Let me explain.

The American Policy Center (APC) and I have been openly attacked by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Normally, that would not be a big deal.

SPLC has a long history of attacking organizations and individuals who defend the Constitution and oppose big government programs.

They regularly accuse us of racism and hate because we want to stop the massive growth of government and the wasteful spending programs that are bankrupting our country.

I get used to such attacks. It’s what they do to try to discredit us.

But this time the attack is different. It truly frightens me because the outcome of this new SPLC attack against APC and me could result in government investigations, the banning of my ability to travel, or even the destruction of APC.

Here’s why I’m concerned.

The Southern Poverty Law Center sent an undercover informant to attend APC’s Freedom Action National Conference held at Valley Forge, PA. That informant then issued an attack on me and APC, saying that the speakers at our conference were “united by rage” against the federal government.

The headline on the SPLC article about our conference read: “Patriot Rhetoric Becomes Increasingly Violent.”

Taken out of context were quotes by some of our speakers, including Sheriff Richard Mack and Constitution expert, Michael Badnarik.

The report did everything possible to paint APC as a dangerous, radical fringe group intent on overthrowing the US Government.

They even took a very classic line by APC advisor and former  Pennsylvania State Rep. Sam Rohrer.  He said, “There is a time to pray and a time to fight. And I think the time has come to fight.”

Of course he meant political action – not physical war against the government.

Not a single speaker at our conference advocated or even believes in violent action. I know all of the speakers – I hand picked every one and I know what they believe and what they advocate.

They, like me, passionately believe in the founding principles of this nation. And we intend to defend them – but we intend to do that in the political process.

Have you ever seen one single word written by me that advocates violence? Of course not – because I have never done it. I am opposed to any kind of silly rhetoric calling for violence – it would be an incredibly stupid thing for our side to do. I have said so at any meeting or on any radio show where it is even suggested.

I believe the dumbest thing our side could ever do is perpetrate violence against the government. To do so would mark the end of our ability to speak out. It would be the destruction of our movement.

When I talk to audiences or write articles and refer to our efforts as a “fight” – I am talking about “Political Action in a “War” against “POLICY.”  Nothing more.

But the SPLC has twisted those words to make it sound like my conference at Valley Forge was a hot bed of hate, ready to explode in violence across the country.

Such a report can have dire consequences against me and APC.

And here’s why.

The Southern Policy Law Center is working directly with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to define domestic terrorism and to pinpoint potentially violent groups that fit that description.

In 2009, the DHS issued several reports, both written with the help of the Southern Poverty Law Center. One was entitled “Right-wing Extremism.” That report targeted groups like those which fight to stop abortion and illegal immigration as hate groups and potentially violent terrorist groups.

But in fact, the report was even worse as it also targeted people who are concerned over our bad economy, oppose the creation of a North American Union, oppose same-sex marriage, stockpile food, fear communist regimes and  oppose loss of US jobs to overseas nations. These people, said the DHS, are potential terrorists.

How many of these include your beliefs? Do you consider yourself to be a terrorist? Of course not. And neither do I.

In addition, the Missouri state Fusion Center (a coalition of Federal, State and Local police agencies organized to respond to terrorist attacks) produced its own report on potential terrorists that included people who voted for Ron Paul.

Again, the Southern Poverty Law Center helped to prepare that report.

These reports were sent to law enforcement agencies across the nation. Police were alerted that these people were possibly violent.

So those on the list could be put under surveillance, restricted from travel on airplanes, and even have their personal financial records checked.

In fact, that is one of the reasons why early reporting of the Boston Marathon bombing hinted that it was done by right wingers.

In fact, one reporter, David Sirota, said, “If you care about everything from stopping war to reducing the defense budget to protecting civil liberties to passing immigration reform, you should hope the bomber was a white domestic terrorist.”

That rhetoric is straight out of the SPLC. Truth means noting anymore – just their political agenda.

And it’s why there was a deadly attack at the Family Research Council last year. They were targeted by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a dangerous hate group because they oppose abortion.

That’s how dangerous the Southern Poverty Law Center is to freedom.

Now, clearly, with its most recent attack, SPLC has targeted me and APC. They have gone beyond mere criticism of our policies to attempting to make us appear violent and dangerous.

The result could be the destruction of APC – clearly that is SPLC’s goal. APC could lose its tax-exempt status. I could be banned from boarding air planes to travel to speeches and conferences. With the government now moving to take over the internet, there is a very real possibility that APC could lose access – and that would silence me for good.

That’s why I can’t ignore this attack. I must fight back.

And that’s why I’m demanding that the US Congress closely investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center and its ties to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Why does this agency of the federal government allow a private group to have such powerful input into its investigations and official reports?

Does the government pay SPLC from our tax dollars?

Who is responsible?

SPLC is a dangerous group, guilty of the hate it claims to fight. It is trying to take away the Constitutional rights of Americans to hold opposing views. It seeks to destroy any debate or opposition to its ideas.

That wouldn’t be a threat to you and me, except for the fact that SPLC is so closely tied to one of the federal government’s most powerful (and in my view) dangerous agencies – DHS.

And that’s why Congress must investigate those ties and SPLC’s influence over government policy.

Please, it is urgent that you sign the enclosed “Citizens Demand for Congressional Investigation of the Southern Poverty Law Center.” Please sign it today!

I must have thousands of these petitions to force Congress to take action!  

Second, APC needs to be strong to stand up to SPLC and its rich war chest. I need to be able to counter their attacks against APC.

I desperately need your financial support. Please help me with a contribution of at least $25. That will help me get more Citizen’s Demands for Investigation printed and mailed to more Americans across the nation.  It’s the only way we have to bring enough pressure on Congress to act.

The SPLC has targeted every patriotic American in the nation just because we want to see the US Constitution recognized as law of the land. Those Americans need to know they have been targeted.

I need to reach them to counter this monster that threatens our freedom. I can do it only with your financial support. Please help.

Whatever you can send, please do it today. It’s vital that Congress act immediately to stop the threat of the SPLC once and for all.

Click here to sign the Citizen’s Demands for Investigation

Sincerely,

Tom DeWeese
President

P.S. Joe Farah of World Net Daily (also attacked by SPLC) said “The SPLC is a marginal fringe-extremist organization that establishes its own credibility and fund-raising base by attacking others as marginal, fringe and extremist.” The question that must be answered is why the Department of Homeland Security is working with them to make those attacks legitimate. Help me stop them!

The main course of action to impose the new agenda is through the pretense of environmental protection; “Sorry about your rights, but if we don’t save the planet, then we will all perish!” And so with the devastation of a thousand pin pricks, America and its form or government is being changed through the creation of non-elected boards, councils and regional governments, designed to enforce the new regulations and “assure that we protect the environment.”

The pin pricks come disguised as such issues as controls on community development; controls on use of private property; controls on use of open space; creation of development areas, many times under the excuse of historic preservation; communities designed on the blue print of pack and stack housing; making it harder to drive as roads are narrowed, even forcing cars to share the road with bicycles; the enforcement of expensive mass transit boondoggle projects; and the never ending spending spree on inefficient, unworkable alternative energy, such as wind and solar power.

In fact, control of energy and water are the two most effective tools in the enforcement of the Sustainable Development agenda. Without energy and water, human society stops. Using strict controls on how, or even if, energy and water can be used provides government with the power to dictate every aspect of society.

So how is that control carried out? There are obviously several ways, including regulations and taxes on production of gasoline; EPA restrictions on energy production; and government subsidies to create and enforce the use of alternative energy, specifically wind and solar.

However, controlling energy use in individual homes provided a more difficult obstacle than mere taxes or regulations. Government needed to be able to monitor energy use and individual habits in every single home. And so, the Smart Meter was born.

The Smart Meters are being installed on homes across the country, replacing the old style analog meters. The power companies are telling their customers that the Smart Meters will help them save money on electric bills by helping control usage. They also claim that the Smart Meters will help the power companies operate more efficiently by eliminating the need for meter readers to physically read the meters as they do with analog meters. However, these sales pitches from the power companies hide the real facts behind the push to replace every analog meter in the nation with the Smart Meters.

There are several major problems for homeowners as the Smart Meters are installed. Here are just a few:

• The cost of heating and cooling homes with Smart Meters is going up because of the inefficient alternative energy that is more expensive than coal and nuclear power.

• Homeowners with Smart Meters in place are discovering that they can’t heat or cool their homes during peak power usage as the electric companies control the thermostats and automatically cut back on usage.
• Property rights are being violated by Smart Meter installers who come onto property against the will of the owners.

• A 2012 Congressional Report now reveals that power companies are able to read data from the meters that reveals residents’ daily schedules and their personal behavior, the types of appliances they use, even if there are certain types of medical equipment in use in the home. This information can then be sold to private concerns or placed in government files. It can lead to identity theft and unwarranted government surveillance.

• Evidence is now emerging that the Smart Meters, which operate by emitting electromagnetic signals, has become a health hazard, as thousands of Smart Meters in neighborhoods blast a non-stop signal, creating what is called Electromagnetic Smog. The electromagnetic radiation is dangerous for the elderly, children, pets, and those subject to such disorders as epilepsy, heart disease and more. It can lead to disruptive sleep patterns, chronic fatigue, depression, headaches and much more.

As Americans become aware of these threats they have begun to oppose the installation of Smart Meters on their property. Some local and state government’s, when faced with the health complaints, have offered opt out provisions. Others have responded using force, resulting in arrests, as in Naperville, Illinois. In other places, power companies have shut off electricity to homes of those protesting the Smart Meters.

As the battle against the Smart Meters grows across the nation, Americans need to understand the issue, the dangers, the real reasons behind the government’s drive to force them on angry and protesting homeowners, violating their property rights and endangering their health in the process.

Smart Meters are designed to provide government with detailed information of your energy use, your movements in your home, the way you use your personal private time, and even how many people are in your home at any given time. It is an unconstitutional invasion of your home by government, as set down in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

My organization, the American Policy Center (APC), has produced a comprehensive special report entitled “Sustainable Development and the Control of Energy (The growing battle over Smart Meters).” This report details the real reasons behind the government’s enforcement of the Smart Meters, the health and privacy violations, and the political agenda behind it all. This special report is available free at  http://americanpolicy.org/smart-meters-report/ I urge every concerned American to get a copy.

Every American has a duty to preserve freedom by protesting and stopping the forced installation of these devises.

Download this Special Report now!

The main course of action to impose the new agenda is through the pretense of environmental protection; “Sorry about your rights, but if we don’t save the planet, then we will all perish!” And so with the devastation of a thousand pin pricks, America and its form or government is being changed through the creation of non-elected boards, councils and regional governments, designed to enforce the new regulations and “assure that we protect the environment.”

The pin pricks come disguised as such issues as controls on community development; controls on use of private property; controls on use of open space; creation of development areas, many times under the excuse of historic preservation; communities designed on the blue print of pack and stack housing; making it harder to drive as roads are narrowed, even forcing cars to share the road with bicycles; the enforcement of expensive mass transit boondoggle projects; and the never ending spending spree on inefficient, unworkable alternative energy, such as wind and solar power.

In fact, control of energy and water are the two most effective tools in the enforcement of the Sustainable Development agenda. Without energy and water, human society stops. Using strict controls on how, or even if, energy and water can be used provides government with the power to dictate every aspect of society.

So how is that control carried out? There are obviously several ways, including regulations and taxes on production of gasoline; EPA restrictions on energy production; and government subsidies to create and enforce the use of alternative energy, specifically wind and solar.

However, controlling energy use in individual homes provided a more difficult obstacle than mere taxes or regulations. Government needed to be able to monitor energy use and individual habits in every single home. And so, the Smart Meter was born.

The Smart Meters are being installed on homes across the country, replacing the old style analog meters. The power companies are telling their customers that the Smart Meters will help them save money on electric bills by helping control usage. They also claim that the Smart Meters will help the power companies operate more efficiently by eliminating the need for meter readers to physically read the meters as they do with analog meters. However, these sales pitches from the power companies hide the real facts behind the push to replace every analog meter in the nation with the Smart Meters.

There are several major problems for homeowners as the Smart Meters are installed. Here are just a few:

• The cost of heating and cooling homes with Smart Meters is going up because of the inefficient alternative energy that is more expensive than coal and nuclear power.

• Homeowners with Smart Meters in place are discovering that they can’t heat or cool their homes during peak power usage as the electric companies control the thermostats and automatically cut back on usage.
• Property rights are being violated by Smart Meter installers who come onto property against the will of the owners.

• A 2012 Congressional Report now reveals that power companies are able to read data from the meters that reveals residents’ daily schedules and their personal behavior, the types of appliances they use, even if there are certain types of medical equipment in use in the home. This information can then be sold to private concerns or placed in government files. It can lead to identity theft and unwarranted government surveillance.

• Evidence is now emerging that the Smart Meters, which operate by emitting electromagnetic signals, has become a health hazard, as thousands of Smart Meters in neighborhoods blast a non-stop signal, creating what is called Electromagnetic Smog. The electromagnetic radiation is dangerous for the elderly, children, pets, and those subject to such disorders as epilepsy, heart disease and more. It can lead to disruptive sleep patterns, chronic fatigue, depression, headaches and much more.

As Americans become aware of these threats they have begun to oppose the installation of Smart Meters on their property. Some local and state government’s, when faced with the health complaints, have offered opt out provisions. Others have responded using force, resulting in arrests, as in Naperville, Illinois. In other places, power companies have shut off electricity to homes of those protesting the Smart Meters.

As the battle against the Smart Meters grows across the nation, Americans need to understand the issue, the dangers, the real reasons behind the government’s drive to force them on angry and protesting homeowners, violating their property rights and endangering their health in the process.

Smart Meters are designed to provide government with detailed information of your energy use, your movements in your home, the way you use your personal private time, and even how many people are in your home at any given time. It is an unconstitutional invasion of your home by government, as set down in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

My organization, the American Policy Center (APC), has produced a comprehensive special report entitled “Sustainable Development and the Control of Energy (The growing battle over Smart Meters).” This report details the real reasons behind the government’s enforcement of the Smart Meters, the health and privacy violations, and the political agenda behind it all. This special report is available free at http://americanpolicy.org/smart-meters-report/ I urge every concerned American to get a copy.

Every American has a duty to preserve freedom by protesting and stopping the forced installation of these devises.

Proponents of Sustainable Development constantly tell us that their plans are just local. And they deride those who accuse them of imposing an international agenda. Kooks. Fringe Fanatics. Conspiracy Theorists. These are just some of the labels they pin on those fighting to expose Agenda 21. Moreover, they sarcastically ask, “how can an obscure twenty year old document be a threat to local policy? Tsk Tsk.”

Well, let’s take just one example and follow it through the process. Let’s get acquainted with the Earth Charter. If Agenda 21 is the blue print – the Earth Charter is the manifesto.

Below is a report, provided, in part, by Christopher Woodwardon detailing the Earth Charter, its history and its purpose. He writes…

“…The Earth Charter is an international declaration, which calls for “building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century.” It is a soft law document as opposed to a treaty (just like Agenda 21), backed by the United Nations. It has been launched onto the world stage through a UN operation called the Earth Charter Initiative. In its name, the UN is quietly building a grass- roots movement made up of Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals to bring its ideas and principles into national government and local communities. This is being carried out through various Task Force groups and volunteer networks of supporters who are working to implement the charter into different areas of life, including business, education and religion.”

The Fundamental Message of the Earth Charter 

That is simply not true. The reason: “Precedent.” There has been only one Con Con in U.S. history. That was in 1787. Delegates to this gathering (not originally planned as a Con Con) were given specific instructions by their states and a very strongly worded resolution by Congress limiting the meeting to the “sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation.” Those instructions were completely ignored. As soon as the delegates arrived in Philadelphia, the doors were closed and the meeting was kept secret until finally they were opened to announce a complete new Constitution. That is a Precedent!

Second, the Articles of Confederation specifically called for 100% support from the states before any changes could be made to it. Obviously a new Constitution qualifies as a change! But ratification of the new Constitution operated under the yet un- ratified Article VII of the new Constitution, which called for a vote of approval of just three fourths of the states. That is a Precedent!

Further, there is nothing in Article V to give instructions on how to organize a Con Con after the required number of states call for it and Congress agrees to comply. There is nothing to tell us who the delegates should be, where they should come from, what their qualifications should be, or what rules they need to follow. The fact is, once Congress calls for the Con Con, and the delegates are chosen, that Con Con body becomes the most powerful force in the nation. Congress has no control over what they do, or how they do it. And the Precedents say they can do anything, including writing a new Constitution — and that new Constitution can be voted into power anyway the delegates decide.

Those pushing for a new Constitutional Convention are deluded if they think they can dictate what issues are to be debated. Many proponents of the Con Con are smugly telling legislators in the many states that there is no danger of bad things happening because the states must ratify what they do. The Precedent says otherwise. It says the delegates can decide how a new constitution is ratified. Moreover, may I point out that just last year, 75% of the American people opposed Obamacare, but Congress passed it anyway. Do we really want to put our precious Constitution on an operating table so those who think like Obama, Reid, and Pelosi can operate on it to their own satisfaction? That is exactly what we are doing if we allow a Con Con to be called.

We were lucky in 1787. Our young nation had some incredible leaders who, while breaking the rules, gave us a great governing document. However, in today’s political atmosphere, where the prevailing attitude by government leaders is that the Constitution stands in their way of enforcing massive government control over our lives and our fortunes, do we really want to gamble that a Con Con will improve things rather than destroy the greatest governing document in history? I fully believe the timing is all wrong for such a possibility and, for these reasons, will do everything I can to stop all calls in every state for a Con Con.

American Policy Center President Tom DeWeese, my husband had to be rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.

Now the good news is that the doctors tell me that Tom is going to be OK.  He’s already off of the ventilator and out of ICU.  And of course he’s already trying to get back to work!

But the doctors are also telling me Tom is going to need much more time to rest and recover from this major surgery.  We’ve tried to explain this to Tom, that he has to put the work aside until he is recovered.  But Tom is worried about what will happen to American Policy Center while he is away!

As Tom’s wife, I am worried for my husband’s health. I am worried that American Policy Center will start to have funding issues with Tom away from the helm.  And I’m worried that my Tom will push himself too hard to keep American Policy Center going, instead of focusing on his recovery.

Can you help me relieve this worry?

Can I ask two very important favors from our key American Policy Center supporters like you?

Will you please fill out the form at the bottom of this email with your “Get Well Soon” reply to Tom, that I can personally deliver to him while he recovers?

And can I count on you to help keep American Policy Center afloat while Tom recovers from this difficult and unforeseen surgery with an emergency donation?

I am going to personally see to it that Tom gets your “Get Well Soon” reply the very day I receive it.  Tom thinks so much of key American Policy Center supporters like you, I know that your “Get Well Soon” reply will help lift Tom’s spirits as he strives to recover from this unexpected and painful surgery.

And your emergency donation will ease Tom’s worries about keeping his beloved American Policy Center afloat while he recovers!

I have never asked anything of you before.  You know that.  But when and emergency like this crops up, you have to stick together and depend on your friends and family to get through.

We have made great progress in this fight against Agenda 21 but we must keep the momentum going while Tom is recovering.

YOU are part of our American Policy Center family, and I hope we can count on you to help Tom get through this health crisis and back to the work you and I and Tom know is so vital for this country.

Please let me hear back from you TODAY if possible.  I don’t want Tom to spend another restless night worrying about American Policy Center’s finances while he recovers in the hospital.  YOUR “Get Well Soon” reply and your donation will ease his mind and let him know that our vital work together will not be curtailed because of this emergency surgery.

Thank you very much!

Yours for Tom,

Carolyn DeWeese

P.S. – Please send this email on to friends, family, tea party groups, and other activism groups. We need the support of as many activists as possible during this difficult time for Tom and APC.

“We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists and their projects.”

Dave Foreman (Co-founder of Earth First)

“If we don’t overthrown capitalism, we don’t have a chance of saving the world ecologically. I think it is possible to have an ecology sound society under socialism. I don’t think it’s possible under capitalism.” Judi Bari (Earth First)

“The only hope for the world is to make sure there is not another United States. We can’t let other countries have the same number of cars, the amount of industrialization we have In the US. We have to stop these Third World countries right where they are.” Michael Oppenheimer (Environmental Defense Fund)

“So when (people like Tom DeWeese) react to… Climate Change as if capitalism itself were coming under threat, it’s not because they are paranoid… It’s because they are paying attention.” Naomi Klein (writing in The Nation Magazine, 11/28/11)

“Individual rights will have to take a back seat to the collective.” Harvey Ruvin (Vice Chairman, ICLEI)

“Only socialism and the global solidarity of all working peoples can free both humanity and the earth from the fatal threat of global capitalism.” Third Annual Conference of the World Association from Political Economy) Langfang, China, May 23 – 25 – 2008

We call for “Zero Economic Growth.” Speaker at the UN’s Rio+20 Summit, June, 2012.

“What is occurring here, not just in Doha, but in the whole climate change process, is the complete transformation of the economic structure of the world.” Christiana Figueres (Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, November, 2012)

So, Marxism is all the rage in the international circles, but local proponents, planning groups, planning departments and elected officials deny any such connections to their planning programs. Is there one? Let’s let an avowed Marxist author Ted Trainer explain how and why to impose the local process as he described it in his book, “Transition to a Sustainable and Just World.” See if you don’t recognize some of your community’s local planning programs.

According to Trainer:

The global economy is massively unjust. It delivers most of the world’s resources to the few in rich countries, and gears Third World productive capacity to rich world super-markets, not to meeting the needs of the world’s poor billions. Rich countries must move down to living on their fair share of global wealth. Local planning is based on this theory – YOU MUST LIVE ON LESS.

These faults cannot be fixed within or by a society driven by growth, market forces, production for profit, or affluence. These are the causes of the global sustainability and justice problems. Consumer society cannot be reformed to make it sustainable or just; it must be largely replaced by a society with fundamentally different structures. Local planning focuses on curtailing energy and natural resource and land use.

The alternative has to be THE SIMPLER WAY, a society based on non-affluent lifestyles within mostly small and highly self-sufficient local economies under local participatory control and not driven by market forces or the profit motive, and with no economic growth. (sound familiar – Rio +20) There must be an enormous cultural change, away from competitive, individualistic acquisitiveness.

What then is the most effective transition strategy? The essential aim is not to fight against consumer- capitalist society, but to build the alternative to it. This revolution cannot be achieved from the top, either by governments, green parties or proletarian revolutions. This can only be a grassroots transition led by ordinary people working out how they can cooperatively make their local communities viable as the global economy increasingly fails to provide. The Eco-village and Transition Towns movements have begun the general shift, but…

Local self-sufficiency initiatives such as community gardens and Permaculture must be informed by the awareness that reforms to consumer-capitalist society cannot achieve a sustainable and just society. Nothing of lasting significance will be achieved unless it is clearly understood that our efforts in these local initiatives are the first steps to the eventual replacement of the present society by one which is not driven by market forces, profit, competition, growth or affluence. This awareness is far from sufficiently evident in present green initiatives. The most important contribution activists can make is to join community gardens, Transition Towns movements etc. in order to help to develop this wider and radical global vision within participants. THIS IS WHAT YOUR LOCAL PLANNNERS AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN S ARE DESIGNED TO DO. THIS IS THE DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL MARXISM AND YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANS!

Ted Trainer’s book, “Transition to a Sustainable and Just World,” is the blueprint for establishing Marxist principles into your local community.

A news conference sponsored by the American Policy Center. APC buries Capitol Hill under 1.5 tons of petitions during a national news conference.

On September 7th, 2000, as nearly every head of state and world leader gathered at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for its Millennium Summit, the American Policy Center delivered more than 350,000 petitions to Capitol Hill calling for an end to the Untied States membership in the UN.

The petitions, weighing more than 1.5 tons, served as the backdrop as Rep. Ron Paul and the late Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage spoke to reporters about the threat to the United States posed by the UN. More leaders who spoke at the event hosted by APC president Tom DeWeese, were Henry Lamb of Sovereignty International, Herb Titus and Kent Snyder of the Liberty Study Committee and Cliff Kincaid of American’s Survival.

Aired to millions over CSPAN cable netwok the news conference helped APC launch a renewed war against the UN’s relentless drive for global governance and rally thousands of Americans to Stand for Sovereignty.

My organization, the American Policy Center (APC), is in the thick of a battle to stop a dangerous call for a Constitutional Convention – or a “Con Con” as it’s called.

I urgently need your help to slam the door on this insanity once and for all.

Let me explain.

More and more state legislatures are considering resolutions to call for a Con Con in order to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment.

These resolutions are coming from conservative Republicans.

They are not part of some diabolical left wing conspiracy.

These legislators are genuinely concerned with the spending orgy taking place in Washington, DC over the bailouts and other connected programs.
They simply want to do something to stop it.

I certainly understand and agree with their concerns.

So, why am I so opposed to a Con Con?

Because I believe that a Con Con would be used as a tool to totally destroy our precious Constitution – not improve it. 

Here’s why.

What these legislators don’t seem to understand is that there is no way to control what is discussed at a Con Con once it is called by Congress.

No way at all. Period.

Article V of the Constitution does not provide answers to ANY of these questions:

Who would choose the delegates?

What qualifications must they have to be delegates?

What powers would the delegates have?

No one knows the answers to the above questions until Congress decides how to proceed!

The fact is, once 34 states (two thirds) petition Congress to convene a Constitutional Convention, the matter is completely out of the States’ hands.

The states cannot control the debate! To only discuss one issue like a balanced budget amendment – it’s simply impossible.

Once the 34 states call for a Con Con, the Congress is obligated to call for the Convention. Once Congress acts, the states have no more say in the matter.

Congress decides. That means Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

Congress would decide HOW delegates would be chosen.

Maybe Congress would let the state governor choose the delegates.
Maybe it would let the state legislatures choose? Maybe delegates would be chosen by a special blue ribbon panel?

Or maybe by a vote of the people. A plebiscite. Who could then vote in such a plebiscite? All eligible voters? Or just Taxpayers? (don’t bet on it.)

Or would we possibly – in the interest of “enfranchisement” allow all citizens and “undocumented workers” to vote in this “special election.”

I can hear that argument now from the news media – all in the name of “inclusion” and fairness.  You’ve heard those outrageous arguments in every debate.

Congress would decide the answers to all of these issues.

And what would be the qualifications for delegates?

Should they all be lawyers?

Constitutional scholars?

“Proportional” representation?

Selected members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)?

There are no formal answers to any of these questions. All of these things
would only be answered after the 34th state voted for a Con Con resolution and put the mechanism in operation in Congress..

Again, Congress would decide!

Do you want to risk our Constitution on such uncertainty? Do you want to make it an open target to every American-hating special interest group?

I don’t. And that’s why I am rushing into action to stop it.

But there is more to this battle.

Once the delegates are chosen, they become “super delegates” answerable to no one – not even to Congress.

The fact is, once chosen, the Delegates to a Con Con become the most powerful force in the nation. Congress can’t tell them what to do. The President can’t tell them how to act.

They can enter the convention, close and lock the doors, and meet in complete secrecy and do whatever they want.

That’s exactly what happened at the first and ONLY Con Con in 1787.

A brief history lesson:

The states in 1787 were operating under the Articles of Confederation – a very loose association of the sovereign states.

But they were having trouble dealing with interstate commerce among the states. So they decided to hold a convention to simply discuss how to address that issue.

Ten of the eleven states that were sending delegates specifically instructed their delegations to discuss nothing more than the commerce issue.

Congress, in allowing the meeting to commence, sent a strongly worded resolution to the delegates saying the meeting was limited to “the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation. “

But once the delegates gathered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, they quickly closed and locked the doors and met in secret for a month, telling no one what they were doing.

When they were finished, they had created a completely new government unlike any before seen in the history of man.

We were lucky then. We had great patriots and brilliant minds like Ben Franklin, James Madison and George Washington – men dedicated to the very spirit of liberty, as outlined in The Declaration of Independence.

But, it was completely against the instructions of their states and their U.S. Congress.

And today we have Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama and hordes of leaders who believe the Constitution is an antiquated document, written by dead slave owners lacking in “social justice.”

A Constitution Convention would simply allow these people to put the Constitution on an operating table, take out their scalpels, and cut to shreds the greatest governing document in the world.

And there is more.

Many of the proponents of a Con Con have attacked my opposition, saying it is overblown.

They say that no matter what comes out of the Convention, the Constitution says that two thirds of the states still have to ratify it in order to allow the changes. So we are safe!

Frankly they are seriously deluded.

First of all, given the history we have had in fighting battles like the Equal Rights Amendment in recent times, we’ve seen evil forces change the rules in the middle of the fight; we’ve seen courts make outrageous rulings – all to illegally enforce ratification that a majority of the people actually opposed.

Moreover, I want to remind you that just a year ago 75% of the American people were opposed to Obamacare – yet Congress passed it anyway.

So why would we trust that we can stop bad things from happening to the Constitution after a Con Con.

And there is this little tidbit of history that many people don’t know.

Under the Articles of Confederation, before any changes could be made to that document, 100% of the states were required to ratify the changes. That was the law of the land.

But, when the new constitution was presented to the states, somehow, magically, only three fourths of the states were needed to ratify it.

How could that be?

In short, Article VII of the new Constitution was used to guide its ratification – BEFORE it was even law of the land.

That is now a historic precedent that can be used by a new Con Con.

That means that a new Con Con could write a completely new government that no longer needs to be ratified by ANYONE. The Con Con could produce a new government that is a compete dictatorship.

So much for the argument that the Constitution will protect us.

These are the reasons why I’m working so hard to stop the Con Con.

But, in spite of these sound historic arguments against it, there is a very strong effort growing in conservative Republican circles to push for more Con Con resolutions.

We defeated it in Ohio – twice. And just recently in Virginia. But many other states are discussing the possibility.

This is a growing threat and we must stop it now – before it’s too late. 

I urgently need you to take two immediate actions.

First, I have enclosed two petitions.

One is to the speaker of your state’s House of Representatives.

The other is to the head of your state’s Senate.

Each petition urges your state to take action.

If they have not passed a Con Con resolution, then the petition urges them not to. If the state has already passed a Con Con resolution on the balanced budget issue, then the petitions urge them to vote to rescind it.

And if we can warn other states not to even consider a Con Con resolution, then we can prevent the backers of this insanity from gaining even one more state. We can stop this.

So, today, please sign both petitions as quickly as possible. I will write my own letter, which will be signed by several organizations, to include with your petition (and thousands more from other loyal Americans) to each state legislative leader.

Second, I urgently need your financial support to lead this battle. Along with your signed petitions, please enclose your contribution to APC for $25 or even $35, $50 or as much as $100, or more if you can.

APC is a major leader in this effort. Our Sledgehammer Action Alert has been used to put the spot light on this very urgent issue. It was used most effectively in APC’s successful fight to stop the Con Con resolution In Ohio. 

On that day we not only alerted others to join our fight, but be were able to generate hundreds of calls and e-mails in the offices of the Ohio legislators, even as the hearing was going on.

The result was that the legislature immediately cancelled a scheduled vote on the Con Con resolution — and then later dropped the whole idea.

Now we have to fight in more states. We must be ready. That’s why your contribution is so vital.

APC has been leading a very successful battle to stop the UN’s Agenda 21. In fact, I am the recognized national leader in that vital fight

But this Con Con insanity must be stopped – now. We must poison the issue so no legislator will dare touch it in any state.

That can only be done by fighting with full force – as we did in Ohio.

So please, join me in this historic fight. Sign your petitions to each of your State’s legislative leaders and send the American Policy Center a contribution to help me lead this battle.

I hope I can count on you to help me win this vital battle to stop a very ill- advised Constitutional Convention.

Sign your petitions now

Sincerely,

Tom DeWeese
President

P.S. There is a massive lobbying campaign being waged by those who are pushing for a Con Con. They are powerful and heavily funded. We need to stand in opposition to stop the growing number of Con Con resolutions being introduced in state legislatures across the nation. It is terrifying to think how a Con Con will be used to put our Constitution on an operating table to be cut to shreds. Please help me stop it.

P.P.S. Click here to view a detailed issue paper, prepared by the Ohio-based Institute for Principled Policy, constitutional scholars who carefully detail the reasons why we must stop the Con Con.  This is a must read for everyone who wants to stop it.