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Gaston County, NC is KICKIN' AGENDA 21 OUT!

1/28/2012

Congratulations to Gaston County Commissioners in North Carolina. Standing up and speaking out. Recognizing that the hard work of purging UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development out of County plans, statutes, ordinances, and regulations is still ahead. Standing strong against the State of North Carolina and the federal government.

We pledge our support and assistance to the Commissioners of Gaston County, NC.
We will prevail.
Rosa Koire
Executive Director, Post Sustainability Institute
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Breaking News: Tonight Gaston County Commissioner’s unanimously passed resolution condemning Agenda 21! by Neal Thomas

This is an email I received from Cheryl Pass with the Gaston Tea Party. This is very good news. Hope we can get our Cleveland County Commissioners to do the same.

Hi all... Here is what I just put up on facebook...
Report from Gaston County Commissioners meeting tonight: Not sure what I was expecting...maybe balloons and champagne flutes for all, choirs and bands, the heavens full of shooting stars. Well, you all know me, I like visual impact and lots of celebrations for good events. Even so, our great commissioners passed, unanimously, the anti-Agenda 21 resolution for Gaston County as part of their consent agenda this evening. There were no dramatics. No arguments against it. The deed is done. The Gaston County Resolution against Agenda 21 is heading to the NC State House for recording.
The Chairman of the Commission told me afterwards that he has heard from several other county commissions in the state who are interested in looking into doing this same thing for their counties. So all in all, a very good, albeit quiet, passing of one very important statement. I want to remind my friends on this issue that this is just one step. The hard work of weeding Sustainable Development and Smart Growth, AKA Agenda 21 out of our lives is just beginning. Don't give up! Cheers to all of you!

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DEFINITION OF INSANITY: Denial of Reality

1/28/2012

We've been really active lately. Out there. Visible, loud, and not going along to get along. We're getting a lot of press too. It's always the same kind of press. The press that admits to being totally ignorant but calls us conspiracy theorists. Or the press that acknowleges that UN Agenda 21 exists, but calls it a '20 year old plan' or an 'unbinding plan.' Or they'll say 'OH!, THAT Agenda 21, oh, it's ok, it's GOOD thing!' Or they'll quote a ridiculous, garbage propaganda article in Mother Jones magazine that reads like something out of National Lampoon, not a piece of journalism.

What does all of this mean? We're getting the message out there. It's in the press. People are lying about it, and about us. But it's in the press. First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you.

THEN YOU WIN.
WE WILL PREVAIL.

Now, let's get out there and comment on every article in the press. Read your regional plans and PROTEST. Get up. Get out. Speak up. Stop UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development.

And remember: Always call it UN Agenda21/Sustainable Development. Make sure to add 'Sustainable Development.'

Why? Because even if they say they've never heard of UN Agenda 21 they KNOW they can't pretend they've never heard of Sustainable Development. It's the same thing. The days of calling this a conspiracy theory are over.

ONE PLANET ONE VISION ONE CITY AT A TIME

1/22/2012

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR EMAIL LISTS--It's important.

THIS IS WHAT A REVOLUTION LOOKS LIKE

You are witnessing a plan that is being implemented all across the United States NOW. It has many names but it's the same plan. UN AGENDA 21/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Sustainable Cities Strategy. It is a regional plan that creates unelected boards of elected officials who are engaged in erasing the boundaries between cities, counties, and states. You are losing your ability to influence your government policies at the same time that you are being solicited for your opinion. It's a tactic to silence you. This is the Delphi method of manipulating groups and controlling populations that may protest. By 2050, or sooner, there will be 11 Mega-Regions in the United States that include parts of Mexico and Canada. This is not a delusional rant. This is a fact. Go to www.America2050.org

What are these plans called? Your government is using similar names for all of these plans and they are all the same: Regional. They are being rolled out NOW. The adoption date is MID-2013. ALL OVER THE US. Most of us are unaware that the plan we are fighting is the same plan, with minor variations, being imposed in the name of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, expanding public transportation, and funding low-income housing. All plans include Smart Growth--high density housing with restrictions on personal space and car usage. All plans support high speed trains--the building block of Mega-Regions. All plans give power to regional transportation and planning boards (MPOs and COGs) through federal and state fund disbursements. In all plans housing and transportation are now linked. In all plans population projections are hugely inflated. All plans will go forward as planned regardless of your input. This is a planning revolution.

Here are just a few places around the country using the word "VISION" a UN Agenda 21 buzz word. There are many others with similar names using the sustainability jargon. You'll see the term 'transformation'---that is jargon for 'destruction.'

One Valley One Vision (you'll find this in Santa Clarita Valley, CA; Montana; and Dona Ana County/Las Cruces New Mexico
Nine Counties, One Vision (Tennessee)
One Region One Vision (New York, Indiana)
Our Florida Our Vision
One Bay Area (SF Bay Area--9 counties)
Six Towns One Vision (Lycoming County)
Five Counties One Vision (Minnesota)
Four States One Vision (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas)

We need to use civil disobedience. Refuse to accept these plans. They are not YOUR plan. They are destroying your cities. This is UN Agenda21/Sustainable Development. Educate yourself and others. This is war. Join us at Democrats Against UN Agenda 21 in fighting for our freedom.

Not on our watch.
Awareness is the first step in the Resistance.
Action is the second step.

I CAN HARDLY BREATHE...

1/22/2012

after reading this post from the Jenkintown Chronicle, a Philadelphia area blog. If you have kids you might know that every single class is an indoctrination permeated with UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development jargon but here's a math book review that really brings it home.

reposted from www.jenkintownchronicle.com

Eric Gutstein & Bob Peterson (eds). 2005. Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools. ISBN 0-942961-54-4. Paperback • 180 pages. $16.95. Publisher Info:http://rethinkingschools.org/publication/math/

By Patricia Marnien Tresnan, Mathematics Teacher, Jenkintown Schools

This book edited by Eric Gutstein and Bob Peterson is a collection of mathematics lessons contributed by a variety of middle school and high school educators that incorporates mathematics into broader discussions of social justice.  The intent of the book is to present teachers with nearly ready-made lessons that expose students to a variety of social issues both in the United States and abroad.  The contributors have written lessons that use mathematics as a tool to uncover, quantify, and understand social injustice, and employ mathematics to create solutions to problems of social, political, and economic inequality.

            The book presents a radical new way of thinking about the teaching of math.  The contributors tell of students being engaged in math class in a way that most teachers dream of.  Math teachers have always sought out examples and applications that appeal to students: examples that indicate how this material can be useful to the students’ future lives.  However, most textbooks and supplemental resources do a woeful job of presenting significantly interesting applications, and teachers struggle to find materials and methods that convince students of the subject’s value.  This book presents several units that are designed not only to engage students in the study of math but to also convince them that they can use mathematics to critically examine their world, and take actions to improve it.  The idea of being able to engage students on such a level is inspiring and thought-provoking, and will set most teachers to thinking about how to implement at least some aspects of these lessons into the curriculum.  The contributions cover such topics as racial profiling, unemployment, wealth distribution, the global labor market, and slavery.  The mathematical topics range from fractions and percents to data collection and integrals.

            The book will not, of course, take the place of a whole year’s curriculum; but there are lessons that can be fit into or adapted to any math course from the 6th to 12th grades.  However, any lesson taken out of or adapted from this book will take a great deal of thought and planning, both in the mathematics and the discussion of the social topic. Since math teachers are not trained in conducting discussions on social issues, some may be uncomfortable making the transition from talking about mathematics to a discussion that critically analyzes social issues, the ramifications they have on students’ lives, and the possible solutions to correcting the world’s inequities.  Such a shift can be a daunting undertaking. The chapter contributors, teachers who have successfully implemented these lessons in their classrooms,  do an excellent job making suggestions on how to lead such discussions, and also give many examples of common student responses and how to respond to them.
They teach the teachers how to Delphi the kids.

In the same article the blogger had posted an article/youtube video from ABC News reporting that Gwinnett, GA math teachers were giving out a test with a question: If a tree had 56 oranges and there were 8 slaves, and each slave picked an equal number how many oranges would each slave pick? I thought this was a hoax but it isn't. What did the school district have to say?
“In this one, the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity,” Gwinnett County school district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said.

Roach said the teachers were attempting to incorporate social studies into math problems.

STOP UN AGENDA 21/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN JENKINTOWN, PA., San Carlos, CA; Norristown, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Camden, NJ; San Rafael, CA; Houston, Dallas, Austin, Texas; Gwinnett County, GA. FIGHT UN AGENDA 21/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT in your town.

SPEAK OUT. SPEAK UP. SHARE THIS INFORMATION. MAKE FLYERS.
REFUSE TO GO ALONG TO GET ALONG. HAVE THE GUTS TO BE AN AMERICAN.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE PASSES RESOLUTION! confirmed

1/15/2012

UNANIMOUSLY!
PASSED!
Fully confirmed by the resolution sponsor, Helen Van Etten, Republican National Committee, Kansas
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE PASSES THE RESOLUTION TO EXPOSE UN AGENDA 21 AND REJECT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ICLEI.

NOW LET'S GET THE DEMOCRATS TO PASS ONE! (YES WE CAN!) Here is the note I sent to the Democratic National Committee:
I am the executive director of the Post Sustainability Institute/Democrats Against UN Agenda 21. The Republican National Committee has just passed a resolution, without amendment, calling for the exposure and rejection of UN Agenda 21 and its principles by the RNC.
Will the Democratic National Committee also sponsor a similar resolution?
Sincerely,
Rosa Koire, ASA

READ THE RESOLUTION IN THE NEXT POST BELOW

RESOLUTION TO EXPOSE UN AGENDA 21: RNC

1/14/2012

I have been receiving emails all day today about the fantastic resolution by Republican National Committee Chairs from 11 states requesting that the RNC call for exposure and renunciation of UN Agenda 21 in the United States.
Click below to read the PDF.
I sent the resolution sponsor, Helen Van Etten of Kansas, a thank-you letter---and I encourage you to do the same. She did respond and thank me--she has confirmed that the resolution was passed without amendment. I will be sending this to the Democratic National Committee but I won't hold my breath...

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AS THE WORLD TURNS...

1/13/2012

Here's a little drama that is a perfect example of what disinformation and smears the foot soldiers will participate in.

I was checking the reviews of my book on Amazon and saw that there was a one star review. All of the rest were five stars. I was interested to see such a negative post, but not surprised. I had wondered how long it would take before I was attacked.

It was so like them--the personal trashing, lies, making sure to say we're gay, saying we're alone and unsupported...it wasn't really a book review at all. It was just a personal attack. Anyway, no big deal but the guy supposedly used his real name to write the review: Gordon L. Fuglie. Unusual name, right? Seemed like a fake.
So I googled him, of course, and found that he is the curator for the Central California Museum of Art, in San Luis Obispo. Odder and odder. I thought to myself that maybe someone is using his name and writing bad reviews (I forgot to mention that I looked at a bunch of his reviews and someone had posted on him saying that he is a Socialist and trolls Amazon attacking books and authors)

Well, I found his number and called him. I figured if it was someone using his name he'd be glad to know it, and if it was the right guy, I'd ask him what the problem was...not in a combative way but genuinely ask him why he felt the need to be so rude. It was clear from his post that he hadn't read the book--he was just quoting from an attack article published about me in my local newspaper. I decided to offer to mail him a book so that he could actually read it.

I called the number and a woman answered. I asked for him and she said "He's not here but I can reach him." She asked for my name. Then she put down the phone, and I heard her go into an adjacent room and say "Gordon there's a call for you, it's Rosa Koire." Then I heard mumbling and after a minute she came back to the phone. 'He can't speak to you right now.' she said, and then she hung up.

It was funny, but unsettling.

Later on I looked back at his review and it had changed! Here's his current post (still one star). It's titled:
a commercially-self serving agenda? Or something larger?
"An Amazon first for me! In response to my comments earlier today, the author phoned my home! In deference to her, I pulled my skeptical remarks (but not my skepticism) and will return here with a more deeply researched commentary. Suffice it to say that UN Agenda 21[st century] -- sorta evokes District 9 doesn't it? -- has worked up a lot of right wing hysteria on the internet. Those of us who remember right wing conspiracy theories from the 60s and 70s have seen them return bigtime in the age of Obama.
I'm going to see if Ms. Koire and her associates are cut from a different bolt of cloth. Stay tuned.
The cover art is still bad, however."

I think I will send him a book. It's obvious that he hasn't read it, isn't it? I guess he realized that there might be something wrong with writing a book review when you've only seen the cover.

P.S. I checked Amazon today, about a week after this posted, and I see that he has removed his review entirely. I didn't send him a book, but maybe he bought one and read it.

NEAR RIOT AT DELPHI MEETING IN CALIFORNIA

1/10/2012

Please refer to my following post for the set up on this story. THIS IS COMING TO YOUR TOWN.

Last night about 50 citizen activists turned a ONE BAY AREA public Delphi meeting in Santa Rosa, CA upside down. WE REFUSED TO BE GOOD GERMANS.

What happened? We spoke out, video'd (video is on our 'Videos' page), entered the meeting without signing in, refused to be railroaded, continually corrected the government/consultant lies and called them out, did not participate in the phony 'voting', did not give our names to the establishment press, brought in cameras and signs, flyered warning the organizers not to violate the open meeting laws, and did not get arrested although police were called. We exercised our rights as Americans.

BUT, we can learn from this video---we need to do more civil disobedience than was exhibited by this brave group. If you sit passively the facilitators will assume you agree with the plan. If you show up, SPEAK UP: Do Not Sit Passively. Hold Up Signs. Get out of your comfort zone. This is no time to go along to get along, or to sit quietly.

Who are we? A coalition of independent citizens from all over the SF Bay Area, Democrats, Property Rights Advocates, Tea Party members, Republicans, Libertarians, non-affiliated Independents---brave Americans standing together to resist tyranny.

What is ONE BAY AREA? A regional plan to direct federal and state transportation dollars over the next 25 years to specific cities that have agreed to ONLY approve smart growth and ONLY approve it in limited pre-designated areas of just a few towns in the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Using ridiculously inflated population projections, ONE BAY AREA states that future housing must designed in one of their 'approved' smart growth models and developed in a Priority Development Area. What is that? A Priority Development Area (PDA) is a so-called transportation corridor---usually a busy street with a bus line or near a proposed train station. This PDA can be as small as a half-block or as large as a square mile. All of the projected new population for the next 25 years will be accomodated by housing within this designated area. No other housing developments will be approved for the next 25 years---or the city will not get their piece of the transportation funding. We're talking about 200 Billion dollars of federal and state transportation dollars for the SF Bay Area over the 25 year term.

Do you see what this will do to property values outside of the specific PDA's? It will destroy them. Do you see what this does to individual cities? It destroys their sovereignty. ONE BAY AREA is a regional plan that breaks down boundaries and pushes UN Agenda 21. Northern California is one of 11 Mega Regions in the US. It includes 31 counties, 48,000 square miles, 15 million people, and part of TWO STATES--California and NEVADA. Do you see how this happens? We thought we had 50 states, but now we have ELEVEN MEGA REGIONS. Using transportation dollars, grants, legislation (SB 375 & AB 32 in California), and pressure, your government is destroying your ability to be self-determining.

Video is up now on our site (video page) and on YouTube. Watch it and USE IT. We guarantee you that you'll have a chance real soon.

Rosa Koire, ASA
Democrats Against UN Agenda 21
Post Sustainability Institute

One Bay Area: Delphi Meeting

1/9/2012

I thought you might like to see what we are doing here in Santa Rosa, CA, to block UN Agenda 21 tonight. ONE BAY AREA is a plan (they're calling it YOUR Plan!) to regionalize the SF Bay Area and dissolve the city, county, and state boundaries. The consultant is holding Delphi meetings all over the Bay Area to get buy-in for the plan. We will be there. Here are our flyers:
NOTICE

YOU ARE BEING DELPHI’D

This meeting is designed to manipulate and direct public opinion to approve the

One Bay Area Plan

The Delphi Method is being used to create the illusion that this is your plan and that you have some part in crafting the outcome. This is a technique developed by the RAND Corporation in the 1960’s which is used by meeting facilitators to block opposition and discard opinions that do not support their plan. This propaganda method uses peer pressure to shame and silence you.

ONE BAY AREA is being used to regionalize the SF Bay Area and erase the city, county, and ultimately, State boundaries. Your transportation tax dollars will be used to build apartments and condos in designated areas of your city---and nowhere else. Your money will directed to favored developers building stack and pack housing. You are losing the ability to direct your elected officials through this plan to destroy local representation. This is happening across the US. There are now 11 Mega Regions designed to replace States. Northern California is one of the Mega Regions (it includes part of Nevada), with over 48,000 square miles and 15 million residents.

ONE BAY AREA is UN Agenda 21

NOTICE

YOU CANNOT BE DENIED ACCESS TO THIS MEETING

OPEN MEETING LAWS IN CALIFORNIA:

THE BROWN ACT

Meetings of public bodies must be ‘open and public,’ actions may not be secret, and action taken in violation of open meeting laws may be voided. (Section 54953(a), 54953(c), 54960.1(d)

WHO IS COVERED?

·        Local agencies, including counties, cities, school and special districts (Section 54951)

·        Legislative bodies of each agency—the agency’s governing body plus ‘covered boards,’ that is any board, commission, committee, task force, or other advisory body created by the agency, whether permanent or temporary (Section 54952(b))

WHAT MUST HAPPEN?

Under the Brown Act an agency must:

·        Post notice and an agenda

·        Notify the media

·        Hold meetings in the jurisdiction of the agency in places accessible to all, with no fee (Section 54961(a))

·       Not require a ‘sign-in’ or registration for anyone

·       Allow non-disruptive recording of the meeting

·       Allow the public to address the covered board

2012: The Year We Lost Our Freedom?

1/1/2012

President Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization Act. On December 31, 2011 he authorized indefinite detention for Americans.

Please see my 12/08/11 post for more information on the Act.

When this is challenged in the courts we will give our support to the challenge. We will work to stop this tremendous step in the incremental destruction of the United States of America.

JOIN WITH US IN MAKING 2012 THE YEAR THAT WE STOP UN AGENDA 21/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ALL OF IT'S GUISES.

FIGHT THE INTERNAL OVERTHROW AND CORPORATIZATION OF OUR NATION AND THE WORLD. GLOBALIZATION IS OUR DOWNFALL. The biggest threat to this plan is our voice and our action. JOIN US.