United Nations website shows documentation that in 2001 it did a review of Agenda 21 and implementation in 2001: Page 107 is the United States Review:
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd9_bp17.pdf
Commission on Sustainable Development
Ninth Session
16 – 27 April 2001, New York
ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF AGENDA 21 AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL:
TABLE OF KEY COORDINATION MECHANISMS AND ACTIONS
COUNTRY
KEY NATIONAL
COORDINATION
MECHANISM(S) FOR
AGENDA 21
MEMBERSHIP / COMPOSITION MANDATE / ROLE SOME KEY POST-RIO ACTIONS
140. UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
(2000)
C President's Council on Sustainable Development.
C 25-members from industry, government, and NGOs.
C US Departments of: Energy; Agriculture; Commerce; Interior; State; Education; Environmental Protection Agency; Council on Environmental Quality, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
C Institutions: Ciba-Geigi Corporation; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Chevron Corporation; Citizens Network on Sustainable Development; General Motors Corporation;
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; Enron Corp.; Growning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
C NGOs: National Resources Defence
Council; Sierra Club; The Nature
Conservancy; AFL-CIO; National Wildlife
Federation; Environmental Defence Fund;
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
Also in this UN document an offical discusses the need NOT to call this Agenda 21 but maybe "Smart Growth" instead:
.http://www.unedforum.org/publications/millennium/mill%20paper2.pdf
Page 5:
Participating in a UN advocated planning process would very likely bring out many of the conspiracy-fixated groups and individuals in our society such as the National Rifle Association, citizen militias and some members of Congress. 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 processes something else, such as comprehensive planning, growth management or smart growth.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Normal's 2035 Report Pt 2
http://www.normal.org/files/sustainabilityplan.pdf
City of Normal 2035 Report Page 10.
"Normal gained prominence as the first city in the United States to require private developers to build to LEED standards (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). "
http://www.architectmagazine.com/green-building/promise-vs-performance-a-deeper-shade-of-green.aspx
The truth is, the effect of the rating systems like LEED on actual performance has not been scientifically determined...yet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/science/earth/31leed.html
The building’s cooling system, a major gas guzzler, was one culprit. Another was its design: to get its LEED label, it racked up points for things like native landscaping rather than structural energy-saving features
http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-8577-leed-buildings-are-unhealthy-says-report/
“EHHI is especially concerned that the LEED program is now providing the false impression that the buildings it certifies protect human health. LEED’s highest rating, Platinum, is attainable without earning any credits for indoor air quality protection,”
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/item/5872/is-the-leed-program-a-fraud
The source of the debate is a study released a year ago that compared the energy performance of LEED-certified buildings with that of existing, noncertified buildings. The USGBC claims that the study shows LEED buildings to be 25% to 30% more efficient, but Henry says their methodology is flawed. According to him, the LEED buildings actually use 29% more energy than other buildings.
http://forms.iapmo.org/newsletter/green/2011/02/Gifford_amended.asp
According to the Gifford lawsuit:
1. USGBC's false advertising causes consumers of building design and construction advice to utilize a LEED-certified professional instead of Plaintiffs because consumers mistakenly believe that LEED-certified professionals will design a LEED-certified building that is verified by a third-party to be more energy-efficient than the building that Plaintiffs would design;
2. USGBC's false advertising causes consumers of building design and construction services to purchase the design and construction advice contained in the LEED certification system as opposed to purchasing Plaintiffs' design and construction advice;
3. Dollars spent on LEED are dollars not available for more productive, performance-based designs like the ones designed by Plaintiffs.
City of Normal 2035 Report Page 10.
"Normal gained prominence as the first city in the United States to require private developers to build to LEED standards (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). "
http://www.architectmagazine.com/green-building/promise-vs-performance-a-deeper-shade-of-green.aspx
The truth is, the effect of the rating systems like LEED on actual performance has not been scientifically determined...yet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/science/earth/31leed.html
The building’s cooling system, a major gas guzzler, was one culprit. Another was its design: to get its LEED label, it racked up points for things like native landscaping rather than structural energy-saving features
http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-8577-leed-buildings-are-unhealthy-says-report/
“EHHI is especially concerned that the LEED program is now providing the false impression that the buildings it certifies protect human health. LEED’s highest rating, Platinum, is attainable without earning any credits for indoor air quality protection,”
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/item/5872/is-the-leed-program-a-fraud
The source of the debate is a study released a year ago that compared the energy performance of LEED-certified buildings with that of existing, noncertified buildings. The USGBC claims that the study shows LEED buildings to be 25% to 30% more efficient, but Henry says their methodology is flawed. According to him, the LEED buildings actually use 29% more energy than other buildings.
http://forms.iapmo.org/newsletter/green/2011/02/Gifford_amended.asp
According to the Gifford lawsuit:
1. USGBC's false advertising causes consumers of building design and construction advice to utilize a LEED-certified professional instead of Plaintiffs because consumers mistakenly believe that LEED-certified professionals will design a LEED-certified building that is verified by a third-party to be more energy-efficient than the building that Plaintiffs would design;
2. USGBC's false advertising causes consumers of building design and construction services to purchase the design and construction advice contained in the LEED certification system as opposed to purchasing Plaintiffs' design and construction advice;
3. Dollars spent on LEED are dollars not available for more productive, performance-based designs like the ones designed by Plaintiffs.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Normal's 2035 Report
http://www.normal.org/files/sustainabilityplan.pdf
City of Normal 2035 Report Page 10.
INTRODUCTION
During a February 2010 visit to Bloomington/Normal, United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood acknowledged Bloomington/Normal as "truly a livable community." Secretary LaHood’s assessment was carefully considered: he and his staff were at that time designing Livability Principles which would shortly thereafter inform his unprecedented, joint press release with the Secretaries of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding targeted stimulus funding that would support communities across the land.
http://www.cnsnews.com/node/70475
Republicans Blast ‘Livable Communities’ Bill As Washington-Based CENTRAL PLANNING for Cities and Towns
http://www.newsweek.com/2009/05/15/ray-lahood-transformed.html
For many generations—before automobiles were common, but trolleys ran to the edges of towns—Americans by the scores of millions have been happily trading distance for space, living farther from their jobs in order to enjoy ample backyards and other aspects of low-density living. And long before climate change became another excuse for disparaging America's "automobile culture," many liberal intellectuals were bothered by the automobile. It subverted their agenda of expanding government—meaning their—supervision of other people's lives.
By George Will.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/the_livable_communities_act_1.html
But social engineering is at the heart of the Livable Communities Act, where federal planners hope to reduce personal mobility as measured in vehicle miles traveled and shift housing patterns from single-family homes in the suburbs to small apartments in cramped central cities.
http://www.timesexaminer.com/political/353-sustainable-development-livable-communities-act-s-1619
“Dodd’s bill, like all sustainable development propaganda, paints a warm and fuzzy picture of what ‘livable’ or ‘sustainable communities’ should be,” said Lamb. “The propaganda fails to point out that in order to achieve this Marxist utopia, government has to enforce the vision.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/obama-livability-initiative-really-a-ploy-to-stop-drivers
Yet those coercive techniques are a major part of the livability campaign, as shown by Portland, Oregon, which LaHood touted as “the example” of a livability program. The most important of these techniques is to divert highway user fees to expensive forms of transportation that receive little use. Portland is deliberately allowing congestion to grow while it spends money collected from highway users on streetcars and light rail. Not that Portland’s program is very successful. Despite spending more than $2 billion on rail transit since 1980, transit’s share of Portland-area commuting declined from 9.8 percent in 1980 to 6.9 percent in 2007. (The table says 6.5 percent but that includes the people who worked at home.)
by Randal O'Toole, CATO INSTITUTE
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_6314b06c-a750-11e0-aa1c-001cc4c03286.html
What's Next In Normal Tram Ride and No Cars?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8411336/EU-to-ban-cars-from-cities-by-2050.html
EUROPE TO BAN CARS BY 2050.
Cars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU masterplan to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent over the next 40 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/06/28/car-clash-europe-vs-the-us
Europeans are doing all they can to discourage people from driving and parking their cars in and around cities
City of Normal 2035 Report Page 10.
INTRODUCTION
During a February 2010 visit to Bloomington/Normal, United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood acknowledged Bloomington/Normal as "truly a livable community." Secretary LaHood’s assessment was carefully considered: he and his staff were at that time designing Livability Principles which would shortly thereafter inform his unprecedented, joint press release with the Secretaries of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding targeted stimulus funding that would support communities across the land.
http://www.cnsnews.com/node/70475
Republicans Blast ‘Livable Communities’ Bill As Washington-Based CENTRAL PLANNING for Cities and Towns
http://www.newsweek.com/2009/05/15/ray-lahood-transformed.html
For many generations—before automobiles were common, but trolleys ran to the edges of towns—Americans by the scores of millions have been happily trading distance for space, living farther from their jobs in order to enjoy ample backyards and other aspects of low-density living. And long before climate change became another excuse for disparaging America's "automobile culture," many liberal intellectuals were bothered by the automobile. It subverted their agenda of expanding government—meaning their—supervision of other people's lives.
By George Will.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/the_livable_communities_act_1.html
But social engineering is at the heart of the Livable Communities Act, where federal planners hope to reduce personal mobility as measured in vehicle miles traveled and shift housing patterns from single-family homes in the suburbs to small apartments in cramped central cities.
http://www.timesexaminer.com/political/353-sustainable-development-livable-communities-act-s-1619
“Dodd’s bill, like all sustainable development propaganda, paints a warm and fuzzy picture of what ‘livable’ or ‘sustainable communities’ should be,” said Lamb. “The propaganda fails to point out that in order to achieve this Marxist utopia, government has to enforce the vision.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/obama-livability-initiative-really-a-ploy-to-stop-drivers
Yet those coercive techniques are a major part of the livability campaign, as shown by Portland, Oregon, which LaHood touted as “the example” of a livability program. The most important of these techniques is to divert highway user fees to expensive forms of transportation that receive little use. Portland is deliberately allowing congestion to grow while it spends money collected from highway users on streetcars and light rail. Not that Portland’s program is very successful. Despite spending more than $2 billion on rail transit since 1980, transit’s share of Portland-area commuting declined from 9.8 percent in 1980 to 6.9 percent in 2007. (The table says 6.5 percent but that includes the people who worked at home.)
by Randal O'Toole, CATO INSTITUTE
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_6314b06c-a750-11e0-aa1c-001cc4c03286.html
What's Next In Normal Tram Ride and No Cars?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8411336/EU-to-ban-cars-from-cities-by-2050.html
EUROPE TO BAN CARS BY 2050.
Cars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU masterplan to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent over the next 40 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/06/28/car-clash-europe-vs-the-us
Europeans are doing all they can to discourage people from driving and parking their cars in and around cities
Monday, June 20, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Bloomington Normal Central Planners Pt8
The City of Normal's defintiton of Sustainable Development directly states its connection to the Bruntland Commission.
From Normal's 2035 Report:
For the purposes of this project, we have used the widely accepted United Nations Bruntland Commission’s definition (1983):
Sustainability: (n) Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
According to wikipedia the Bruntland Report is also known as "Our Common Future."
From Wikipedia :
The publication of Our Common Future and the work of the World Commission on Environment and Development laid the groundwork for the convening of the 1992 Earth Summit and the adoption of AGENDA 21, the Rio Declaration and to the establishment of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
This commission was chaired by Gro Harlem Bruntland, Prime minister of Norway and Vice-President of the World Socialist Party. According to the website World Socialist Party US their Objective is:
The establishment of a system of society based on the COMMON OWNERSHIP and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of society as a whole.
Is the city of Normal basing their ideas of Public-Private Partnerships, Social Justice and Economic Justice on the Objective of the World Socialist Party?
From Normal's 2035 Report:
For the purposes of this project, we have used the widely accepted United Nations Bruntland Commission’s definition (1983):
Sustainability: (n) Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
According to wikipedia the Bruntland Report is also known as "Our Common Future."
From Wikipedia :
The publication of Our Common Future and the work of the World Commission on Environment and Development laid the groundwork for the convening of the 1992 Earth Summit and the adoption of AGENDA 21, the Rio Declaration and to the establishment of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
This commission was chaired by Gro Harlem Bruntland, Prime minister of Norway and Vice-President of the World Socialist Party. According to the website World Socialist Party US their Objective is:
The establishment of a system of society based on the COMMON OWNERSHIP and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of society as a whole.
Is the city of Normal basing their ideas of Public-Private Partnerships, Social Justice and Economic Justice on the Objective of the World Socialist Party?
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Payday Loans Illinois Peoples Action 36% Cap
The Group pushing for this is Illinois Peoples Action which is the downstate branch of the militant Saul Alinsky schooled National Peoples Action whose founder Gale Cincotta is known as the "Mother of the 1977 Community Re-Investment Act" which after continually being modified pushed the government to force banks to give loans to people who normally wouldn't qualify because they couldn't afford them. Over the years they have participated in protests or some say mob actions on private property along with Acorn and SEIU and at times scaring the heck out of kids home alone. Most recently they have participated in protests along with SEIU big man Scott Lerner who is on audio tape wanting to target JP Morgan Chase as a strategy to collapse the US Economy.
Moreover groups like these use many charts and studies from The Center for Responsible Lending in their efforts to Cap or ban Payday Loans. Ironically, Illinois Peoples Action is always out to fight the supposed predatory Banks and yet the Center for Responsible Lending is the child of a major Credit Union called "Self Help" Credit Union which was heavily involved in the Sub Prime Mortgage crisis. The Self Help Credit Union managed to help turn $30 million into $1 Billion during the Crisis. You may recall Saturday Night Live did a skit about two wealthy individuals (man and wife) from California who bundled together millions or more in bad loans and profited greatly from dumping them. The couple had ties to Self Help Credit Union.
In addition Self Help Credit Union has a financial reason to ban Payday Loans. Payday Loans are their competition. Self Help Credit Union specializes in giving loans to people with few options. They charge high Interest Rates and you may say to yourself well that's better than 400% Interest. No it is not! These low income people now without the option of Payday Loans start a cycle of bouncing checks at a high rate. High $30 - $45 fees among some banks add up quickly and as you can see paying $15 for every hundred borrowed at a Payday Lender is alot better than paying High Interest Rates and numerous bounced check fees at a Bank or Credit Union.
Illinois Peoples Action talks about capping loans at 36% which in the real world is proven to put PayDay lenders out of business. 36% would be less than a $1.50 per every hundred borrowed to process a small $200-$300 high risk of default loan. As any reasonable person can quickly see it is not profitable. In Oregon they did a 36% cap and within a year the Payday Loan Industry was basically dead. In North Carolina where 'Self Help" credit Union is based they banned Payday Loans and studies by the New York Federal Reserve showed low income families were devastated by the ban. Bankruptcies soared and the banks immediately made SIX TIMES more (Billions) in Bounced Check Fees. Banning or Capping Payday Loans takes away options from the poor and in some instances they are now forced to turn to Real Loan Sharks, Bankruptcy, Pay Out more in NSF Fees to Banks, Lose Jobs due to no gas Money, Can't repair their cars, buy medicine or food, etc, etc, etc. Other Studies have shown that Communities with PayDay Loan vendors hold up better when they are ravaged by disasters such as Hurricanes or Tornadoes.
Also in Illinois payday Lenders employee 5080 people. Putting them out of business would send thousands to the Unemployment Lines, cause commerical properties to sit vacant, greatly reduce badly needed tax revenues to the State and the local community, cause bankruptcies to soar and cause utter devastation in the low income community. Lastly, they call it payday loan for a reason. You are supposed to pay it back on payday! Stand up for liberty, the working poor by giving them options so they can run their own lives and oppose groups like Illinois Peoples Action who want to run yours!
Moreover groups like these use many charts and studies from The Center for Responsible Lending in their efforts to Cap or ban Payday Loans. Ironically, Illinois Peoples Action is always out to fight the supposed predatory Banks and yet the Center for Responsible Lending is the child of a major Credit Union called "Self Help" Credit Union which was heavily involved in the Sub Prime Mortgage crisis. The Self Help Credit Union managed to help turn $30 million into $1 Billion during the Crisis. You may recall Saturday Night Live did a skit about two wealthy individuals (man and wife) from California who bundled together millions or more in bad loans and profited greatly from dumping them. The couple had ties to Self Help Credit Union.
In addition Self Help Credit Union has a financial reason to ban Payday Loans. Payday Loans are their competition. Self Help Credit Union specializes in giving loans to people with few options. They charge high Interest Rates and you may say to yourself well that's better than 400% Interest. No it is not! These low income people now without the option of Payday Loans start a cycle of bouncing checks at a high rate. High $30 - $45 fees among some banks add up quickly and as you can see paying $15 for every hundred borrowed at a Payday Lender is alot better than paying High Interest Rates and numerous bounced check fees at a Bank or Credit Union.
Illinois Peoples Action talks about capping loans at 36% which in the real world is proven to put PayDay lenders out of business. 36% would be less than a $1.50 per every hundred borrowed to process a small $200-$300 high risk of default loan. As any reasonable person can quickly see it is not profitable. In Oregon they did a 36% cap and within a year the Payday Loan Industry was basically dead. In North Carolina where 'Self Help" credit Union is based they banned Payday Loans and studies by the New York Federal Reserve showed low income families were devastated by the ban. Bankruptcies soared and the banks immediately made SIX TIMES more (Billions) in Bounced Check Fees. Banning or Capping Payday Loans takes away options from the poor and in some instances they are now forced to turn to Real Loan Sharks, Bankruptcy, Pay Out more in NSF Fees to Banks, Lose Jobs due to no gas Money, Can't repair their cars, buy medicine or food, etc, etc, etc. Other Studies have shown that Communities with PayDay Loan vendors hold up better when they are ravaged by disasters such as Hurricanes or Tornadoes.
Also in Illinois payday Lenders employee 5080 people. Putting them out of business would send thousands to the Unemployment Lines, cause commerical properties to sit vacant, greatly reduce badly needed tax revenues to the State and the local community, cause bankruptcies to soar and cause utter devastation in the low income community. Lastly, they call it payday loan for a reason. You are supposed to pay it back on payday! Stand up for liberty, the working poor by giving them options so they can run their own lives and oppose groups like Illinois Peoples Action who want to run yours!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Bloomington - Normal Central Planners Pt.7
Illinois Wesleyan University, Tallories Declaration, Agenda 21
Outside of the word "government," education appears more than any other word in Agenda 21. Chapter 36 of the United Nations Bible(Agenda 21) titled "Education, Training and Public Awareness," makes the case "education is critical for promoting sustainable development and improving the capacity of the people to address environment and development issues."
The Society for College and University Planning published a document called "Planning for Higher Education." On page 22 is a article titled "Transforming the University Campus into a Sustainable Community," by Richard K. Norton, Andrew Brix, Trevor Brydon, Elijah Davidian, Keely Dinse, and Sanjeev Vidyarthi . The article asserts that the "Talloires Declaration and Agenda 21 served as a call to action for higher education institutions."
According to a article featured on the University Leaders for a Sustainable Future's website (ULSF the sponsors of the Tallories Declaration), titled a "U.S. Progress Toward Sustainability in Higher Education," by Wynn Calder and Richard M. Clugston "there has been growing international interest in the role of higher education in fostering a sustainable future. Agenda 21 and a series of HESD declarations in the 1990s made this agenda explicit." The article also states that HESD Declarations like the Tallories Declaration reaffirms Chapter 36 of Agenda 21.
On April 13, 2007, the President of Illinois Weslyan University Richard Wilson signed the Tallories Declaration (pronounced Tal-WHAR), a Transnational ten point plan of action for incorporating Sustainable Development into higher education. According to the IWU Sierra Student Coalition they approached President Wilson in 2006 about signing the Declaration which was written at a International Conference in Tallories, France. Illinois Weslyan is now an active player in promoting Chapter 36 of Agenda 21.
The Talloires Declaration
1. Increase Awareness of Environmentally Sustainable Development
2. Create an Institutional Culture of Sustainability
3. Educate for Environmentally Responsible Citizenship
4. Foster Environmental Literacy For All
5. Practice Institutional Ecology
6. Involve All Stakeholders
7. Collaborate for Interdisciplinary Approaches
8. Enhance Capacity of Primary and Secondary Schools
9. Broaden Service and Outreach Nationally and Internationally
10. Maintain the Movement
A recent Guest at Illinois State University Peter Blaze Cochran(Promoting the UN Earth Charter)
wrote an article along with Wynn Calder and Richard M. Clugston titled "Higher Education for Sustainable Development." In the article he asserts that four organizations agreed to form a Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnership (GHESP), to combine their strengths in an effort to mobilize higher education institutions to support sustainable development. Notice the Fourth group is a United Nations Organization that serves as the Task Manager for implementation of Chapter 36, Agenda 21. Illinois Wesylan University has signed onto a Declaration that makes them partners with the United Nations Task Master in charge of Education and Agenda 21.
. The organizations are:
•The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) serves as the Secretariat of over 280 signatories of the Talloires Declaration in over 40 countries and promotes education for sustainability based on the Earth Charter; (ILLINOIS WESLYAN UNIVERSITY is involved)
•COPERNICUS-Campus, formerly a Programme of the Association of European Universities
•The International Association of Universities (IAU)
•The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the task manager for the implementation of Chapter 36, "Education, Public Awareness and Training", of Agenda 21.
Illinois Wesleyan University has been busy Planning on how to involve the Tallories Declaration not only in their University, but our community, schools, and our local government. Below are some of their plans of action taken from an IWU website:
1. Increase Awareness of Environmentally Sustainable Development
Use every opportunity to raise public, government, industry, foundation, and university
awareness by openly addressing the urgent need to move toward an environmentally
sustainable future.
Past efforts:
• Host the annual Sustainable Living and Wellness Expo at the Shirk Center
• Create a sustainability pledge for signing upon graduation
• Incorporate sustainability within the curriculum6. Involve All Stakeholders
Encourage involvement of government, foundations, and industry in supporting
interdisciplinary research, education, policy formation, and information exchange in
environmentally sustainable development. Expand work with community and
nongovernmental organizations to assist in finding solutions to environmental problems.
• Established a volunteer/internship partnership with the "ECOLOGY ACTION CENTER."
and Sugar Grove Nature Center
• Engaged the local community through the Sustainable Living and Wellness
Expo
Potential future efforts:
• PARTNER with TOWN OF NORMAL with regard to sustainability (per Town
Planner’s request)
* Enhance Capacity of Primary and Secondary Schools
Establish partnerships with primary and secondary schools to help develop the capacity
for interdisciplinary teaching about population, environment, and sustainable
development.
• Encourage Education majors to develop environmentally-themed curricula
for area schools
• Establish “Sustainability Mentor” program with area schools
• Explore potential PARTNERSHIP with EPA (renewable energy grants/programs)
• Utilize new partnership with ULSF
Establish Sustainability Coordinator position or enhance capacity of
GREENetwork to ensure the implementation of the Talloires Declaration
Outside of the word "government," education appears more than any other word in Agenda 21. Chapter 36 of the United Nations Bible(Agenda 21) titled "Education, Training and Public Awareness," makes the case "education is critical for promoting sustainable development and improving the capacity of the people to address environment and development issues."
The Society for College and University Planning published a document called "Planning for Higher Education." On page 22 is a article titled "Transforming the University Campus into a Sustainable Community," by Richard K. Norton, Andrew Brix, Trevor Brydon, Elijah Davidian, Keely Dinse, and Sanjeev Vidyarthi . The article asserts that the "Talloires Declaration and Agenda 21 served as a call to action for higher education institutions."
According to a article featured on the University Leaders for a Sustainable Future's website (ULSF the sponsors of the Tallories Declaration), titled a "U.S. Progress Toward Sustainability in Higher Education," by Wynn Calder and Richard M. Clugston "there has been growing international interest in the role of higher education in fostering a sustainable future. Agenda 21 and a series of HESD declarations in the 1990s made this agenda explicit." The article also states that HESD Declarations like the Tallories Declaration reaffirms Chapter 36 of Agenda 21.
On April 13, 2007, the President of Illinois Weslyan University Richard Wilson signed the Tallories Declaration (pronounced Tal-WHAR), a Transnational ten point plan of action for incorporating Sustainable Development into higher education. According to the IWU Sierra Student Coalition they approached President Wilson in 2006 about signing the Declaration which was written at a International Conference in Tallories, France. Illinois Weslyan is now an active player in promoting Chapter 36 of Agenda 21.
The Talloires Declaration
1. Increase Awareness of Environmentally Sustainable Development
2. Create an Institutional Culture of Sustainability
3. Educate for Environmentally Responsible Citizenship
4. Foster Environmental Literacy For All
5. Practice Institutional Ecology
6. Involve All Stakeholders
7. Collaborate for Interdisciplinary Approaches
8. Enhance Capacity of Primary and Secondary Schools
9. Broaden Service and Outreach Nationally and Internationally
10. Maintain the Movement
A recent Guest at Illinois State University Peter Blaze Cochran(Promoting the UN Earth Charter)
wrote an article along with Wynn Calder and Richard M. Clugston titled "Higher Education for Sustainable Development." In the article he asserts that four organizations agreed to form a Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnership (GHESP), to combine their strengths in an effort to mobilize higher education institutions to support sustainable development. Notice the Fourth group is a United Nations Organization that serves as the Task Manager for implementation of Chapter 36, Agenda 21. Illinois Wesylan University has signed onto a Declaration that makes them partners with the United Nations Task Master in charge of Education and Agenda 21.
. The organizations are:
•The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) serves as the Secretariat of over 280 signatories of the Talloires Declaration in over 40 countries and promotes education for sustainability based on the Earth Charter; (ILLINOIS WESLYAN UNIVERSITY is involved)
•COPERNICUS-Campus, formerly a Programme of the Association of European Universities
•The International Association of Universities (IAU)
•The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the task manager for the implementation of Chapter 36, "Education, Public Awareness and Training", of Agenda 21.
Illinois Wesleyan University has been busy Planning on how to involve the Tallories Declaration not only in their University, but our community, schools, and our local government. Below are some of their plans of action taken from an IWU website:
1. Increase Awareness of Environmentally Sustainable Development
Use every opportunity to raise public, government, industry, foundation, and university
awareness by openly addressing the urgent need to move toward an environmentally
sustainable future.
Past efforts:
• Host the annual Sustainable Living and Wellness Expo at the Shirk Center
• Create a sustainability pledge for signing upon graduation
• Incorporate sustainability within the curriculum6. Involve All Stakeholders
Encourage involvement of government, foundations, and industry in supporting
interdisciplinary research, education, policy formation, and information exchange in
environmentally sustainable development. Expand work with community and
nongovernmental organizations to assist in finding solutions to environmental problems.
• Established a volunteer/internship partnership with the "ECOLOGY ACTION CENTER."
and Sugar Grove Nature Center
• Engaged the local community through the Sustainable Living and Wellness
Expo
Potential future efforts:
• PARTNER with TOWN OF NORMAL with regard to sustainability (per Town
Planner’s request)
* Enhance Capacity of Primary and Secondary Schools
Establish partnerships with primary and secondary schools to help develop the capacity
for interdisciplinary teaching about population, environment, and sustainable
development.
• Encourage Education majors to develop environmentally-themed curricula
for area schools
• Establish “Sustainability Mentor” program with area schools
• Explore potential PARTNERSHIP with EPA (renewable energy grants/programs)
• Utilize new partnership with ULSF
Establish Sustainability Coordinator position or enhance capacity of
GREENetwork to ensure the implementation of the Talloires Declaration
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Bloomington - Normal Central Planners Pt.6
Mike Matejka is a former Bloomington City Council member, Union activist, Task Force member of Community-Wide Sustainability Development Plan 2035 for the City of Normal , and a former Board Member of the Central Illinois Organizing Project, now known as Illinois Peoples Action.
On July 27th, 2006. The Pantagraph published a article by Mr. Matejka about former Vice President Al Gore’s movie “Inconvenient Truth.” This movie helped launch the End of World hysteria that Central Planners around the Globe used to push their sustainable development agenda on trusting populations. Gore’s movie has since been discredited with over thirty known falsehoods. In 2006 Gore said we only have Ten Years left to save the planet from scorching. Not Surprisingly, Al Gore was also involved in the Chicago Climate Exchange and it has been said he would have been a Multi Billionaire overnight if Congress would have passed Cap and Trade Legislation. Here are some exerts from Matejka’s article:
"That's why McLean County residents should hurry to see Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth." Using hard science, careful data and a strong moral message, the film's conclusion is inescapable - unless we change our consumption patterns and our rate of CO2 emissions, we are heating up our planet. And heating up our planet alters weather patterns, leading to unpredictable and powerful storms, hurricanes and tornadoes."
." And right now, our current risk of long-term environmental damage is stark and immediate, with the planet's 10 hottest years in the past 14 - this is not a cycle, this is a disaster warning. Run, bike or walk to the nearest theater or video store and screen"
Mike Matejka is also a former board member of CIOP / Illinois Peoples Action and he recently spoke on a topic at the Illinois Peoples Action’s candidate forum. Illinois Peoples Action is the downstate branch of the militant National Peoples Action whose mission would make the Constitutionally uncompatable term Social Justice come to life in a complete transformation of American Society. According to National Peoples Action this is their “Big”mission:
1. TAKE BACK our power to USE THE GOVERNMENT as OUR TOOL to promote the COMMON GOOD, CORRECT THE INJUSTICES of the past, and REDISTIBUTE resources equitably and sustainably.
(MARXISM my words)
2. DEMOCRATIZE the market to put people above profits. (End of Capitalism my words)
3. ENFORCE fundamental human RIGHTS standards that prevent exploitation of people and the ENIVRONMENT. (Sustainable Development planning your life my words)
4. TAKE ACTION to ensure racial, gender, ECONOMIC , and immigrant justice in ALL social and economic systems. (Replacing the Rule of law in our Civil Society with the Rule of Men. No more Bill of Rights and Constitution)
The first major victory for National Peoples Action occurred in 1977 when partnered with the infamous ACORN pushed for and won the 1977 Community Re-Investment Act passed by Congress. The 1977 Re-Investment Act accompanied with the 1989 Amendment to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and additional regulations issued by the Clinton Treasury Department in 1995 forced banks to make loans to people with bad credit and insufficient income.
. These unwise transactions became known as “subprime loans” and were often given without documenting income, revealing credit scores or requiring a down payment. This should serve as a clear warning of what happens when Planners (National Peoples Action) try to correct what they deem as injustice. Their good intentions (in there view ) caused many poor people to obtain home loans they couldn’t afford causing stress on the poor and the banking system. The More the Planners Plan, The More they Get Things Wrong and create Injustices.
On July 27th, 2006. The Pantagraph published a article by Mr. Matejka about former Vice President Al Gore’s movie “Inconvenient Truth.” This movie helped launch the End of World hysteria that Central Planners around the Globe used to push their sustainable development agenda on trusting populations. Gore’s movie has since been discredited with over thirty known falsehoods. In 2006 Gore said we only have Ten Years left to save the planet from scorching. Not Surprisingly, Al Gore was also involved in the Chicago Climate Exchange and it has been said he would have been a Multi Billionaire overnight if Congress would have passed Cap and Trade Legislation. Here are some exerts from Matejka’s article:
"That's why McLean County residents should hurry to see Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth." Using hard science, careful data and a strong moral message, the film's conclusion is inescapable - unless we change our consumption patterns and our rate of CO2 emissions, we are heating up our planet. And heating up our planet alters weather patterns, leading to unpredictable and powerful storms, hurricanes and tornadoes."
." And right now, our current risk of long-term environmental damage is stark and immediate, with the planet's 10 hottest years in the past 14 - this is not a cycle, this is a disaster warning. Run, bike or walk to the nearest theater or video store and screen"
Mike Matejka is also a former board member of CIOP / Illinois Peoples Action and he recently spoke on a topic at the Illinois Peoples Action’s candidate forum. Illinois Peoples Action is the downstate branch of the militant National Peoples Action whose mission would make the Constitutionally uncompatable term Social Justice come to life in a complete transformation of American Society. According to National Peoples Action this is their “Big”mission:
1. TAKE BACK our power to USE THE GOVERNMENT as OUR TOOL to promote the COMMON GOOD, CORRECT THE INJUSTICES of the past, and REDISTIBUTE resources equitably and sustainably.
(MARXISM my words)
2. DEMOCRATIZE the market to put people above profits. (End of Capitalism my words)
3. ENFORCE fundamental human RIGHTS standards that prevent exploitation of people and the ENIVRONMENT. (Sustainable Development planning your life my words)
4. TAKE ACTION to ensure racial, gender, ECONOMIC , and immigrant justice in ALL social and economic systems. (Replacing the Rule of law in our Civil Society with the Rule of Men. No more Bill of Rights and Constitution)
The first major victory for National Peoples Action occurred in 1977 when partnered with the infamous ACORN pushed for and won the 1977 Community Re-Investment Act passed by Congress. The 1977 Re-Investment Act accompanied with the 1989 Amendment to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and additional regulations issued by the Clinton Treasury Department in 1995 forced banks to make loans to people with bad credit and insufficient income.
. These unwise transactions became known as “subprime loans” and were often given without documenting income, revealing credit scores or requiring a down payment. This should serve as a clear warning of what happens when Planners (National Peoples Action) try to correct what they deem as injustice. Their good intentions (in there view ) caused many poor people to obtain home loans they couldn’t afford causing stress on the poor and the banking system. The More the Planners Plan, The More they Get Things Wrong and create Injustices.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Bloomington - Normal Central Planning Pt.5
The cities of Bloomington and Normal are both involved with the Ecology Action Center. The Ecology Action Centers are springing up all over the world. . The Center recently promoted a movie that was shown on March 27th, at Heartland Community College about environmentalist Aldo Leopold a hero to the green movement. Aldo Leopold was a Socialist who believed only the community and not individuals should own land.
Radical groups like the Sierra Club promote the establishment of these centers in their quest for Sustainable Development and Universal Global Regulations or the complete destruction of property rights and undermining of Nation States. Radical Groups that get funds at the National level from George Soros according to discoverthenetworks.org are partnered with the Ecology Action Center. Such as Indy Media, ( SEAC) Student Environmental Action Coalition, And the Community Foundations.
The Ecology Action Center also suggests getting your news from these publications which have also received funding from George Soros Grist Magazine and Environmental Network News. According to the book “Climate Confusion” written by Dr. Roy W. Spencer a writer for Grist online magazine posted the following comment about people who challenge man made global warming:
“ When we’ve finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we’re in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the damage, we should have war crimes trials for these bastards—some sort of climate Nuremberg.”
Other groups include No Nukes, Bloomington Normal Citizens for Peace and Justice, The Progressive Alliance of Bloomington-Normal, The JWP Audubon Society is a local branch of the National Audubon Society which was instrumental in helping the United Nations develop the early framework of UN Sustainable Development Policies setting the stage for the Rio Accords. The National Audubon Society signed onto the United Nations document on Human Settlements in 1976 and the Preamble is very, very ANTI PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Preamble of the Human Settlements Document signed by the Audubon Society:
And this is the Preamble from the document: "LAND...CANNOT be treated as an ordinary asset, CONTROLED 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 and therefore CONTRIBUTES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES. The provision of decent dwellings and healthy conditions for the people can only be achieved if land is used in the interests of society as a whole PUBLIC CONTROL OF LAND use is therefore INDESPENSIBLE...."
Another local group called the Soroptimist International Society of Bloomington - Normal also helps support the Ecology Action Center and according to a Soroptimist International website they are involved and fully support United Nations Agenda 21.
"Agenda 21. Environmental Challenges of Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference On Environment and Development, (UNCED), in Rio, 1992
Soroptimist International fully supports the decisions taken at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio 1992 and urges all Governments to ratify and implement the Conventions on:
*Climate Change, Biodiversity, Fight against desertification, Principles of Global Consensus.
In order to implement Agenda 21, Soroptimist International asks its members:
*to become knowledgeable about the National Agenda 21 and especially the Local Agenda 21 which all countries and municipalities have been asked to establish
*to act within this framework, together with the community based organisations
*to increase their awareness, advocacy and action in order to influence decision makers and promote Agenda 21 at an early age, through education in schools,"
It is no surprise George Soros is funding environmental groups and many of them have connections with ICLEI and our local Ecology Action Center. In 1997, George Soros’s Open Society gave ICLEI a $2,147,415 grant to support its Local Agenda 21 Project, also sometimes known as Communities 21. George Soros echoed Earth Charter author Maurice Strong when he stated “America, as the center of the globalized financial markets, was sucking up the savings of the world. This is now over. The game is out,’ he said, adding that the time has come for ‘a very serious adjustment’ in American’s consumption habits.”
Radical groups like the Sierra Club promote the establishment of these centers in their quest for Sustainable Development and Universal Global Regulations or the complete destruction of property rights and undermining of Nation States. Radical Groups that get funds at the National level from George Soros according to discoverthenetworks.org are partnered with the Ecology Action Center. Such as Indy Media, ( SEAC) Student Environmental Action Coalition, And the Community Foundations.
The Ecology Action Center also suggests getting your news from these publications which have also received funding from George Soros Grist Magazine and Environmental Network News. According to the book “Climate Confusion” written by Dr. Roy W. Spencer a writer for Grist online magazine posted the following comment about people who challenge man made global warming:
“ When we’ve finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we’re in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the damage, we should have war crimes trials for these bastards—some sort of climate Nuremberg.”
Other groups include No Nukes, Bloomington Normal Citizens for Peace and Justice, The Progressive Alliance of Bloomington-Normal, The JWP Audubon Society is a local branch of the National Audubon Society which was instrumental in helping the United Nations develop the early framework of UN Sustainable Development Policies setting the stage for the Rio Accords. The National Audubon Society signed onto the United Nations document on Human Settlements in 1976 and the Preamble is very, very ANTI PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Preamble of the Human Settlements Document signed by the Audubon Society:
And this is the Preamble from the document: "LAND...CANNOT be treated as an ordinary asset, CONTROLED 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 and therefore CONTRIBUTES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES. The provision of decent dwellings and healthy conditions for the people can only be achieved if land is used in the interests of society as a whole PUBLIC CONTROL OF LAND use is therefore INDESPENSIBLE...."
Another local group called the Soroptimist International Society of Bloomington - Normal also helps support the Ecology Action Center and according to a Soroptimist International website they are involved and fully support United Nations Agenda 21.
"Agenda 21. Environmental Challenges of Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference On Environment and Development, (UNCED), in Rio, 1992
Soroptimist International fully supports the decisions taken at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio 1992 and urges all Governments to ratify and implement the Conventions on:
*Climate Change, Biodiversity, Fight against desertification, Principles of Global Consensus.
In order to implement Agenda 21, Soroptimist International asks its members:
*to become knowledgeable about the National Agenda 21 and especially the Local Agenda 21 which all countries and municipalities have been asked to establish
*to act within this framework, together with the community based organisations
*to increase their awareness, advocacy and action in order to influence decision makers and promote Agenda 21 at an early age, through education in schools,"
It is no surprise George Soros is funding environmental groups and many of them have connections with ICLEI and our local Ecology Action Center. In 1997, George Soros’s Open Society gave ICLEI a $2,147,415 grant to support its Local Agenda 21 Project, also sometimes known as Communities 21. George Soros echoed Earth Charter author Maurice Strong when he stated “America, as the center of the globalized financial markets, was sucking up the savings of the world. This is now over. The game is out,’ he said, adding that the time has come for ‘a very serious adjustment’ in American’s consumption habits.”
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Bloomington - Normal Central Planning Pt.4
Mayor Koos is classified by the Sierra Club and by the United Nations (ngo) International Council on Local Environmental Issues (ICLEI) as a “COOL MAYOR.” The UN (ngo) ICLEI has given Mayor Koos an entire webpage for his “Cool Mayor” profile. ICLEI and the Sierra Club monitor the progress of Cool Mayors in the implementation of Sustainable Development policies. ICLEI provides “toolkits” to local mayors that help influence policy changes in development, watersheds, and land use in exchange for financial rewards. Springfield Illinois is a full member of ICLEI.
Some areas like Edmond Oklahoma and Carrol County Maryland recently withdrew from ICLEI because new elections swept new leaders into office due to public outrage over ICLEI membership and sustainable development policies. The City of Normal is not yet a member of ICLEI; however, having your Mayor become a “Cool Mayor” is a big step. According to the Website freedom advocates the consequences of ICLEI policy changes are as follows:
•Traffic congestion
•Open space where access is not allowed
•Government “partnering” with favored private businesses and non-profit agencies, using your tax money
•Undermining Constitutional administration of government
•Managed control over your life
•Mismanagement of public utilities
•Prohibitions on natural resource management leading to increased fire hazards, lack of water, and private property restrictions,
•Increased taxes, fees, regulations and restrictions
ICLEI's own website says :
Our programs, and projects promote participatory, long-term, strategic planning process that address local sustainability while protecting global common goods. This approach links local action to internationally agreed-upon goals and targets such as:
Agenda 21, the Rio Conventions
ICLEI Website keeping tabs on Normal: http://www.iclei-euro...
Normal, Illinois (Town of Normal, Illinois)
USA - North America
City - Inhabitants (): 52.056
Territory size: 35 km2
Community GDP in USD: 2.469.536.640 Baseline year used: 1990
Targets:
CO2e reduction target: 7% by 2012 (community)
Some areas like Edmond Oklahoma and Carrol County Maryland recently withdrew from ICLEI because new elections swept new leaders into office due to public outrage over ICLEI membership and sustainable development policies. The City of Normal is not yet a member of ICLEI; however, having your Mayor become a “Cool Mayor” is a big step. According to the Website freedom advocates the consequences of ICLEI policy changes are as follows:
•Traffic congestion
•Open space where access is not allowed
•Government “partnering” with favored private businesses and non-profit agencies, using your tax money
•Undermining Constitutional administration of government
•Managed control over your life
•Mismanagement of public utilities
•Prohibitions on natural resource management leading to increased fire hazards, lack of water, and private property restrictions,
•Increased taxes, fees, regulations and restrictions
ICLEI's own website says :
Our programs, and projects promote participatory, long-term, strategic planning process that address local sustainability while protecting global common goods. This approach links local action to internationally agreed-upon goals and targets such as:
Agenda 21, the Rio Conventions
ICLEI Website keeping tabs on Normal: http://www.iclei-euro...
Normal, Illinois (Town of Normal, Illinois)
USA - North America
City - Inhabitants (): 52.056
Territory size: 35 km2
Community GDP in USD: 2.469.536.640 Baseline year used: 1990
Targets:
CO2e reduction target: 7% by 2012 (community)
Friday, April 1, 2011
Bloomington - Normal Central Planning Pt3
The US Mayors Conference which Mayor Koos is a member, also endorses the Earth Charter written by Socialist Maurice Strong and Communist Mikhail Gorbachev former leader of the Soviet Union. Interestingly Strong is a former Secretary General of the United Nations and huge proponent of Sustainable Development even though he currently lives in China, his company builds an average of one Coal Plant per week. Consequently Strong himself is one of the world’s biggest polluters. Maurice Strong was also involved in the UN oil for Food Scandal when he endorsed himself a check for $988,885 dollars. Strong also was a stockholder and board member of the Chicago Climate Exchange and stood to make billions if Cap and Trade Legislation was passed. Maurice Strong after the 1992 Conference in Rio said “Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? And isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?”
Mikhail Gorbachev former leader of the collapsed Soviet Union standing with Maurice Strong at a news conference about the Earth Charter stated ““We have, I believe, to gear consumption to peoples cultural and spiritual needs also through culture and education and within the framework of laws, we shall address the problem of controlling the world’s population.” Mr. Gorbachev also stated that he hoped the 16 principles of the Earth Charter would be the New Ten Commandments.
A Normal City Council member two years ago was asked if they had ever heard of the Earth Charter? The reply was “ Yes, we have passed it around the council.” Bloomington City Council Member Jennifer McDade played a active role in bringing Dr. Peter Blaze Corcoran an author of “Earth in Action” and a huge proponent of the Earth Charter and an advisor to the United Nations to Illinois State University. As an advisor for the Earth Charter Initiative (ECI), Corcoran provides leadership to guide the transition to a more sustainable global community. An Illinois State University website promoting the event stated “ Corcoran will facilitate a dialogue among the participants about Current and Future possibilities for campus and Community Collaborations.”
Council Member McDade was given all the information in this article and graciously responded to two questions that I asked:
Question 1: Are you a proponent of the Un Earth Charter?
Answer by Council Member McDade:
Outside of my professional responsibilities for the Peter Corcoran event (which was part of my work assignment at Illinois State University), I am not involved with the Earth Charter
Question 2: Are you actively pushing for the principles of the Earth Charter for the City of Bloomington?
Answer by Council Member McDade:
No. I am not familiar enough with the document to comment on the accuracy of your statement below.
The Earth Charter is overwhelmingly about Transnationalism. Why are so many local officals looking at the Transnational Earth Charter instead of the US Constitution?
Some Principles from The Earth Charter:
3. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable, and peaceful.
a. Ensure that communities at all levels guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms and provide everyone an opportunity to realize his or her full potential.
b. Promote social and ECONOMIC JUSTICE, enabling all to achieve a secure and meaningful livelihood that is ecologically responsible.
Adopt at all levels sustainable development plans and regulations that make environmental conservation and rehabilitation integral to all development initiatives.
Guarantee the right to potable water, clean air, food security, uncontaminated soil, shelter, and safe sanitation, allocating the national and international resources required.
After reading these brief examples ask yourself who granted the New “Rights” to water, clean air, food, and Security? In Addition, ask yourself who is going to oversee the promotion of Economic Justice or wealth Re-Distribution and the universal development plans? Economic Justice in the Earth Charter is talking about taking from the Carbon Producers (The United States) and giving our wealth and energy to the rest of the world. And who has the capability or would like to have the capability to provide an armed force that can guarantee a right to security? Now do you still really believe that all of these sustainable development ideas are originating from the residents of Bloomington- Normal and it’s all about beautification?
Mikhail Gorbachev former leader of the collapsed Soviet Union standing with Maurice Strong at a news conference about the Earth Charter stated ““We have, I believe, to gear consumption to peoples cultural and spiritual needs also through culture and education and within the framework of laws, we shall address the problem of controlling the world’s population.” Mr. Gorbachev also stated that he hoped the 16 principles of the Earth Charter would be the New Ten Commandments.
A Normal City Council member two years ago was asked if they had ever heard of the Earth Charter? The reply was “ Yes, we have passed it around the council.” Bloomington City Council Member Jennifer McDade played a active role in bringing Dr. Peter Blaze Corcoran an author of “Earth in Action” and a huge proponent of the Earth Charter and an advisor to the United Nations to Illinois State University. As an advisor for the Earth Charter Initiative (ECI), Corcoran provides leadership to guide the transition to a more sustainable global community. An Illinois State University website promoting the event stated “ Corcoran will facilitate a dialogue among the participants about Current and Future possibilities for campus and Community Collaborations.”
Council Member McDade was given all the information in this article and graciously responded to two questions that I asked:
Question 1: Are you a proponent of the Un Earth Charter?
Answer by Council Member McDade:
Outside of my professional responsibilities for the Peter Corcoran event (which was part of my work assignment at Illinois State University), I am not involved with the Earth Charter
Question 2: Are you actively pushing for the principles of the Earth Charter for the City of Bloomington?
Answer by Council Member McDade:
No. I am not familiar enough with the document to comment on the accuracy of your statement below.
The Earth Charter is overwhelmingly about Transnationalism. Why are so many local officals looking at the Transnational Earth Charter instead of the US Constitution?
Some Principles from The Earth Charter:
3. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable, and peaceful.
a. Ensure that communities at all levels guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms and provide everyone an opportunity to realize his or her full potential.
b. Promote social and ECONOMIC JUSTICE, enabling all to achieve a secure and meaningful livelihood that is ecologically responsible.
Adopt at all levels sustainable development plans and regulations that make environmental conservation and rehabilitation integral to all development initiatives.
Guarantee the right to potable water, clean air, food security, uncontaminated soil, shelter, and safe sanitation, allocating the national and international resources required.
After reading these brief examples ask yourself who granted the New “Rights” to water, clean air, food, and Security? In Addition, ask yourself who is going to oversee the promotion of Economic Justice or wealth Re-Distribution and the universal development plans? Economic Justice in the Earth Charter is talking about taking from the Carbon Producers (The United States) and giving our wealth and energy to the rest of the world. And who has the capability or would like to have the capability to provide an armed force that can guarantee a right to security? Now do you still really believe that all of these sustainable development ideas are originating from the residents of Bloomington- Normal and it’s all about beautification?
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Bloomington Normal Central Planning Pt 2
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.)
“ 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.)
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.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Restoring Honor Rally in Washington DC
Link to story at World Net Daily
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=197029
Paul and Jeff Strange, father and son, came from Bloomington, Ill., with their friend Tom Morgan. Just prior to the formal presentations, Jeff Strange spoke presciently:
"I came here to try and improve myself as an individual, because I think we need to restore our character in this country," he said. "We need to restore the character of our leaders, and we need to start electing virtuous leaders.
"We're in big trouble, and it's time to do something about it," said Strange. "We came out here to be with thousands of other people to take a stand, to change ourselves and our country."
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=197029
Paul and Jeff Strange, father and son, came from Bloomington, Ill., with their friend Tom Morgan. Just prior to the formal presentations, Jeff Strange spoke presciently:
"I came here to try and improve myself as an individual, because I think we need to restore our character in this country," he said. "We need to restore the character of our leaders, and we need to start electing virtuous leaders.
"We're in big trouble, and it's time to do something about it," said Strange. "We came out here to be with thousands of other people to take a stand, to change ourselves and our country."
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Bloomington City Council
In Bloomington our growth has been successfully planned and shaped by the marketplace. The greatness of this community is a direct result of the buying decisions made by the citizens in pursuit of their happiness and use of their property. The proper role of the city council is to provide the infrastructure that supports these decisions made by the people.
With Form Based Code the city is overstepping it’s role and attempting to dictate these decisions, thus denying the residents of Bloomington Liberty by shifting power from the people to the government all in the name of securing federal and state grants designed to control our lives. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood a recent guest in Bloomington said this: “About everything we do around here is government intrusion into people’s lives.”
John Adams “Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist.”
George Washington “ Property and freedom are inseperable.”
Mayor Stockton, Council Members, When you say the Pledge of Allegiance to the republic for which it stands are those just words? Council members now is the time to stand tall for liberty and the residents of Bloomington and reject the intrusion of form based code being pushed on our community by outsiders.
With Form Based Code the city is overstepping it’s role and attempting to dictate these decisions, thus denying the residents of Bloomington Liberty by shifting power from the people to the government all in the name of securing federal and state grants designed to control our lives. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood a recent guest in Bloomington said this: “About everything we do around here is government intrusion into people’s lives.”
John Adams “Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist.”
George Washington “ Property and freedom are inseperable.”
Mayor Stockton, Council Members, When you say the Pledge of Allegiance to the republic for which it stands are those just words? Council members now is the time to stand tall for liberty and the residents of Bloomington and reject the intrusion of form based code being pushed on our community by outsiders.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
High Speed Rail Protestors
Protesters question high-speed rail in the face of budget deficits
Story Discussion By Mary Ann Ford
mford@pantagraph.com
Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:00 pm
Not everyone at Friday’s news conference supported spending $8 billion for high-speed rail. Several people gathered at the Amtrak station held signs and even made negative comments while Sen. Dick Durbin was speaking. They questioned projections of economic growth from high-speed rail spending and the wisdom of spending so much money in the face of mounting state and federal budget deficits.
“I’m really upset,” said Jeff Strange of Bloomington.While officials say the money will help produce jobs and bring economic development, Strange said similar systems in other countries don’t work and taxpayers end up paying. In addition, he said, the claim that a $1 billion infusion will produce 20,000 jobs is based on freight rail, not high-speed passenger rail.
Don Tolan of Minonk held a sign that read: “Quit spending my money, my kids’ money, their kids’ money, their kids’ money, their kids’ money.” “I’m tired of politicians spending money like there’s no limit,” he said. “We’ve doubled our deficit in one year.”
Plane or train? Laura McNeil of Normal also held a sign, but not to protest high-speed rail.
“I’m bothered by the fact they’re here to promote Amtrak but they didn’t ride the train,” she said.
Gov. Pat Quinn, Durbin and several other officials at the conference flew from Chicago to Alton and then to Normal to talk about the $1.2 billion the state received from the high-speed rail stimulus plan President Barack Obama unveiled Thursday.
McNeil said riding the train would be much cheaper — something the state should be thinking about in the midst of its budget. “Last year, my kids got $4,000 in MAP grants,” she said, referring to the state’s Monetary Award Program for college students. “This year, they got nothing.”
Quinn and Durbin said using the plane was a matter of scheduling. “I’m the governor of Illinois,” Quinn said. “I can’t spend all my time on one thing.” Quinn said besides spreading the message about high-speed rail Friday, he also had to work on the state’s budget.
Story Discussion By Mary Ann Ford
mford@pantagraph.com
Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:00 pm
Not everyone at Friday’s news conference supported spending $8 billion for high-speed rail. Several people gathered at the Amtrak station held signs and even made negative comments while Sen. Dick Durbin was speaking. They questioned projections of economic growth from high-speed rail spending and the wisdom of spending so much money in the face of mounting state and federal budget deficits.
“I’m really upset,” said Jeff Strange of Bloomington.While officials say the money will help produce jobs and bring economic development, Strange said similar systems in other countries don’t work and taxpayers end up paying. In addition, he said, the claim that a $1 billion infusion will produce 20,000 jobs is based on freight rail, not high-speed passenger rail.
Don Tolan of Minonk held a sign that read: “Quit spending my money, my kids’ money, their kids’ money, their kids’ money, their kids’ money.” “I’m tired of politicians spending money like there’s no limit,” he said. “We’ve doubled our deficit in one year.”
Plane or train? Laura McNeil of Normal also held a sign, but not to protest high-speed rail.
“I’m bothered by the fact they’re here to promote Amtrak but they didn’t ride the train,” she said.
Gov. Pat Quinn, Durbin and several other officials at the conference flew from Chicago to Alton and then to Normal to talk about the $1.2 billion the state received from the high-speed rail stimulus plan President Barack Obama unveiled Thursday.
McNeil said riding the train would be much cheaper — something the state should be thinking about in the midst of its budget. “Last year, my kids got $4,000 in MAP grants,” she said, referring to the state’s Monetary Award Program for college students. “This year, they got nothing.”
Quinn and Durbin said using the plane was a matter of scheduling. “I’m the governor of Illinois,” Quinn said. “I can’t spend all my time on one thing.” Quinn said besides spreading the message about high-speed rail Friday, he also had to work on the state’s budget.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Secretary Lahood or Behavior Czar?
Transportation Secretary Lahood will be speaking to the McLean County Chamber of Commerce. As a former congressman from Illinois Lahood stated: “I think high speed rail is a bad idea because we don’t have the money to fund routes that currently serve Illinois.” However, since Lahood is now a member of the President’s cabinet he is pushing a train that averages 55 to 75mph as high speed rail.
The federal stimulus for high speed rail is $13 billion with a bill in the US House calling for $50 billion more over the next six years. Japan’s National Railway recently forced citizens to absorb $200 billion in losses and the European Union spends $100 billion a year subsidizing rail.
Proponents of High Speed Rail suggest that for every $1 billion dollars spent 20,000 jobs will be created. But these job creation estimates are based on spending for freight rail, not passenger rail. That figure also works out to $50,000 per job many of which would be temporary.
According to the Illinois Policy Institute high speed rail is part of the Obama Administration's "livability" campaign to reshape the lifestyles of average Americans. Secretary Lahood has stated “About everything we do around here is government intrusion into people's lives,” and "It is a way to coerce people out of their cars." In LaHood’s quest for controlling Americans and promoting sustainability the unintended consequence is Unsustainable debt and loss of liberty on the backs of the forgotten working man.
The federal stimulus for high speed rail is $13 billion with a bill in the US House calling for $50 billion more over the next six years. Japan’s National Railway recently forced citizens to absorb $200 billion in losses and the European Union spends $100 billion a year subsidizing rail.
Proponents of High Speed Rail suggest that for every $1 billion dollars spent 20,000 jobs will be created. But these job creation estimates are based on spending for freight rail, not passenger rail. That figure also works out to $50,000 per job many of which would be temporary.
According to the Illinois Policy Institute high speed rail is part of the Obama Administration's "livability" campaign to reshape the lifestyles of average Americans. Secretary Lahood has stated “About everything we do around here is government intrusion into people's lives,” and "It is a way to coerce people out of their cars." In LaHood’s quest for controlling Americans and promoting sustainability the unintended consequence is Unsustainable debt and loss of liberty on the backs of the forgotten working man.
Railway to Gateway
The issues of high-speed rail and government control of the Internet and news media have been rising in popularity among the people of our state and nation.
First, local and state politicians have been pushing and deceiving the public with so called high-speed rail in Illinois.
By definition, high-speed rail is any passenger train that travels over 120 mph and the rail line being promised for Normal tops out at 110 mph and will average a speed of 56 mph reducing the current rail trip from Chicago to St. Louis from 5½ hours to 5 hours.
Second, The Obama administration has declared war on anyone from news organizations, bloggers and private citizens who oppose their policies. This is behavior that you would witness from Hugo Chavez, Castro or Mao Zedong, not from a president of the United States.
However, frustration turned to optimism once I found out that Kristina Rasmussen, executive vice president of the Illinois Policy Institute, who has been featured on CNN and CSPAN, and Jim Hoft, proprietor of the "Gateway Pundit," are coming to speak at the Illinois State University Alumni Center on Nov. 11.
Kristina Rasmussen is an expert on the myth of high-speed rail and Jim Hoft's blog is read by 1.5 million people each month and he is credited with forcing Obama's communist Green Czar Van Jones to resign.
An educated populace is the best defense against soft tyranny.
First, local and state politicians have been pushing and deceiving the public with so called high-speed rail in Illinois.
By definition, high-speed rail is any passenger train that travels over 120 mph and the rail line being promised for Normal tops out at 110 mph and will average a speed of 56 mph reducing the current rail trip from Chicago to St. Louis from 5½ hours to 5 hours.
Second, The Obama administration has declared war on anyone from news organizations, bloggers and private citizens who oppose their policies. This is behavior that you would witness from Hugo Chavez, Castro or Mao Zedong, not from a president of the United States.
However, frustration turned to optimism once I found out that Kristina Rasmussen, executive vice president of the Illinois Policy Institute, who has been featured on CNN and CSPAN, and Jim Hoft, proprietor of the "Gateway Pundit," are coming to speak at the Illinois State University Alumni Center on Nov. 11.
Kristina Rasmussen is an expert on the myth of high-speed rail and Jim Hoft's blog is read by 1.5 million people each month and he is credited with forcing Obama's communist Green Czar Van Jones to resign.
An educated populace is the best defense against soft tyranny.
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