All In It Together


Re-Posted from GrrrGraphics.com DEC 17, 2020 AT 10:39 AMUnlocked

“The Billionairiat”

They are all in it together indeed!

At the beginning of this scam-demic we heard over and over a line dripping with virtue signaling: “We’re all in this together.” Joe Biden said it. Endless commercials repeated it. But we are not all in this together. Small businesses have been crushed while select global corporations have remained open. They’ve flourished. Amazon, WalMart, and Target for example. The mega billionaire class got even richer while average Americans lost their jobs, their homes, their hope, and their sanity. The billionaire class received windfalls while the average family received a pittance.

Then we witnessed massive corruption at the voting precincts. The presidency was stolen outright. The Deep State Swamp and its host of mega-billionaires ignored the wishes of the American public and decided that Joe Biden should win. Why? After all, Joe wants more taxes and his running mate, Kamala, wants socialism.

It boils down to control. Karl Marx had an initial rule by leaders he called “The Dictatorship of The Proletariat.” He expected it to eventually ‘whither away’ and then the happy workers would work hard at what they do and live in utopia in perpetual peace and without government. His political theory grossly misjudged human nature. The communist party leadership in any country will never whither away voluntarily. It has never come close to withering. In fact, it always does the opposite. The communists running the show will always continually strive for more power and control over humanity. They say you can only vote in Communism once, the only way to vote it out is with a bullet.

Therefore, we know that the mega-billionaires want socialism for us as a means of better control for them. They’re the Dictatorship of The Billionairiat. Their vision involves complete power over the world down to a granular level. American patriots have always thwarted such plans, but unless Trump is restored to his rightful presidency, America as we knew it is lost. An Orwellian police state is at our doorstep.

President Trump interfered with plans long-set by The Billionairiat. Though a billionaire himself, Trump wasn’t part of their ‘Big Club.’ Here is a man who rightfully should have been looking forward to spending time with his family, golfing, and enjoying life in Florida. Instead, Trump knew his country was in dire straits—especially after the destruction wrought by the red diaper baby, Obama. Trump’s patriotism compelled him to do his duty. He offered a refreshing and restorative nationalist vision of “America First.” He wanted to ‘Make America Great Again.’

The globalist Billionairiat are pulling the strings not only on the current scamdemic, but also on Biden and Kamala. Hillary and Obama, too. A great many corrupt politicians do as they’re told. The Billionairiat meets regularly by means of private meetings and forbids any scrutiny by the public. A compliant mass media, owned by The Billionairiat, largely ignores such events.

I couldn’t fit them all in my cartoon. Tim Cook, the Apple CEO, is delighted that China Joe became the president select. He desires better ties with the Chicoms so he can leverage their slave labor for his company. President Trump is the only president in recent history to stand up the the Chinese. Bloomberg is also part of The Billionairiat and he wants your guns. He spends millions promoting gun control and the destruction of our second amendment.

Then comes Mark Zuckerberg who spent millions trying to influence this year’s election. He also made sure that political speech on his Facebook was to his liking. Anything he didn’t like was subject to blatant censorship. A man who limits another man’s free speech (especially political free speech) is a traitor to our country. Mark is good friends with President Xi.

Jeff Bezos bought out the Washington Post in order to use it for his personal anti-Trump blog. He cleaned up with orders from a locked-down nation. Coincidence?

George Soros has long stirred up trouble. He funded the BLM and Antifa. He buys elections for his selected candidates, even at a grass roots level. He chooses prosecutors and judges, therefore controlling our justice system. Soros wants America’s culture and pride gone. He wants chaos on our streets. He thinks that will make it easier to usher in his New World Order socialism. Soros should be arrested for funding terrorism.

Finally we have Bill Gates. I heard CNN refer to him as ‘the pandemic expert’ today. He owns a lot of stock in the vaccine makers and funds many medical agencies, but money can’t buy him expertise. Even though he has no qualifications, we are supposed to blindly obey him and take multiple shots of an untested vaccine that could bring about a myriad of side effects—including death. The fake news media sends out a steady drumbeat of fear designed to prompt us to take the vaccines voluntarily. If that doesn’t work, they’ll try extortion. You won’t get your bailout check without a battery of shots. You won’t be able to travel or go shopping without a chip or card. Maybe you won’t get a social security check or license. If that doesn’t work, we’ll see brute force. It might come down to shots from needles or shots from a gun.

The Billionairiat can funnel almost endless money to further their goals. We didn’t elect them, but they think they get to decide our elections. Let’s lock up The Billionairiat, confiscate their wealth and distribute it to American citizens as a penalty for their traitorous mischief making.

—Ben Garrison

Austria bucking Trend Against Digital Currency


Armstrong Economics Blog/Central Banks Re-Posted Dec 17, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

The Austrian National Bank has started an information campaign to support cash. It remains to be seen whether it is on a collision course with the ECB. There will be rising resistance to this scheme to eliminate paper money and force everyone into a digital currency. I would expect you will see the same resistance rise in the United States and if the Democrats try that again, this will be simply one of the reasons to justify rebellion. They have crushed the economy with their lockdowns which have hurt the lower classes most of all who cannot work from home remotely. But this is typical of elites for they judge the world only by their own class and will never talk to anyone from the Great Unwashed.

These financial terrorists know they have a short fuse. They are going to push very hard to get their agenda 2030 going by 2022. Schwab has sent his book to every world leader and to the governors and premiers of every state/province around the world. This is his Communist Manifesto how he thinks the world should run – the typical arrogant academic with no real-world experience just like Marx. It’s always these types of people who feel nothing about the hardship and loss of life they unleash on the world. He claims the world MUST accept his manifesto to “avoid revolutions” which in fact will take place because of this man. I do not understand how academics can be so elitist as to justify war as long as it leads to their land of dreams.

Schwab has even enrolled the Pope who was raised in communism. The Pope, like Marx, has abandoned religion and thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s goods embracing this new age of Marxism we may end up calling Schwabism – which isn’t even original.

Greg Kelly Outlines Stakes in 2020 Election Challenge


Newsmax host Greg Kelly outlines the stakes in the 2020 election challenges and the issues with fraud as known so far.  Kelly highlights the January 6, 2020, election certification process in the U.S. senate and the possibility of challenges to the electors.

Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on December 16, 2020 by Sundance

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An interesting anniversary tomorrow, December 17th

DNI John Ratcliffe Tells CBS News: “There Was Foreign Election Interference”, Election Report Now Delayed


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on December 16, 2020 by Sundance

BREAKING:  Well this is very interesting.  On the same day Christopher Krebs, who was the country’s top cybersecurity official during the presidential election (before being fired), testified before the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about no election interference,… according to CBS News Catherine Herridge the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, is now saying there WAS foreign interference in the 2020 election.  WATCH:

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Something is obviously going on, because the ODNI is now saying the report on the 2020 election is going to be delayed. (LINK)

Even With Vaccine Rollout Democrats Still Demand COVID-19 Lockdowns Into Unknown Future…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on December 16, 2020 by Sundance

Many people are starting to wonder why the far-left is still relentlessly drum-beating the fear of COVID-19 and purposefully inflicting massive economic damage, despite the vaccine rollout currently underway throughout the nation.

Why are state and local officials still shutting down businesses and the media still pushing the overall narrative of fear?  Recently the highly manipulative left have stated that even after a person receives two vaccine shots, they must still wear a mask, remain socially distant, adhere with lockdowns and comply with all of the rules and restrictions….

If there is no life benefit, then why get vaccinated?

What many fail to realize is the purposeful deployment of COVID-19 was weaponized to achieve an objective. Those who are using COVID to create the great societal reset they desire are not going to let up.  They need COVID-19 as a justification for the expansion of government and the fundamental changes they are attempting to initiate.

If COVID-19 were no longer dangerous, they would lose the ability to weaponize it.  That’s why the virus is being pushed and, more importantly, that’s why even with effective treatment and vaccination protocols in place – they will not relent.  They need the virus to justify their plan.

The purposeful use of COVID-19 has two larger elements:

  • #1 is the bailout of financially insolvent states (CA, IL, NY) with taxpayer funds under the auspices of COVID support. {Go Deep}
  • #2 is using COVID-19 across a myriad of governmental agencies to justify a fundamental change in the scope of government. The Great Reset.

Number-one is self explanatory. Bailing out states and regional government has been an objective of the political left for many years.  COVID-19 is their excuse to do it.

Number-two is a little more challenging to understand because it is based on an ideological objective.  A need to create a greater dependency.  Or as the famous Fabian Society said: break the world and “remould it nearer to the heart’s desire.”

Or, in the words of Saul Alinsky, “never let a crisis to to waste”, even if you have to create the crisis.  This is what the far-left is doing right now.

An example today surfaces in the Joe Biden announcement of Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transportation.

[…] “At its best, transportation makes the American dream possible,” Buttigieg said. “At its worst, misguided policies and missed opportunities can reinforce racial, economic, and environmental injustice, dividing or isolating neighborhoods, undermining government’s basic role to empower everyone to thrive.” (read more)

That entire statement by Buttigieg is an expression of social ideology.  These are the stakes in the next few weeks.  If the Biden team can take office they will weaponize COVID-19 to fundamentally transform the U.S.

Joe Biden is an avatar; a political pawn; a cognitively declining guy who has no idea what is happening around him. The Barack Obama people behind the Biden campaign, those in real control of what this is about, have not hidden their goals and aspirations. These are the ideologues.  They are scheming, conniving, ever-planning, ever-manipulating & Machiavellian types within the political system; lusting for power, influence and affluence.

The Dept of Transportation would be the agency enforcing a national interstate transit mask requirement.

This same agency will be the ones organizing the rules and regulations behind travel and the need for your vaccination passport: “papers please“!

However, don’t focus on the DoT part… that’s only one creek… Instead focus on the downstream use of all federal regulatory agencies and how they align within a Federal COVID compliance network… that’s the river.

Think about the Dept of Agriculture (SNAP/food stamps), the Dept. of Labor, the Dept of Education, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Dept of Labor, Dept of Energy and how they would join with the DoT to create the aggregate raging river of regulation.

Think about the federal government using mandates for enforced national COVID-19 compliance rules. Think about USDA (Dept of Agriculture) and OSHA federal inspections for social distancing (etc) in all businesses, not just restaurants.

Think about the COVID-19 regulatory and compliance system and what political beneficiaries stand to gain.

Think about the Dept of Education using COVID to restructure the way education is taught and the downstream regulations on charter schools and non-compliant educational systems that do not meet the ideological objectives of the master control plan.

Think about how the Dept. of Labor (complaint division) can be weaponized against political opposition based on arbitrary inspections under the guise of employee health and safety…. using federal COVID compliance rules.

Think about required days off for the entire employee base if a single infection is identified in the workplace. Paid days off…. funded by Federal Government. Think about how that changes the income dependency dynamic.

Think about the larger Green New Deal (goals and objectives), and then contrast those objectives while aligning an overlay map of how federal COVID mitigation rules can be applied as a back door to the EXACT SAME objective.

Far beyond masks…. Workspaces being forced to be redesigned. New rules on labor density. New rules on labor/manufacturing and office proximity. New rules on uniforms. New rules on hand-washing stations. New rules on sick pay, shift hours, time-off when a COVID infection is detected in the workplace.

Think about everything from rules on surfaces, to rules on packaging, to rules on ALL business operations as an outcome of federal regulatory policy under the guise of CVOID-19 mitigation. OSHA, Labor, Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Education, Housing, Health and Human Services, and even federal building permits… the entire regulatory system and compliance network.

Think about Housing and Urban Development (HUD) having new rules about dwellings and complexes for housing grants. Population density; the need to move into the suburbs and the confiscation of private property to “ensure the common safety” of the citizens.

If you think this is fear-mongering, I want to to evaluate that cynicism while contemplating this recent example from California:

Think about those types of business regulations applied on a National level…. and then, as seen in prior Democrat administrations with IRS etc, think about them also being enforced through the prism of political affiliation.

Think about how states that refuse to participate will be cut off from federal grants and funding for college tuition, Medicare and/or medicaid reimbursement, etc. etc.

Think about what happens to Main Street USA?

Think about companies on the NASDAQ or national companies on the stock-market?

Think about how those USA-specific federal COVID compliance regulations apply when considering U.S. business operations -vs- just taking operations overseas without those worries.

Think about who in Washington DC then takes control of what types of business interests are allowed to operation…. who determines the winning and losing.

Think about how Federal COVID-19 regulations can be used to put the multinational corporate world back (the globalists) on their former financial pathways, even without TPP and TTIP trade deals.

[Every domestic regulation weaponized against Main Street USA is a win for the Wall Street multinationals.]

Think about how much China and Europe would love to see our economy knee-capped in a Biden regulatory stranglehold; essentially achieving the same objectives as the Paris Climate Treaty.

Think long and hard about how far the tentacles of achieving the Green New Deal can extend under the auspices of federal COVID-19 mitigation.

Remember, those who are working on this don’t care about the middle-class and they have not for decades. The visibility of the ‘rust belt’ is the reference. This is about government bureaucrats using their DC power-base to control trillions in economic value and sell their ability to influence the winners and losers to the highest foreign bidder.

Look at what blue states have already done to seize power and control. Now think about that same manipulative intent spread throughout the entire country by weaponizing federal agencies with advanced regulation.

That should start to frame the reference point going forward. Remember, within totalitarian states religion is a risk… the assembly for religious worship is always considered a risk to by those who demand control over free-thought and lives.

The national legislative priority will be entirely focused on retention of that power system by generating an entirely new form of congressional representation. New states, new senators, new election systems, and funding for the needs of the executive…. that will be the focus of the facilitating legislative branch.

Those globalists behind the executive branch; those controlling Joe Biden; will harness and weaponize the power. The legislative leftists will attempt to ensure the new systems they create under the guise of COVID-19 are never in a position to be withdrawn.

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I will repeat what I have said before.  The flashpoint for the American electorate to take to the streets will not come as a result of a fraudulent 2020 election outcome; but will come as a result of desperation resulting from the oppression that will flow from COVID-19 rules and regulations.

The Rebel Alliance Assembles – CTH 2.0 Mission Defined


Posted 0riginally on The Conservative Tree House on December 11, 2020 by Sundance

Over the past several days an assembly of members within the Rebel Alliance has gathered within the Alamo represented by CTH 2.0.  As a direct outcome of that discussion….

The Conservative Treehouse..

Our Mission at The Conservative Treehouse is to be the premier assembly of freedom loving people.  To that end we commit to:

(1) The highest standard of stewardship for our fellowship.

(2) Being intolerant of hate and division.

(3) Uphold faith in the purposes of a loving God; however you perceive him to be.

(4) Affirm the inherent dignity, value and right to privacy of our members.

(5) The accurate dissemination of truth; without fear or apology, because ultimately the Truth Has No Agenda.

The Lessons of the 2020 Election


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Nov 4, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

The election is still not decided, but there are MAJOR lessons to emerge.

LESSON #1

Hillary outspent Trump in 2016 and lost. Bloomberg pouring over $100 million into Florida to defeat Trump and lost. The Democrats poured money in from around the country and spent $104 million to defeat Lyndsey Grahm and lost. The same story is appearing from around the country. The lesson to be learned:

Money cannot buy Love nor Elections!

LESSON #2

The pollsters are biased and are worthless. They claimed this was going to be a Blue Sweep and they would take the Senate, gain seats in the House, and storm the White House. The Democrats lost seats in the House and failed to take the Senate. And as for the White House, this is precisely as Socrates forecast – it would be a very close election neck & neck. They are ALWAYS wrong. They claimed Biden would take Florida and Trump won by a huge margin. South Carolina, they claimed Lydnsey Grahm would be defeated because he supported Trump and he not only won, but Trump won that state by a 14% margin.

Pollsters are Propaganda Agents Trying to Manipulate the Public

In our Special Report on the elections, we provided all the models out for years ahead. When it came to 2020, we warned that the first four models which were unanimous for Trump in 2016, were skewed 3:1 in favor of Biden this time in 2020. We showed the first 6 models and wrote:

“What we are showing overall is a much tighter race than perhaps the polls suggest putting Biden 12% ahead.”

You can see why our political reports are more reliable than polls and have long been subscribed to by political forces around the world. We do not canvas opinions and they do not reflect my personal opinion. That is simply not the way to forecast anything. This drives home the point that pollsters are simply now biased and being paid to put out fake projections in an effort to steer votes. They did that in Britain with the BREXIT vote where Socrates was again correct and all the pollsters were wrong.

We do not need to call people to ask: By the way, do you hate Trump as we do? The numbers are the number no different than markets because forecasting markets and the economy is really forecasting human nature and what they will do next. It is all the same to Socrates. Of course, mainstream media will NEVER report what Socrates does, because it is against their own agenda. The day he any of the mainstream media ever report on the success of Socrates will show there must be a major shake-up in management. They are no more reliable than pollsters anymore.

This is where Petsche’s progressive world started


A basic primer on UN Agenda 21 aka Sustainable Development

This image is of Petsche’s world with him in the shining city and the rest of us in poverty. Brecksville has been targeted for take over and we must resist. Agenda 21 in all of its various flavors is nothing more than a clever means of implementing communism in America.

In One Easy Lesson

Awareness of Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development was started by Bill Clinton in 1993, 26 years ago and its US implementation is now at the local level across the nation. Bike paths are a key part of the program. Some citizens in community after community are learning what their city planners are actually up to. As awareness grows many complain that elected officials just won’t read detailed reports or watch long videos.

So here is some help. A starter kit  of information on Agenda 21 that can be used to get started. A word of caution, use this as a starter kit, but do not allow it to be your only knowledge of this very complex subject. To kill it you have to know the facts. Research, know your details; discover the NGO players in your community; identify who is victimized by the policies and recruit them to your fight; and then kill Agenda 21. That’s how it must be done. The information below is only your first step. Happy hunting.

What is Sustainable Development?

According to its authors, the objective of sustainable development is to integrate economic, social and environmental policies in order to achieve reduced consumption, social equity, and the preservation and restoration of biodiversity. Sustainablists insist that every societal decision be based on environmental impact, focusing on three components; global land use, global education, and global population control and reduction.

Social Equity (Social injustice)

Social justice is described as the right and opportunity of all people “to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment.” Redistribution of wealth. Private property is a social injustice since not everyone can build wealth from it. National sovereignty is a social injustice. Universal health care is a social injustice. All part of Agenda 21 policy.

Economic Prosperity

Public Private Partnerships (PPP). Special dealings between government and certain, chosen corporations which get tax breaks, grants and the government’s power of

Eminent Domain to implement sustainable policy. Government-sanctioned monopolies.

Local Sustainable Development policies

Smart Growth, Wildlands Project, Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, STAR Sustainable Communities, Green jobs, Green Building Codes, “Going Green,” Alternative Energy, Local Visioning, facilitators, regional planning, historic preservation, conservation easements, development rights, sustainable farming, comprehensive planning, growth management, consensus.

Who is behind it?

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (formally, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives). Communities pay ICLEI dues to provide “local” community plans, software, training, etc. Additional groups include American Planning Association, The Renaissance Planning Group, International City/ County Management Group, aided by US Mayors Conference, National Governors Association, National League of Cities, National Association of County Administrators and many more private organizations and official government agencies. Foundation and government grants drive the process.

Where did it originate?

The term Sustainable Development was first introduced to the world in the pages of a 1987 report (Our Common Future) produced by the United Nations World Commission on Environmental and Development, authored by Gro Harlem Brundtland, VP of the World Socialist Party. The term was first offered as official UN policy in 1992, in a document called UN Sustainable Development Agenda 21, issued at the UN’s Earth Summit, today referred to simply as Agenda 21.

What gives Agenda 21 Ruling Authority?

More than 178 nations adopted Agenda 21 as official policy during a signing ceremony at the Earth Summit. US president George H.W. Bush signed the document for the US. In signing, each nation pledge to adopt the goals of Agenda 21. In 1993, President Bill Clinton, in compliance with Agenda 21, signed Executive Order #12852 to create the President’s Council on Sustainable Development in order to “harmonize” US environmental policy with UN directives as outlined in Agenda 21. The EO directed all agencies of the Federal Government to work with state and local community governments in a joint effort “reinvent” government using the guidelines outlined in Agenda 21. As a result, with the assistance of groups like ICLEI, Sustainable Development is now emerging as government policy in every town, county and state in the nation.

Revealing Quotes From the Planners

“Agenda 21 proposes an array of actions which are intended to be implemented by EVERY person on Earth…it calls for specific changes in the activities of ALL people… Effective execution of Agenda 21 will REQUIRE a profound reorientation of ALL humans, unlike anything the world has ever experienced… ” Agenda 21: The Earth Summit Strategy to Save Our Planet (Earthpress, 1993). Emphases – DR

Urgent to implement – but we don’t know what it is!

“The realities of life on our planet dictate that continued economic development as we know it cannot be sustained…Sustainable development, therefore is a program of action for local and global economic reform – a program that has yet to be fully defined.” The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide, published by ICLEI, 1996.

“No one fully understands how or even, if, sustainable development can be achieved; however, there is growing consensus that it must be accomplished at the local level if it is ever to be achieved on a global basis.” The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide, published by ICLEI, 1996.

Agenda 21 and Private Property

“Land…cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth, therefore contributes to social injustice.” From the report from the 1976 UN’s Habitat I Conference.

“Private land use decisions are often driven by strong economic incentives that result in several ecological and aesthetic consequences…The key to overcoming it is through public policy…” Report from the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, page 112.

“Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class – involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work air conditioning, and suburban housing are not sustainable.” Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the UN’s Earth Summit, 1992.

Reinvention of Government

“We need a new collaborative decision process that leads to better decisions, more rapid change, and more sensible use of human, natural and financial resources in achieving our goals.” Report from the President’s Council on Sustainable Development

“Individual rights will have to take a back seat to the collective.” Harvey Ruvin, Vice Chairman, ICLEI. The Wildlands Project

“We must make this place an insecure and inhospitable place for Capitalists and their projects – we must reclaim the roads and plowed lands, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free shackled rivers and return to wilderness millions of tens of millions of acres or presently settled land.” Dave Foreman, Earth First.

What is not sustainable?

Ski runs, grazing of livestock, plowing of soil, building fences, industry, single family homes, paved and tarred roads, logging activities, dams and reservoirs, power line construction, and economic systems that fail to set proper value on the environment.” UN’s Biodiversity Assessment Report.

Hide Agenda 21’s UN roots from the people

“Participating in a UN advocated planning process would very likely bring out many of the conspiracy- fixated groups and individuals in our society… This segment of our society who fear ‘one-world government’ and a UN invasion of the United States through which our individual freedom would be stripped away would actively work to defeat any elected official who joined ‘the conspiracy’ by undertaking LA21. So we call our process something else, such as comprehensive planning, growth management or smart growth.” J. Gary Lawrence, advisor to President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development.

“False Choice” – How Sustainable Development is Transforming Property Rights *NEW!*

U.S. House of Representatives Approves Participation in Agenda 21

In this October 2, 1992 session, the House of Representatives passed HC 353, a resolution calling for the U.S. to assume a strong leadership role in implementing the sustainable development recommendations of the Rio Earth Summit including Agenda 21. Hear sponsors E. Engel (D-NY), N. Pelosi (D-CA) and W. Bloomfield (R-MI).

How Agenda 21 Affects Your Property Rights:

Explanation of The Wildlands Project:

Downloadable Documents

(Scroll down to see the categories below)

  1. Understanding Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
  2. Tracing the History of Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
  3. Legislation Addressing the Threat of Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
  4. Taking Action to Expose Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
  5. Examples of Agenda 21/Sustainable Development’s Impact on Property Rights
  6. Links to United Nations Websites
  7. Sources for Further Information

1. Understanding Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

A Sustainable Development Q&A

This simplified Q&A answers basic questions about how a seemingly good idea like sustainable development can be bad for private property owners.

Unraveling the “Sustainability” Paradox

This single sheet makes the step by step connection between UN Agenda 21, sustainable development, Smart Growth and local planning activities. It includes sources so you can do your own checking.

The “Sustainability” Solution

Citizens can present the following two page document to their public officials. It contains suggestions for how to protect the rights of property owners and still keep the environment safe.

Example of How Conservation Easements can be Detrimental to Property Owners

While conservation easements are widely praised as a way to save the environment and keep property rights, in fact, in the long term they often do neither. The article, “Big Meadows, Big Mistake” tells the “rest of the story” on Conservation Easements.

7 Facts You Should Know About Conservation Easements

These are facts you need to know before entering into a Conservation Easement Agreement.

The Hazards of Conservation Easements

Here are more details about the pitfalls of Conservation Easements.

 

2. Tracing the History of Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

The UN Conference on Human Settlements – Vancouver Plan of Action – 1976

This conference created the baseline for the UN’s viewpoint and future actions regarding individual property rights. See pdf page 2 [document page 28] under, Land – Preamble, for their stance on private property. This position is reflected in policies being enacted across the U.S. today.

Excerpt from The Brundtland Commission Report: “Our Common Future” Defining Sustainable Development

This definition easily identifies UN Agenda 21 related initiatives as it traversed from various reports to the U.S and into our federal agencies. The full report can be found here.

Jeb Brughmann Founds ICLEI to Implement Agenda 21 Worldwide in Local Communities

In this candid 1997 interview, ICLEI founder explains how he was tapped to create an organization to “make sure this agreement [Agenda 21/sustainable development] among nations actually will get implemented…”

The United Nations Rio Declaration from Agenda 21

The Rio Declaration outlines the framework of Agenda 21. It was agreed to by President George H.W. Bush in 1992, thereby establishing official recognition of Agenda 21 by the U.S.. The complete 40 chapter United Nation’s Agenda 21 report can be found here.

Executive Order 12852

President Clinton signed Executive Order 12852 in 1993, which created the President’s Council on Sustainable Development. Here is a copy of that Executive Order.

Institutional Aspects of Sustainable Development in the United States of America

This UN document shows that the President’s Council on Sustainable Development was created for the purpose of implementing Agenda 21 in the U.S..

The Millennium Papers

This article in the Millennium Papers describes how the name Agenda 21 was replaced with terms such as Smart Growth, Growth Management and Comprehensive Planning to prevent Americans from recognizing the connection to the United Nations. See highlighted page 5.

Sustainable Development Challenge Grant Program – Federal Register

These pages from the Federal Register clearly indicate that the EPA’s Challenge Grant Program was created for the purpose of implementing Agenda 21 in the U.S.. See the highlighted section on page 2.

EPA: The Path Forward

This scientific document shows, under the highlighted section,s how the EPA today still follows the basic definitions of sustainable development as defined by the UN’s Brundtland Commission, in their newest decision making process.

HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities

In 2009, these three federal agencies partnered using ‘livability’ principles to gain greater involvement in local planning and regulations. Read the ‘Livability Principles” and the “Partnership Agreement.” Notice the affect the federal government can have on your community. See more below.

HUD NOFA – Sustainable Regional Planning Grants 2010

This HUD Notice of Funds Available clearly shows that along with the grant money come mandates and requirements for social engineering in the form of social equity.

Executive Order 13575

Pres. Obama signed this EO in June of 2011 giving each of the Federal agencies authority over the “food, fiber and energy” for all of rural America or 16% of the US. Control of resources is a key requirement of sustainable development as it enables the governing authority the power to manage their useage more efficiently than individuals and communites.

Executive Order 13602

In March 2012, Pres. Obama signed this EO giving HUD the authority to engage in city, community and regional planning to “augment their vision for stability and economic growth…” This EO insures that “Federal assistance is more efficiently provided and used.” HUD now has the ability to create regulations to enforce that local and regional planning the government feels is beneficial to the fiscal stability of the US.

The Partnership for Sustainable Communities

This partnership is changing the landscape of rural America. Once allowed into your community, the HUD-DOT-EPA partnership defines what qualities your “liveable” locality must include. More transportation choices invariably means more light rail transit and bicycles. The government defines the character, context and needs of each community with token input from citizens. Social enguineering is inherent in what the government calls, “equitable housing, sustainable strategies and value communities.” Most of the plans look appealing in slide presentations, but, once implemented, local citizens are stuck with regulations imposed by the government that offer little future variation and minimal if any opportunity to return to a way of living you may find more desirable. As one planner said, “You will be able to live in a rural area if you want to…but it will cost you.”

Partnership for Sustainable Communities – Top Down Control

Here, in friendly sounding terms, the Secretaries of HUD, DOT and the EPA make it clear the federal government intends to manage your commuunity design, make it livable and environmentally green, all according to their needs and definitions. Each of the projects and grants, though verbally and graphically enticing, precisely echo the Vancouver Plan of Action. The results are exactly as defined in Vancouver in 1976.

EPA – EJ2014 or Environmental Justice 2014

In January of 2012, the EPA changed their decision making process to embrace sustainable development as defined in the UN’s 1987 Brundtland Report. In April 2012, the agency created plans to incorporate civil rights regulations in their environmental policy to establish a basis for environmental justice.

 

3. Legislation Addressing the Threat of Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

RNC Resolution Exposing United Nations Agenda 21 – January 13, 2012

In January, 2012, the Republican National Committee unanimously approved an historic resolution exposing the dangers of United Nations Agenda 21, ICLEI and the loss of private property ownership, single family homes, private car ownership, individual travel choices and privately owned farms under the banner of “sustainable development” and Smart Growth.

For the first time, the leadership of one of the two major American political parties acknowledged that so-called “social justice” is robbing our society and the environment and replacing our sovereignty with a socialist/communist wealth redistribution scheme. Please read this document carefully and share it freely.

Wisconsin Assembly Bill 303

This bill enables the repeal of local comprehensive plans found to tamper with individual’s property rights.

New Hampshire Bill 1634

New Hampshire’s bill prevent the state, counties, cities and towns from contracting with or accepting money from ICLEI, a large non-governmental orgnaization[NGO] implementing Agenda 21 throughout the U.S.

New Hampshire Bill 514

This bill prevents federal agents from inspecting or gathering information on private property wtihout a warrant.

Tennessee Bill HJR 587

This bill rejects the radical policies promoted by United Nation’s Agenda 21 and rejects any grant monies attached to the UN’s program.

Bonner County, ID Property Rights Council

The Property Rights Council provides a committee to review planning documents and agreements prior to acceptance to assure that property owner’s rights are not exploited by planners or governmental agencies. For further information, go here.

Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2012 (S.2122)

The EPA, under the Clean Water Act, expanded its control over citizen’s private property by redefining navigable waters to include certain artificially irrigated areas, artificial lakes and ponds used for irrigation, non-navigable tributaries to navigable waters, wetlands abutting relatively permanent waters and more. This bill defines “navigable” waters as those that are actually “navigable.”

Alabama Protects Private Property Rights from Agenda 21 Intrusions (SB477)

This bill prohibits Alabama and its political subdivisions from adopting environmental and developmental policies that, without due process, infringe or restrirct private property rights of property owners. Further, it prohibits policies that are traceable to “Agenda 21″ as adopted by the United Nations in 1992 at its Conference on Environment and Development.

Florida Bill Protects Private Property Rights

This Florida bill protects all state subdivisions from adopting any developmental policies that, without due process, infringe or restrict the private property rights of the property owner. It specifically mentions any policy recommendations traceable to Agenda 21 as adopted by the UN at the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development. This would include those policies recommended by Non-Governmental Organizations and Federal Agency regulations that are Agenda 21 related.

 

4. Taking Action to Expose Agenda 21/Sustainable Development

What You Can do to Stop Sustainable Development – Agenda 21

This handout provides information and links that will help you get active in stoppng Agenda 21/Sustainable Development in your community.

The Coordination Strategy

The Coordination Strategy can slow or stop planning processes that may endanger individual property rights. Most federal agencies are required by law to coordinate their plans that will impact the local community with local governments. Often this does not happen as most local governmens are not aware of this requirement, or do not know how to implement the process. When local governments assert coordination authority, the federal agencies must respond.

APA’s Agenda 21: Myths and Facts Revisited

Recently, the American Planning Association circulated a fact sheet titled, Agenda 21: Myths and Facts. The APA is a large and highly respected planning organization, that often does exemplary work. But their “fact” sheet is rife with distortions, misconceptions and inaccuracies. This document provides information to respond to the APA’s errors.

APA’s Glossary for the Public

The American Planning Association, rather than address critics’ concerns for private property rights, chose to re-brand their information by creating a new vocabulary. This transparent attempt to confuse the public while making it easier to implement their own chosen plans sidesteps citizens’ genuine concern for individual rights.

 

5. Examples of Agenda 21/Sustainable Development’s Impact on Property Rights

Form-Based Code is the Problem, Not the Solution

Form-based codes are a programmed method for replacing existing zoning regulations with boilerplate zoning and development code models. They make it easier to implement Agenda 21 type plan enforcement. Form-based codes often replace the need for local zoning ordinances and reduce the role of public officials. Once installed, form-based codes become the new laws governing a wide range of activities in your community.

Form Based Code Planning Guide

Here is the introduction to a book describing form-based codes. When promoting this method of codification, promoters often show audiences live PowerPoint presentations of their current community followed by dazzling pictures of what their town can become. Most citizens are so impressed with the stunning design work, they overlook the draconian regulations and potential loss of rights that accompany the plans. Notice the fifth paragraph on page 14 in which Peter Katz, Pres. of the Form-Based Codes Institute, describes how to use the “charette” process to manipulate public responses.

 

6. Links to United Nations Websites

Action Plan from the Vancouver Conference on Human Settlements – 1976*

*Note the Preamble to “Land” under section “D”

United Nations Agenda 21

Brundtland Commission Report – “Our Common Future”*

*Note Chapter Two – “Towards Sustainable Development.”

Rio + 20 “The Future We Want – Zero Draft of Outcomes”

Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development

 

7. Sources for Further Information

America Don’t Forget

American Policy Center

American Stewards

CO2 Science

Conservative Society for Action

Democrats Against UN Agenda 21

Freedom Advocates

Sovereignty International

Taking Liberty

 

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Sustainable Development: What’s in A Name?

EPA “Urban Green Grants” Cover Environmental Justice

EPA Ignored Own Guidelines in Declaring CO2 A Threat

2017 Personality 18: Biology & Traits: Openness/Intelligence/Creativity


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In this lecture, I talk about Big Five trait openness to experience, which is the dimension composed of an amalgam of creativity and intelligence. I also discuss IQ: how it is measured, what it means, how powerfully it predicts long-term life success, as well as the highly skewed Pareto distribution of creative production. Here’s a good representation of a Pareto distribution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQ…

 

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