Transnationalism defined by Wikipedia refers …to global co-operation between people, and points to activities, which transcends national boundaries and in which NATION-STATE GOVERNMENTS do not play the most important or EVEN A SIGNIFICANT ROLE. Basically a borderless society and an end to national sovereignty. A website called Focus the Nation reported:
“ Normal's leaders, like Mayor Koos and Mike Matejka, see this and are trying to make the right choices as their community grows. But they need help! They need their State government to invest in their McLean County's mass transit instead of widening their superhighway. They need a federal climate bill that'll REGULATE CARBON PRODUCERS and invest in the clean energy economy. And finally, they need an INTERNATIONAL TREATY that'll stop polluters from running and hiding in developing countries, while still producing the green house gases which will destroy life as we know it.”
In addition, a Yale Law School study in 2008 refers to the US Mayors Conference as a Transnational Organization: We begin with the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), as the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement provided our opening example of translocal transnational policymaking.
Mayor Koos in the spirit of Transnationalism bypassed the US Congress and signed an International Treaty, a Treaty so harmful to the United States that even the US Senate found “Consensus” and overwhelmingly refused to ratify it. According to the website Greenspanworld.org Mayor koos said “Supporting the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement is a no-brainer for me.” By signing this treaty the Mayor has committed the City of Normal to the following:
1. Strive to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol targets in their own communities, through actions ranging from anti-sprawl land-use policies to urban forest restoration projects to public information campaigns (Our opinion The Call for High Density Housing with fewer parking spaces and the formation of Ecology Centers)
2. Urge their state governments, and the federal government, to enact policies and programs to meet or beat the greenhouse gas emission reduction target suggested for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol -- 7% reduction from 1990 levels by 2012. (Our opinion this is why the push for bike paths, electric cars, thermostat and mileage controls)
3. Urge the U.S. Congress to pass the bipartisan greenhouse gas reduction legislation, which would establish a national emission trading system (Our opinion: Appears to be a commitment to Job Killing Cap and Trade Legislation and the entire scam of trading carbon emissions.)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Bloomington - Normal Central Planning Pt. 1
The great thing about America up until twenty years ago was in the words of former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill “All Politics are Local.” Speaker O’Neill was correct and that is how our representative republic is supposed to work. Beginning in 1992 with a United Nations environmental conference in Rio de Janerio, Brazil the entire concept of “Local Control” by the People was flipped on its head and the American people didn’t know it than and most still don’t twenty years later. President Herbert Walker Bush signed onto the environmental accords that provided a detailed blueprint of action to be taken globally and locally by countries, organizations, United Nations (ngos), environmental groups, and every President hence forth including President Obama has directed agencies to implement the accords throughout the federal government down to the local level. The new hip catch phrase in the words of David Bower, founder of the Sierra Club is “Think Globally, Act Locally.”
Mayor Koos was quoted in the Pantagraph: "What we're doing in Normal is what the federal and state officials want to see happen along the corridor," Koos said. "The directive from the feds is that sustainable, livable communities should be developed along the corridors.” Do you still really think all of these ideas are coming from locals and it’s simply about beautifying main street?
Sustainable Development is code for Central Planners and these planners are making the plans for every aspect of your life. The Goal of Planners like Doug Farr, hired by Bloomington and Normal to design the Main Street Corridor is to force populations into small, highly populated areas, with few cars, a reliance on bicycles, public transit and to herd unsuspecting Americans into a communal society. They are planning what kind of car you will drive, , If you should ride a bike, How many miles you can drive, Can you use your cell and drive, Your weekly water usage, Your thermostat settings, If your TV is too big, What light bulbs you use, Is your home too big, Are you healthy enough, Can you eat food grown on your own farm, and even if you should be allowed to own property at all in the name of serving the “Collective Good.”
US Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood has been a popular guest of the McLean County Chamber of Commerce and he has said “I have joined a transformational adminastration, I think we can change people’s behavior.” Lahood stated on the subject of cell phones and driving… “There’s a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we’re looking at that.” Lahood on mass transit ... "It is a way to coerce people out of their cars. Yeah." Secretary Lahood commenting on a mileage tax…” We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled.” Perhaps Lahood’s most honest comment is “About everything we do around here is intrusion into people’s lives.” Chapter One of author Terrance Jeffrey’s book “Control Freaks” thoroughly illustrates how Secretary Ray LaHood is using the force of government to manipulate markets to force us out of our cars and even our homes to live in the "high density" housing environments they preferred we would inhabit. Sadly it appears local planners and Lahood think we exist to simply fulfill their dreams for our lives and not our own.
New Urbanism Architect Doug Farr of Farr & Associates hired by our community to plan our future isn’t fond of the automobile. His goal is for people only to drive 4000 miles a year like Americans did in the 1970s. Farr has even suggested in interviews that employers start charging their employees to park so people will find a way not to drive. According to the McLean County Pundits website the original Main Street Plan Farr called for banning drive though windows at Fast Food Chains, Dry Cleaners, Pharmacies, etc and even proposed building public showers at taxpayer expense so bicyclist could shower on there way to work. Doug Farr Tweeted at the Gulf Coast Green Symposium “ It will take 5 years to change all the lite bulbs, 10 for the cars, 25 for buildings, 35 for land use.” It is logical to conclude that Form Based Code has nothing to with beautification and everything to do with Behavior Modification and is just the beginning of what the planners are planning.
Mayor Koos was quoted in the Pantagraph: "What we're doing in Normal is what the federal and state officials want to see happen along the corridor," Koos said. "The directive from the feds is that sustainable, livable communities should be developed along the corridors.” Do you still really think all of these ideas are coming from locals and it’s simply about beautifying main street?
Sustainable Development is code for Central Planners and these planners are making the plans for every aspect of your life. The Goal of Planners like Doug Farr, hired by Bloomington and Normal to design the Main Street Corridor is to force populations into small, highly populated areas, with few cars, a reliance on bicycles, public transit and to herd unsuspecting Americans into a communal society. They are planning what kind of car you will drive, , If you should ride a bike, How many miles you can drive, Can you use your cell and drive, Your weekly water usage, Your thermostat settings, If your TV is too big, What light bulbs you use, Is your home too big, Are you healthy enough, Can you eat food grown on your own farm, and even if you should be allowed to own property at all in the name of serving the “Collective Good.”
US Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood has been a popular guest of the McLean County Chamber of Commerce and he has said “I have joined a transformational adminastration, I think we can change people’s behavior.” Lahood stated on the subject of cell phones and driving… “There’s a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we’re looking at that.” Lahood on mass transit ... "It is a way to coerce people out of their cars. Yeah." Secretary Lahood commenting on a mileage tax…” We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled.” Perhaps Lahood’s most honest comment is “About everything we do around here is intrusion into people’s lives.” Chapter One of author Terrance Jeffrey’s book “Control Freaks” thoroughly illustrates how Secretary Ray LaHood is using the force of government to manipulate markets to force us out of our cars and even our homes to live in the "high density" housing environments they preferred we would inhabit. Sadly it appears local planners and Lahood think we exist to simply fulfill their dreams for our lives and not our own.
New Urbanism Architect Doug Farr of Farr & Associates hired by our community to plan our future isn’t fond of the automobile. His goal is for people only to drive 4000 miles a year like Americans did in the 1970s. Farr has even suggested in interviews that employers start charging their employees to park so people will find a way not to drive. According to the McLean County Pundits website the original Main Street Plan Farr called for banning drive though windows at Fast Food Chains, Dry Cleaners, Pharmacies, etc and even proposed building public showers at taxpayer expense so bicyclist could shower on there way to work. Doug Farr Tweeted at the Gulf Coast Green Symposium “ It will take 5 years to change all the lite bulbs, 10 for the cars, 25 for buildings, 35 for land use.” It is logical to conclude that Form Based Code has nothing to with beautification and everything to do with Behavior Modification and is just the beginning of what the planners are planning.
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