Governor Gary Johnson on the Economy and Freedom Issues - Spokane, Vancouver and Seattle Posted by Alex Rion

Posted 01/27/10 Last updated 01/27/10

Dear Liberty Lovers -

Campaign for Liberty is excited to announce three huge events. On February 4th, 5th and 6th former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson will be in Spokane, Vancouver and Seattle talking about the Economy and Freedom Issues.

Far too long, those who would wield the power of government have regulated and spent our country into the ground while piling up trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities for future generations to pay. This is a situation that we must, and will change. This is the decade we can take our lives, our neighborhoods, and our country back.

Toward that goal, Campaign for Liberty announces the three most exciting events of the New Year! Campaign for Liberty is hosting three special evenings with former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson in Spokane, Vancouver and Seattle. Gov. Johnson will be speaking about the economy and freedom issues.

Governor Gary Johnson was a successful two-term governor who actually cut taxes and shrank state government. He knows what it takes to achieve limited government. Is it possible for a sitting governor to veto 750 bills? Gov. Gary Johnson did just that. He eliminated New Mexico's budget deficit and reduced the number of state employees by more than 1,200. He took decisive action knowing that it was the right thing to do and that it had to be done. That takes courage and leadership -- leadership that is sorely lacking in most politicians.

Governor Gary Johnson's leadership is more relevant now than ever in this difficult time in our nation's history, where true leadership is lacking from the White House to the State House. Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Governor Johnson inspire you, the grassroots, to reclaim your constitutional republic!

Hurry and order your tickets today, space is limited!

1. Spokane Event on February 4th - The Spokane event will be one to remember. Allow yourself time for an early meet and greet, private reception where you can have your picture taken with the Governor and receive a signed copy of the United States Constitution. Following Governor Johnson's presentation enjoy a showing of the movie "For Liberty" a documentary of the Ron Paul presidential campaign.

Click (here) to order your Spokane tickets, and for sponsor, advertising, and exhibitor information.

2. Vancouver Event on February 5th - You can't afford to miss the Vancouver event. There will be an early private reception where you can have your picture taken with the Governor and receive a signed copy of the United States Constitution. After the event Katja Delavar will provide an update on upcoming Campaign for Liberty events.

Click (here) to order your Vancouver tickets, and for sponsor, advertising, and exhibitor information.

3. Seattle Event on February 6th - The Seattle event has two fantastic speakers for the price of one. Come and enjoy an exciting evening with former Governor Gary Johnson and Bob Williams of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation. There will be an early meet and greet, private reception where you can have your picture taken with the Governor and receive a signed copy of the United States Constitution.

Click (here) for your Seattle tickets, and for sponsor, advertising, and exhibitor information.

See you there!

Alex Rion
Interim State Coordinator
Campaign for Liberty

P.S. You don't want to miss these events, but if you can't attend help support Washington State Campaign for Liberty with your generous donation.

Republicans pass Audit the FED resolution Posted by Alex Rion

Posted 12/11/09

This week two republican county parties passed resolutions supporting Audit the FED legislation. Below is the text of the resolution.

Resolution Supporting an Audit of the Federal Reserve

Whereas, the Republican Party of Lewis County, believes that fiscal responsibility is essential to uphold the basic principles established in the Constitution of the United States and is necessary to protect individual freedom and rights; and,

Whereas, the Republican Party of Lewis County believes that a transparent government and monetary system is the government that governs best; and,

Whereas, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FED) is responsible for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer monies appropriated as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; and,

Whereas, the FED can enter into agreements with foreign central banks and foreign governments; and,

Whereas, the FED's deals with foreign central banks are not published in Congressional reports and many assets and liabilities of the Federal Reserve Banks are not published anywhere; and,

Whereas, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is prohibited from auditing or even seeing these agreements; and,

Whereas, allowing the FED to operate our nation's monetary system in almost complete secrecy leads to abuse, inflation, and a lower quality of life for Americans; and,

Whereas, auditing means the complete books, and all monies given as "bailouts", to any party, corporation, international bank, and government needs to be public information, including who received money, how much was received, and on what it has been spent; and,

Whereas, the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress the authority to coin money and regulate the value thereof, and auditing the FED will allow Congress to assert its Constitutional authority over monetary policy and help to protect the value of the United States dollar; and,

Whereas, by promoting open and transparent government, an audit of the FED will promote trust in our government and bring back accountability to the Federal Reserve System; and,

Whereas, HR 1207 has 317 bipartisan cosponsors, more than the majority needed to pass a bill through the United States House of Representatives; and,

Whereas, S 604, has 30 bipartisan cosponsors in the United States Senate;
Now therefore, on this the 7th Day of December, in the year 2009, be it:

Resolved, that the Republican Party of Lewis County calls upon the United States Congress to act immediately to pass, and upon President Barak Obama to sign into law H.R. 1207 or S 604, without changes that weaken the intent of the bill to require a full and complete audit of the FED, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States, as the head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, to perform a complete audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Reserve banks; and, that upon completion of the audit, the results be immediately provided to the United States Congress and through the Congress to the People of the United States of America.

Be it further resolved that this resolution be transmitted to the Members of Congress representing the State of Washington.

Strategic Plan to Stop Global Government Formation via Climate Treaty Posted by ssshock

Posted 10/22/09 Last updated 11/02/09

Fellow American Patriots,

We must put together a plan to stop this move to global government ASAP!  I've outlined a strategic plan below, and look forward to your input.  --Scott

WATCH THE VIDEO of Lord Monckton warning what the climate treaty will establish:  1) World Government, 2) Repayment of 'Climate Debt' (transfer of wealth from western nations to third world nations), and 3) Enforcement. 

Video of Monckton's October 14^th speech:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMe5dOgbu40 

Information from the YouTube page:

A draft of the treaty can be read here:  http
://www.globalclimatescam.com/documents/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf  Her
e are some observations on the draft document as accessed on 10/22/09:
Page 18: Section 38 of "A shared vision for long-term cooperative action" contains the text for forming the new government.
Page 43: Section 41 discusses possible taxation methods
Page 45: Section 46 Subsection (c) contains discussion of land use planning
Page 45: Section 46 Subsection (h) of the "Objectives, scope, and guiding principles" contains the text for enforcement and establishment of the rule of law.

"There has been considerable debate raised about Monckton's conclusion that the Copenhagen Treaty would cede US sovereignty. His comments appear to be based upon his interpretation of the The Supremacy Clause in the US Constitution (Article VI, paragraph 2). This clause establishes the Constitution, Federal Statutes, and U.S. TREATIES as the supreme law of the land. Concerns have been raised in the past that a particularly ambitious treaty may supersede the US Constitution. In the 1950s, a constitutional amendment, known as the Bricker Amendment, was proposed in response to such fears, but it failed to pass. You can read more about the Bricker Amendment in a 1953 Time Magazine article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806676-1,00.html"

Copy of the PowerPoint presentation by Lord Monckton:  http://www.friendsofscience.org/assets/documents/monckton_2009.pdf

Notes about the whole speech and the speaker here:  http://www.globalclimatescam.com/

We've got to take action to head this thing off now.  Perhaps the best opportunity to stop this will be in pushing the Senate to reject the treaty.  Read the following to get some ideas as to possible opportunities and issues in trying to block the treaty in the Senate:

The Essentials in Copenhagen

http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=876

EXCERPT:  "The Kyoto Protocol which sets binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has been signed and ratified by 184 parties of the UN Climate Convention. One notable exception is the United States, and Yvo de Boer is "really happy" to see the US back in the international climate change process and that the US is also engaging domestically in the process.

"My big lesson from the Kyoto era is that it's really important that the government delegation that represents the United States is in close touch with the Senate, with the elected officials on what's acceptable and what's not," says de Boer, and he adds:

"I think that a major shortcoming of Kyoto was that the official delegation came back with a treaty they knew was never going to make it through the Senate. And this time I have the feeling that the communication is much stronger, that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, through John Kerry, is really expressing strongly what they feel needs to be done in Copenhagen."

Yvo de Boer thinks the Kyoto Protocol was rejected by the US for mainly two reasons. Firstly, because it did not involve action on the part of major developing countries. Secondly, because it was felt by the Bush administration that Kyoto would be harmful to the US economy."

This article is further food for thought on strategy development:

Restore the Senate's Treaty Power

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/opinion/05bolton.html

EXCERPTS:  "Like past presidents, Mr. Obama will likely be tempted to avoid the requirement that treaties must be approved by two-thirds of the Senate. The usual methods around this constitutional constraint are executive agreements or a majority vote in the House and Senate to pass a treaty as a simple law (known as a Congressional-executive agreement).

Executive agreements have an acknowledged but limited place in our foreign affairs. Congressional-executive agreements are far more troubling. They have evoked scathing attacks by constitutional experts and have been strongly resisted in the Senate, at least so far."

"America needs to maintain its sovereignty and autonomy, not to subordinate its policies, foreign or domestic, to international control. On a broad variety of issues - many of which sound more like domestic rather than foreign policy - the re-emergence of the benignly labeled "global governance" movement is well under way in the Obama transition.

Candidate Obama promised to "re-engage" and "work constructively within" the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Will the new president pass a new Kyoto climate accord through Congress by sidestepping the constitutional requirement to persuade two-thirds of the Senate?"

"President Bill Clinton signed Kyoto, but the Senate in effect rejected it. He also signed the Rome Treaty of 1998 that established an International Criminal Court, which would subject American soldiers and officials to unaccountable international prosecutors and judges for alleged war crimes (including, potentially, the undefined crime of "aggression"). Mr. Clinton did not even send this agreement to the Senate. Mr. Bush "unsigned" it. Mr. Obama might re-sign it and seek approval by only a majority of both houses of Congress."

"It is true that some multinational economic agreements, like Bretton Woods, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and the North American Free Trade Agreement, went into effect after approval by majorities of Congress rather than two-thirds of the Senate. But international agreements that go beyond the rules of international trade and finance - that involve significant national-security commitments, or that purport to delegate lawmaking and enforcement functions to international organizations, or that could fundamentally alter the American constitutional system of individual rights - should receive the intense scrutiny of the treaty process, regardless of their policy merits."

STRATEGIC PLAN TO STOP THE CLIMATE TREATY - Considering all of the above, some elements of a strategy begin to come into focus:

1.       Immediate development of a petition campaign and a media campaign to ramp up to the Copenhagen conference.  Campaign for Liberty should lead the effort and build a large coalition of many organizations.

2.       Mass deliveries of petitions, phone calls, faxes to the Senate, to Obama, and to national and local media.

3.       Regular screenings of the movie "Not Evil, Just Wrong" nationwide between now and the December conference.  (C4L should encourage every member to do a showing in their neighborhood!)

4.       Mass distribution of DVD copies of "Not Evil, Just Wrong", including to the national and local media.  (C4L should make a mass distribution arrangement with the filmmakers to get them more inexpensively.)

5.       Parents demand schools show "Not Evil, Just Wrong" if they've shown Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth"  (lesson plans available with DVDs
http://www.noteviljustwrong.com/shop?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tp
l&product_id=13&category_id=2)

6.       Other reputable movies, YouTube clips, etc can be assembled for use in the campaign as an alternate to, or in support of "Not Evil, Just Wrong".  Possible options include:

• Climate Chains - http://vimeo.com/7030026
• Many more excellent videos here - http://www.globalclimatescam.com/?page_id=10

7.       Introduce bills to "repeal" the un-ratified 17^th Amendment in State Legislatures, restoring Constitutionally required appointment of Senators, as discussed in the following two articles.  This effort would introduce widespread discussion of the risk of Senate approval of the Climate Treaty and other usurpations of U.S. Sovereignty and states' rights.

• Olympia Snowe, Health Care, and the Seventeenth Amendment (Devvy Kidd) - http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd475.htm (see other linked 17^th Amendment articles)
• NH Votes on 17^th Amendment Resolution - http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive13.htm

8.       Maintain a clear and strong focus on achieving passage of H.R. 1207 and S. 604 to Audit the Fed (since the U.S. funds a large portion of the United Nations programs, including these climate change treaty actions).

9.       Campaign for Liberty recruitment should be a key part of all events and efforts so that we can build our strength for the coming Senate battle (and for other efforts).

Please send me your thoughts on this strategy ASAP, and I'll recompile a revised strategic plan.

King County Coordinator

www.campaignforliberty.com

ssshock@comcast.net

206-650-3421

Cultivating Your Precinct Leader Garden Posted by LittleLightShining

Posted 11/19/08 Last updated 01/15/09

From Deb Wells, Director of Membership:

Posted by Deb Wells on 11/04/08 07:46 AM
Last updated 11/04/08 08:50 AM

The Precinct Leader plants seeds in the neighborhood garden, cultivates and nurtures them, and watches them grow. The Precinct Leader is a good neighbor.

A Precinct Leader makes the largest impact by simply connecting with neighbors. Meet a neighbor while out raking leaves, walking the dog, getting the mail, shoveling snow or mowing the lawn. Bring up something that affects the neighborhood and let them talk about it and you'll have an idea where they stand and what is important to them. Knowing about specific legislation that affects your neighborhood and keeping up with current events in your area is critical. That way, the Precinct Leader can match the neighbor's concern with current and upcoming legislation.

"Hey, did you know the city council just approved an increase in what we pay for trash collection? They're nickel and diming us to death." Listen to the neighbor's response and take note of it. If they are a hard-nosed tax and spender or don't want to talk about it, it's time to meet another neighbor. Listening to your neighbors is the key to good planting practices.

Attending city or town council meetings is a great way to cultivate your garden. When you listen to what people have to say and watch their reaction to certain things being said, you will know who might be a good person or persons to approach after the meeting and talk a little further to plant a seed. "I can't believe they just approved that." Let the neighbor talk. "I live off of McGee Street. Where are you?" If they're in your precinct, they'll remember you when you do your door-to-door survey and other activities. In fact, they may offer to help you. They will recognize your name when they read your Letter to the Editor in the news.

Precinct Leaders are instrumental in keeping tabs on what area representatives are doing, watching them closely, building a "file" on them and calling them out on their infractions. Letters to the Editor, radio call-ins and "tattling" to neighbors is effective and can even be fun. The whole point is to nurture, protect and cultivate your neighborhood garden.

Before you know it, you'll be the person that neighbors come to when they want to talk about issues. They'll come to you because they know you care, that you listen to them, that you're knowledgeable and that you will take action to protect your neighborhood. You will be the person that neighbors come to when they learn of a new piece of legislation and wonder how it may affect them. They will want to know your thoughts on upcoming election issues and candidates. Your influence will be felt in the community and you may be asked to become a member of a board or even run for office.

As a team, Precinct Leaders will come together at county- and district-wide meetings and in the state capitol for legislative sessions. Nationwide strategies will be employed. The more voices, the greater the impact. New faces and large crowds will keep local government on their toes. They are used to having people attend meetings near election time, but they are not used to us being there asking thoughtful questions between elections, where harmful legislation is many times passed virtually unnoticed.

After this election, our neighbors will begin to realize that nothing has changed. They'll continue to complain. We'll continue to listen and plant our seeds, water them and feed them, and with time and patience, reap the rewards as we stand proudly together in our lush neighborhood gardens across the world.