The “Con” in “Constitutional
Convention”
Kenneth Freeman,
Alliance for Citizens Rights
Appropriately, on
Friday the 13th of March, delegates for the Mock
Constitutional Convention gathered in a posh hotel in the hills above
Montgomery to be presented the same old liberal offerings. And once
again the “Con” is to convince the delegates that the document produced
is new and that they have actually created it. Nothing could be further
from the truth.
The very idea that a
bunch of folks, no matter what their qualifications or dedication, are
going to knock together a workable Constitution over a couple of
weekends in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel would be laughable, were it
not so sad. Our present Constitution took 82 days of hard negotiation
and the minutes of that debate are over 5,000 pages in length.
No, these pilgrims
might have time to look over parts of the documents created for them
and say “Amen” when told to, but they certainly would not have time to
create, debate, and formulate anything workable, much less desirable,
as a replacement for our present Constitution.
What
you need to Know
About Consensus & Facilitation
And what is the source
of the money behind this Con? Sixty rooms in a plush hotel, times three
nights, plus catered meals for everyone for three days is serious
money.
Usually when people
spend that kind of money they expect something in return, and you can
learn a lot from following the money trail. This time all the money
trails lead back to a group called Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM).
GBM almost certainly facilitated the financing for this effort.
But who is GBM and
where does their money come from? An internet search for GBM and
affiliated organizations leads to the conclusion that GBM serves as a
sort of “clearing house” and distribution point for foundation money
from outside Alabama. Huge liberal leaning foundations have poured
millions of outside dollars into GBM and sister organizations under the
heading of Social Justice, largely targeting an effort to re-write the
Alabama Constitution.
Follow the Money
(PDF)
A Mr. Scott Douglas
heads up GBM and is also the Vice-Chairman of Alabama Citizens for
Constitutional Reform (ACCR) the front group for re-writing the
constitution. A book entitled, “Seven Profiles” by Sally Lehrman
includes a biography of Mr. Douglas.
Profie - Scott Douglas
For those of you
without a computer, these quotes from his biography should suffice.
Quote: “Douglas went from one job to another
in Birmingham until he landed some work with the Southern Organizing
Committee for Economic and Social Justice. Organizing turned out to be
a good fit, and soon he joined the Communist Party staff. His
job included selling the Daily
Worker to employees driving through the gates into the U.S. Steel
plant,” and, “In the Communist Party, he had been a
member of the religious caucus. For him and other religious members,
socialism was a means of serving their faith [italics added].”
Mr. Scott Douglas
and his associates strongly promote Social Justice.
For most Americans the words Communism and
Socialism leave a bad taste in their mouths. The term Social Justice, I
suppose, is more palatable.
David Horowitz of the David Horowitz Freedom
Center says that Social Justice is "shorthand for opposition to
American traditions of individual justice and free-market economics,"
in other words, socialism, whereby government takes from those who
produce and then gives it to those who, for whatever reason, do not.
The obvious
affinity these outside entities have for Social Justice
brings us to what many people believe is the real reason behind the
movement to re-write the Alabama Constitution: your money and your
property. More pointedly, the re-write is the means to take more of
your hard earned dollars in the form of taxes. It is also an attempt to
“socialize” or regulate and zone the use of your property. Our present
Constitution has some of the strongest protections against unbridled
taxation and property theft of any constitution ever created, by giving
you, through the amendment process, a chance to vote against such
measures. The AEA, politicians and others wanting more taxation, and
organizations promoting massive economic re-distribution schemes, are
all restrained by your rights under our present Constitution.
ALERT: The Taxation Committee Report read aloud to the delegates of
this Mock Convention called for a fifty percent (50%) increase in
property taxes!
Will we, as citizens and voters, be so
un-educated, apathetic, and gullible that we will be led like sheep to
the destruction of a Constitution that has given us freedom and
protection for so long?
Defending our present Constitution is
the best and the only certain way to protect both our property and our
pocketbooks.
Read
your rights in the CURRENT Alabama Constitution
