The overthrowing of a countries government isn't something new; it's been going on throughout history. The United States of America and the idea of a free, representative government is only an infant compared to other countries of the world and its very foundation is under assault.To be an American does not define what or who you are. To be an American means to be part of an idea; the idea to have life, liberty and to pursue happiness without interference of government. People fought and died in order for this idea to happen over 230 years ago and to this very day this idea has been the gold standard of what it means to be a country. Indeed, The United States of America has its flaws, but, in my opinion, a country is measured by how many people are trying to leave it to seek a better life, rather than staying.
And as far as I know, there isn't anyone I'm aware of trying to leave the USA to seek a better life. But, I do see people trying to get in.
Ronald Reagan said it best:
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States when men were free.
What he was saying is that freedom should never be taken for granted. It must be safeguarded and when under assault, it must be fought for to protect it and if we don't, our children will most likely not experience what freedom is.
Unfortunately, the assault on our freedom doesn't necessarily mean that it must come from another country wishing to do us harm. A threat to our way of life, our idea, can come under attack from within. What if I were to tell you that there are certain organizations in this very country who's very existence is to take over and reshape our country and its very foundation? Not only that, but to do it by using the Constitution and our laws?
There are several of these organizations, however, right at the top of the list is the Tides Center, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Tides Center seems to be the head of this multi-tentacled beast and it has launched the Apollo Project, which is intertwined with every leftist organization in the country.
So, what is Tides Center and the Apollo Alliance Project?
Created in 1976 by California activist Drummond Pike, Tides is supposed to be a sort of philanthropy that grants money to other organizations by using what is referred to as "donor-advised" grants, which means that the money is spent as the donor requires. In practice, it often obscures the sources of these donated millions and makes it nearly impossible to figure out how this money is being used. Even though the IRS insists that what they are doing is within the law, the practice of passing money through an organization and then obscuring how that money is being used can be construed as money laundering.
What I mean is that when other foundations and organizations give money to Tides, they are not required to tell the IRS how that donated money is being used. When it comes time to file their taxes, Tides has to document where the money went, but, not where the money came from.
Tides puts money in their coffers by extracting a handling fee from grants that pass through their organization. Even though some of the money is awarded to other organizations as donor-advised grants, it's impossible to know whose money is being spent for which grants. Other funds are granted to kick start other organizations and foundations to assist with administrative support. In this instance, Tides is using our tax laws to their advantage in that it provides a blanket tax exempt designation for its grantees and projects. Their existence is predicated on the premise that the law allows one tax-exempt group to “lend” its exemption to another organization.
And this tax exempt hitchhiking has never been challenged in a court of law as far as I know. What Tides is doing is against the law because no organization can transfer its tax exempt status to another and if someone pushes hard enough, it may be the key to their undoing.
Many consider philanthropic support of these organizations as Americas best kept secret for the most radical of activist groups, as long as there are places like Tides the money will continue to flow freely. The groups that operate under Tides' umbrella are not stupid and are funded to last for a very long time and here are some examples of how they do it:
- Profits made by Rainforest Crunch flavored ice cream was earmarked for save the earth charities. What they didn't divulge was that 20% of it went to Tides.
- eGrants.org was created in 1999 by Tides. Though it may look innocuous, activists with some skill can privately donate money in any amount they desire that's tax deductible.
- Drummond Pike and two of his friends started a profit making scheme called the Working Assets and Funding Service in 1985. A two percent cut of their profits is sent to Tides.
Just to show you how despicable Working Assets is, consider that in 1999 they were putting propaganda inserts in their phone bills sent to their customers. The insert urged its customers to call their representatives in Congress and urge support for a “Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act.” Their "reasoning" was for a call to have “Stringent food testing needed to identify GE foods’ health risks.” However, Working Assets conveniently forgot to mention that genetically modified foods are already tested extensively by the Food and Drug Administration, for an average of over 10 years.
To put a strain on credulity even more, they called for a ban on the use of antibiotics in livestock feed, by making the wild and false claim that “mounting evidence” indicated that such practices exposed humans to additional health risks. The National Academy of Sciences refuted this absurd claim when they stated that they were, “unable to find data directly implicating subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics in livestock with illnesses in people.” The NAS also stated in an earlier rule that “The assertion that… antibiotics in livestock feed are hazardous to human health has been neither proven nor disproven.”
Now that you are a little more informed about Tides, let's move on to the 800 pound gorilla in the room...
The Apollo Project
Watch Glenn Beck's take on the Apollo Project:
I can't describe this despicable organization better than this. However, I will try to add more information to it.
The Apollo Project describes itself as:
a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of high-quality, green-collar jobs. Inspired by the Apollo space program, we promote investments in energy efficiency, clean power, mass transit, next-generation vehicles, and emerging technology, as well as in education and training. Working together, we will reduce carbon emissions and oil imports, spur domestic job growth, and position America to thrive in the 21st century economy.
Undoinfluence.com has a much better description of Apollo:
True believers with an absolute belief that government is the solution to all social and economic problems, allied with labor unions, subsidy-seeking companies and global warming / weather control advocates.
As Glenn touched on it in the clip above, The Apollo Project is a coalition that consists of the usual ilk like SEIU, ACORN, Campaign For Americas Future et al. As Glenn also noted, Apollo is a Tides Center project, which as I noted earlier is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.
So, who is CAF? Again, we look to Undoinfluence.com for a description:
Labor-dominated lobbying and electoral network heavily influenced by progressive plutocrats and secret donors working on anti-corporate, anti-military, welfare-state, and other “progressive” programs. [...] Helped incubate the Apollo Alliance, now a project of Tides Center.
Their current board of directors consists of socialists, communists and other people that want to "reshape" America:
The Apollo Alliance has a huge laundry list of notorious endorsers, one of which is a convicted felon and a self avowed communist named Van Jones. You know him, the "Green Jobs" czar that doesn't have to go through Senate confirmations and reports to the President only?
Yeah, really nice people that wants to "reshape" America. Remember, these are people who Obama surrounds himself with and if we don't oust this character in 2012, then we won't have anyone to blame but ourselves when this country will be in tatters.
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