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January 29, 2011
APPEAL FROM BOB SCHULZ
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Dear Colleagues and Friends of
America:
Bred as non-conformists and activists, We The People Foundation for
Constitutional Education, We The People
Congress and their predecessor organizations
have made our civic actions subservient only
to the Cause of Truth.
It is fair to say that as an organization we have no like or equal.
Our civic actions are uniquely grounded on
the sovereigns profound and unalienable
Right, recognized by the last ten words of
the First Amendment, to peaceably hold the
Government accountable to the Constitution. |
Of great consequence, accountability in government
depends on the People, who must exercise and enforce
the Right when necessary, for neither Freedom nor
the Constitution are capable of defending
themselves.
Unfortunately, there is no instant gratification,
only steady progress the fruits of an unwavering
commitment measured over years - towards the
ultimate prize of a clear demonstration of the
Peoples ability to hold the government accountable,
peaceably, by careful and exact observance of duty,
and performance of obligations, under the Rule of
Law.
Our process-oriented approach, guided by the First
Amendment Right to Petition, has been patient,
intelligent, rational and always rooted in the
Constitution. Finally, we have provoked a response
from the Government, which we believe will be
addressed in the coming months lest the People lose
the power to hold elected officials accountable to
constitutional governance.
Unwilling to respond to the Petitions for Redress,
the Government has now outlawed the Right to
Petition! See our Dec 5, 2010 Update titled,
Part 2, Options Anyone?
We, who have been gathered together under the auspices of this
organization in the shared cause of constitutional
governance, need to remain steadfast and unshaken in
these times when the attention of others seems
always to be diverted from the real matters at hand
by irrelevant issues, ineffective labors or divisive
stratagems raised, however well meaning, as
distractions from our primary mission.
Due to commotion from a multiplicity of objects
crowding on the mind and drawing the attention
different ways, including economic choices, we must
unfortunately report that the level of WTPs
financial support has fallen precipitously. We are
finding it most difficult to meet our monthly
business expenses and pay our debts due and owing.
This lack of funding has affected our ability to
maintain our business operation and valuable
information and technology assets. It is also
threatening to slow the advance of our plans, our
work and our ability to communicate our messages at
a time when we need to accelerate whether in the
Judiciary, the avenues of public opinion or across
the vast reach of the Internet.
In this past decade, we have modelled the exercise
of Petitioning the Government for Redress of
violations of the Constitution, as well as educated
the American public about their duty. We have
established a legal and historical record the
People can now stand firmly upon as we move forward
to reclaim and restore this First Amendment Right,
and then act as a Free People to peaceably maintain,
en masse, constitutional governance in
America. The period at the end of the Liberty
sentence will be a clear demonstration of the
Peoples Right to hold their government accountable
by Petition.
Please stay with us in our efforts.
The finish line is in sight. For the first time, it
appears that enough of the People may be awake to
the problem, and even some in office are showing
signs of wanting to steer us back towards the
Constitution. With adequate funding we can fulfil
the Purpose which so many of you have supported. It
is time now to bring home the bacon.
In supplication, we call upon all friends of freedom
to donate what they can. In these times of
uncertainty and distress we know there are many
calls for assistance, from within both your families
and the Freedom movement generally. We trust our
long record of personal commitment, results,
sacrifice and integrity speaks for itself and
warrants a measure of your support.
The 990 Forms for 2009, required by the IRS, to
whom we have always been compliant, are available
for viewing
here. The 990s for 2010 will be
prepared by our accountant in the coming weeks and
will join the others once they are filed.
Suffice it to say that for 2010, the Foundation received
approximately $74,000 in donations and expended
approximately $95,000, which included all funds
carried forward from 2009. The Congress received
approximately $31,000 and expended approximately
$35,000, including all funds carried forward from
2009. We were thoroughly audited by the IRS in
2006-7. There was no discrepancy in our procedures
or processes. Not one! The issues we face with the
IRS in terms of the revocation of our tax exempt
status are entirely based on our attempts to hold
their own operation and enforcement procedures
accountable to the Constitution. Our Appeal will be
heard in Tax Court at a time to be determined by
them.
If anyone feels so inclined, we would be so grateful
for your individual commitment to cover for all or
part of 2011, one or more of the following monthly,
recurring expenses:
Web site and Internet Technology
services
... $ 2,500.00
Rackspace (who hosts our primary and backup website
servers)
$ 445.00
Dievendorf & Co. (bookkeeping and
accounting services)
... $ 300.00
Ikon (copy machine rental and
maintenance contract)
.. $ 214.41
Lexis, Nexis (on-line full service legal
research)...
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... $ 165.85
Sprint (cell phone)
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$ 100.00
Matrix Telecom (90% of office phone
bill)
.... $ 100.00
Electric....................................................................................
$ 100.00
Verizon (laptop wireless)
$
60.07
In addition, we humbly ask everyone as possible, to
consider
joining
the WTP Congress and/or making a one time (or
monthly recurring)
donation
to
the Foundation.
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Finally, we ask that you encourage others to
maintain current on our activities by joining
our
mailing list.
The First Amendment Right to Petition for Redress is
nothing less than a force of Nature, bequeathed to
us by our Creator to restore order in matters of
Earthly governance and insure the perpetuity of the
bounty of Liberty. This force cannot, and will not,
be long denied to the People. Our claim and exercise
of this profound Right, coupled with our single
mindedness of purpose will see us through, provided
we are not abandoned, which sequence, I conceive,
is very ill collected. (John Locke).
We remain very grateful for the opportunity to be in
service to the Constitution and to join the body of
servants to America, past and present.
Stay well and stay vigilant,
Bob Schulz
P.S. As a boy of eight, I became familiar with
Rudyard Kipling through The Jungle Book. Here
is one of his poems, which I have found useful in
pondering my life.
If...
Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn
out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
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coming year.
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