WHAT DOES IT TAKE? DO YOU HAVE THE GUTS? 05/03/2012
I just spoke to a group in the next county over--flew back at 4 am from another state just so I could be on time to speak for the Marin Coalition. Although they had invited me, there had been some contention between the board members as to whether or not they wanted me, and I received an extremely rude and accusatory email from a board member who was ignorant about UN Agenda 21 and just wanted to fight. I considered refusing to come but I had already committed to it and the majority of the board wanted me. So I went. There were just 50 or so people there. There were some rude interruptions from the group as I spoke but I dealt with them and went on. At the end of my speech a woman in the audience accused me of not having integrity because I 'took money' from the state for years as an employee even though I 'knew what was going on with Agenda 21.' She said that because I supported the use of eminent domain I was a hypocrite. I responded by noting her total ignorance because she had obviously arrived at the event via a public road and this was certainly acquired by eminent domain. I explained that there is a difference between eminent domain used for a public use and the use of eminent domain to choose winners and losers in redevelopment, and in transportation tax subsidies used to pay for for-profit mixed use projects and infrastructure supporting it. I also said that I was proud of my career and had absolutely nothing to apologize for. In fact her comments, which were extensive, aggressive, hateful, and incorrect were a personal attack on me. She, a member of this group's board, did not dispute any of the factual information I had presented in my speech. Instead she attacked me. This is a technique used to chill free speech by those who are trying to shut down the truth. No one in the entire group said a word as we sparred. I was disgusted. She was the only African-American person in the room. I mention this because I wonder if it had any impact on this group of white, middle class, middle aged people who sat silently while a guest who had traveled thousands of miles to speak at their invitation was abused in front of them. Did they think they'd be infringing on her free speech rights if they told her that she was out of line? Apparently as she was leaving the event she told others that I am 'racist.' Maybe I should have accused her of gay-bashing. Or bullying. UPDATE: The woman who attacked me, Regina Carey, is on the Democratic Central Committee for Marin County. When she was running for that position, according to the voter's guidebook, she identified herself as a civil rights activist and said her occupation was: Community Volunteer. She is president of the Social Justice Center of Marin. Wonder if she had an 'agenda?' Funny thing--I was attacked by a Democratic Central Committee in Virginia--they said I wasn't really a Democrat and that I was just pretending to be one so that the Tea Party would like me. Here's my blog post on it. http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/1/post/2011/11/what-the-democrats-in-virginia-have-to-say-about-rosa.html Guess what? In yet another disgusting display of adventures into human nature we have the true story of the XYZ army during the XYZ War. Story goes that the XYZ, not wishing to use more soldiers than necessary to guard their prisoners of war, decided to cull out the independent, active prisoners and place them under guard. The others, the passive ones, hardly needed any guarding at all---they went along with the program. So, what did the XYZ find when they separated the two groups? That a mere 5% of the prisoners were the independent, active types. Five percent. There are 300,000,000 people in the US. Five percent is 15,000,000. Let's conservatively figure half of that for those who aren't going to just sit around and let themselves be Delphi'd in consensus meetings, pushed around by their City Councils, told that they have to agree to lose their private property rights to redevelopment projects, shamed into watching while their neighbors are bullied by Community Oriented Police measures, and flattered into mandatory volunteer programs for local non-profits designed to dictate their life choices. Yes, that's about SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE in the United States. That's seven times the population of San Francisco. About twice the population of Chicago. About equal to New York. Remember that when you go to a 'visioning meeting' put on by the regional transportation authority and local government. You are just one of millions of people across the nation who are standing up every day and saying 'We will not be bullied into silence. We object to being told that we are a threat to the planet if we live in a house and drive a car. We know that this is just a smokescreen for the plan to run a total information network designed for maximum control of our lives. This is the biggest public relations stunt in the history of the world, and we are not going to go passively.' And remember: Seven and a half million is only two and a half percent--it is half of the number of people who would be active and have the guts to object. A small percentage, but a big number. Will you be part of the Resistance? Speak up, speak out, reach out to those who will be bitterly disappointed to see that the vision of a perfect world of no carbon emissions and smiling people is a sham. A manipulation. An artificial construct designed to direct whole populations to a pre-determined outcome. The obedient, passive, unquestioning mass of consumers ready to turn on their neighbors and report. Is that what we want for our going forward? Do you have the guts to stand up when you see something that is wrong? Or are you going to just go along to get along? Decide now. WHAT DOES IT TAKE? 15 Comments Here's a note I just received from Iowa. Peaceful meetings where citizens are raising their voices to demand answers are being entered by men carrying guns in an effort to intimidate us. We will not be intimidated. Here's the note: Several concerned citizens of the growing group of Iowans against Agenda 21 and The Tomorrow Plan attended a meeting for the Tomorrow Plan at Blank Park Zoo last evening. We insisted they answer our questions and were not quiet about it. In an attempt to intimidate us, Angela Connelly, who declared herself "an elected official" and that "they were not there to answer questions" called the Des Moines Police and THREE (3) cruisers showed up. I don't believe anybody from our group even stood up during this Q and A attempt. We did, however, comprise the majority of the room. They insist this plan is NOT Agenda 21, but please peruse the attached article Sustainability Scan posted on their website. When confronted with this article, Todd Ashby, Executive Director of the MPO, claimed to have no idea the article existed. When asked how much of the $2.2 million "grant" Boston firm Sasaki Associates receives, after several attempts to avoid the question, Todd Ashby finally admitted they receive 60%. When pressed, Angela Connelly made the distinction that while there was a bidding process, Sasaki was "selected" not that they had "won the bid." When asked about the additional funding of $1 million, Bethany Willcoxon and Todd Ashby, again after several attempts to not answer the question, admitted that while this money is not directly given to them, these funds come from Capital Crossroads, who apparently is funded by area businesses(?), and another entity I am unable to recall at this time, (maybe DART?) who receives tax money from cities in the planning area - specifically mentioning Ankeny. Where I come from, we call that "splitting hairs." From Medford to Memphis--it's all the same 04/17/2012
No matter where you go in our country and in Canada, and in Australia, and across the world, you'll see the same regional plans rolled out. Regional plans are the stepping stone to Mega-Regions and then on to One World. There are those who like the idea. Let's see how much they like it when they realize that they're not the chosen ones after all, and that the noose will tighten on free speech, free movement, and freedom. When you stand up to object in a visioning meeting you're brushed off as a fringe, isolated contrarian--yes that's what they say. But the consultants and your government have no problem packing that meeting with their own employees and partners and having those people represent the millions of people in the 'region' who have no idea that these meetings are going on. Yes, that's the buy-in, and no dissent is permitted. The government is getting that fiat money as fast as possible from the Federal Reserve and sinking you ever deeper in debt. But there's always money for that $50 million bike path or the new stadium 'for economic growth.' Yet you'll hear that this is the age of the New Frugality. That's what the American Planning Association calls it. Now that the American Planning Association has held their 'Communications Boot Camp' for planners they'll tell you that smart growth (now they call it quality growth) is all about the economy. Here's what they say now: 'Planning is pivotal to the return of American prosperity and economic strength.' They also say 'Planners are the guardians of the future.' Does that make you feel all warm and fuzzy? What do they say about us? They advise planners to 'cultivate elected officials and 'influentials' who can push back.' They also advise keeping elected officials briefed and inoculated--that's the word they use--against our arguments and facts. They subject the elected officials to pressure and plant articles in the newspaper about them if they don't go along to get along. Shame and embarrassment, and threats of job loss, peer pressure, reprisals. They'll shame you and embarrass you in those visioning meetings; that's the way Communitarianism works. They'll try to make you feel ashamed or frightened of what people will say. But you won't be intimidated. Then they'll want to bring the police into their meetings so that we don't disrupt them. We have many ways to break the stranglehold--here is one: The Tennessee legislature is about to pass a bill (it passed in the House) that will call a halt to this officially. Like the Republican National Committee's resolution, it repudiates UN Agenda 21 and ICLEI. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brooks, a Republican. It passed with 8 Democrats joining in. The Senate counterpart bill is sponsored by Senator Mike Bell. Let's be sure to thank those elected officials who have the courage to brave ridicule and disinformation in order to bring UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development out of the shadows and into the light. To begin that hard task of breaking its grip on every city, county, and state in the nation. We can do it. We're getting stronger every day, and it's because you are speaking out. Thank you--keep it up. Every town is doing these creek trails, bike trails, rails to trails, etc. These are impossible to police, negatively impact bordering properties' potential for controlling their borders and ensuring their privacy, and actually create security issues. Maintenance is expensive--many of these trails will add tens of miles of public space to formerly private areas. Many are paved, this is costly and gives contracts to cronies. Not to mention that they are disturbing wildlife---going into areas that were previously quiet habitat. These areas are now open to bikers, hikers, and transients. Crime by transients, gangs etc will make people demand more policing, and then there will be more police presence in your backyard. These plans have prohibitions on solid fencing along the trail. No solid wood fence---it violates the 'viewshed' into your backyard. Will Google take a golf cart down these trails and photograph your back yard? Why are these trails paved? Is it so that a small vehicle will be able to go on them? So that a police vehicle can surveil you? This is not for the people. Not for the animals. It is for surveillance. Exercise is the new god and the green mask. It creates justification for more surveillance and more dogma...this will result in required exercise in order to keep health care costs down. Just think of the implications. Obesity epidemic. Healthy Eating Active Living. Blue Zones and all of the other programs nationwide will be required when mandatory health insurance takes effect. See our page on One World One Vision 2050 for more. Who Does Your Sheriff Serve? 04/04/2012
The following was written by Kevin Eggers, Assistant Director, Post Sustainability Institute: The position of Sheriff is an elected position because, in theory, the Sheriff is answerable directly to the people, not a bureaucracy. Like all elected officials, the Sheriff also takes an oath to the Constitution, and is, in theory, bound by the Constitution. In Napa County, our elected Sheriff quit with three years remaining on his term. Rather than having another election, my Napa County Supervisors appointed Sheriff John Robertson to serve out the remaining three years. On March 20, 2012 I had an opportunity to talk personally with Sheriff John Robertson at a Napa Sheriff’s “Coffee with the Cops” Problem Oriented Policing Program (POPP) meeting. What I learned was disturbing. POPP is a variation of the COPS program (Community Oriented Policing Services) adopted by many cities in America. The POPP Mission Statement: “The Mission of the Napa County Sheriff’s Office Problem Oriented Policing Program is to employ non-traditional police methods, in collaboration with our local partners within the local community, to address those issues that affect quality of life of the citizens of the unincorporated areas of Napa County.” At the POPP meeting there were four POPP Sheriff Deputies and Sheriff Robertson. There were only three citizens that attended, myself and two others. This gave me an opportunity to talk with Sheriff Robertson. Within my Napa County General Plan is the statement “the rights of the individual are to be balanced with the rights of the community and needs of the environment” (The definition of communitarianism is “balancing the rights of the individual with the rights of the community”). Sheriff Roberts was familiar with this statement. I asked Sheriff Roberts to define Individual rights and community rights and how they are “balanced.” The first thing Roberts told me is “you know you surrender some of your individual rights to live in the community.” Sheriff Roberts went on telling me “The community is the people…The laws are made by the people within the community…your rights are subject the community laws and regulations…my duty is to serve the community…this is the reason we have councils and committees created by Napa Citizens to create the laws and regulations the entire community lives under.” I told Sheriff Roberts, the “community is government.” Many of the laws and regulations are made by a very few people that, in many cases, are serving their own interests. Also, many of the laws and regulations come as requirements attached to subsidies coming from the state and federal government. People are corrupt at all levels of government. There is no difference between the corruption at the federal, state, and community level of government. Why should my rights be subject to the corruption, simply because government chooses to call itself community? Sheriff Roberts told me to stop thinking “outside the system and work from within the system.” I was told I needed to “join a council or committee and work on changing things from within.” I told Sheriff Roberts “it is impossible for me to join every committee and council and stop the rights being taken away in my community.” Sheriff Roberts told me to “Look around. This is what America is today.” Bottom line, my Napa Sheriff Robertson answers to the bureaucracy, which calls itself the “community.” It’s simple logic that if my Sheriff believes he can “balance” my rights, he implies government (in the name of the community) owns my rights. You can’t “balance” what you don’t own. This is the communitarian totalitarian philosophy many of our public officials have adopted. Under both communism and Nazism, the “community” is used as the instrument of control. Under both systems you have no individual rights to protect you from government. Your duty under both systems is to serve the community, both the good and the corruption in the community. Without individual rights to protect us from the “community,” you could take Napa, California and put it in the middle of the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany. There would be no difference in government philosophy. By the way, Article 29 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that our duty is to serve the "community" and our “rights and freedoms” are subject to the goals of the United Nations (meaning, the globalists behind the United Nations). Also, United Nations Agenda 21 Sustainable Development, as defined in California, calls for “balancing” the “Three Es” of Economy, social Equity, and Environment. The Three Es covers every aspect of life on earth. Again, government can only “balance” what government owns. The globalists behind Agenda 21 Sustainable Development, by their definition of balancing, believe they already own every aspect of our lives. Ask your public officials in your community to define individual rights and community rights. If they imply your rights are balanceable or negotiable because you live in the “community,” tell them “This is America. We are born with our individual rights. You don’t own my rights. You don’t own my Bill of Rights. The community is government. Government can’t balance or negotiate my rights away. You are a public servant that has taken a sworn oath to our Constitution. Your duty is to protect the individual rights of every citizen in America.” Just in case you've been in a cave for the last few years and haven't heard about this let me fill you in. The human genome has been 'mapped.' That means that lots of DNA has been collected from humans and identified. So what? According to the Council for Responsible Genetics: More likely, however, even broader monopolies may be given to those who have already patented genes or will do so soon. The human genome project has made clear that corporations that have already claimed genes as their own have, in fact, laid claim to a higher percentage of the entire human genome than they at first realized. Looking at the four leading private companies who patent genes, about 750 human genes have been patented by them so far and applications for about 20,000 more are pending. In the case that the pending patents are all awarded (which is unlikely, as many will prove to be redundant), those four private companies could own half of the human genome. OK, so what? you ask. Well, the latest thing is to spit into a cup and send it off to be analyzed at a lab---23 AND ME---so that you can find out your ancestry. It sucks at that. For instance it can tell you that you have Eastern European ancestry, maybe drop a little bomb in your life if you turn out to have had a Jewish ancestor and that surprises you for some reason. But so what? Oh, you want to know if you're going to die of heart disease at a young age? You want to know if you have a genetic disease and shouldn't breed? Now, this post goes real well with one I did a couple of days ago--one about the Nazis. The Nazis did experiments with human beings and also were terribly concerned, obsessed, with eugenics. Eugenics was the study of race and involved identification of different racial characteristics in order to purge the world of the inferior races. Back to today. When all of this focus on ancestry started up in the 90's I was very concerned about it. Suddenly everyone was on-line posting their family tree and researching their history. Very nice. And convenient. The Nazis had to do all of that work on their own. Now you're doing it for them. Who owns 23 AND ME? Anne Wojcicki. Who? The wife of Sergey Brin. Who? The founder and owner of GOOGLE. Google is heavily invested in 23 AND ME. What does 23 AND ME do with your data? They keep it. Store it. Analyze it. Inventory and control. Remember? What is UN Agenda 21? It inventories and controls everything. Including you. What will they do with it? Whatever they want. Sheriffs Used To Intimidate Citizens 02/28/2012
Just got this email from a friend in the Houston area. I am so PISSED tonight…we went to another regional planning meeting and since they now are worried about us they had sheriffs there and would only let county residents speak even though their plan covers 13 counties…UGH They stacked the meeting tonight with officials from H-GAC, Political Figures and Facilitators…it was a complete sham…UGH Yes, more and more often you will see police and sheriffs in the room when you go to speak. Are they so afraid that this largely middle aged, middle class group of citizens will get crazy, or are they there to intimidate us and let us know that we shouldn't dare to speak out? At the meeting in San Carlos, CA that some of us attended recently (a KICK ICLEI OUT meeting) there was a K-9 officer. Yes, he had a dog in the car---just in case. Still having trouble convincing your friends and neighbors that there's a problem? Tell them that your town council and other government agencies are bringing in armed men to keep you in line in case you SPEAK UP. IS THIS THE WAR ON TERROR OR THE TERRORIZING WAR? THE WAR ON TERROR IS A WAR ON YOU. The National Defense Authorization Act has identified most of us as the enemy. Use your liberty while you have it. STOP UN AGENDA 21/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Oooh baby. America2050.org here we come. High-speed rail owned and operated by the Chinese throughout the US. "Win-win" according to our government. Roads, sewer systems, and water systems will be owned by the Chinese. Remember Debt for Nature? Debt for infrastructure. Take a look at these blog posts http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/1/post/2011/11/this-just-inchinese-takeover-of-our-telecom-grid.html and http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/1/post/2011/11/did-i-say-that.html I can see it now. We lose our rural roads--pulverized to gravel. Our private vehicle usage is limited, restricted, and taxed. Our bus service will be declared insolvent and not cost effective. High-speed rail will be the only way to travel. Fully owned and operated by the Chinese. In our country. Airport-style searches. Restricted use tickets. Overcrowding. Limited line service. Why? Because we can't maintain our own infrastructure? Can we maintain our sovereignty? Just wondering. From China Daily: Yuan Ning, president of China Construction America, a wholly owned subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, said the perfect way for China and the US to collaborate is through public-private partnership for infrastructure projects. PPP is a government service or private business venture that is funded and operated through a partnership between the government and one or more private sector companies. Yuan said Chinese companies working through PPP with the US government and private sectors is a "win-win solution". Robert Hormats, US Under Secretary of State for economic, energy and agricultural affairs, agrees that PPP is a good way to work with Chinese companies on infrastructure projects. "Chinese investment can be really helpful. We would love to have more of that and we will be pursuing that dialogue with the Chinese," Hormats told China Daily after a business event in New York. Chinese companies not only see the opportunity but also have shown a commitment to be a part of this development. China State Construction Engineering Corporation recently said it will invest $2 billion in the next few years in the US market for PPP infrastructure projects, mergers and acquisitions and residential projects. Joe Catapano, a project manager with China Construction America, said the expertise and capital Chinese companies can provide are important. "The key issue is money. It doesn't seem the United States government is willing to spend money (on building infrastructure)," said Catapano, who has 12 years of engineering experience in New York and California. "High-speed rail is definitely something we can learn from China. We don't have any of that in the US, anywhere," he added. This is the source article: China "partnering" with US and giving money to build infrastructure projects in the US: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-02/15/content_14614219.htm ONE BAY AREA: BAY OF TRICKS 02/15/2012
ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS ATTEMPTS TO MEET SECRETLY WITH ACTIVISTS If you've been following our actions at the ONE BAY AREA meetings with other groups, including East Bay Tea Party, 9-12 groups, property rights groups, and other Tea Parties, you know that we have deeply upset the game the Government (Association of Bay Area Governments--ABAG, and Metropolitan Transportation Commission--MTC in league with their public/private partners, Silicon Valley Partnership and Greenbelt Alliance) is playing. The Delphi game is to pretend, and get you to believe, that your input is solicited to craft the plan when in fact it is already set up before you show up. This is a Regional Plan, a stepping stone to Mega Regions and then to Global Government. We haven't been going along to get along. So out of the hundreds of people who attended their 'workshops,' in the 9 county Bay Area, out of the 7.5 million people in the Bay Area who would have questions about this plan if they knew about it, just four of us have been invited to a private meeting with ABAG-MTC. Who are we? Heather Gass, East Bay Tea Party Leader; Mimi Steel, 9-12 Leader; Carol Tomlinson, North Bay Patriots Leader; and me. Here's the email they sent: Ms. Koire: The Executive Directors of MTC and ABAG are extending an invitation to meet with them at the MetroCenter to discuss issues and matters brought up at the Winter 2012 PlanBayArea workshops. There are three possible meeting times - one will be selected based on availability of invitees. Please reply to accept the invitation and indicate your preferred meeting date. Thursday, Feb 16, between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm Friday, Feb 17, between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm Friday, 3/2/12, between 9:00 am 11:00 am regards, JoAnna Bullock Senior Grant Administrator, Urban Planner JoAnna Bullock JoAnnaB@abag.ca.gov Association of Bay Area Governments MetroCenter 101 Eighth Street Oakland, CA 94607 I had been checking into the American Planning Association propaganda and saw that they have now put out a seminar on how to handle us. That's you and me. So this is what I sent back: You must have gotten this guide from the APA "Preparation Second, be proactive Reach out to groups likely to oppose Request a meeting with them to listen to concerns and ideas Do not try to change their minds –collect their input Encourage them to provide you with materials (books, websites, etc.) Research local activist networks" But Heather wanted to get more information. I'm glad she did. Here's her exchange: Ms. Bullock, I have several questions about this invitation that need to be cleared up before I consider attending. Will this be a publicly noticed meeting subject the Brown Act and open to the public, Executive Session or an informal (private) meeting not subject to the Brown Act? Who are the invitees? Is this open to the public or to just a handful of people? Which MTC/ABAG Executive Directors will be in attendance? Also, I am unclear as to the purpose of this meeting? What “Issues and Matters” will be discussed. I would like an agenda for the meeting. Heather Gass ------------- Ms. Gass, This is a invitation to meet informally with the executive director of MTC, Steve Hemminger and the executive director of ABAG, Ezra Rapport. The invitation was extended to the following attendees of the PBA public workshops: Carol Thomlison Rosa Koire Mimi Steele This will be an informal meeting, not a public meeting - no elected officials will be present so it is not subject to the Brown Act. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity to those that expressed issues and dissent at the PBA workshops to speak directly with the executive directors. The executive directors prefer no agenda - this is opportunity for open dialogue. regards, JoAnna Bullock Senior Grant Administrator, Urban Planner How 'bout that, folks? Now they want an 'open dialogue' outside of the eyes and ears of the public and for the sole purpose of finding out about us. FORGET ABOUT IT. NO GOOD GERMANS. I DON'T BLAME YOU IF YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED 02/13/2012
Who doesn't? This is an assault, an attack on us. A bloodless coup; actually an administrative coup d'etat being implemented through regulations. It's world-wide. UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development is a global plan that is implemented locally. That is its strength and its weakness. Because we are here. Locally. You can identify the non-profits who are partnering with your government to control, manipulate, and restrict you in the name of 'green.' If you are paying dues to those groups, if you are a member, if you work there, if you are participating, you can withdraw your support and speak out. These consultants who are being paid by your planning department to design the rules you live by must be de-funded. Now. The non-profits which are funding candidates must be identified locally and exposed. Property rights groups are springing up all over the nation. People are identifying collaborators with the UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development plan. Students are recognizing that they are being manipulated by the Delphi technique. Teachers are speaking out and refusing to teach sustainable development 'new-speak' instead of math. Parents are going into classrooms and listening to the lessons; they are reading the textbooks. Doctors are refusing to prescribe mind-altering drugs with suicide and violent side-effects for children. All of us are refusing to be Delphi'd, and will not allow facilitators to shame us or call us 'conspiracy nuts.' Laugh at them, call them out, and expose their plans. It's easy once you do a bit of research. Who is funding that regional plan? Which consultants are working on it? Why is it identical to the plan all the way across the country or the world? How does it tie in with Mega Regions? Find out. Speak out. Hand out your flyers. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed. We are all working together. This is a vital struggle and it is expanding daily. Arm yourself with facts. Let's make sure that every day we speak about it to someone new. At the grocery store or the coffee shop, at your office or at school. This is not a conspiracy theory. The plan is crazy, we are not. Have courage and know that we will win. |