The Talking Heads Connection to the Con Con
Americans for Prosperity / Mark Levin
Americans for Property started sponsoring Mark Levin's show in April
of 2010 and although the exact amount was not disclosed it could have been
(and be) in the millions.i Of course Americans for Prosperity is also
supporting an Article V convention.ii
One of Americans for Property's contributors is Kenneth C. Griffin.
Mr. Griffin was a fund raiser for Barack Obama's and John McCain's
presidential campaigns in 2008 and a big contributor to Rahm "don't let a
crisis go to waste" Emanuel's 2011 Chicago Mayoral race. iii His wife, Anne
Dias Griffin, is an analyst for [George] Soros Fund Management.iv
Americans for Property's co-founder and Director, Richard H. Fink is
an Executive VP of Koch Industries and its former co-founder and
Director. v He is also a member of Freedom Partners which helps fund
Tea Party Patriots which is also a supporter of an Article V convention.vi
Koch Industries' Executive VP, David H. Koch, is the Chairman for
Americans for Prosperity Foundation and a donor to Americans
for Prosperity. vii
Heritage Foundation / Limbaugh / Hannity
Heritage Foundation (Heritage) has been a paid endorser of Rush
Limbaugh since 2009. viiiIt pays about $2 million in sponsorship fees.
Heritage Foundation has been a paid endorser of Sean Hannity since
2008. It paid over $1 million in sponsorship fees. ix
Heritage is also supporting an Article V convention.x
Heritage was co-founded by Paul M. Weyrich, and is a member of the
State Policy Network (SPN). xi (See ALEC.)
Freedom Works / Glenn Beck
Freedom Works started its sponsorship of Glenn Beck in April of 2010.
xii The sponsorship fees are likely in excess of $1 million. Freedom
Works is also supporting an Article V convention.xiii
Freedom Works is a member of the State Policy Network (SPN).xiv
Other Curious Relationships
Leo Linbeck III
Leo Linbeck III is a contributor to Campaign for Primary
Accountability (CPA) as is Anne Dias Griffin, who is an analyst for
[George] Soros Fund Management.xv She was also a big contributor to
Rahm "don't let a crisis go to waste" Emanuel's 2011 Chicago Mayoral race.
xvi
"Launched by founders Leo Linbeck III and Eric O’Keefe, CPA’s
goal is to help break the cycle of incumbency." xvii
Leo Linbeck III and Eric O’Keefe both serve at the San Adams
Alliance, O'Keefe as Chairman and CEO and Linbeck as a Director.
xviii
Health Care Compact Alliance
Health Care Compact Alliance came about due to work of the Center
for Tenth Amendment Studies at the Austin-based Texas Public Policy
Foundation. xix The Texas Public Policy Foundation is funded by the
Charles Koch Foundation and the Castle Rock Foundation. xx It
was founded by James R. Leininger. xxi
Eric O’Keefe serves as the Health Care Compact Alliance chairman,
and Leo Linbeck III serves as its vice chairman. xxii
"Late in 2010, O’Keefe won support for the compact from leaders of the
Tea Party Patriots, one of the main tea party groups that have emerged
across the country."xxiii
ALEC adopted the Health Care Compact Alliance's health care
compact as model legislation. xxiv
" TPPF was integral in shepherding the Health Care Compact through the
ALEC model legislation process."xxv
Health Care Compact Alliance "underwrote TPP's policy summit in
Phoenix for a sponsorship advertised at $250,000. It has also become a regular
advertiser on TPP's website and email promotions." xxvi
"Dunkelberg wonders if it isn't merely a well-funded effort to keep tea partiers
busy until the 2012 presidential campaign swings into gear. "It's more an
organizing activity," she speculates. "More of a way to build opposition to our
current federalized system of health care."
But Leo Linbeck III, a co-founder of the Health Care Compact Alliance and one of
the primary forces behind the effort, says it's not an organizing ploy. "" xxvii
" His father, Leo Linbeck Jr., who inherited a hugely profitable construction
company from his father, is the engine behind the "fair tax," a proposal to
eliminate income, payroll, and estate taxes and replace them with a highly
regressive 23 percent sales tax. Leo Jr., who has said the research and
marketing of the fair tax has cost $20 million, has been promoting it in
state legislatures since 1993, with little to show for it (though he, too, is
finding a new audience among tea partiers)."xxviii
Goldwater Institute
Gold Water Institute is a member of the State Policy Network (SPN)
and is funded by it. xxix Gold Water Institute is also supporting an Article
V convention.xxx
David H. Koch is a funder of the CATO Institute xxxi as is the Open
Society Foundations which is funded by George Soros. xxxii Both
CATO Institute and the Open Society Foundations are members of
the State Policy Network (SPN). xxxiii
CATO is also supporting an Article V convention.xxxiv
Independence Institute is a member of the State Policy Network
(SPN).xxxv Rob Natelson is a Senior Fellow, Constitutional Jurisprudence
at the Independence Institute.xxxvi It is funded by the Charles Koch
Foundation and the Castle Rock Foundation. xxxvii (See American
Legislative Exchange Council.) The Castle Rock Foundation is
associated with the Adolf Coors family of Colorado.
The Charles Koch Foundation is a funder of the American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as is the Castle Rock
Foundation.(See Independence Institute) The Castle Rock
Foundation is associated with the Adolf Coors family of Colorado.
. xxxviii American Legislative Exchange Council is a sponsor of the
annual conference of the State Policy Network (SPN).xxxix Was cofounded by Paul M. Weyrich.xl (See Heritage Foundation) ALEC
rejected a proposal to oppose the Common Core Standards. xli
ALEC is also supporting an Article V convention.
Americans for Limited Government is an associate member of the
State Policy Network (SPN).xlii
CATO is also supporting an Article V convention.xliii George Soros Open
Society Foundations is a funder of Cato Institute and both are members of
the State Policy Network.
George Soros also sponsors Amend America
Con Con Art v - Defend not amend -Defend not amend Publications
Kenneth P. Vogel, Lucy Calmont, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck sell
endorsements to conservative groups, Politico (06/15/2011)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56997.html
ii
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin, Secure the Republic (12/08/2013)
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-vconstitutional-convention/
iii
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin,
iv
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin,
v
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin
vi
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin
vii
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin
Muckety- David H. Koch, http://www.muckety.com/David-H-Koch/2226.muckety
viii
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck sell endorsements to conservative groups
ix
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck sell endorsements to conservative groups
x
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin, Secure the Republic (12/08/2013)
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-vconstitutional-convention/
xi
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin
i
Muckety-Heritage Foundation http://www.muckety.com/16176FD6360AC1CF98F0065AC544BDC1.map
xii
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck sell endorsements to conservative groups
xiii
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin, Secure the Republic (12/08/2013)
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-vconstitutional-convention/
xiv
Muckety Freedom Works - http://www.muckety.com/DDD76C12D4B5644BBB1DCD84E9B5B788.map
xv Muckety- Leo Linbeck III http://www.muckety.com/Leo-Linbeck-III/209965.muckety
xvi
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin,
xvii
http://www.campaign4primaryaccountability.org/f_a_q
xviii
Muckety- Leo Linbeck III http://www.muckety.com/Leo-Linbeck-III/209965.muckety
xix
GUY GUGLIOTTA, Some States Seeking Health Care Compact,(09/18/2011) Kaiser Healthcare
News http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2011/september/18/health-care-compact.aspx
Muckety- Texas Public Policy Institute http://www.muckety.com/Texas-Public-PolicyFoundation/5032528.muckety
xxi
Muckety- Texas Public Policy Institute http://www.muckety.com/Texas-Public-PolicyFoundation/5032528.muckety
xxii
GUY GUGLIOTTA, Some States Seeking Health Care Compact,(09/18/2011) Kaiser Healthcare
News http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2011/september/18/health-care-compact.aspx
xxiii
GUY GUGLIOTTA, Some States Seeking Health Care Compact,(09/18/2011) Kaiser Healthcare
News http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2011/september/18/health-care-compact.aspx
xxiv
ALEC ADOPTS HEALTH CARE COMPACT AS MODEL LEGISLATION (11/30/2011)
HTTP://HEALTHCARECOMPACT.ORG/ALEC-ADOPTS-HEALTH-CARE-COMPACT-MODELLEGISLATION
xxv ALEC ADOPTS HEALTH CARE COMPACT AS MODEL LEGISLATION (11/30/2011)
HTTP://HEALTHCARECOMPACT.ORG/ALEC-ADOPTS-HEALTH-CARE-COMPACT-MODELLEGISLATION
xxvi
Stephanie Mencimer, The Tea Party's Latest Scheme to Kill Health Reform, Mother Jones
(03/28/2011) http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/tea-party-health-care-compact
xxvii
Stephanie Mencimer, The Tea Party's Latest Scheme to Kill Health Reform, Mother Jones
(03/28/2011) http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/tea-party-health-care-compact
xxviii
Stephanie Mencimer, The Tea Party's Latest Scheme to Kill Health Reform, Mother Jones
(03/28/2011) http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/tea-party-health-care-compact
xxix
Muckety-Freedom Works http://www.muckety.com/DDD76C12D4B5644BBB1DCD84E9B5B788.map
xxx
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin, Secure the Republic (12/08/2013)
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-vconstitutional-convention/
xxxi
Muckety- David H. Koch, http://www.muckety.com/David-H-Koch/2226.muckety
xxxii
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention
… and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin, Secure the Republic (12/08/2013)
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-vconstitutional-convention/
xxxiii
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention
… and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin
Muckety-Heritage Foundation http://www.muckety.com/16176FD6360AC1CF98F0065AC544BDC1.map
xxxiv
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention
… and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin, Secure the Republic (12/08/2013)
xx
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-vconstitutional-convention/
xxxv
Muckety-Americans for Tax Reform
http://www.muckety.com/C9A3208D4AA676AD91CF992275F81556.map
xxxvi
Independence Institute http://www.i2i.org/staff.php
xxxvii
Muckety - Independence Institute http://www.muckety.com/Independence-Institute/5032515.muckety
xxxviii
Muckety - Independence Institute - http://www.muckety.com/IndependenceInstitute/5032515.muckety
xxxix
Muckety -American Legislative Exchange Council - http://www.muckety.com/AmericanLegislative-Exchange-Council/5095422.muckety
xl
Muckety -American Legislative Exchange Council - http://www.muckety.com/AmericanLegislative-Exchange-Council/5095422.muckety
xli
Muckety -American Legislative Exchange Council - http://www.muckety.com/AmericanLegislative-Exchange-Council/5095422.muckety
xlii
Muckety-Americans for Tax Reform
http://www.muckety.com/C9A3208D4AA676AD91CF992275F81556.map
xliii
Exposing the Convention of the States (COS) as an Article V Constitutional Convention …
and Who’s Behind It All, including Soros & Levin, Secure the Republic (12/08/2013)
http://securetherepublic.com/main/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-vconstitutional-convention/