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Sept 27th Symposium Common Core and Bitcom

Don Watson — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:56:58 +0000

SEPTEMBER 27^TH DOUBLE SYMPOSIUM

AM: “THE COMMON CORE CHALLENGE” PM: “THE GOVERNMENT AND YOUR MONEY”

HOSTED BY: Citizens Constitutional Caucus

9:00 AM: Welcome – Don R. Watson

9:15: “The Lt Governor’s Common Core Position” – presented by Jamey Falkenbury

9:45: Q & A – Rocco J. Piserchia – Moderator

10:00: “Common Core Facts & Constitutional Implications” – presented by Dr. Greg Brannon

10:30: Q & A – Rocco J. Piserchia – Moderator

10:45: Break

11:00: “Watching Out For A Common Core Rebrand” – A. P. Dillon

11:30: Panel dialogue: Falkenbury, Brannon, & Dillon – audience interactive panel – Rocco J. Piserchia – Moderator

12:00: Lunch break

1:15 PM: Welcome – Don Watson

1:30: “Bitcom” and the “Basics of Monetary Policy” – Luis Chiang

2:15: Q & A – Rocco J. Piserchia – Moderator

2:45: Break

3:00: Panel/Audience interactive dialogue: Luis Chiang, & Rocco J. Piserchia

4:00: “Returning to Constitutional Governance” – Jeff Lewis & Glen Bradley

5:00: Official end of Symposium

6:15: Welcome – Rocco J. Piserchia – Moderator

6:30: Round table discussion on today’s topics. Panel of experts: Jeff Lewis, Dr. Greg Brannon, Glen Bradley, Luis Chiang, Jamey Falkenbury, Rocco J. Piserchia. Brief review of the day’s information followed by audience participation in developing follow up action plans – Strategy and Tactic session.

(CCC: Educate-Activate-Legislate-Perpetuate)

LOCATION: Hampton Inn & Suites Raleigh/Cary – I 40 Exit 290 (PNC Arena) 111 Hampton Woods Lane

COST: $10 PER AM & $10 PM SESSIONS – $15 ENTIRE DAY FOR PREREGISTRATION – EVENING FREE Make check payable to “Covenant Restoration” & Mail to 963 N. Harrison Ave – #107 – Cary, NC 27513 For your convenience PayPal at: www.patriotinstitute.com/ or www.constitutionalistgatheringplace.com

SHORT BIOGRAPHIES

MEET A. P. DILLON: A.P. Dillon (Lady Liberty 1885), is a Conservative minded wife and mother living in the Triangle area of North Carolina. She has been fighting Common Core in NC for two years. Mrs. Dillon was a panel member of Glenn Beck’s Common Core Live Event, “We Will Not Conform”.
A.P. Dillon founded the blog LadyLiberty1885.com in 2009. After the 2012 election, she added an Instapundit style blog called The ConMom Blog. Mrs. Dillon’s writing, in addition to Da Tech Guy’s Magnificent 7, can also be found at StopCommonCoreNC.org, WatchdogWireNC and WizBang.

MEET GLEN BRADLEY: Glen is a 3C Patriot Leader, a former Marine (Intelligence Analyst) and former member of the NC Legislature. He attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Baptist Seminary studying Logic, History of Ideas, Hebrew and Greek.

MEET JAMEY FALKENBURY – James Stephen “Jamey” Falkenbury is from Concord, North Carolina. He is a graduate of Elon University, Class of 2007. After college he worked for the South Carolina Worth Trade Center and the Ginn Development Company in Charleston, South Carolina all while working towards his Master’s in Business Administration, which he received in 2010 from The Citadel. After an opportunity with Senator Jim DeMint, he moved to Washington DC where he worked for Rep. Sue Myrick as her Office Manager. Jamey now works for Lt. Gov. Dan Forest as his Director of Operations.

MEET Dr. GREG BRANNON: – Greg’s story is not unlike the miracle so many in our great nation have experienced through hard work and God’s providence. Born in a working class neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles, Greg and his brother were raised by a single mom who set an example of hard work and determination. In a tribute to this example, Greg was the first member in his family to go to college, earning a scholarship to the University of Southern California, where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Science in 1982; his Medical Degree from the Chicago Medical School in 1988; his OB/GYN Residency was performed at Los Angeles County/ USC Women’s Hospital in 1992; and he was a Clinical Professor at UNC/Wake AHEC from 1993-1994 before opening his OBGYN practice in Cary, NC in 1993.

Greg and his wife, Jody, have been married for 25 years and have 7 children. As a Christian, Father and devoted husband, Greg is involved in coaching his children’s athletic teams, was a Charter Family Member of Cary Christian School, is a leader in men’s Bible Study for over 14 years, and has traveled the globe on Christian and medical missions in Africa and Central America. Strongly committed to the sanctity of life, Greg is a Board Member of Hand of Hope, a pregnancy support group in Fuquay-Varina, NC, and is a member of AAPLOG, an organization of pro-life OBGYN doctors.

MEET JEFF LEWIS: – Jeff Lewis is founder of Patriot Watchdog, co-founder and National Director of the Patriot Coalition, and National Director of the Federal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Coalition, aka FIRE Coalition.

As a four-time cancer survivor, and veteran of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Jeff knows personally a thing or two about defending life and liberty. There can be no honorable “pursuits of happiness” without defending our God-given inalienable rights, and there can be no honor without giving our “all” to preserve the Blessings of Liberty our Constitutional Republic provides.

MEET LUIS CHIANG:- Luis Chiang is a native from Lima, Peru and has lived in the US for the past 25 years. He is an industrial engineer by training, plus having an MBA, and a MS in Operations Research. After working for many years for an international development institution in Washington DC, he relocated to the Raleigh area, where he worked for NCR, IBM, and is currently at Oracle.

He has an avid interest in understanding and helping others realize the paramount importance of understanding the global financial system, and its role in the current economic crisis. On the surface, global finance seems overwhelming, intimidating, and difficult to understand, but after several years of research, Luis believes the basic concepts of global finance are very simple and intuitive. He is convinced every American should clearly understand the current economic crisis and exercise his political will making informed conscious deliberate decisions.

He is married with children and enjoys cooking, playing the guitar, and cheering the Railhawks.

MEET ROCCO PISERCHIA: – Rocco Piserchia was born in NJ and lived there until he relocated to southeast PA, outside of Philadelphia, for 11 years. He’s resided in Raleigh since March 2005. His interests include the US Constitution and history especially in relation to current events, the Bible, historical theology and doctrinal development. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers College and has done graduate studies at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit PA and Calvary Baptist Seminary in Lansdale PA. Rocco spent one year living abroad as a missionary in Uruguay, South. He writes on his blog Paradshift.net. Rocco appears weekly on the Bill LuMaye show, Monday’s at 5:30 PM.

DEFEND OR AMEND

Don Watson — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:09:37 +0000

HOW DO WE CONFRONT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS FACING THE REPUBLIC?
Many solutions have been suggested but none have come to fruition as of this date.
One popular solution that is being proposed is enacting amendments at a Convention of States, in accordance with Article V of the U.S. Constitution which states:
Article V The amending powers of the Constitution
1. amendments to the Constitution may be proposed by thirds of both Houses or
2. Legislatures of two thirds of the several States call a convention
3. Amendments are ratified by three-fourths of the several States or conventions
4. No amendment affecting Article 1. Section 9. Clauses 1&4 will be made prior to 1808 (Note: This clause is now obsolete and only of historical interest)
5. No State shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in Senate
(A fact that is greatly overlooked today is that the states formed the federal government not vice versa.)
However, there are those who are concerned about the ability to control such a convention and the effectiveness of any amendments rendered. The Citizens Constitutional Caucus believes that these concepts are worthy of a healthy debate, retro the original Founding Father debates.
Therefore, The Citizens Constitutional Caucus is hosting a COS debate in Raleigh on April 12th, “Defend or Amend”; that is the question to be answered. We hope that you will join us. We are anticipating numerous potential and current legislators to be in attendance as they strive to cement their position on this issue.
We have confirmation that, Jim Kinney from the national office, as well as the NC Legislative Liaison Gary Lyons, will be presenting the Pro COS position.
The Con Cos position will be presented by Jeff Lewis, the Co-founder of the Patriot Coalition, and Richard D. Fry, nationally renowned constitutional attorney.
For further details contact dwatson83@att.net or go to www.patriotinstitute.com

Free the Voter Freedom Act

Don Watson — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:51:30 +0000

The Citizens Constitutional Caucus is a member of the Free the Vote Coalition, an alliance of political parties and public policy groups from across the political spectrum working to reform our state’s highly restrictive ballot access laws. The coalition is seeking to have HB 794 Voter Freedom Act, a study bill, passed out of the Senate Rules Committee and onto the Senate floor for action. Here is their message:

The legislative session is coming to a close, but HB 794 is stuck in the Senate Rules Committee.

The original bill would have dramatically lowered our state’s high ballot access barriers. We agreed with the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jason Saine, when he urged us to support transforming the bill into a study bill in order to get it passed. And it did pass the House with an overwhelming 109-5 vote.

That was a month ago. Since then, both houses have been busy working on various budget and tax reform bills. The bill has been left dormant in the Senate Rules Committee.

Time is running out. The legislature may adjourn by the end of June. We need to take action now if we want real ballot access reform to begin.

Please call Sen. Tom Apodaca, Senate Rules Committee chair, at 919-733-5745 and urge him to move HB 794 Voter Freedom Act to the Senate floor.

Call your state Senator as well and ask them to let Sen. Apodaca know they support this legislation. You can look up you state Senator here.

HB 794 is a study bill. It would make no change in the law.

But it would authorize the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee to study amending the definition of political party, and the nomination process, amending the requirements for unaffiliated and write-in candidates, allowing for nomination by convention by smaller parties, and providing that smaller parties electing to have primaries will have the results determined by plurality.

These are all the points covered in the original bill.

If the bill is not passed by the Senate, we will essentially be back to square one. We’ll have to begin the process again in January 2014, during the short session when the legislature is supposed to focus solely on budget issues. And even if this study bill is passed, the results of the study will not be ready for the 2014 election.

Making a direct telephone call is the best way to have your voice heard.

Ask to speak to the Senator; but if that is not possible, leave a message with the secretary or legislative assistant, and be sure to mention you are a constituent (if appropriate) and that you support the Free the Vote Coalition.

Click here for more information.

Symposium: Preparing and Passing Constitutional Legislation

Don Watson — Fri, 31 May 2013 19:42:11 +0000

The Citizens Constitutional Caucus is planning a day-long symposium to discuss “Preparing and Passing Constitutional Legislation in a Broken System.” Richard Fry, a nationally-recognized Constitutional expert, will conduct the session.

The symposium will be June 28 at the Hampton Inn, (I-40 Exit 290) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a break for lunch. Cost is $15 prepaid, $20 at the door. There will also be a town hall discussion from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Preparing and Passing Constitutional Legislation in a Broken System

by Richard Fry
General Counsel, Patriot Coalition

What we citizens are experiencing with our political systems in America is what I call a representative disconnect. The majority of our “public servants” either do not understand or do not care that after supporting and defending the Constitution (securing our fundamental rights) their job is to do what the majority of citizens want (not what they think is best for us) within the bounds of the Constitution.

Currently, and frankly for some time now, a majority of our “elected officials” have not served our interests but the interests of special interest groups including the major political parties themselves. The parties are more concerned about staying in power than our wishes or the Constitution (or even winning elections), hence the GOP leadership’s effort to support open borders in hopes of garnering more special interest support. Our public servants do not listen to us but to groups such as the Chamber of Commerce who is openly supporting amnesty for illegal aliens, open borders and Sustainable Development.

Our public servants are fiduciaries. That means they owe us the highest level of fidelity. They have a duty of transparency and disclosure and we have the duty of accountability i.e., to hold our public servants accountable.

In some circumstance they have an affirmative duty to disclose information to us and they are never to conceal or otherwise hamper our ability to know what they are doing. This should be non-negotiable. Unless they are transparent in their actions we cannot fulfill our duty to hold them accountable and the whole system crumbles.

If there is a system or procedure which conceals the action of our “public servants” they must inform us of such and work to change that procedure. And, we have a duty to try to root such out.

The failure to record votes especially terminal votes (those that effectively end or “kill” a bill) should be recorded so all know who was responsible for the bills demise. Likewise, if there are votes that relate to whether a vote should be recorded that vote needs to be recorded so we can judge whether such procedure was used for the sake of efficiency or has the effect of concealment.

Hidden within the House and Senate rules, especially those related to committee actions, there are rules that serve no real purpose but to obscure the actions of our elected officials. These must be identified and stricken. Although some will defend these rules as necessarily for the sake of efficiency, trading transparency for the sake of efficiency is no trade off at all, but is a short road to disaster and despotism.

Remember this regarding transparency and all issues with which you deal with your legislators: You are the boss and you are paying the freight. If you want more transparency at the cost of efficiency that is your right; their only question should be how quickly they can get it done.

On matters of principle do what is right and then stand in faith knowing God is the ultimate Chairman of the Board. Don’t back down. Don’t compromise. Don’t stop fighting for the Republic.

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