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Become a Cyber Minuteman Now! - September 2, 2006

2006-09-08T15:28:00.001-07:00

Become a Cyber Minuteman Now! - September 2, 2006

The Border Fence Project has completed a series of forms that allows anyone to take an online exam, as many times as you want, and pay a small PayPal 99-cent fee for a background investigation, in order to become a Cyber Minuteman, and engage in remote border watching with your computer. Once we have down-streaming video available on our website with our many border cameras, you will be able to identify and report illegal crossings and crime..

Please go to:

http://www.borderfenceproject.com/cyberMM.php

and fill out a simple form, take a 20-question exam, and complete the application process. We should have down-streaming video available online in two weeks.

Thank you so much for your participation.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

$18 Thousand Collected Quickly - September 1, 2006

2006-09-08T15:28:00.000-07:00

$18 Thousand Collected Quickly - September 1, 2006

The Border Fence Project has just made major strides with a direct mail campaign that brought in $18 thousand over a short period of time, a break-through after a bad summer for Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and ourselves. This will give us much needed funds for a $5000 high tech 16-mile camera, base station, and a gator or mule atv, so we can continue fence building operations in Boulevard, where over 1 mile has been built, Campo, Nogales, and Palominas, just for starters.

Our next meeting will be September 20 at the Denny's Restaurant in Lake Elsinore (map and directions will be given prior to meeting). I will also request the board of directors to approve for me a small salary to work 168 hours per week as a full time Minuteman President, which will have a contract. I will step up operations with our consulting firm to escalate more direct mailings, and pursue other tangible marketing options after the Labor Day protests when disdain for these illegal immigration issues will also escalate.

Please stay tuned for meeting invitations and other information.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

1500 Feet of Fencing Delivered, 6 Miles on the Way! - August 26, 2006

2006-08-28T09:30:00.000-07:00

1500 Feet of Fencing Delivered, 6 Miles on the Way! - August 26, 2006

The Border Fence Project, in conjunction with Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and members of Friends of the Border Patrol, have just received 1500 feet of chain link fencing in good condition and we delivered it to critical locations in San Diego County near the Mexican border. Thanks to generous fencing companies and government agencies that no longer need the material, we will soon receive 6 more miles of completely free chain link fencing material, which should seal off high traffic corridors in the mountains of east San Diego County soon. That is why we will soon do background checks and recruit many of you who volunteered for the fence building project. If you have not signed up already and would like to spend one or more weekends near San Diego with chain link fencing operations, please sign up now at:

http://www.borderfenceproject.com/time.php

We have to date completed about one and one-half miles of fencing between Campo and Jacumba, CA, and are in the process of installing eight new camera units that will upload 24/7 video to the website, once we also enable a rancher's house with high speed Internet access. We will also provide to all of you a chance to become a Cyber Minuteman, which only requires passing an online test and a 99-cent PayPal purchase of a background check - we will also let you know when that is available as the exam has been tested on several current members.

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations will help fund new low .0003 lux cameras and necessary computer and receiving equipment. Let us know if you have old computers with at least 1 GHz, 128 MB RAM, and Windows 98 or higher to donate - they will be greatly appreciated in our efforts to upload video from all the ranchers' houses. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

New Fence Material Reviewed - August 15, 2006

2006-08-16T16:29:00.000-07:00

New Fence Material Reviewed - August 15, 2006

The Border Fence Project, which has now built over 1 mile of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, is now considering new wire mesh material for the barbed-wire fencing we repaired and constructed. As some of our chain link fencing is occasionally cut through, we want to offer a solution which is almost impossible to cut or climb.

This new 4 mesh x 4 mesh has square apertures only 1/4" wide with galvanized wire 1.0 mm in diameter, and because the aperture is so small, it is almost impossible to access each wire with wire cutters small enough to enter each aperture, otherwise causing intruder to have to make hundreds of cuts for a sizeable hole for human entry. The mesh cannot be climbed with fingers and hands, and even a hatchet is of no consequence when striking at the material. The supplier offers this mesh at $53.40 per 1-meter x 30-meter roll, and if we double each roll for a 2-meter high fence and add shipping costs, we are looking at only $1.40/foot, keeping overall fencing materials' cost below $2.00/foot. When adding no more than $3/foot for camera costs, we can keep our promise and build overall high-tech fencing for under $5/foot. If you know any metals supplier who might donate material or sell it cheaper, please let me know.

Once fencing on ranch near Jacumba, CA, has proven to seriously slow down invaders and knock their numbers to a trickle, we will be confident in setting up overt and covert cameras, which are still going through some bug-fixes now..

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Senate Flip-Flops, Authorizes Fence - August 3, 2006

2006-08-03T16:29:00.000-07:00

Senate Flip-Flops, Authorizes Fence - August 3, 2006

Faced with what could be an avalanche of support for anti-illegal immigrant politicians in November's election, the Senate reversed its earlier decision to stop southern border fence building, agreeing 94-3 to an amendment to the Defense Department appropriations bill providing $1.83 billion for 370 miles of triple-layered fencing and 461 miles of vehicle barriers on the U.S.-Mexican border.

It is important to note three obstacles we still face in doing what is right to seal off the border as soon as possible:

The Senate immigration bill authorizes construction of 370 miles of fencing and several more miles of vehicle barriers but does not provide funding for them. The House has authorized but not funded 700 miles of fencing
Timing in funding and actually constructing the fence could face many delays because of threats from pseudo-environmentalists, the Border Fence Project and Minuteman Fence is focusing most of its efforts on fencing on private land adjacent to the border
370 miles of fencing is about 1600 miles short of the entire border and 330 miles short of the "critical 700 miles" considered to be crossable where inundations occur daily

The Border Fence Project is now working on low budget cameras that might be just as effective in sealing off all roads that lead inland, and even the smallest donations will greatly assist our efforts to get uploadable video to the Internet soon, to prove the magnitude of the problem.

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Funds Accountability Confusion - July 21, 2006

2006-08-03T16:27:00.000-07:00

Funds Accountability Confusion - July 21, 2006

Many of you read an article from the Washington Times or other periodicals about allegations Minuteman Civil Defense Corps may be mishandling funds, and thought we, The Border Fence Project, were the same organization under the microscope. First and foremost, we are a completely different organization never accused of mishandling funds.

We are entirely separate from Minuteman Fence and Minuteman Civil Dense Corps (MCDC), an independent non-profit firm under the jurisdiction of NoInvaders.Org. We do support MCDC, however, and expect them to come out unscathed after an independent audit later this summer.

We have always shown all evidence of income and expenditures at http://www.borderfenceproject.com/funds.shtml, which include bank statements of all incurred check and deposits, transfers, PayPal activity, and photocopy of all receipts. We will also consider an independent audit once that option is affordable, as we bring in much less revenue than MCDC but anticipate far more returns in the near future. The bottom of the above hyperlink page resembles the image below, where all evidence can be clicked on and visited:

We encourage all of you to read reports carefully, as there are many Minutemen organizations and all are under attack from the miscreant forces of open borders.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

One-Mile Fence Near Completion - July 21, 2006

2006-07-21T06:37:00.000-07:00

One-Mile Fence Near Completion - July 21, 2006

The Border Fence Project and its volunteers have now completed near one-mile of chain-linked fencing near Boulevard, California, as of July 15, 2006. The project was designed to thwart a major corridor of illegal drug and human smuggling activity where Border Patrol is rarely seen and detentions on private property by Minutemen is necessary. Some of the border ranchers are believed to be part of the drug trafficking trade and, of course, will not cooperate with fence building efforts, but we now seek to fence around them or on the federal international zone. Once fencing is complete on the mile-long stretch, we hope to put up at least one camera as camera will be better protected by fence, and vice versa.

While we have permission to build barbed-wire fencing on the international zone, chain-linked fencing can better seal-off private property with a solution that is much harder to cut through and requires more time to cross, if intruder is successful. Rebar is planted at the fence base to prevent illegals from crawling underneath the fence. Usually, the chain-linked section is 5-feet-high, but we will also double the fence to 10-feet in height with an extra 5-foot section. Hog rings fasten the chain-linked material to pre-existing barbed-wire fence rungs. We will soon recruit additional volunteers, in teams of four, to help extend the fence there and other parts of east San Diego County. We hope to plan for late September when the weather cools. We will encourage volunteers to look for free chain-linked sections at their local dump - our material for now comes from a local fencing company nice enough to donate the sections. We continue to buy 1/8-mile-long rolls of barbed-wire for only $4.77 from Lowes, and we will also be in need of u-posts, t-posts, o-posts, and rebar.

Mobile camera for Campo, CA, should be in operation this weekend for late afternoon and night patrols. We will also soon upload video from a place near Palominas, AZ.

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Remote Cameras Tested - July 13, 2006

2006-07-21T06:36:00.000-07:00

Remote Cameras Tested - July 13, 2006

The Border Fence Project has made significant progress after purchasing 4 cameras and testing three of them for our southern border surveillance fence. We purchased our second D-Link DCS-5300G PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) wireless IP camera, the first mounted near Paliminas, AZ, and the second near Campo, CA, along with a Wiseman wired infrared camera and a newly purchased Linksys WVC200. The main focus now is obtaining long range night vision - the D-Link camera has proven to be very high in resolution with outstanding optics and easy-to-control robotic pan-tilt-zoom, but may need help with its 1 lux low-light sensitivity with headlights of the mobile vehicles we will place them in, or industrial motion lights on stationary positions. The Linksys WVC200 has an infrared sensor, but non-optical infrared lamps will probably be required.

The Arizona model will upload video to the Internet by Sunday, and there will be video and audio feed for the other cameras by Saturday near the California-Mexico border. Some of the snapshots from the D-Link DCS-5300G, time-lapsed during sunset in the San Bernardino Mountains, reveal the following:

Exposure at 8:20 PM, just after sunset, show some detail from 100 yards away in the background.

Exposure at 8:26 PM, with some sunlight illumination but little detail.

Exposure at 8:41 PM, pitch black with no artificial illumination or infrared sensor, only the brake light of a passing car. No infrared emitted from the heat of the car engine, only the WVC200 and Wiseman will have infrared sensing at sub-1 lux illumination.

Exposure at 5:56 AM, well after dawn. While field of view only extends 100 yards, depth of field is great and high resolution and focus expected for human subjects up to 1/2 mile away (remember zoom, and 640x480 pixel map capabilities).

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Remote Camera Installed Near Border - July 4, 2006

2006-07-04T18:56:00.000-07:00

Remote Camera Installed Near Border - July 4, 2006

I want to wish you all a happy Forth of July as we celebrate America's 230th birthday with another Minuteman fence project in southern Arizona, more miles of fencing built and high-tech equipment offered by the Border Fence Project, to help replace the dangerous mission of border watcher with a 24/7 solution, putting more Minutemen out of harm's way. The second high-profile mission was completed July 3 and we expect many more in the near future, with fence building practically occurring around the clock, with engineers scheduled to build the more Israeli-style 6-layer-fencing soon.

We have launched the first remote camera near the Mexican border with Internet-uploadable audio and video scheduled in about a week. The D-Link Securicam, a wireless unit with pan/tilt/zoom and extremely low-light sensitivity, is designed to be a mobile unit that can be mounted on the dashboard of a Minuteman vehicle, carried on foot, or positioned on a number of protected outdoor settings while viewing illegal intrusion or other illegal activity in a hot bed near Palominas, AZ. The range of the wireless signal is not yet fully known but combined with a router as a pseudo-relay, it could potentially transmit a signal from 1/4 to 1/2 miles away or further. We donated the camera, router, and PC combination, a $1300 expense, to Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and can potentially save much revenue as the $700 work station can handle up to 16 cameras. The optical range, however, is a good 1/2 miles with fine detail, and we expect the night view to be exceptional, especially when combined with industrial motion lights. There was a delay in gaining Internet access, so I will phone-tutor a Minuteman techie in setting up uploadable video to allow all surfers down-streaming border-watch activity.

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Earth Driller with Auger Donated - June 26, 2006

2006-07-04T18:55:00.000-07:00

Earth Driller with Auger Donated - June 26, 2006

The Border Fence Project has received a generous donation from Ground Hog, Inc, of San Bernardino, CA. They donated to us a hydraulic, gas-powered Earth Driller with Auger on wheels. We requested this item as a possible item for material contribution on our "Materials and Tools Needed" page and they came to the rescue! Only this item is far more convenient and practical then anything we thought we'd use. It can be towed behind a vehicle like a truck or ATV and takes the strain off two individuals who would have to do heavy labor to lift and position a two-man manual Earth Driller - it rolls along rough terrain with little effort. The unit comes complete with a 6" Auger (large drill bit) and we will now ship to our California zone for drilling holes for fence and camera posts.

We will soon receive a truck load of donated barbed wire as well to mend and extend federal cattle fence. My observation of the California and Arizona southern borders, along with Minuteman testimony in New Mexico and Texas, tells me much of the international zone already has single and even double cattle fencing, but gaps in wire from cutting or pulling can be found almost one area per 100 yards, making coyotes keen on paths of entry know how to advance intruders at a fast pace. However, this makes our job so much easier, as mending can be done at a much greater rate than extending, and we could very well mend several miles in one day with a team of about one-dozen people. The cameras, again, are what prevent damage to the fence and allow Cyber Minutemen to identify and report intruders for the best deterrent and actual detention, the physical fence only slows them down enough to give Cyber Minuteman ample time after motion sensor detonates. The Earth Driller makes it possible to cement new fence posts at 90-degree bends and terminating ends, so posts cannot be knocked down. We will use the Earth Drill for 15-30-foot-high posts and quads for cameras, which will be positioned about one per 1/4 mile in sync with mended/extended fencing. Please feel free to join us in Arizona this weekend for the camera launching event - see http://www.MinutemanFence.com.

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Minutemen Commence 10-Mile Fence Near Palominas, AZ - May 29, 2006

2006-05-29T19:49:00.000-07:00

Minutemen Commence 10-Mile Fence Near Palominas, AZ - May 29, 2006

I and about 200 other Minutemen, along with press and keynote speakers Alan Keyes (presidential candidate - 1996), Don Goldwater (candidate for governor, Arizona), and Congressman Steve King (R- Iowa), amongst others commenced operations in the building of a 10-mile steel-rail and barbed wire fence near Palominas, AZ. This is the beginning of what is anticipated to be a 70-mile fence separating all of Cochise County from Mexico, and with our efforts, all 1952 miles of southern border.

The first-day mission included the building of a 150-foot-long steel rail fence, with posts about 15-feet high, and the keynote speakers and myself raising the first ceremonial pole while cementing in place and singing "God Bless America". There are now two of these fences separated by about 15 feet, where our cameras will be mounted in the middle facing along the fencing itself, and signals transmitted about 10 miles away to a house in Palominas. The fence also extended well over 1/4 mile to the east after the many volunteers were able to help construct 6-foot-high barbed wire fencing after about 2 hours work. We will return to Palominas in the next few weeks to demonstrate the cameras and possibly plant for permanent operation.

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Call These Senators, and Say NO TO AMNESTY - May 24, 2006

2006-05-24T15:12:00.000-07:00

Call These Senators, and Say NO TO AMNESTY - May 24, 2006

The Senate is about to vote on a crucial bill, the revised H.R. 4437, that could give amnesty to 12-30 million illegal aliens and open the door for their relatives and a new flood of illegals to enter, which could mean 100-200 million new people coming into the country in 20 years according to expert analysis, virtually all poor, diminishing wages, increasing the crime rate, and bankrupting tax coffers. Now is the time to call any of the key Senators who could be persuaded into a NO vote, otherwise, there is a chance the House-Senate joint committee will approve for a likely vote in the House:

Lindsay Graham (SC): (202) 224-5972

Chuck Hagel (NE): (202) 224-4224

Richard Lugar (IN): (202) 224-4814

Mel Martinez (FL): (202) 224-3041

John McCain (AZ): (202) 224-2235

Richard Shelby (AL): (202) 224-5744

Olympia Snowe (ME): 202) 224-5344

Arlen Specter (PA): (202) 224-4254

Ted Stevens (AK): (202) 224-3004

George Voinovich (OH): (202) 224-3353

John Warner (VA): (202) 224-2023

Robert Bennett (UT): (202) 224-5444

Sam Brownback (KS): (202) 224-6521

Lincoln Chafee (RI): (202) 224-2921

Norm Coleman (MN): (202) 224-5641

Susan Collins (ME) (202) 224-2523

Larry Craig (ID): (202) 224-2752

Mike DeWine (OH): (202) 224-2315

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

ATV Most Valuable in Building Fence - May 16, 2006

2006-05-23T19:46:00.000-07:00

ATV Most Valuable in Building Fence - May 16, 2006

We want to apologize as BorderFenceProject.com was down for 24 hours as we added a second hard drive and didn't expect so much down-time. We are now adding a mirror website so the website will always be functional.

Sunday, May 14, I and a group of Minutemen used a John Deere HPX Gator 4x4 to string over 100 yards of barbed wire along a fence in San Diego County next to Mexico. The Gator proved to be a champ as it climbed rocks and steep hills with soft dirt. A cart was used to unfurl the barbed wire rolls. I will add discs to the two ends of the rolls to prevent wire from getting caught on the spool axle. Sometimes there is fear of wire breaking or snapping forward or toward a volunteer, so head and eye gear will always be required. When the rolls are eventually cut to 660 feet instead of 1320 feet, they will be lighter and we can easily carry two rolls for each axle on the cart. Otherwise, the vehicle can advance 5-10 mph while unfurling wire with ease. 3 people were required for this operation, as one had to grab expended wire while vehicle advanced, but the new spool discs should alleviate the need for someone to help unfurl wire. I was introduced to a new fencing tool that cuts, crimps fence post tongues, twists, and should help out with all wire operations.

I will follow-up daily on President Bush's proposal to send 6,000 National Guardsmen to the southern border; this organization's opinion, too little too late. Government simply cannot be trusted as the surveillance equipment Mr. Bush speaks of has been in their possession for decades but is not being used effectively. The best effect of the Minuteman operations is that we are a watchdog for Washington in their many efforts to handcuff border patrol. It is obvious Mr. Bush is trying to fool the House of Representatives into believing he is worthy of having guest worker amnesty passed, and after the election, or with any future administration, we cannot count on sufficient man power to guard the southern border. The only permanent solution is a Cyber Minuteman force that seals off the entire border with fencing, cameras, and people, so we can rely on the American people to always do what is right. Their opinion does not waiver, but Washington, always manipulated by special interests and corruption, will probably never serve the 80% of us who want the southern border secured.

Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Camera Shopping in Order for Fence - May 17, 2006

2006-05-23T19:45:00.000-07:00

Camera Shopping in Order for Fence - May 17, 2006

Now that the Border Fence Project is closer to finishing-off key fencing assignments in San Diego County, we are closing in on a decision as to what cameras to use to protect the fence and the border.

The model I am most fond of is offered by Hutton Online, the IQ303w 3.1 MegaPixel Smart IP Camera. With low-level light and infrared enhancements, we believe we can easily resolve any image within the quarter-mile range and see well in moonless nights. Although not a high speed alternative, we will probably only capture images one every 2-5 seconds, unless its own motion sensor is detonated, after which the scan rate is 30 frames per second. These units will be mounted on 16-foot-high-plus platforms and protected with double fencing and concertina wire, while adjacent cameras always view and protect each other from theft or vandalism. A semi-cylindrical shield will probably be used to protect solar panel and camera from sharp-shooters.

This unit is solar powered and can send a wireless signal up to 16 miles away. We already have a volunteer in our hot-spot who will be able to house receiving equipment and upload images 24/7 live to our website. One concern is cooling, as we may use a copper conduit and antifreeze to cool camera using the cooling effect from below the earth's surface. The motion sensor is at first analog, but digital video software will be able to filter out false alarms, with, amongst other things, "People Counting" software. These composite units, complete with tower, camera with enhancements, solar panel, and transmitter, could be purchased for less than $3,000, far less than the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by Border Patrol for similar units.

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to setup the first prototype cameras by June. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

New Fence Ideas - May 23, 2006

2006-05-23T19:44:00.000-07:00

New Fence Ideas - May 23, 2006

NoInvaders.Org will have its third board meeting Friday, and things we will discuss include the commencement of border fence building in Cochise County this weekend, our new approach to building a better fence on private property elsewhere, and the advertising budget, which is now ramping up to over $10,000 per week, and will probably equal that amount in a day to meet our goal of bringing in $35,000 per day for two years starting this summer, so we can meet our $23-30 million pledge to complete contiguous fencing across all 1952 miles of southern border in two years.

While we have full permission from Department of the Interior rangers to repair and extend agricultural fencing on federal land, on private land, we have the discretion to build more physically effective yet cost effective fencing alternatives that may almost pay for themselves while easily complying with building codes in all four border states, not only environmentally friendly, but using recycled materials that greatly ease the burden of land fills that over-inherit expended tires that occupy too much volume. A tire baler can be purchased so old tires can be received along with 50 cents, then converted into solid 3'x3'x5' columns that can be used to build a rubber wall, requiring no cement, only rebar, easily affixed to level ground as land can be cheaply excavated so wall is placed at bottom of 6-foot-deep trench. Concertina or razor wire is then placed at the top of what is proposed to be a 12-foot-high wall. During excavation, earth is pushed to both sides of the trench to form two 6-to-10-foot-high parabolic walls that are solidified into environmentally-friendly and cheap adobe, almost impossible to climb because of its shape and because width is as great as height, making ladders almost useless. We don't have an early estimate for the cost of this triple-wall with trench, but it should be far, far less than the $800 per foot that would be spent by the federal government for an Israeli-style fence.

We invite you to visit BorderFenceProject.com as your help and donations are greatly appreciated in our drive to help meet our goals. Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

ATV to be Ordered, Carrying Platform Needed - May 4, 2006

2006-05-04T15:22:00.000-07:00

ATV to be Ordered, Carrying Platform Needed - May 4, 2006

To expedite the building of barbed wire fencing along the Mexican border, possibly allowing a team of 4 individuals to build 1/2-1 mile of fencing a day, I will propose that the board of directors authorize the purchase of a number of 150 cc 300-400lb. capacity ATV's available at various websites for no shipping charge. We also will have to design a platform for the rear end of the vehicle that can "spin-out" heavy rolls of barbed wire at about 6" vertical displacements to help roll-out half of the fence per vehicle pass - I think we can hold 5 rolls of barbed wire, the fence will have 10 rungs.

The ATV I am most fond of is this unit to the right for $1297 retail. The Explorer 150 is a 149cc single cylinder air-cooled 4 stroke model with automatic transmission and reverse. It has an electric kick and starter. It is ideal for climbing steep hills where much of fence building will occur and are often inaccessible for larger vehicles. We will investigate how to order large quantities for low wholesale prices and propose purchasing 50 vehicles for 50 4-member-groups of qualified volunteers who will probably build public fencing on weekends, and will be eligible for paid private fencing projects on weekdays. If we go with 50 vehicles, each team will be responsible for about 40 miles of border, so we will organize a homogenous distribution of teams across the 2000-mile border.

The platform I am proposing may look something like the model to the right but I am receptive to new ideas and proposals - please let me know. It will be secured behind the seat on the bumper with a rear-axle mount for extra stability. It will carry as many as 33 u-posts (which completes 330 feet of fencing) and 5-spools of barbed wire. A barbed wire roll with 1/16 mile (330 feet) of barbed wire weighs about 20 pounds. Unlike the tractor proposal, there will be no mechanical post driver, but I feel there is a long learning curve required to mechanize post driver with a post-pushing assembly line and great expense before the mechanized option speeds-up for post driving process.

I will order an Explorer 150 prototype Friday, design a platform, and likely use for a fence-building mission the weekend of May 13-14. Your feedback is most appreciated.

Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Good Publicity, ATV and Marketing, Florida Interview - May 3, 2006

2006-05-03T08:15:00.000-07:00

Good Publicity, ATV and Marketing, Florida Interview - May 3, 2006

I want to extend my thanks to Michelle Malkin and NumbersUSA.com, as their well written publicity concerning the Border Fence Project and Minuteman fencing has brought in a tidal wave of traffic and donations, much alike the great publicity from WorldNetDaily. We are now talking to a marketing firm that specializes in non-profit fund raising and advertising and has even worked with Minutemen groups.

A radio interview with Bud Hedinger of WFLA 540 AM can be heard if you download Bud Hedinger Interview MP3. I answered his questions and questions from callers concerning the disdain for the federal government to not build a fence or proposing to do so at a high cost, as well as issues concerning the effectiveness of our fence, will the federal government cooperate, and so on.

I am now looking for a small ATV, which costs about $700 new (70 cc, 250 lb. capacity) for carrying heavy barbed wire and u-posts. It will allow even a single person like myself to quickly build and repair fencing, even in some of the steeper canyons of east San Diego county. A photo op will take place when I purchase and use the vehicle and I will keep you informed after the event takes place.

We now have 5-tiers to our affiliate program. We pay out 21% commissions to all 5 levels of a down line when you and your sub-affiliates refer donors and customers to http://www.BorderFenceProject.com. Please sign up now as this an ideal opportunity for all immigration reformists, especially if you have a portal or website.

Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

"Day Without Immigrants", Tags Posted - May 2, 2006

2006-05-02T06:21:00.000-07:00

"Day Without Immigrants", Tags Posted - May 2, 2006

The "Day Without Immigrants" yesterday ended in what I earlier anticipated would be a counter-productive blow to the forces of open borders and pro-amnesty. There was wide scale violence here in southern California, as over 100 people threw rocks and bottles at police in Los Angeles, with similar violence in Santa Ana. Earlier reports indicated American counter-protestors waving American flags were assaulted in L.A., as had happened in protests across the country the last 2 months.

Otherwise, the consequences produced a day in paradise here as there was virtually no vehicle traffic anywhere including downtown L.A. during rush hour, the first time I've ever seen such a phenomenon on a regular working day. I went to a Walmart, a gas station, and a auto body garage, and business appeared brisk with what I can profile as almost all legal residents spending top dollar, but there were virtually no lines or queues. Reports are the emergency clinics were almost empty and students at school, who were 27% short of their regular enrollment, received the best education in one day they ever received. It occurred to me that most illegal aliens shop at businesses that normally hire many illegals, many of the businesses closed down and were deservedly hurt.

Work resumed on fence reconstruction in east San Diego county this past weekend. About 200 people erected 1/4 mile of fencing. The group there did not include any members of BorderFenceProject.com, and the Bureau of Land Management threatened to report fence builders to law enforcement. Our work to the west had the full support of the Department of the Interior ranger (Bureau of Land Management is part of the Department of the Interior) and our Standard Form 299 permit is still pending with them. I erected four of the tags we had designed for four fence posts, including the one on the left. If you would like to make your own statement about America or border policy, please go to http://www.borderfenceproject.com/adopt-a-post.php and we will design a tag for your own adopted post.

Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Six Member Board of Directors Selected - April 28, 2006

2006-04-28T05:57:00.000-07:00

Six Member Board of Directors Selected - April 28, 2006

On Thursday, April 27, NoInvaders.Org held its first board of directors meeting with the election of six directors. We approved the current Articles of Incorporation and single amendment by a 6-0 vote, and approved the Bylaws by a 6-0 vote with one change, the annual board meeting will be the second Tuesday of each January. 501 (c) (3) status is now pending and should be accepted soon. I as acting President will formerly run for the position at our next meeting, Thursday, May 12, and we will elect a Secretary at that time. All officers hold positions for 2-year terms. We anticipate 3 more prospective board directors will attend May 12 and will run and hopefully be elected then.

The budget will be managed by myself including spending for advertising, raw materials, and equipment until we agree on a budget when the board of directors convene in two weeks. We will investigate pursuing a series of campaigns with a nationally renown non-profit marketing group. Consideration will be given to electing a Chief Financial Officer.

We ultimately desire a board with at least 11 members. If you are local to southern California and would consider attending board meetings once or twice a month in the Temecula area, please reply and let me know your name, e-mail address, phone number, and a brief introduction on why you would like to serve the board. Also, if you live near the Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas southern borders, let me know if you are interested in participating in adjunct facilities that will manage fencing equipment, raw materials, and deployment of crews.

Please feel free to stay up-to-date by visiting http://www.BorderFenceProject.com anytime. Your donations and voluntary support are greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Clarification - Fence Building Day Planned - April 24, 2006

2006-04-24T15:43:00.000-07:00

Clarification - Fence Building Day Planned - April 24, 2006

I would like to clarify that the fence building project for next Saturday, April 29, will be an affair not offered by this organization, but a group with the website http://www.comebuildthefence.com/. The group would like your donations but will likely work with its own press release on specific time and place. Please support them as they are dedicated Minutemen who make many sacrifices not only for fencing but watching and reporting illegal activity on our southern border.

Thank you for reading and being a part of our unprecedented mission.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Fence Building Day Planned, Crimping Tool Needed - April 24, 2006

2006-04-24T14:34:00.000-07:00

Fence Building Day Planned, Crimping Tool Needed - April 24, 2006

Tim Donnelly, head of the California Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, and I will bring people, materials, and equipment to our first joint fence building congregation this Saturday near the California-Mexico border in a specific time and location to be announced. We will probably complete 300 yards of barbed wire fencing in several hours using manual techniques. Soon we will have an ATV for wire transport and then a tractor with a mechanized fence post driver. Using machinery, we believe a team of 3 people can build 1/2 miles of fencing in an 8-hour shift, probably 4 times as fast as 3 people with manual fence post driver only.

We are using a rivet gun with 3/16" rivets for the 1/4" holes for fastening wire to u-post but are revisiting the possibility of fastening wire with tongues already on the post, keeping the wire 6" apart in vertical space. The problem is, we need a special pair of vice grips, channel locks, or pliers, best suited if they have a flat 3-4" long blade on one side and a small cylinder on the other to depress the 1/4" wide tongue. We do not know if such a tool exists or can be designed, any feedback will be helpful.

BorderFencProject.com is now advertising 24/7 on KFI 640 AM Los Angeles on down-streaming radio, and will soon pick up markets in other cities as well as regular radio. The donations have been escalating at an exponential rate, approaching $1000/day. We are so grateful for these donations and want to give you instant gratification for your generosity with these well-planned but immediately scheduled fence building day-projects and mass-media marketing, increasing our assets many-fold.

Please feel free to stay up-to-date by visiting http://www.BorderFenceProject.com anytime. Your donations and voluntary support are greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Simpcox, MCDC, Propose 70 miles of Private Fencing - April 21, 2006

2006-04-21T06:21:00.000-07:00

Simpcox, MCDC, Propose 70 miles of Private Fencing - April 21, 2006

As many of you have probably heard, Chris Simpcox of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has proposed a fence on 70 miles of private land in Arizona, for which he now has cooperation. Private funding will have to be raised for the fencing and surveillance equipment.

While I am not as of yet working with Simpcox on this project, I did meet him in last year's original Minute Man Project in Arizona and met with him last December to offer my then two-month-old Border Fence Project as stimulus. I praise Simpcox's efforts, but formal endorsement and participation will depend on future developments, a May 25 deadline for the federal government to secure the border, and cooperation from my board of directors. My organization's current position is that we can support surveillance camera contribution to private land projects as cameras are better protected there, and camera views of all 1952 miles of border is critical and should be centralized on one portal, so Americans can participate in the Cyber Minute Man experience anywhere with convenience. Both private and public video-viewing can be entertained depending on the desires of the private land owner. Contributions of donations to private fencing is not policy with us now, but the board may create future and separate funding for ranchers who prove lack of means to fund physical fencing.

The current Simpcox plan calls for 2 rows of chain-link fencing, 2 trenches, 2 large coils of concertina or razor wire, and surveillance cameras in the middle of the rows. While this is the most bullet-proof solution I've seen, making the fence more effective, 1952 miles long, would lead to several caveats:

This solution will probably cost $150/per foot versus our $2.50/foot, still far more affordable than the proposed federal version at $1000/foot, but difficult for fund raisers to generate the revenue necessary for the entire southern border
Private-only ranch fencing leaves some access roads and parks that extend far to the north vulnerable. Cooperation is building to compel the Bureau of Land Management to accept our offer to mend fencing already on the border but dilapidated, required as Department of the Interior policy. I have Standard Form 299 permits pending for all four border states and expect cooperation or will take every legal avenue available to enforce them
The more ambitious fencing projects, even when on private land, sometimes receive grief from counties and environmentalists who claim concrete or other materials are somehow a hazard. This is less likely in Arizona but commonplace in California
T.J. Bonner and other Border Patrol interests may frown on such effective fencing, probably fearing for job security for border guards, and many eager Cyber Minute Men may want opportunities to make many "busts" with our more approachable fence, inadvertently creating an entertainment incentive. I prefer the air-tight solution, but it may take many years to raise the money

Your suggestions and comments are most welcome. Please reply to this e-mail if I can help.

Please feel free to stay up-to-date by visiting http://www.BorderFenceProject.com anytime. Your donations and voluntary support are greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

New "Adopt a Post" and "Affiliate Program" Pages are Here! - April 20, 2006

2006-04-20T09:59:00.000-07:00

New "Adopt a Post" and "Affiliate Program" Pages are Here! - April 20, 2006

BorderFenceProject.com now has two new pages - "Adopt a Post" and "Affiliate Program". You can now order your own engraved tag and have us mount it on a post as part of our public border fence, and earn affiliate commissions with the sale of these tags as well as private ranch fencing! All profits go to the public fence project fund.

A few examples of prospective tags and how they appear are shown here:

Go to Adopt a Post and check out our program.

Commissions are set at 10% of all sales of tags and 10% of the $1/foot profit we make when selling private ranch fencing. This is not only useful to Minute Man organizations who may receive our raw materials and tools for fence building and need extra funds, but anyone in America who wants to promote the program on a website or with e-mail URL links, tracking all sales and give you high commissions.
See Affiliate Program and sign-up now!.

Please feel free to stay up-to-date by visiting http://www.BorderFenceProject.com anytime. Your donations and voluntary support are greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com

Threats Against Websites, Interview and Board Meeting Scheduled - April 19, 2006

2006-04-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

Threats Against Websites, Interview and Board Meeting Scheduled - April 19, 2006

I have been advised by the Sheriff's Department in San Diego County that the pro-illegal open-borders forces are planning an attack against our two websites, BorderFenceProject.com and NoInvaders.Org. These attacks have been tried before but to no avail, as the opponents will run illegal software to try to over-consume the servers' bandwidth in order to shut it down. We are now adding extra security measures to protect the websites and identify anyone who tries to bomb the websites, so they will be prosecuted. We are also just now adding unlimited bandwidth so the websites cannot shut down.

I am scheduled to talk to Jim Dallas of Mark Edward's Wake Up America radio show Friday, April 28, 2006, at 10:00 PM. Please see http://www.WakeUpAmericaFoundation.com. I will discuss the history and mission of our group along with proposals in the making. Please make a point of listening and maybe calling in.

We will elect at least 5 directors of the board Thursday, April 27, as our first meeting has been confirmed with 5 eager participants. However, we want more board members. If you live in southern California or know a patriot who lives here, please let us know right away.

Please feel free to stay up to date by visiting http://www.BorderFenceProject.com anytime. Your donations and voluntary support are greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Jim Wood

NoInvaders.Org President

http://www.NoInvaders.Org

http://www.BorderFenceProject.com