry about when she'd see her husband again had they stayed in their own country.



Again, panic is a good thing when it comes to the realization that you could be next for breaking the law



"Stormed in?" Come one...Fox News is as bad as the rest of the MSM!



Who coached her to say "traumatized?" And Sport Utility Vehicle? I'm sure there are plenty of Americans who would love a job that afforded them the opportunity to purchase an SUV.


The answer: just scared enough. Fear changes behavior.


That's right. Americans are waking up and saying, "this is not acceptable in our country anymore." Anywhere illegal aliens turn, this is what they should be met with: someone, somewhere making a call to the authorities to report illegal activity. If at every attempt to gain advantage from living in America, illegal aliens are met with fierce opposition, they will realize it is not worth it to leave their jobs in their home country to come here.


Ok...what is this nonsense? Office of Refugee Resettlement. I can understand for true refugee reasons, but for underage illegal aliens. No way! Preferential treatment of "underage" illegal aliens is exactly what got the Bologna family decimated in San Francisco.

Oh you mean illegal immigration is not a victimless crime? Who knew! I guess we need to add a little to this statement "they're just here to do the jobs that Americans won't do..." to include "...that pay enough to buy SUVs and to steal our identities and ruin our credit ratings and mess up our social security accounts"


They knew the risks when they chose to break the law in coming here. In fact they'll have another choice before being separated from their families: would you like to self-deport with your families? It's a sure way to keep their families together, but they'll choose no and then complain that WE"RE tearing their families apart.



This is a shame; the executives and managers should be held criminally liable. They must think we all fell off the turnip truck this morning. 600 illegal aliens working for you and you are doing everything legally? Either you are lying or the government is rolling out useless programs and I know the latter is not the case. At our National Security Convention in Devner last week, a State Senator from Colorado who also runs his families concrete business uses E-Verify and he stated that 20% of their applicants fail the system and voluntarily leave their employment, so it obviously works.



Though Howard Industries was not on the WeHireAliens.com website, Agriprocessors and Swift both were submitted to our site and subsequently to ICE many months prior to the investigations and busts.

Keep those submissions coming in!

In speaking with Jeff Lewis, our National Director, the other day, we were just talking about how many fronts the FIRE Coalition and her partners are fighting to end the invasion of illegal aliens into the United States.

It never ceases to amaze me what a coalition of determined and fiercely patriotic American citizens can do when they set their mind to it, and then it struck me: we've never really shared what an average month is like on the front lines.

For that, please accept my apologies and allow me to rectify it now.

This is an excerpt of recent emails depicting a recent week for ONLY one volunteer on our national staff:

"Just within the past 30 days I have been to D.C. three times, [educating our elected officials], one speaking engagement on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol with Congressman Ron Paul and Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Chuck Baldwin, amongst others, met with Members of Congress, the Immigration Reform Caucus, had meetings in Richmond, Chicago, oversaw the negotiations with a college president that resulted in the prevention of the Mexican Consulate from giving out Matricula Consular cards on his campus, oversaw a workshop with local elected officials and the chamber of commerce in South Carolina that will result in new ordinances to go after employers of illegal aliens, set the stage for new crime-free housing agreements in two states, spoke to a Republican Party group about several of our projects they requested, gave a workshop in Kentucky attended by our state leadership there and attended by local leaders, as well as our Tennessee leadership, am currently in Chicago working with our partners and leadership there, will leave for South Carolina over the weekend to have meetings with a local participating 287(g) sheriff's department prior to making a presentation to a county council there, only to get on a plane to head to Denver the next day to participate in the 3-day national security convention we are holding in Colorado with federal, state, and local officials, including the American Legion, the Concerned Women for America, (both the largest groups of their kind in the country, and strong FIRE Coalition partners), and THEN my schedule gets busy."

This is the kind of efforts, cooperation, and results you get when you put together the best leadership team in the nation that is willing to place mission ahead of ego, principle over partisanship, and patriotism ahead of profiteering. This is all possible because of your support both with your time (by volunteering through our Citizen's Network) and your donations.

I am extremely proud of our leadership team at the National, State, and Local levels (find out who they are at http://www.FIRECoalition.com/fireteams). When you get a chance, please reach out to them and thank them as well!

Keep up the fight!

Hey gang,

This is what it looks like to go on offense!

Click here for North County Times article.

FIRE Coalition partners have been going after La Raza with a vengeance. This past week, two of our best and brightest groups, the San Diego Minutemen and You Don't Speak For Me represented the coalition in front of the National Council of The Race's Convention in San Diego.

For even longer, I have been urging our partners to stop referring to NCLR as ""La Raza,"" and begin referring to them using the english translation, ""The Race"".

Sure enough according to the article, ""In media interviews, La Raza officials spent a lot of time defending the name last week. The group, which bills itself as one of the largest Latino civil rights groups, says its critics are willfully misrepresenting the name.""

According to my University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary, Third Edition, 1977, the word raza means ""f. race clan breed fissure, crevice""

I'm sure our partners in Illinois, the Minutemen Midwest and Chicago Minutemen will find that very ironic considering the hotbed of pro-invasion forces in Chicago.

Let me close by encouraging all of you to continue to speak the truth and unravel the web of deciet that the media tries to entangle us in each day. It is through this method of confronting lies with truth, and evil with good that we will gain the support of the rest of Americans as they finally can see through the fog that the media has kept them in over the years.

Keep up the fight!

Jason Mrochek
Co-founder & Executive Director
FIRE Coalition 
http://www.FIRECoalition.com

Greetings!

As we near the 232nd birthday of our nation, I wanted to take some time to reflect on the founding of our great nation and what it will take to keep it sovereign.

Two-hundred thirty-two years ago, some very brave men gathered together to defy the foremost power in the world because they felt that "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" were "unalienable Rights."

Has anything changed?  Not in principle, but think about this: when you think of strong men of faith, character, and leadership from the founding era, I'll bet you could name 10-20 names in a manner of seconds--George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Benjamin Rush, Charles Carroll, etc.
Back then it is estimated that we had only 3 million people living in the colonies.
Fast forward to today, with over 300 million (and counting), how many strong men of faith, character, and leadership could you name on the national scene? Um...Um...Um...you'd be hard-pressed to name just a few.
Think about why that is.  I will only propose a couple of reasons, though there are many more. 

1) In the 232 years since the founding of our nation, we have become less and less dependent on God and more dependent on Uncle Sam.

It was one of the wisest of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, who said,

"I've lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing Proofs I see of this Truth — That God governs in the Affairs of Men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that except the Lord build the House they labor in vain who build it. I firmly believe this, — and I also believe that without his concurring Aid, we shall succeed in this political Building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our Projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a Reproach and Bye word down to future Ages."

It is amazing that this man could so accurately predict the affairs of man more than 200 years in the future.  Or is it?  How did he know? Well he turned to the Book that men have turned to for centuries for wisdom; the Book which, if you read the writings of the authors and signers of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, they all used as inspiration for founding our nation.

2) In the 232 years since the founding of our nation, we have not maintained enough intestinal fortitude to stand up to the "small" evils that collectively have ushered in some semblance of tyranny in our own beloved nation.  These "evils" come upon us slowly, yet before you know it (like a boiled lobster--one degree at a time), we are almost cooked.
It is high time we began to realize that our founding fathers had it right--with the Declaration of Independence, with the Constitution, and with their willingness to sacrifice of self to fight evil where they saw it, no matter how small it seemed at the time.  Remember, at every attempt by the crown to place the colonies more firmly under his thumb, they rose in defiance--either in writing or in deed.

So this Independence Day, make a committment to yourself and to your family and countrymen: YOU be that leader of character and faith.  Even if no one around you is doing the right thing, stand up and say "no" to every evil you encounter.  You may surprise yourself. Don't be surprised, though, if others are drawn to you.  Lend each other mutual support and then lead together.

I wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday and please keep up the fight!

Jason Mrochek
Co-founder & Executive Director
FIRE Coalition