Commissioner Joe Swann

Based on information from a reliable source, the tax burden imposed on Hamblen citizens by the huge population of illegal aliens far exceeds any costs that would come from hiring and training local law enforcement to assist federal agents.

I believe its a fair assumption to make that Mr. Swann, who makes his living as an accountant, knows this and is engaged in a smoke screen operation with his claim that his opposition to the resolution was based on his fear that its ratification would result in a tax increase.

I know that he is a member of Thom Robinson's chamber of commerce and this alone is probably enough to explain his long winded explanation at the commission meeting. Still It would be interesting to see a list of clients who get their accounting done at Mr. Swann's firm. Just a thought.

La Raza On the Dole

La Raza has been on the governments dole for several years. They want to take away America as we know it. You doubt what I say? Check out their website AFTER you scroll down. I have put their website’s address at the bottom of this message.
Steve Merrill, Oklahoma

*** Illegal immigration should have stopped on September 12, 2001. Actually a few dozen years before that, but too many Amerikans cannot remember much further back than that.

*** Remember, if you are serious about doing something about illegal immigration, or more appropriately, the INVASION, at the very least, start by acting like an American and get, then STAY informed.

*** If the government of the United States was serious about the invasion, they would do more about it.

*** If you do not think this is an invasion, then try and stop it.

*** "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on and do nothing." --Albert Einstein

*** "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." --Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, 1941 (What has changed?)

*** "We have room for but one flag, the American Flag. We have room for but one language, the English language, and we have room for but one sole loyalty, and that is a loyalty to the American people." --President Theodore Roosevelt.

*** Turn in an illegal alien today. ICE Phone Number: (866) 347-2423. Toll free and you do not have to give your name. Just all the information you can think of.

*** The American media reports the news under the privilege granted to them under the First Amendment. But they also have the moral responsibility associated with that right to report it without a leftist slant.

The Resolutions Pass

The Morristown City Council has finally decided that illegal immigration is enough of a problem in Morristown and Hamblen County to call on our State and federal Governments to take action to relieve the community.

Is it just us here at T-FIRE, or are these resolutions-which were courageously brought forward by Councilman Mel Tucker-long overdue?

Islamic Radicals Planned to Come Through Pourous Border

By Sara A. Carter

The Washington Times

Fort Huachuca, the nation's largest intelligence-training center, changed security measures in May after being warned that Islamist terrorists, with the aid of Mexican drug cartels, were planning an attack on the facility.

Fort officials changed security measures after sources warned that possibly 60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists were to be smuggled into the U.S. through underground tunnels with high-powered weapons to attack the Arizona Army base, according to multiple confidential law enforcement documents obtained by The Washington Times.

"A portion of the operatives were in the United States, with the remainder not yet in the United States," according to one of the documents, an FBI advisory that was distributed to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the CIA, Customs and Border Protection and the Justice Department, among several other law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. "The Afghanis and Iraqis shaved their beards so as not to appear to be Middle Easterners."

According to the FBI advisory, each Middle Easterner paid Mexican drug lords $20,000 "or the equivalent in weapons" for the cartel's assistance in smuggling them and their weapons through tunnels along the border into the U.S. The weapons would be sent through tunnels that supposedly ended in Arizona and New Mexico, but the Islamist terrorists would be smuggled through Laredo, Texas, and reclaim the weapons later.

A number of the Afghans and Iraqis are already in a safe house in Texas, the FBI advisory said.
Fort Huachuca, which lies about 20 miles from the Mexican border, has members of all four service branches training in intelligence and secret operations. About 12,000 persons work at the fort and many have their families on base.

Lt. Col. Matthew Garner, spokesman for Fort Huachuca, said details about the current phase of the investigation or security changes on the post "will not be disclosed."

"We are always taking precautions to ensure that soldiers, family members and civilians that work and live on Fort Huachuca are safe," Col. Garner said. "With this specific threat, we did change some aspects of our security that we did have in place."

According to the FBI report, some of the weapons associated with the plot have been smuggled through a tunnel from Mexico to the U.S.

The FBI report is based on Drug Enforcement Administration sources, including Mexican nationals with access to "sub-sources" in the drug cartels. The report's assessment is that the DEA's Mexican contacts have proven reliable in the past but the "sub-source" is of uncertain reliability.

According to the source who spoke with DEA intelligence agents, the weapons included two Milan anti-tank missiles, Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles, grenade launchers, long guns and handguns.

"FBI Comment: The surface-to-air missiles may in fact be RPGs," the advisory stated, adding that the weapons stash in Mexico could include two or three more Milan missiles.
The Milan, a French-German portable anti-tank weapon, was developed in the 1970s and widely sold to militaries around the world, including Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Insurgents in Iraq reportedly have used a Milan missile in an attack on a British tank. Iraqi guerrillas also have shot down U.S. helicopters using RPGs, or rocket-propelled grenades.

FBI spokesman Paul Bresson would not elaborate on the current investigation regarding the threat, but said that many times the initial reports are based on "raw, uncorroborated information that has not been completely vetted." He added that this report shows the extent to which all law enforcement and intelligence agencies cooperate in terror investigations.
"If nothing else, it provides a good look at the inner working of the law-enforcement and intelligence community and how they work together on a daily basis to share and deal with threat information," Mr. Bresson said. "It also demonstrates the cross-pollination that frequently exists between criminal and terrorist groups."

The connections between criminal enterprises, such as powerful drug cartels, and terrorist organizations have become a serious concern for intelligence agencies monitoring the U.S.-Mexico border.

"Based upon the information provided by the DEA handling agent, the DEA has classified the source as credible," stated a Department of Homeland Security document, regarding the possibility of an attack on Fort Huachuca. "The identity of the sub-source has been established; however, none of the information provided by the sub-source in the past has been corroborated."

The FBI advisory stated the "sub-source" for the information "is a member of the Zetas," the military arm of one of Mexico's most dangerous drug-trafficking organizations, the Gulf Cartel. The Gulf Cartel controls the movement of narcotics from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, into the U.S. along the Laredo corridor.

However, the sub-source "for this information is of unknown reliability," the FBI advisory stated.

According to the DEA, the sub-source identified Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as the drug lords who would assist the terrorists in their plot.

This led the DEA to caution the FBI that its information may be a Gulf Cartel plant to bring the U.S. military in against its main rival. The Sinaloa and Gulf cartels have fought bloody battles along the border for control of shipping routes into the U.S.

"It doesn't mean that there isn't truth to some of what this source delivered to U.S. agents," said one law-enforcement intelligence agent, on the condition of anonymity. "The cartels have no loyalty to any nation or person. It isn't surprising that for the right price they would assist terrorists, knowingly or unknowingly."

What We are Really Looking For

Investors' Business Daily's Michael Barone hits the nail on the head as to what the real impetus is for those of us who are concerned about the threat of illegal immigration into this country-and it isn't race:

You don't have to be a racist to be bothered by such things. You just have to be a citizen who thinks that massive failure to enforce the law is corrosive to society. That was apparent to me as I listened to a focus group of Republican voters in suburban Richmond, Va., conducted by Peter Hart for the Annenberg School of Communications.

One voter after another complained that the immigration laws were not being enforced. None of them made any derogatory remarks about Latino immigrants — two said they admired how hard immigrants work. They don't want to see Latinos banished from this country. They want the immigrants here to be legally here.

Here at T-FIRE, this is our collective sentiment-word for word.

Checkpoints are So Helpful

Our border patrol agents are having such a difficult time, and the ladies and gentlemen manning our official border checkpoints have been such a help-they let 21,000 people through border checkpoints that did not have proper documentation.

Employee of Nuclear Plant Had Pipe Bomb in Truck - Facility in LOCKDOWN

A couple of years ago there where about 6 illegal aliens working at Oak Ridge. They had access to a trailer which contained classified documents. Naturally the story to the public was "there is nothing to worry about." Oh really?

Anything Can Happen

Spineless Republicans and the La Raza War

Why are Republicans so spineless? Love them or hate them, at least thecrazy left is willing to fight for possession of this country.
Look at "LaRaza"-they are openly calling for war against European-Americans. (They don't like blacks much either).

Then there are the attacks by the left against Michael Savage, Bill O'Reilly, and Rush Limbaugh. Name the Republican that has stood up against these attacks. It certainly wouldn't be Hatch, Graham, McCain, Spector, Martinez, Lugar,Lott, Kyl, Craig, Hagel, Brownback or Ensign. Ten of these twelve are outright turncoats. They would all fit comfortably in the Democratic partyand love giving America to the illegals. So, at best, you have 36-37 Republican Senators and even some of them are suspect.

When you study the numbers you realize why we can't get sensible legislation and why we have to fight like hell to stop a cloture (60+) vote on bad legislation. So will the Republicans have enough votes to sustain a veto of the S-CHIP legislation that increase the current cost from $9 Billion to $32-60Billion? It will be nip & tuck because most of the spineless politicians will not stand up to reign in spending. They will simply vote to buy thevotes they need to get re-elected.

However, there is one hope. If they can convince 22 million non-smokers people to smoke at least a pack a day, they can hold the excess spending to about $20 billion. Guess they're all silent salesman for the cigarette companies. Remember: The major concern with CHAMP & SCHIP (respectively from eachchamber) is that this bill increases illegal immigration costs to Americans.The R. J. reported that 2/3 of the state's children on this program are Spanish Speaking.

Illegal Aliens Sponsor Pot Operation

East Tennessee newspapers are reporting that one illegal alien (and perhaps more) may be behind what has been termed one of the "biggest" marijuana fields ever discovered in the Third Judicial District. The Third Judicial District is composed of Hawkins, Hamblen, Greene, and Hancock counties.

The street value of the 8-12,000 marijuana plants was pegged at nearly $1 million dollars.

Four Hispanic guards armed with various weapons including an AK47 assault rifle were posted around the illegal weed. One of the guards was captured. He had no identification, and it is assumed at this point that he entered the US illegally.

Three other Hispanic "guards" escaped on foot.

In what is probably the understatement of the day, Scott Castle, director of the 3rd Judicial Task Force said things could have been disastrous if the guard with the assault rifle had opened up on the officers with the AK47.

Castle's remark about facing an AK47 with standard .40 caliber law-enforcement side arms, "It would have been a problem."

Illegal marijuana in East Tennessee---grown by and protected by illegal aliens armed with rifles and an AK 47.

SECURE OUR BORDERS NOW.

Senate Passes Amendment to Halt Mexican Trucks on U.S. Highways

Washington DC - The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) congratulated Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) for sponsoring an amendment to the Transportation Appropriations bill that cuts-off funding for a program that would have allowed hundreds of Mexican trucks to haul cargo on U.S. highways. The amendment was approved Tuesday by a 75 to 23 margin.

The program, promoted by the Bush Administration, would have cost many Americans their jobs and endangered motorists on our interstate highways because of laxer safety standards for Mexican trucks. The Mexican trucking program would also have posed a threat to homeland security, compounding the already difficult task of inspecting cargo entering the U.S. Fittingly, the vote on the amendment took place on the sixth anniversary of 9/11.

"FAIR joins everyone who is concerned about protecting the jobs of American workers, protecting the safety of people who drive on our highways, and protecting the security of our nation, in congratulating Sen. Dorgan for putting these interests ahead of the desire of large corporations to cut their trucking costs," said Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "It seems it is finally dawning on members of Congress that the American people believe there are important national interests that must take precedence over the desire of some to save a buck."

The overwhelming approval of this amendment, combined with the support of organized labor, is a hopeful indication that a new coalition that supports border and immigration enforcement may be developing. "People are becoming aware that ill-conceived trade policies and unenforced immigration policies are a threat to national security and to our embattled middle class," Stein noted. "Whether by default - because we do not enforce laws against illegal immigration - or by design, such as policies that open our highways to foreign truckers, there are actual American workers and their families who pay a heavy price for some businesses' insatiable thirst for lower cost labor.

"Likewise, whether we have people and goods moving across our borders illegally, or whether we institute policies that allow people and goods to enter with little or no inspection, the consequence is the same. America's homeland security is compromised," declared Stein.

The same principles that were applied to the decision of Congress not to allow Mexican trucks to haul good across the U.S., must be applied to our border policies in general. "The basic litmus test for determining immigration policies should be, Will American workers be harmed? Will public safety be compromised? Will homeland security be put at risk? If the answers to any of these questions is yes, then the policies need to be reconsidered," concluded Stein.

Lawyer Harasses Citizens Who Report Immigration Crimes

DESCRIBE YOUR COMPLAINT IN DETAIL. Use the back of this page or attach other pages for more space.
Jeffrey Dale Ridner, Esq. was retained by our landlords Chris and Karl Chmelar who live in the Netherlands, E.U. By certified letter Mr. Ridner attempted to intimidate my wife and me with the threat of eviction if we did not turn a blind eye to a possible federal immigration crime and associated conspiracy involving him, his clients, their relatives and the roofing company (a copy of his certified letter dated August 24, 2007 is attached herewith as Exhibit A), to wit:
That 6 - 8 men of Central American descent arrived at our (leased) home at approximately 2 PM Wednesday afternoon (August 22, 2007) and commenced stripping the slate off the roof with the intention of re-shingling the house. None of the workers could speak English and there was no supervisor present with whom I could communicate.

That because of the clear and present danger posed by illegal immigrants to our national sovereignty and security, I was suspicious of these workers and immediately began soliciting help to determine their immigration status by contacting: 1) the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department, 2) U. S. Congressman Lincoln Davis’ Washington office, 3) the Department of Immigration’s Immigration & Custom Enforcement task force (ICE) and finally the roofing company that sent the questionable workers (Porter Roofing of McMinnville, Tennessee).
That the Sheriff’s Department was at a loss of what to do regarding the matter although they sent a Deputy the following morning who agreed with my concern about possible undocumented workers continuing the roofing job (see Exhibit B).

That Congressman Davis’ Washington assistant asked me to memorialize the facts and fax them to Washington and to Mr. Davis’ Rockwood, Tennessee office where his Immigration Specialist was assigned (Beth Hickman, phone: 865-354-3323). I complied with this request and received an email from Ms. Hickman Monday morning (August 27, 2007) stating that ICE had logged the possible crime which would trigger an investigation.

I had already contacted ICE on Wednesday (August 22, 2007) and related the facts to them.
That while the workers were still on the roof Wednesday afternoon (August 22, 2007) I called Porter Roofing in McMinnville and asked them to either provide proof of legal status for these men or in the alternative to put “Tennessee boys” on the roof. I was told by “Miguel,” an individual with a very thick Hispanic accent, “this is none of your business” and in effect, “go fly a kite.” Shortly thereafter Mrs. Chmelar’s sister Julia Ray (of LaFayette, GA) also told me over the telephone (screaming) that the matter was “none of my business.”

That in a letter sent by certified mail on Monday (August 27, 2007) Mr. Ridner laid out erroneous facts relating to the events that had transpired the preceding Wednesday (August 22, 2007) including the false accusation that I had ordered the workers off the roof and that I had forbidden them from returning to complete the job (Exhibit A). I addressed these misrepresentations in my return certified letter to him attached as Exhibit B.

That in his letter Mr. Ridner - by implication - threatened my wife and me with eviction if we did not ignore the possible illegal status of the workers and allow them to continue roofing. In effect his demands were designed to bully us into ignoring the possible violations of federal immigration law including a conspiracy between him, his clients, their relatives and the roofing company.

That I was in no way responsible for any work stoppage. I merely requested that Porter Roofing obey federal immigration law or use local workers.

That Mr. Ridner knew or had a duty to know that a potential crime - including a conspiracy - was being committed by Porter Roofing and his clients yet he chose to intimidate my wife and me by threat of eviction if we did not ignore the potential federal crimes being perpetrated.
That Mr. Ridner’s oath as a lawyer includes reporting crimes and not encouraging that state and federal laws be broken.

That my wife and I feared retaliation from Mr. Ridner and it arrived by certified mail Friday, August 31, 2007 (Exhibit C). We have leased this property at 448 Wonder Cave Road; Pelham, Tennessee for 25 months. Our lease payment has never been late and we have had no complaints from the Chmelars until this incident which triggered the lease termination by Mr Ridner. It is intuitively obvious to the casual observer that Mr. Ridner’s termination of our lease was to punish my wife and me for reporting a possible crime.

Mr. Ridner’s actions have been unscrupulous and designed to bully while ignoring a serious violation of federal immigration law at a defining moment in our nation’s history. His conduct has been at least unethical and certainly not in keeping with the high standards demanded by his oath before the bar.

I request that this matter be investigated and if my recitation of the foregoing facts prove to be true, that Mr. Ridner be severely reprimanded and/or suspended if not disbarred.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the information given in this complaint is true to the best of my knowledge, understanding and belief. I am aware the the lawyer may be notified of my complaint.


DATE: September 1, 2007
cc: Jeffrey D. Ridner, Esq.
***************
August 26, 2007
Jeffrey D.Ridner
Haynes, Hull, Rieder, Ewell & Ridner, P.A.
214 NE Atlantic Street
Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388

Re: Tenancy at property on 448 Wonder Cave Road, Pelham, Tennessee and the possible commission of federal immigration crimes including a conspiracy.
and my DECLARATION under penalty of perjury

Dear Mr Ridner,
This is my response by way of DECLARATION under penalty of perjury to your letter dated August 24, 2007 to clarify the facts in this matter (this letter & enclosures will be faxed and mailed to all parties by USPS certified mail).

I will address the erroneous points in your letter, to wit:

“It is my understanding that when the contractor arrived at the property, Mr. Mauldin voiced an objection to the presence of certain workers unless identification was provided to him”

FACT: The 6-8 workers arrived at our house by storming over the front fence rather than walking through the open gate. No one could speak English and the promise of a “supervisor” to oversee the initial work to insure that care was given to the newly installed gutters was not kept (I had cordially discussed the re-roofing at length with Mr. Dennis Ray, the Chmelar’s brother-in-law, and was aggressively looking out for the Chmelar’s interests by telephoning Mr. Ray on more than one occasion alerting him to problems with the delivery of the roofing material, etc.)

FACT: The above mentioned workers appeared to be of Central American decent and my wife who is from San Antonio, Texas and has 50+ years experience with Mexicans voiced her concern regarding their rough appearance especially since no supervisor was present to act as a go-between. Furthermore, one of the workers took my shovel up on the the roof without my permission and used it the rest of the day shoveling slate into their trailer.

FACT: I said nothing (made no “objection”) to these workers - if for no other reason than I don’t speak Spanish. The workers did not arrive until approximately 2 PM Wednesday afternoon August 22nd and worked until the end of their self-determined workday. They left on their own motion. At no time did I order them off the property.

FACT: On Wednesday afternoon August 22nd while the workers were on the roof, I contacted the Grundy County Sheriff's office and reported the possibility of illegal aliens on the property and the possible commission of a federal immigration crime including a conspiracy.

FACT: On Wednesday afternoon August 22nd while the workers were on the roof, I contacted the U.S. Department of Immigration and their Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) office to report possible undocumented workers on the property and the possible commission of a federal immigration crime including a conspiracy.

FACT: On Wednesday afternoon August 22nd while the workers were on the roof, I contacted my U.S. Congressman Lincoln Davis’ office in Washington to report this possible crime and to enlist his assistance. His office agreed to help and asked me to memorialize the facts and to fax the letter to them which I did. My letter to Congressman Davis requested an investigation of Porter Roofing, the contrator in question, and if an immigration crime was discovered that the parties who were responsible be prosecuted including anyone aiding and abetting the possible crime and/or any co-conspirators (as you know, a conspiracy is simply the agreement to commit an illegal act followed by one overt act in the furtherance of the agreed upon crime).
Mr. Mauldin voiced an objection to the presence of certain workers unless identification was
provided him.

FACT: On Wednesday afternoon August 22nd while the workers were on the roof, I contacted Porter Roofing (McMinnville, Tennessee) by telephone. A worker with a thick Spanish accent at their office returned my call. His name was “Miguel.” I told him that Thursday (August 23rd) I wanted to be shown proof that their workers had legal immigration status (not “identification” as you suggested) or in the alternative to put “Tennessee boys” on the roof. He told me it was none of my business and to effectively “go fly a kite.” I was also screamed at over the telephone by Mrs. Chmelar’s sister Julia Ray who also told me “it was none of my business.”
“As a result of the objection, the contractors left the property.”

FACT: See above... and

FACT: At no time did I order the workers off the roof nor did I forbid them from returning. I did ask Porter Roofing to comply with federal immigration laws or to use local workers.

FACT: Thursday morning August 23rd Grundy County Sherriff’s deputy Wiley drove into our driveway. I went out to greet him thinking it was in response to my call the previous day. He stated he was there on behalf of the Chmelar’s to say it was okay for the workers to continue re-roofing. I related the facts to him. He stated that he agreed with me, got in his cruiser and drove off.

“In accordance with the Default provision of the Annual Rental Agreement, letter is a demand by the Chmelars that the two of you allow the contractors to do the work.”

FACT: I have not and do not intend to physically or verbally prevent the work from continuing .

FACT: As a former Commander in the U.S. Navy who repeatedly swore to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, I have witnessed a potential federal crime and I fully intend to pursue its possible prosecution including all involved parties. To quote Edmond Burke, “all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” I love my country and I have a solemn duty to report the commission of a potential crime.

If within three (3) days of your receipt of this correspondence the default is not cured, then Mr. and Mrs. Chmelar will have no alternative than to explore additional remedies available to them under the agreement.

FACT: I can only construe this statement to be the threat of eviction because you are suggesting that I turn my back on the commission of a possible federal crime and associated conspiracy.
I suspect that like my oath as a Naval officer your oath as an attorney requires you to report possible crimes known to you. I have identified a possible crime that you may want to look into so the Tennessee Bar Association and the United States Attorney will be satisfied with your due diligence in this matter.

I join you in “hoping” that it will not be necessary to explore additional remedies and that no additional measures will be necessary.

I look forward to hearing from you within the three (3) days you laid down to resolve this matter as we may get the rain we so badly need and part of the subject roof only has tar paper on it.

For the soverignty of the United States of America and for the prosecution of federal immigration crimes & conspiracies... under penalty of perjury I declare that the foregoing statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, understanding and belief,

Davis Mauldin

cc: Congressman Lincoln Davis (with copy of your letter dated 8/24/2007)
Tennessee Bar Association (with copy of your letter dated 8/24/2007)
Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) (with copy of your letter dated 8/24/2007)
United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee (with copy of your letter dated 8/24/2007)
Senator Bob Corker (with copy of your letter dated 8/24/2007)
Senator Lamar Alexander (with copy of your letter dated 8/24/2007)

Are the Illegal Aliens Who Work On Your Local Bridges Certified?

Since the Minneapolis bridge collapse, a national discussion has begun to take shape over the state of our national infrastructure, especially the state of our bridges. Has an illegal alien who may not be appropriately licenced to do specialized work been working on a bridge you might cross every day? A report from the Biloxi Sun-Herald says it has happened in Mississippi and two other Southern States:

The owner of Tarrasco Steel, a company that supplied workers on the Biloxi Bay Bridge, was arrested and charged with hiring illegal immigrants on projects in three states. Some had improper welding certification.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Jose S. Gonzalez, 32, at his office in Greenville Thursday, according to a news release. Tarrasco Steel was hired as a subcontractor for rebar installation services to major bridge projects in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. The federal government considers those bridges as critical infrastructure, and they were part of routine inspections of facilities that if damaged could pose a threat to national security and public safety.

So we have people who weren't certified as welders attempting to weld vital bridges, some in this State-and these people were here illegally? That is a concern for the general public safety.

"There is a serious public safety concern when illegal aliens, who are not authorized to work in the country legally, and who do not possess valid welding certifications, are employed in the construction of bridges in our communities," said Michael A. Holt, special agent in charge of the Customs Office of Investigations in New Orleans, in a news release.

Mr. Holt is correct, of course. So how can the government put a stop to this serious threat to public safety? By enforcing our borders and keeping illegal aliens out of our country.