The Treasured Tools of Tyrants by Dr. Peter Hammond

Great Repression
All over the world we are seeing courageous individuals responding to The Great Reset with Great Resistance. We have seen Great Repression seeking to crush the Resistance, not only in Canada, but also in Australia, New Zealand, in Europe and the United States and in South Africa. What are the tools and tactics of tyrants? How can we best recognize, resist and respond to repression? “He is conceited…he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and arguments that result in envy, quarrelling, malicious talk, evil suspicions.” 1 Timothy 6:4.

Blame-shifting and Bulling
The tools of tyrants include: boycotts and blacklisting, blame shifting and bulling, censorship and character assassination, discrediting, demonizing, distracting, defunding and de-platforming, excluding and economic warfare, fake news and false flags, gossip and gas-lighting, lies and libel, sanctions and slander, intimidation and interference, toxic terminology, threats and terrorism, propaganda and psychological warfare, revolution and repression. “While they promise them freedom, they themselves are slaves of depravity…” 2 Peter 2:19

Repressive Rule
In Canada we have seen Justin Trudeau using all of these favorite tools of tyrants against those who disagree with him. After almost 2 years of repressive rule in which the state claimed the power to determine who could work, when they could work, how they could work, where they could work, what they needed to wear, whether they were allowed to worship or not, and even what chemicals had to be injected into their body, there was rising Resistance. Instead of responding to the growing outrage over government overreach and intrusion into the everyday lives of communities, congregations, families and individuals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doubled down with even more repressive rules crushing working class people such as the truckers. “Justice is turned back and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter.” Isaiah 59:14

 

Gossip and Gas-lighting
When tens of thousands of people rose up in the Freedom Convoy to demand the end of medical tyranny, vaccine mandates and the masquerade madness, with hundreds of thousands of Canadians across the country coming out in enthusiastic support for their initiative, Trudeau responded with one of the favorite tools of tyrants. He slandered the truckers and their supporters as: right wing extremists, racists, misogynists, white supremacists, science deniers and Nazis“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil… Who justify the wicked for a bribe and take away justice from the righteous man!” Isaiah 5:20-23

Slander is the Tool of the Loser
As Socrates observed: “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher would often repeat this quote when her opponents resorted to ad hominem arguments and slander. As in soccer, you’re meant to play the ball not the man. To kick a fellow player rather than the ball is to be guilty of a foul. In any debate, one should deal with the issue, not attack the individual with whom we are having the disagreement. “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8

Character Assassination
Rather than addressing the issues being protested against by the Freedom Convoy, Justin Trudeau chose to character assassinate the protesters and then blame shifted by hypocritically accusing the truckers of interfering with the economy and people’s everyday lives! After two years of suffocating the economy and people’s everyday lives with the lockdown lunacy, masquerade madness, covid cult, salvation by vaccination mandates, it is incredible that Trudeau could have the audacity to blame the very people who were trying to open up the economy and bring freedom back to everyone’s daily lives, for the very policies he had been enforcing! “…’Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you.'” 2 Chronicles 19:2

Sanctions and Economic Warfare
Trudeau mobilized his minions to persuade go fund me to freeze the money raised to support the freedom convoy and then to prevent give send go from forwarding the funds raised for the protesters. Sanctions and economic warfare are popular tools of tyrants. “You shall not steal.” Exodus 10: 15

Communist Chinese Connection
Then we saw Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emulating the Communist Chinese dictatorship that he has expressed such admiration for. Declaring a state of emergency, he mobilized his police to bully and bludgeon the peaceful protesters in the streets of Ottawa, freeze their bank accounts, confiscate their vehicles, threaten to take away their children and place them under state-controlled welfare and have their pets assigned to shelters where they could be euthanized! Not content with arresting the peaceful protesters, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government were determined to destroy the lives of not only the protesters but also of those who supported them, even with small donations. “Their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.” Isaiah 59:7

Harassment and Threats
The details of those who have given donations to the freedom convoy were published online leading to much harassment and threats being unleashed upon simple working class people and entrepreneurs. “You shall not covet … ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilment of the Law.” Romans 13:8-10

Pervasive Propaganda
All of this was made possible by the pervasive propaganda which demonized simple working class people who wanted their lives back. Fake news enabled Trudeau’s tyranny. False flags were also used to distract from the primary message of the thousands of truckers and hundreds of thousands of their supporters. Words were weaponized and terminology made toxic. Canadians were warned that the word Freedom is subversive and is code for white supremacy and right-wing extremism. “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.” Galatians 5:1

Using George Orwell’s 1984 as a Manual
It would appear that liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has used George Orwell’s 1984 as a manual rather than recognizing it as a warning of tyrannical tools and tactics to be avoided. George Orwell warned of the dangers of totalitarian government and the subversion of language, where the Ministry of Truth (Minitruth) deals with lies and propaganda, demonizing the opponents of the state, making them unpersons/vaporizing them and ensuring that their message and identity disappear down the memory hole. The Ministry of plenty (miniplenty) deals with rationing and ensures starvation. The ministry of peace (Minipeace) deals with war and the ministry of love (Minilove) deals with torture to ensure subservience and obedience from the masses. “The way of peace they have not known and there is no justice in their ways; they have made themselves crooked paths; whoever takes that way shall not know peace.” Isaiah 59:8.

Double Standards and Hypocrisy
In the name of democracy the peaceful protests of many tens of thousands of Canadians were suppressed. In the name of Law & Order, the rule of law was suspended and effective martial law enforced. Those who normally trumpet tolerance crushed dissent and outlawed freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of worship, freedom of opinion and freedom of the press. Even journalists were warned not to cover the police actions and journalists were attacked and arrested. “Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for Me against the workers of iniquity?” Psalm 94:16

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Major problems identified in the data adjustments applied to a widely used global temperature dataset

Evaluation of the Homogenization Adjustments Applied to European Temperature Records in the Global Historical Climatology Network Dataset, which was recently published in the scientific journal, Atmosphere by Professor Willie Soon, et al

 

 

A new climate science study, involving a panel of 17 experts from 13 countries, has just been published in the scientific journal, Atmosphere. The study looked at the various data adjustments that are routinely applied to the European temperature records in the widely used Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) dataset over the last 10 years.

The GHCN monthly temperature dataset is the main data source for thermometer records used by several of the groups calculating global warming – including NOAA, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

These thermometer records can vary in length from decades to over a century. Over these long periods, the temperature records from individual weather stations often contain abrupt changes due to local factors that have nothing to do with global or national temperature trends. For example, changes in the location of the weather station, the types of thermometers used or the growth of urban heat islands around the station.

To try to correct for these non-climatic biases, NOAA, who maintain the GHCN dataset have been running a computer program to identify abrupt jumps in the records using statistical methods. Whenever the program identifies an abrupt jump it applies an adjustment to remove that jump from the station’s record. This process is called temperature homogenization. Until now, most scientists have assumed the process is generally working correctly.

In this new study, the authors analyzed thousands of different versions of the dataset downloaded over 10 years. They studied the homogenization adjustments for more than 800 European temperature records. They found that these adjustments changed dramatically every day when NOAA re-ran their computer program.

The authors found that only 17% of NOAA’s adjustments were consistent from run to run.

Furthermore, by compiling historical records known as station history metadata for each of the stations, they were able to compare the adjustments applied by NOAA’s computer program to the documented changes that were known to have occurred at the weather station. They found that less than 20% of the adjustments NOAA had been applying corresponded to any event noted by the station observers – such as a change in instrumentation or a station move.

The findings of the study show that most of the homogenization adjustments carried out by NOAA have been surprisingly inconsistent.

Moreover, every day, as the latest updates to the thermometer records arrive, the adjustments NOAA applies to the entire dataset are recalculated and changed. As a result, for any given station, e.g., Cheb, Czech Republic, the official homogenized temperatures for 1951 (as an example) might be very different in Tuesday’s dataset than in Monday’s dataset.

The study itself was not focused on the net effects of these adjustments on long-term climate trends. However, the authors warned that these bizarre inconsistencies in this widely-used climate dataset are scientifically troubling. They also are concerned that most researchers using this important dataset have been unaware of these problems until now.

The authors conclude their study by making various recommendations for how these problems might be resolved, and how the temperature homogenization efforts can be improved in the future.

 

Details on the study

Evaluation of the Homogenization Adjustments Applied to European Temperature Records in the Global Historical Climatology Network Dataset

by Peter O’Neill, Ronan Connolly, Michael Connolly, Willie Soon, Barbara Chimani, Marcel Crok, Rob de Vos, Hermann Harde, Peter Kajaba, Peter Nojarov, Rajmund Przybylak, Dubravka Rasol, Oleg Skrynyk, Olesya Skrynyk, Petr Štěpánek, Agnieszka Wypych and Pavel Zahradníček

Atmosphere 2022, 13(2), 285; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13020285PDF file

A link to the Center for Environmental Research and Earth Studies:  https://www.ceres-science.com/

The Terraforming of America by Scott Faulkner

The Left is moving rapidly to change America forever.

Except for isolated pockets of resistance, such as during Virginia’s 2021 elections and 2022 executive and legislative actions, decades of the Left’s preparations are paying off for reshaping America into a unitary totalitarian state.

Starting with the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, the Left has acted like Chess Grandmasters.  They devised a detailed strategy, thinking and implementing many moves ahead of their opposition.

The Left’s actions, many decades in the making, is nothing less than “Terraforming” America into their Communist vision.  They are deliberately, and systematically, changing our nation’s entire landscape, modifying America’s institutions, civic culture and society to make them more habitable for their uch-heralded “Great Reset.” [John Holdren in his own (radical) words – CFACT]

The “Great Reset” is the global devolution or destruction of capitalism, democracy, entire energy and economic systems, and personal freedoms, in the name of preventing climate change. It is about eradicating “white privilege,” and the institutions and cultures of “white exploitation,” to remake society based on “equity, diversity and inclusion.” [The Great Reset | Reset and shape the future]


(Stuart Chase)

It all began with Stuart Chase, one of the founding members of President Franklin Roosevelt’s (FDR) “Brain Trust.” Chase coined the term “The New Deal” and promoted eliminating America’s free enterprise system, “by firing squad if necessary.” [The Rise of the Administrative State – The New American]

Chase gained inspiration and insights into how to implement a Communist state during his 1927 meetings with Stalin and Trotsky. In his 1932 “New Deal” book, Chase mused, “Why should the Russians have all the fun of remaking the world?”

FDR’s Brain Trust thought well beyond building the massive New Deal bureaucracy. Rexford Tugwell, another “Brain Truster,” drafted a “Constitution for the New States of America.” His goal was nothing less than remaking America as the next Soviet Union.  [Constitutional Convention | Proposed Constitution for the Newstates of America (sweetliberty.org)]

 

Tugwell’s Constitution abolished all aspects of federalism. It eliminated states, turning them into uniform administration districts with equal population. It abolished the “Bill of Rights,” creating a laundry list of “Rights and Responsibilities” for citizens to act on behalf of the state. Any individual actions could be erased based upon “declared emergencies” (think Trudeau’s Canada in recent weeks) and for “conforming to such standards as may improve health and welfare.” Tugwell knew Sovietizing America would  “require the laying of rough, unholy hands on many a sacred precedent.” [The Rise of the Administrative State – The New American]

The Left’s “Terraforming” of America is guided by the Chase/Tugwell vision. Capturing the cultural levers and the media were achieved by the 1960s. Dumbing down the youth, and ultimately indoctrinating them in Leftist thought, began with Howard Zinn’s 1980 revisionist history, “A People’s History of the United States,” which became the standard high school textbook for a generation. [A People’s History of the United States: 1492 – Present – Zinn Education Project (zinnedproject.org)]

A parallel project was shrinking civics education to the point where only 23% of eighth-graders perform at or above the proficient level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics exam, and only 26% of Americans can name all three branches of government. [020618_CivicsEducation-UPDATED.pdf (AmericanProgress.org)]

An intensified phase of Terraforming began after a 2011 Harvard Study claimed that participating in historical/patriotic celebrations promoted conservative voting patterns. [Harvard: July 4th Parades Are Right-Wing | Politics | US News]

The Left realized that America’s history must be entirely reshaped to achieve the “Great Reset.”

The Left had to prevent Americans from separately honoring the morality, integrity and greatness of Washington and Lincoln. They did so by lumping all 46 Presidents’ birthdays together in 1971. Since then, all other presidents (including mediocrities like Pierce, Fillmore and Carter) get to dilute the commemoration of our most accomplished presidents.

Communists usually use economic jealousy as their wedge issue. Focusing on America’s racial history was determined to gain more traction.

In 2019, through the New York Times and other media, the Left launched their 1619 History Curriculum Project. Under the banner of “inclusive history,” “Critical Race Theory” (CRT) and dozens of other labels, versions of the 1619 curriculum rapidly spread to thousands of schools. [Project1619]

Their final solution was demonizing everything that made America America. Their mantra became “a country built on stolen land and slavery.” [U.N. Official: U.S. Founded on Land Stolen From Indians, Built on Race-Based Slavery, BLM Movement Is Result | CNSNews]

1619’s politically correct “wokism” declared that “everything is racist” and built cases for eliminating the Electoral College, the Senate Filibuster, the Senate itself, our Founding documents, the American flag, America’s National Anthem, and even the nuclear family. All these initiatives aligned with Tugwell’s new Constitution. [Citizen Oversight: The Left’s Final Solution] 

Reshaping our collective memory, and the physical touchstones that validate our memory, is directly from the Communist playbook.

Eliminating statues and eradicating holidays are central to Terraforming America. Once our national symbols and rituals are uprooted, American society will be adrift, ripe for reshaping. Thus Juneteenth is now considered more “inclusive” than the Fourth of July. One day only the “woke” holiday will remain. [Citizen Oversight: Assault on July 4th]

The Left is methodically replacing the existing “pro-America” calendar with their perverse “Advent Calendar for Anarchy.” We are now expected to annually focus on Floyd, Ferguson, Charlottesville and January 6, instead of true milestones like the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.

The Left has a hundred-year head start on us and commands the levers of power. It will take years of dedication, courage, perseverance and providence to turn the tide. Let us begin in 2022.

Scot Faulkner was the first Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives; his business-based reforms generated sustained savings of $4.5+ billion. He is the author of the critically acclaimed bestselling Congressional memoir, “Naked Emperors.” The second edition is available on Amazon.

Additional biographical notes:
Mr. Faulkner was Director of Personnel for the 1980 Reagan Campaign. He also served on the Presidential Transition team and on the White House Staff. He held executive positions at the Federal Aviation Administration, the General Services Administration, and the Peace Corps. He earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from American University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from Lawrence University. He also studied at the London School of Economics and Georgetown University.
(This article was originally published by Paul Driessen of CFACT

Contact me: pkdriessen@gmail.com

Happy Birthday George Washington. Camp Constitution Will Always Honor Your Legacy

     February 22, 2022 marks the 290th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, who, in this writer’s opinion, was the greatest man born in America.  As the Cultural Marxists denigrate him, we at Camp Constitution will always honor his memory and legacy.   While there are numerous biographies written about this great and good man, I recommend two short books and his “Farewell Address”

“Washington’s 110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior”

He wrote these 110 rules when he was 16 years old from a set of rules established by French Jesuits in 1595.  Here is a sampling of those rules:

“When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usually Discovered.”

     “Show Nothing to your Friend that may affright him.”
“In the Presence of Others Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise, nor Drum with your Fingers or Feet.”

“The Bullet Proof George Washington”:

An account of George Washington’s part in the July 9th, 1755, battle during the French and Indian War.

During the two-hour battle, the 23-year-old Colonel Washington had ridden on the battlefield, delivering the general’s orders to other officers and troops. The officers had been a special target for the Indians. Of the eighty-six British and American officers, sixty-three were casualties. Washington was the only officer on horseback not shot down.

Following the battle, Washington wrote a letter to his brother in which he readily and openly acknowledged:

     “By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!”

Fifteen years later, an old, respected Indian chief sought out Washington. The chief, explaining that he had led the Indians against them in the battle fifteen years earlier, revealed to Washington what had occurred behind the scenes during the conflict:

     “I called to my young men and said, mark yon tall and daring warrior. Quick, let your aim be certain, and he dies. Our rifles were leveled, rifles which, but for you, knew not how to miss–’twas all in vain, a power mightier far than we shielded you. Seeing you were under the special guardianship of the Great Spirit, we immediately ceased to fire at you…I am come to pay homage to the man who is the particular favorite of Heaven, and who can never die in battle.”

 His “Farewell Address”:

Washington’s plan to retire from office would come to be known as his “Farewell Address.”  In 1792, when Washington considered leaving office, he had James Madison write a draft. In 1796, Alexander Hamilton did a rewrite and Washington edited it.  The “American Daily Advertiser,” a paper in Philadelphia, the seat of the nation’s capital at the time, published it on September 19, 1796.  Here are a few of the points that have stood the test of time:

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.  In vain, would man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness”

“It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding the exercise of the power of one department to encroach upon another.  The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments into one, and thus create whatever the form of government, a real despotism” and

“The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.”

May this generation of Americans endeavor to keep George Washington’s legacy alive for generations yet unborn.

A link to The Writings of George Washington:    https://campconstitution.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Writings-of-George-Washington.pdf

 

 

Young Women for America: An Interview of Annabelle Rutledge

We recently had the opportunity to interview Annabelle Rutledge, National Director for Young Women for America   Young Women    on Camp Constitution Radio.  Annabelle led a group of her members at Liberty Counsel’s “Let Freedom Fly” Rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building prior to oral argument of our lawsuit where she addressed the attendees.

  Annabelle Rutledge is the National Director of Young Women for America. In this role, she oversees CWA’s collegiate department which seeks to train and equip female college and high school leaders. Prior to this position, Annabelle worked as CWA’s Communications Coordinator for nearly two years, during which time she helped plan and execute CWA’s Women for Kavanaugh effort. Annabelle recently spent a year working as Deputy Social Secretary for Mrs. Karen Pence on the Vice President’s team where she planned events at the Vice President’s residence and did advance for Mrs. Pence from Hawaii to Ireland and many places in between. Annabelle grew up just outside of Sacramento, California, and graduated from Grove City College with a bachelor’s degree in history.  ( A link to an audio version of the interview:  https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-02-17T07_44_44-08_00

 

Impeach and Expel Under the U.S. Constitution

Recently, I was speaking to a group in Aroostook County, Maine and the subject of impeachment came up. I said that each house can expel its members, but members of Congress cannot be impeached. My friend and fellow Patriot Jack McCarthy said that it was not true. So, let us investigate the subject.

The United States Constitution mentions impeachment in several places:

Article 1, Section 2 last clause “…and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment

Article 1, Section 3 Clause 6:

 “The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside. And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.”

Article 1 Section 3, Clause 7:

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. And:

Article 2, Section 4

The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

There is some misunderstanding of the term “impeachment.”  It is akin to an indictment or a formal accusation but not a declaration of guilt. The House of Representatives, with a simple majority, votes to impeach and then the case is heard by the U.S. Senate. The first federal official to be impeached was William Blount, a U.S. Senator from Tennessee who was one of the signers of the U.S. Constitution. It took place on July 7, 1797. The next day, the Senate voted to expel him. Blount engaged in a plot to give land to England.

Congress has the power to expel members:

Article 1, Section 5  Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

Portrait of Blount

The Senate never tried the impeachment case against Blount because he had already been expelled. A resolution introduced in the Senate saying that Blount was a civil officer and subject to impeachment was defeated by a 14-11 vote. Since then, not one member of Congress has been impeached but five members of the House and 15 Senators have been expelled. Seventeen of them were expelled for supporting the Confederacy, and only two since the Civil War:  Mike Myers of Pennsylvania and Jim Traficant of Ohio. Myers was recently indicted for voter fraud.

There have been three presidents impeached:   Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump. All were acquitted by the Senate. Trump was impeached twice. The second impeachment was such a sham that Chief Justice Roberts refused to participate. Richard Nixon resigned before articles of impeachment were brought against him.

 Federal Judges

Article 3, Section 1, The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior.

There have been fifteen federal judges including Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase, who was acquitted, that were impeached and only eight were convicted by the Senate and removed from office. The first being John Pickering of New Hampshire in 1804 for mental instability, and intoxication while on the bench.  In 1989, Judge Alcee Hastings of the Southern District of Florida was impeached and removed for accepting bribes, but the Senate did not disqualify him from office. He was a member of Congress from 1993 until his death last year.

 

Alcee Hastings

So, I was wrong to say that members of Congress cannot be impeached, and my friend Jack McCarthy was right. But only one member of Congress has been impeached.  While nineteen states-Rhode Island being the only one in New England-have provisions to recall state elected officials, they cannot recall members of Congress. However, the founders gave us frequent elections. While impeachments, expulsions and recalls are rare, we can fire and replace our employees at all levels of government at the ballot box.

Roe V. Wade The Movie: An Interview with Stacey Dash

We recently had the opportunity to interview Stacey Dash who played our late friend Dr. Mildred Jefferson:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-01-31T14_09_53-08_00

 

Dr. Jefferson was a pioneer in the Pro-Life Movement.  She was the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, but  she told people “I didn’t go to Harvard Medical School to be the first black woman to graduate from it.  I went there because it was the best medical school in the country”   She spoke at Camp Constitution’s 2010 annual family camp which may have been her last speaking event:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PutGqzRIHMo&t=305s

To view or order a DVD of “Roe V. Wade, please visit https://www.roevwademovie.com/

Stacey Dash’s website:  https://officialstaceydash.com/

Convention of States – Behind the Hype & Hot Air Phony Petitions & Polls

 Phony Petitions. Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States
(COS), hypes the thousands of online petitions COS provides to
legislators nationwide; he touts them as evidence of widespread
support from constituents for the COS application asking Congress
to call an Article V convention (A5C). But wait!
 In 2018, two Idaho legislators reported that the COS petitions they
received, were digitally “signed” by some constituents who, when contacted, said they never
signed. Representative Priscilla Giddings (R) called this practice “hi-tech fraud.” Representative
Dorothy Moon (R) called it “dirty tricks.” Moreover, COS apparently accumulates signatures
for life (or longer). In 2016, a South Dakota state senator received a COS petition from his dead
neighbor!
At a contentious IDAHO MEETING, Meckler, in justifying the illegitimate
petitions, admitted, “I can’t tell you whether…it is plausible that at some point, somebody typed
in somebody else’s name and address. I can’t stop that, obviously…It’s possible…they forget
that they [signed], because sometimes—say it’s 2 years ago…and they don’t remember filling
these things out; some of them have changed their minds.” What does this say about the
supposed army of millions that Meckler boasts about?!
Meckler denied any suggestion of COS’s fabricating signatures as “outrageous, and frankly
offensive.” He invited Rep. Moon to meet with his technology people, conduct her own security
investigation, and “determine if [COS is] doing the best we possibly can”!
Meckler added, “I will not claim [the COS system] is perfect. Because people from the outside
always, somebody could fill out somebody else’s name and information…There’s no
identification system on the internet.”
 If Meckler can’t guarantee that any particular digital signatures are valid, he can’t guarantee any
of his numbers are real. Fraud or no fraud—the system is inherently flawed; and it doesn’t matter
whether or not the COS technology team is doing “the best [they] possibly can”! Meckler is
delivering nothing more than raw, unverified, and thus worthless data to legislators in a
shameless attempt to influence their votes.
  Meckler has testified before numerous legislative committees and said that roughly
2/3 of their states’ voters across party
lines, as polled, support the COS application asking Congress to
call an Article V convention (A5C). He added that this is
consistent with COS polling nationwide. But wait!
How can a short robocall made up of a few superficial questions
measure real opinion on a complicated, unknown issue like an
Article V convention? Polls paid for by clients with agendas and published as NEWS
yield the results the client wants. Outcomes can be manipulated
by the questions asked.
 HERE is the script for the Robopoll conducted in Iowa; only questions #8 through #11
addressed an A5C. And here are the same questions and responses from MICHIGAN a month
later (emphasis added):
 ✓ What best describes your opinion of whether Michigan should join other states in calling
for a convention to propose constitutional amendments that limit federal power? [45%
favor/24% oppose]
 ✓ What best describes your opinion of a constitutional amendment to limit federal
spending? [54% favor/23% oppose]
 ✓ What best describes your opinion of placing term limits on members of Congress and/or
federal judges? [71% favor/19% oppose]
 ✓ What best describes your opinion of Michigan calling for a convention of states to propose
constitutional amendments that limit federal spending, limit federal power, and establish
term limits for members of Congress and/or federal judges? [64% favor/22% oppose]
 But these are trick questions! Respondents’ attention is focused on the subject of the proposed
amendments, while ignoring the real danger—triggering an Article V convention where
Delegates can’t be controlled, and our Constitution is up for grabs. Obviously, what was
measured by this survey was the popularity of various constitutional amendments—not support
for a convention!
 Would COS’s poll results have flipped if the risks of an A5C had been included in the survey?
Clearly the poll, as is, is a thinly veiled attempt to influence public policy and sway legislators’
votes, rather than an honest attempt to measure where voters stand on this complex and
controversial issue.

The Weekly Sam: The Revolution in Education

Homeschool pioneer and author Sam Blumenfeld gives a lecture on how socialists took over government schools in the United States and, why parents need to remove their children from government schools:    https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-02-06T11_05_19-08_00

Sam was a generation ahead of his time.  He started warning parents about the dangers of government schools back in the 1970s.  Many parents-like me-took his advice, but many either didn’t know or didn’t care.  Thankfully, that is changing but it shouldn’t have taken so long.   Please visit the Blumenfeld Archives where you can find most of the writings, and lectures of Sam:

https://campconstitution.net/sam-blumenfeld-archive/