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A publication of Western Tradition Partnership Summer 2010

Stymied Obama now eyeing ‘lame

duck’ scheme to pass Cap and Tax
NoCapAndTax.com petitions
flood Capitol Hill as radical
greens scramble to enact
freedom-killing energy tax
WASHINGTON -- President Barack
Obama’s drive to impose a nation-
al energy tax appears to have run
into a formidable roadblock – peti-
tions, phone calls and letters from
WTP supporters and allies – that
have the White House considering
a move to use a “lame duck” ses-
sion of Congress to pass it.
“Americans overwhelmingly op-
pose Obama’s radical green agenda,
especially his plan to jack up util-
ity bills and kill jobs so America’s
economy won’t be so much larger
than that of other countries,” said Petitions from Western Tradition Partnership supporters are ready to be delivered
Donny Ferguson, WTP Executive to Capitol Hill. Congress will instead vote on a “energy bill” without Cap and Tax
Director. “But that hasn’t stopped before the election. Cap and Tax leader Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has admitted
him from preparing to ram Cap and after the election a “lame duck” session of Congress try to combine it with
Tax down Americans’ throats dur- his House bill and he “will reinsert the full-blown cap-and-trade program.”
ing a lame duck session, when sena-
tors no longer have to worry about
losing an election over it.”
In this issue...
“Cap and Trade,” known as “Cap Stymied Obama seeks Cap and Tax in lame duck session,
and Tax,” would force employers Page 1
to pay heavy new federal taxes on
the carbon dioxide they emit, a cost
passed on to consumers. Radical green agenda drives down Obama approval, Page 2
Research by the independent In-
stitute for Energy Research find Cap State briefs, Pages 4 - 6
and Tax would destroy as many as 5.1
million jobs a year and cost the aver-
age family nearly $1,500.00 in higher
Soros, Lindsey Graham team up to pass Cap and Tax, Page 7
costs and bills annually.
Radical greens in the White House The Watermelon Awards, Page 8
and Congress have proposed several
(See ‘Lame duck,’ Page 3)
 Public opposition to Obama’s radical green
views fuels plummeting approval ratings
Green
Schemes
Your update on the latest scams,
frauds and hoaxes perpetrated by the
radical green movement.

‘CLEAN ENERGY’ SOLAR

PANELS CHOCK-FULL OF
DEADLY TOXIC METALS

Outrage over Barack Obama’s extremist agenda has sent his approv- The push by radical greens
al ratings into the basement. Public support for Obama has plunged near- to impose expensive, unreli-
ly 30 points since his inauguration just 18 months ago. Polling data shows
public opposition to his environmental agenda is fueling the freefall. able solar energy on Americans
WASHINGTON -- Public support Representatives approved the “Cap carries a dirty -- and deadly
for President Barack Obama has and Tax” speculator system in June -- secret. The manufacture
plunged by nearly 30 points since 2009, but widespread outrage forced of solar panels requires ex-
taking office, a disturbing lack of congressional leaders to drop the tensive mining of cadmium, a
faith fueled by national opposition carbon credit trading program from highly toxic heavy metal.
to President Barack Obama’s radi- the Senate version of the bill. It was Solar cells originally used thin
cal green policies, the nation’s larg- replaced with new national carbon layers of crystalline silicon, but
est grassroots opponent of environ- taxes. That idea, too, was too radical the very high cost of solar en-
mental extremism noted. for Americans to support. ergy required a cheaper alterna-
A Sept. 6 Rasmussen Reports poll A survey by the Institute for En- tive -- cadmium.
finds only 45 percent of voters “at ergy Research finds 70 percent As a result, users of solar en-
least somewhat approve” of Obama’s of Americans oppose Obama’s
ergy panels risk exposing them-
job performance, with only 26 per- national energy tax plan.
selves, and their children, to
cent strongly approving. Fifty-four Opposition to Obama’s radical green
percent disapprove. Obama’s ap- agenda is responsible for eroding his toxic metals when solar panels
proval rating stood at 68 percent public support. Obama’s adherence break or are disposed of after
upon his Jan. 20 inauguration, the to “green jobs” which surveys show meeting their short 25-year life.
highest approval rating for an in- eliminate two jobs for every one they
coming president since John F. supposedly create, have helped drag WIND ENERGY’S TOLL ON
Kennedy in 1961. down approval of his handling of eco- BIRDS LIKE 20 BP SPILLS
“With economic recovery long over- nomic matters to just 41 percent in
due and delayed by Obama’s radical an Associated Press-GfK poll. Research by Dr. Alex Tabar-
policies, Americans are fed up with A Jan. 21 Mason-Dixon poll finds rok, a Canadian econo-
his calls for job-killing national ener- skepticism of carbon caps, limits or mist, finds wind energy kills
gy taxes and his commitment to giv- taxes is deep among voters. Sixty-six five times as many birds
ing the EPA unquestioned, unchecked percent of small business owners and
each year as the BP oil spill.
and unlimited power,” said Donny managers oppose a federal cap-and-
According to publicly-avail-
Ferguson, Executive Director of West- trade system, with 54 percent believ-
ern Tradition Partnership. ing it would lead to job losses. Seventy-
able data, 2,188 birds have
Upon taking office, the Obama ad- one percent of small business owners died in the BP oil spill, while
ministration backed a radical plan and managers believe a federal cap- wind energy turbines kill as
which would have capped emission and-trade system would increase en- many as 40,000 each year.
of carbon dioxide by employers and ergy costs while 58 percent believe it While birds killed by Gulf oil
forced them to buy “carbon credits” will limit economic growth. tend to be common gulls and
from investment speculators. One Among voters, 52 percent oppose a terns, many of the birds killed
prominent speculator was former cap and trade system, most (42 per- by wind energy are endan-
vice-president Al Gore, who stood to cent) say it will lead to job losses, 57 gered species like the nearly-ex-
make billions of dollars from a poli- percent say it will cause energy pric- tinct California condor.
cy he promoted. The U.S. House of es and most (46 percent) say it will

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Obama’s green agenda
puts approval in the red
(Continued from Page 1)
erode economic growth.
“The American people are smarter
than Barack Obama thinks they are,”
said Ferguson. “They know his radi-
cal green schemes will kill prosper-
ity, almost as quickly as they are kill-
ing his approval ratings.”
Despite the national backlash,
Obama has not yet learned his lesson.
The Obama administration has al-
ready announced they will fight WTP-
backed legislation eliminating the
A flood of WTP petitions, phone calls, letters and postcards have Cap and Tax on
EPA’s power to simply make up their the ropes, but President Barack Obama is planning to throw a cheap shot -- slip-
own regulations. ping his national energy tax into a bill during a “conference committee” that final-
-WSQ izes already-passed bills, even though the Senate never voted on it.

WTP supporters have radical greens seeing red,

eyeing ‘lame duck’ scheme to impose Cap and Tax
(Continued from Page 1) that at that stage he will reinsert the admittedly intended to make utilities
variations of a Cap and Tax sys- full-blown cap-and-trade program,” unaffordable,” said Ferguson. “It’s
tem, none of which appear to writes Kerpen. no coincidence Cap and Tax is backed
be able to get the 60 votes re- “Both as a function of the legislative by the same environmental extrem-
quired in the United States Sen- calendar and of electoral politics, nei- ists who say American prosperity is
ate to thwart a filibuster. ther the House nor Senate is likely to the source of all the world’s problems,
Supporters of WTP have flooded Cap- vote on the conference report before and it must be eliminated.”
itol Hill for months with WTP’s print- the election. It will instead, Senate WTP is urging its supporters to
ed petitions, phone calls, letters, faxes cap-and-trade point man John Ker- continue to call their senators at 202-
and their NoCapAndTax.com “e-peti- ry has said, be considered in a lame 224-3121 and urge them to oppose
tions” urging senators to oppose the duck session of Congress.” any “conference report” (the term for
national energy tax scheme. Wall Street Journal columnist John the committee-written compromise
While the flood of WTP-led op- Fund reported Jul. 9 “...Mike Allen senators and representatives vote on
position forced radical greens to of Politico.com reports one reason when the House and Senate pass dif-
water down their proposal and President Obama failed to mention ferent versions of the same bill) that
eventually drop it from the Senate climate change legislation during his includes a Cap and Tax plan slipped
energy bill to be considered later recent Oval Office speech on the Gulf back in during negotiations.
this year, plans to impose Cap and oil spill was that he wants to pass WTP is also backing an amend-
Tax are still alive and well. a modest energy bill this summer, ment by Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
then add carbon taxes or regulations establishing a “point of order” that
Senate plans “lame duck” in a conference committee with the rules any such conference report
plan for Cap and Tax House, most likely during a lame- as out of order should it come up
duck session.” for a vote in the Senate. If it pass-
“…The key first step of the plan is es Obama and Reid would need 67
to get something, anything, related WTP plans ‘lame duck’ votes in order to suspend the rules
to energy passed through the Sen- offensive of the Senat and pass an energy
ate. That will get it into a conference bill with Cap and Tax in it.
committee – likely an informal, back- Undeterred by the proposed lame “This amendment forces radical
room, secret one – where it can be duck scheme, WTP plans to step up greens to do what they hate most –
‘merged’ with the House-passed Wax- its opposition to Cap and Tax. operate in a honest and transparent
man-Markey bill,” Phil Kerpen wrote “Barack Obama and Harry Reid manner. Call your senators at 202-
for FoxNews.com Jul. 23. can try all the legislative tricks 224-3121. Tell them to vote against
“The lead author of that bill, Henry and scams they want, but noth- any move to put Cap and Tax into
Waxman, is openly telling reporters ing changes the fact Cap and Tax is the energy bill conference report.”
-WSQ
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 WTP: In Your State
Colorado
WTP urges Ritter to save
jobs, access to Colorado’s
federal lands
With the fate of thousands of work-
ers and several Colorado towns
hanging in the balance, Western
Tradition Partnership urged Gov.
Bill Ritter Jan. 22 to forward to
President Barack Obama a state-
written plan restoring access to
the state’s federal lands.
“Bill Ritter started his term by im-
posing big tax hikes on Colorado’s
energy, sending our jobs pouring into
Texas and Wyoming and Colorado
workers to the unemployment line”
said Jacob Leis, then-WTP Executive
Director. “But he can finally do the
right thing, stand up to the radical
environmentalists, and help Colo-
rado workers keep a roof over their
head and food on the table.”
At the bidding of environmental-
ists, then-outgoing President Bill
Clinton signed a controversial 2001
moratorium on road-building in
many federal forests. Coal mines
must drill surface shafts to vent
explosive methane gas. That re-
quires temporary roads, which are
banned under the Clinton law.
Unable to access half their coal re-
serves, the 1,053 miners employed
in Oxbow Mining’s Elk Creek mine,
and 700 at neighboring coal mines,
could lose their jobs. The loss of
the mines could also mean the end
of a half-dozen small town, ac-
cording to The Denver Post. after Kentucky Secretary of State
Two different federal courts have
ruled on the law. The Ninth Cir-
cuit upheld the Clinton restric-
tion, while a Wyoming federal dis-
trict court struck it down. Both
rulings are under appeal and may be
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sent to the Supreme Court.
The Obama administration issued
bing ties to the radical green elites,
Trey Grayson certainly has no
an order in May 2009 stripping U.S. problem polluting the public dis-
Forest Service officials of the ability course,” said Donny Ferguson,
to rule on development in roadless WTP Executive Director.
areas, requiring instead they be ap- “Americans are sick and tired of
proved only by the Agriculture Sec- politicians who one day offer emp-
retary. The order has virtually shut ty promises to protect jobs, but the
down all employment activity. next flaunt their ties to the elite ac-
Obama has also appealed the tivists pushing anti-jobs legislation.
Wyoming ruling. Actions speak louder than words.
The Post reports Ritter is considering They want their representatives to
an alternative state plan for the 4.1 oppose radical international green
million national forest acres in Colo- schemes as a matter of unshak-
rado. It makes exception for coal min- able principle, not to fling angry at-
ing and for ski areas and towns where tacks while palling around with the
trees killed by pine beetles could fuel most radical green groups.”
devastating wildfires. It also allows WTP mailed roughly 100,000
roads in 457,000 acres where they households informing Kentuckians
were previously banned. where Paul and Grayson stood on
“Where does Bill Ritter stand? the issues of environmental extrem-
With the people of Colorado who ism and the responsible develop-
need jobs and a growing economy? ment and management of land, wa
Or with the radical environmental- ter, and natural resources.
ists who openly admit their goal is to The group urged residents to con-
eliminate jobs?,” said Leis. tact Paul and encourage him to con-
“Failure to forward the state tinue supporting a pro-jobs prosperity
plan wouldn’t just shut down the agenda and opposing all forms of “cap
mines. It would send damaging and trade” legislation, and to contact
ripples throughout Colorado’s en- Grayson to urge him to explain his
tire economy. It would make any ties to the Aspen Institute, a far-left
future political career for Bill Rit- international think tank advocating
ter’s completely unsalvageable. taxes on carbon dioxide intended to
We urge him to forward the state suppress American economic activ-
plan to federal officials.” ity and drive up utility prices.
Kentucky A desperate Grayson hurled angry,
deceptive attacks at WTP on his cam-
paign website and did not rule out
his supporting a massive national
energy tax proposed by liberal Sen.
Kentuckians reject eco-left Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
agenda in Senate primary
Western Tradition Partnership
urged legislators rethink their sup-
port of the environmentalist agenda
Trey Grayson’s mud-flinging, low-
road U.S. Senate campaign spun
into in the ditch, losing to pro-jobs
upstart Dr. Rand Paul in the May Trey Grayson (left) attacked WTP on the
18 Republican primary. campaign trail for exposing his radical
green ties. Voters overwhelmingly rejected
“For someone with such distur- him in the Republican Senate primary.
Summer 2010
 WTP: In Your State
Montana
Pro-property rights
candidates roll in primary
Candidates who answered their
WTP Candidate Survey in 100%
support of property rights and afford-
able energy topped opponents who
backed green legislation in eight of nine
targeted races in Montana’s Republi-
can state legislative primaries. “The Constitution absolutely pro-
“In poll after poll, supermajori-
ties of Montanans support WTP’s
common-sense policies,” said Ex-
ecutive Director Donny Ferguson.
“Politicians who side with radi-
cal greens will find themselves on
the rough end of voter ire.” States District Court District Of
In House District 3, Jerry O’Neil
topped Sandy Welch. In House
District 39, Lee Randall defeated
union activist Jesse Barnhart. In
House District 47, James Knox beat
Charles Bott. In House District
57, Dan Kennedy defeated radi-
cal liberal Debra Bonogofsky .
Bonogofsky has since filed to
run both as a write-in for state
house and a Democrat for state
senate, wants Gov. Brian Sch-
weitzer’s political appointees to at-
tack WTP in retaliation.
Wagner
In House District 71, Bob
topped Les Gilman.
In House District 84, Mike
Miller beat Joe Dooling.
In Senate District 29, Ed Walk-
er beat Penny Morgan.In Sen-
ate District 35, Art Wittich
won over Sean Moran. Teague targeted for job-
The only pro-property candidate to
lose to a radical green-backed candi-
date was Rep. Joel Boniek, narrowly
losing to Helena insider Sen. John Esp.
The race marked by unethical and
potentially libelous activities by Esp. harm proposed Cap and Tax leg-
Liberal groups spent vast sums of
money to defeat Boniek.
WTP files brief backing
Firearms Freedom Act
WTP filed an amicus brief Apr. 26
supporting the Montana Shooting
Sports Association’s lawsuit validat-
ing the state’s Firearms Freedom Act.
Sponsored by state Rep. Joel Boniek
(R-Livingston) and passed into law
in 2009, the legislation declares any
gun made and sold within a state’s
borders is exempt from federal gun
control under Congress’ authority to
regulate interstate commerce. ers and stop any efforts at economic
hibits any form of government gun
control,” said Dan Fuchs, Western
Tradition Partnership’s Director of
Government Relations and a former
Montana state legislator. tion’s Center for Data Analysis.
The brief was filed in United
Montana by attorney Jim Brown.
This is not WTP’s first foray
into opposing gun control. every person’s utility bill to “sky-
Then-WTP Director of Grassroots
Coalitions Tim Ravndal organized
opposition to a Feb. 2009 proposal
by the Fish, Parks and Wildlife Com-
mission banning lead shot for upland
game bird hunting in the Freezeout
Lake and Canyon Ferry wildlife man-
agement areas. Inundated by citizen
opposition, the commission dismissed
the proposal on a 3-2 vote.
New Mexico
killing Cap and Tax vote
Western Tradition Partnership
will launch a grassroots campaign
in New Mexico to highlight the
islation will have on jobs and the
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economy. The mailings will hit
Harry Teague (D-NM-2), criticiz-
ing his June 26 vote for a Cap and
Tax bill sponsored by radical green
Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA) and
Henry Waxman (D-CA.)
“Research shows this Cap and Tax
bill will destroy as many as 2.5 million
jobs per year and creates the equiva-
lent of a $4,609 tax hike on a family
of four,” said Jacob Leis, then-WTP
Executive Director. “Their plan is to
inflict pain on families and employ-
renewal. Even worse, the bill has no
net effect on its supposed target of
global temperatures.” The research
was conducted by the independent,
non-partisan Heritage Founda-
The Heritage Foundation has no
relationship with WTP.
Even President Obama admits
this new national energy tax causes
rocket.” Obama’s early admis-
sion Cap and Tax hurts working
Americans makes Teague’s sup-
port even more alarming.
“It’s up to citizens to speak out
against this radical environmentalist
plan to downsize American jobs. West-
ern Tradition Partnership will ag-
gressively begin that process.”
WTP will launch an aggressive cam-
paign urging residents of New Mex-
ico’s Second Congressional Dis-
trict to contact Rep. Harry Teague
(D) and voice their opposition to his
vote in favor of Cap and Tax.
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 WTP: In Your State
Oklahoma
WTP slams Henry veto of
Firearms Freedom Act
WTP urged Oklahoma legislators
Apr. 29 to overturn Gov. Brady Hen-
ry’s veto of the Oklahoma Firearms
Freedom Act, Senate Bill 1685, ex-
empting guns manufactured in-state
from federal anti-gun laws. local radical green activist communi-
“The Constitution absolutely prhibits
any form of government gun control.
No question. No doubt. No compro-
mise,” said Donny Ferguson, Western
Tradition Partnership Executive Di-
rector, and a former Oklahoma City
resident. “The federal government
has no business regulating guns that
never cross state lines. Federal gun
grabbers violate your property rights
and right to freely access public lands
for hunting and shooting.” flawed Chesapeake Bay Act, with as
WTP urged Oklahoma legislators
to overturn Henry’s veto. Legislators
were convinced to pass the bill again,
daring Henry to veto the popular leg-
islation a second time. Henry issued
another veto May 19, and verbally
attacked the freedom movement.
“We will hold Brad Henry account-
able for his assaults on property and
firearms rights,” said Ferguson. burn it.’ Realizing that using Mo-
Virginia
Loudoun explodes as WTP
phones 35,000+ to warn of
green tax and land grab
WTP issued a phone alert to over
35,000 Loudoun County residents
June 13, warning them of a plan
by the Board of Supervisors to use
the 1988 “Chesapeake Bay Act”
to impose huge new taxes and ex-
tensive bureaucratic control over
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homes and businesses.
Angry Board liberals blasted WTP
for thwarting their plans and ex-
posing them on the front pages of
Washington, D.C.-area newspa-
pers and in D.C.-area talk radio.
The Board delayed a vote on the
scheme until September.
The media reported the Board plan
will lead to higher taxes, more regu-
lation and a loss of property rights.
“The Chesapeake Bay Act was nev-
er meant to be adopted here, but the
ty that controls the Board has found
it to be a convenient weapon in their
War on Suburbia,” said Donny Fergu-
son, WTP Executive Director. warned the Board’s actions could lead
It means big tax hikes and the loss
of jobs and tax revenue to surround-
ing counties not controlled by radical
greens. Worst of all, it means the total
loss of your right to enjoy your home
or business,” said Ferguson. arland Run districts were urged to
“The misapplication of the deeply
little citizen review or input as possi-
ble, is a deliberate attack on the prop-
erty rights of Loudoun homeowners.
It is, in fact, a harsh Home Improve-
ment Tax intended to make Loudoun
inhospitable,” said Ferguson. dents represented by the frequently-
“Decades ago, radical environmen-
talists declared war on suburbia,
promising ‘if you build it we will
lotov cocktails means prison time,
they now prefer to use draconian
legislation and massive tax hikes to
carry out their agenda.” man. You’re wrong to raise my taxes
“If you look at the list of wealthy
radical groups pushing this Home
Improvement Tax, it’s a who’s-who
of the ‘get out of Loudoun’ crowd,”
said Ferguson. “This is all about
driving out human development and
providing a safe habitat for hordes
of new bureaucrats and tax-gobbling
government employees.” geted for these Home Improvement
WTP issued an automated phone
call to over 20,000 Loudoun homes
Saturday evening warning residents
How greens debate suburan planning.
of the June 15 Board meeting on the
plan. The call briefly quotes a May
31 Leesburg Today editorial critical
of the Board’s planning process that
to higher taxes and lost jobs. Over
20,000 homes means roughly over
35,000 voters were contacted.
Residents in the Blue Ridge, Ca-
toctin, Leesburg, Potomac and Sug-
call their supervisor at home. Resi-
dents in the Broad Run and Sterling
districts, whose supervisors have
already registered their opposition,
were urged to instead contact County
Chairman Scott York at home.
Roughly 5,300 Dulles District resi-
moving Supervisor Stevens Miller,
whose business phones have been cut
off and does not list a reliable home
phone number, were urged to con-
tact him on his cell phone.
“The people have a simple mes-
sage for their supervisor and chair-
and you’re wrong to take away my
property rights. There are more of
us than there are of you, and you’d
better change your position,” said
Ferguson. “Unlike the activists
who get paid by rich donors to push
these radical green crackdowns on
private property, the people tar-
Taxes have to work on weekdays.
We hope they can show up and voice
their opposition.”
Summer 2010
 WTP warns Graham: Drop national
energy tax, radical green support
Senator pushes taxes on gasoline, CO2 as radical greens spend big money backing him
WASHINGTON -- Western Tradi-
tion Partnership (WTP) warned Sen.
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to complete-
ly drop a federal energy tax plan and
demand left-wing groups stop bank-
rolling statewide ads supporting him.
Some of the ads are linked to George
Soros and bought by Barack Obama’s
“lead strategic advertising firm.”
In a letter released April 24 Graham
announced he would not take part
in negotiations to revise a “cap and
trade” bill imposing federal taxes and
fees on energy because Senate Demo-
crats planned to vote on an immigra-
tion bill before his national energy
tax. Just a few votes short of passage,
the revisions to national energy tax
bill were set to be unveiled April 26.
“Lindsey Graham not only wants
a national energy tax, he’s throw-
ing a tantrum because he can’t
have it now,” said Donny Fer-
guson, WTP Executive Director.
“Lindsey Graham’s national energy
tax makes driving and using electricity
too expensive for you,” said Ferguson.
“Apparently Graham thinks electrici-
ty should only be used to air big-mon-
ey ads from his radical green friends.”
Graham working with
Obama, Kerry, Soros
“When your support is fund-
ed by George Soros and bought
by Barack Obama’s spin doctors,
South Carolinians know whose
side you’re on, Senator Graham.
And it’s not theirs,” said Ferguson.
Graham was working with Sens.
John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieber-
man (I-CT) on a “climate change”
bill imposing a federally-set price on
carbon dioxide created by employ-
ers and taxing it.
Graham pushes Cap and Tax,
radical greens pour cash into
pro-Graham ads
Blogger FITSNews.com reveals left-
wing environmentalist groups are
bankrolling ads in South Carolina
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praising Graham’s aggressive radi-
cal green agenda, including one
ad buy of $10,000 alone.
The ads are purchased by
GMMB, a Washington, D.C. me-
dia broker that advises President
Barack Obama and other Demo-
crats and radical leftists.
Three of the groups bankroll-
ing pro-Graham ads are:
•“Republicans for Environmental
Protection,” connected to a George
Soros donor fund that provides
“fiscal sponsorship for progres-
sive groups,”
• The “Clean Energy Fund,” which
lists radical left-wing groups like
the Sierra Student Coalition, Live
Earth, Climate Protection Action
Fund, Alliance for Climate Protec-
tion and Green Faith among its
member organizations,
• “Truman National Security Proj-
ect,” whose board of directors and
executive staff are linked to the
Progressive Policy Institute, the
Open Society Institute and Hillary
Clinton’s presidential campaign.
-WSQ
WTP is taking on a George Soros’ scheme
to bankroll a TV ad blitz promoting
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey
Graham’s Cap and Tax plan.
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Green is the new Red.

WTP accepting nominations for the
First Annual ‘Watermelon Awards’
WTP supporters, as well as the public, are encouraged to nomi-
nate your “favorite” lawmakers for WTP’s First Annual “Water-
melon Awards.” This award “honors” to ecosocialists in public office
who are “green on the outside but red on the inside.”

“We want to recognize the radical, out-of-touch ‘watermelons’ at every

level of government,” said Executive Director Donny Ferguson.

WTP members are encouraged to nominate (from anywhere within their

own state): one member of each chamber of their state legislature, one
Congressman in each state, and one county commissioner based on which
radical member most brazenly uses environmental concerns to attack
capitalism, redistribute income and confiscate private property.

WTP will also consider nominations for a total of four Governors

nationwide to be named for the Watermelon Award. Nominations
will be closed and the “Losers” announced Aug. 31, 2010. Nomina-
tions may be sent to watermelonawards@westerntradition.org.
He’s already clinched his.

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