Blaze Magazine Exclusive: Wondering What Agenda 21 Is? Read Our Report on the International Land Grab
Editor’s note: With the release of Glenn Beck’s new book, “Agenda 21,” we thought our online readers would be interested in the cover story from the January/February 2012 issue of TheBlaze Magazine.
Normally, we keep the content of TheBlaze Mag exclusive to the magazine and you won’t it find anywhere else—online or in print. But we’re making an exception with this cover story from almost a year ago. (You can still get the original print and/or digital version here.)
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The January/February 2012 cover warned of the United Nations’ plan to eliminate private property rights. The special report by Mike Opelka, “International Land Grab,” takes a look at the two-decade-old U.N. Agenda 21 program that remains relatively unknown to most Americans and exposes the global scheme that has the potential to wipe out freedoms of all U.S. citizens.
Below is the full story from the January/February issue. Be sure to subscribe to TheBlaze Magazine today to make sure you don’t miss any more of our in-depth and investigative reports, smart analysis, and powerful commentary.
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Imagine waking up in a country where a high-ranking government official stands in front of citizens and rails against personal property rights:
“The American system of justice must be changed to conform to that of the rest of the world, and there must be a shift in attitudes. Individual wants, needs and desires are to be conformed to the views and dictates of government planners. In the process of implementing Sustainable Development, individual rights will have to take a back seat to the collective.”
The shocking line that individual rights should be relegated to the rear has actually been attributed to an American high-ranking, public official: Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin.
The powerful Mr. Ruvin reportedly delivered that statement in 2002 at the 10th Anniversary of Agenda 21’s roll out (UNCED Rio+10 Summit-Johannesburg).
Curiously, Ruvin’s profile on the Miami-Dade website says nothing about his association with Agenda 21 or the controversial International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), a collective of local governments and national and regional local government organizations committed to radical environmental policies to eliminate private property rights. However, ICLEI is quite proud of Mr. Ruvin. From the ICLEI website:
“Harvey Ruvin, distinguished member of ICLEI’s Advisory Group, has been named to the Florida Energy Commission. After serving 20 years on the Miami-Dade County Commission, chairing its Environment and Energy Committees, Mr. Ruvin now serves as Miami-Dade County’s Clerk of Courts, where he has implemented technologies that both save money and are good for the environment. Mr. Ruvin helped found ICLEI in 1990, and now chairs the County’s efforts on Climate Change.”
Ruvin was honored to comment about his association with ICLEI—but apparently only on their website: “I am honored by this opportunity to serve. The Florida Energy Commission can be a key player in shaping a climate and energy policy that would put Florida in the forefront as our state, nation and world face up to these critical challenges.”
POWER OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
While Ruvin seems to believe that America and Americans must change to follow the will of the rest of the world, the opinions of the Founding Fathers were very clear on the topic of private property rights.
George Washington stressed the importance of private property when he said, “Private property and freedom are inseparable.”
And John Adams was also adamant on this issue, having affirmed, “Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.”
Considering the creeping threat to property rights, Americans should ask themselves some practical questions about real-life situations:
Can the government shut off your air conditioning or cut back your heat?
Can you be forced to move from a sprawling property with your own water and enough land to grow what you need into a high-density urban setting where everyone lives and works inside a small area?
Can the government tell you what kind of car to drive and where you can travel on your vacation?
Some would argue that the answer to all three of those questions is already leaning towards a resounding “yes.”
So-called “smart meters” are being installed at a blinding pace around the country with the potential to curtail energy use based on the decision of someone other than the customer. The possibility exists for appointed government officials to impose their standards of power use over individuals based on their perceived view of what is best for the collective.
Restrictions are worming into regulations all around the country via non-elected officials intending to change the way Americans own and use property.
Government-imposed fuel-economy standards and other regulations are forcing car manufacturers to alter the kinds of cars they can build, eliminating the free market and giving the government control over what kind of cars consumer can buy.
And all of this can be tied back to something called Agenda 21.
WHAT IS AGENDA 21? WHO BACKS IT?
The seeds for Agenda 21 were planted back in 1987 when the writings of Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, first vice president of the Socialist International, caught the eye of the United Nations.
Brundtland wrote an environmental extremist U.N. report titled, “Our Common Future,” which the global body used as a springboard for using environmentalism as a tool to control the world’s people and establish a global government.
The resulting U.N. program, Agenda 21, is a grand plan for global “sustainable development,” which President George H.W. Bush (and 177 other world leaders) agreed to in 1992. In July 1993, President Bill Clinton brought the global scheme directly into the U.S. government when he signed an executive order creating the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, which avoided any review or discussion by Congress or the American people.
“Sustainable development” sounds like a nice idea—that is, until you scratch the surface and find that Agenda 21 and sustainable development are actually cloaked plans to impose the tenets of social justice and socialism on the world.
The Agenda 21 plan openly targets private property—which should surprise no one. For more than 35 years, the United Nations has made their stance very clear on the issue of individuals owning land. A report from a 1976 U.N. conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, on human settlements contains lays out the position:
“Land … cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market.
“Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth 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 interest of society as a whole.”
As if the United Nations’ role in creating Agenda 21 weren’t enough, consider also that the major international organization pushing for this radical program, ICLEI, has received millions of dollars from George Soros’ Open Society Institute, including a $2.1 million grant in 1997.
This relatively unknown but massive network has managed to embed itself into cities and counties all across the country, likely because many cities do not understand exactly what ICLEI is and how it operates.
Headquartered in Bonn, Germany, ICLEI is an international organization that offers training and support to municipalities that want to enact Agenda 21’s programs.
A global plan the size of Agenda 21 could not be implemented without the large, well-funded ICLEI. And ICLEI is already quite deeply entrenched in America. They proudly announce their history and plans on websites tied to member cities:
“ICLEI USA was launched in 1995 and has grown from a handful of local governments participating in a pilot project to a solid network of more than 600 cities, towns and counties actively striving to achieve tangible reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and create more sustainable communities. ICLEI USA is the domestic leader on climate protection and adaptation, and sustainable development at the local government level.”
Austin, Texas, is one of the hundreds of local governments that seems to have fallen for the ICLEI arguments for Agenda 21 and has been heavily consuming the “Communitarianism” Kool-Aid. An Austin political action committee called Texans for Accountable Government (TAG) saw what was happening and attempted to stop the Austin City Council from adopting some Agenda 21-friendly initiatives.
Prior to a council vote on some of the initiatives, one of TAG’s members, John Bush, delivered a succinct presentation on ICLEI and Agenda 21 that was virtually ignored by the city officials. Bush’s appeal to the council attempted to sway the opinions of the voting members by appealing to a traditional Texas value—land ownership—and showing how that would be threatened by Agenda 21:
“Among the stated objectives of Agenda 21 is the ‘re-wilding of America’ under the Wildlands Project. This project would remove human beings from over half of the land in America and deem these areas core wilderness zones. Regardless of where you’re family farm once was, human beings will not be allowed to set foot in these areas. There would also be highly controlled and monitored buffer zones around these areas where travel would be severely limited.”
Bush’s short argument against the proposed local law was immediately followed by a lopsided 7-0 vote adopting the United Nations-backed plans.
In California, proponents of Agenda 21 are working to implement plans to create schemes for sustainable management of “open spaces.” The definition of what will be considered an “open space” has sparked heated exchanges between those directing the planning meetings and citizens who want private property rights to be respected and protected.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND AGENDA 21
Agenda 21 also appears to have received a significant endorsement from the Obama administration in early June of 2011.
On June 9, 2011, President Obama signed Executive Order 13575, establishing the White House Rural Council (WHRC) and taking control over almost all aspects of the lives of 16 percent of the American people. The media and the public missed it thanks to the focus on the Anthony Weiner scandal.
Section 1 of E.O. 13575 states:
“Sixteen percent of the American population lives in rural counties. Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to winning the future and ensuring American competitiveness in the years ahead. These communities supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and are essential in the development of science and innovation. Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they also present enormous economic potential. The Federal Government has an important role to play in order to expand access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public lands.”
Warning bells should have been sounding all across rural America with the use of the phrase “sustainable rural communities”—code words for the true fundamental transformation of America. And the third sentence also makes it quite clear that the government intends to take greater control over “food, fiber, and energy.” The last sentence in Section 1 further clarifies the intent of the order by tying together “access to the capital necessary for economic growth, health care and education.”
One might expect that the WHRC would be populated by experts in the various fields that might prove helpful to the folks who live and work outside of large urban areas. Well, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will chair the group, but the 25 members appointed to serve on this very influential body are the heads of the executive branch departments, offices, agencies and councils, not leaders in rural development.
Not only was nary a single department in the federal government excluded from the WHRC, but also the administration inserted a wild-card option, leaving a membership spot open to anyone the president and the Agriculture secretary might want to designate to serve on this powerful council.
Within the 25 designated members of the council are some curious ties to Agenda 21 and the structure being built to implement it:
VALERIE JARRETT: From the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, Jarrett served on the board of an organization called Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). LISC uses the language of Agenda 21 and ICLEI as their website details their work to build “sustainable communities.”
MELODY BARNES: The head of the Domestic Policy Council, Barnes is a former vice president at the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress.
HILDA SOLIS: Labor Secretary Solis received an award in 2000 for her work on “environmental justice.”
NANCY SUTLEY: White House Council on Environmental Quality chief Sutley served on the board of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District and was one of the biggest supporters of low-flow toilets that are now credited with costing more money than expected while causing some nasty problems.
Is it possible that concerns about E.O. 13575 are just typical anti-big-government paranoia? Consider the “mission and function” of WHRC as laid out by the president:
“The Council shall work across executive departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural America, and shall coordinate my Administration’s engagement with rural communities.”
“Economic prosperity” and a better “quality of life,” that all sounds fairly innocent and well-intentioned. But continuing deeper into the order, one finds the council is charged with four directives, the first two of which pose the greatest threat of growing federal influence over private property in rural areas.
DIRECTIVE NO. 1: “make recommendations to the President, through the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council, on streamlining and leveraging Federal investments in rural areas, where appropriate, to increase the impact of Federal dollars and create economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America.”
The vague language here also sounds non-threatening. There is a hint of a “rural stimulus plan” in the making. Will the federal government start pumping money into farmlands under the guise of “creat[ing] economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America”?
DIRECTIVE NO. 2: “coordinate and increase the effectiveness of Federal engagement with rural stakeholders, including agricultural organizations, small businesses, education and training institutions, health-care providers, telecommunications services providers, research and land grant institutions, law enforcement, State, local, and tribal governments, and nongovernmental organizations regarding the needs of rural America.”
Virtually every aspect of rural life seems to now be part of the government’s mission. And while all of the items in the second directive sound like typical government speak, Americans should be alarmed when they read the words “nongovernmental organizations” (NGOs). NGOs are unelected, but typically government-funded groups that act like embedded community organizers. And NGOs are key to Agenda 21’s plans.
In the world of business, Agenda 21 is not a free-market friend, preferring private-public partnerships where the government decides which companies will receive tax breaks and are allowed to stay in business. In light of this, the cozy relationship between the current administration and GE (a company that earned billions of dollars and paid no tax in 2010) should raise eyebrows. Additionally, White House efforts to tell Boeing in which state they can operate bolsters the image that Agenda 21 ideals are already making serious headway in America.
ARE AGENDA 21 AND ICLEI SECURITY THREATS TO AMERICA?
In addition to the potential for restricting personal property rights and removing basic freedoms to choose how and where one lives, Agenda 21 and ICLEI may also present a significant security risk to America.
Charles Winkler, a retired Defense Department analyst who worked as a specialist in Russia and the Middle East, has studied ICLEI and Agenda 21. In November 2011, Winkler publicly discussed the potential national security problems with ICLEI’s presence in America.
At one meeting in Virginia, Winkler offered some surprising information about one high-ranking ICLEI representative, regional officer Jie “Megan” Wu:
- Wu, who as recently as last summer was leading seminars for ICLEI, has a history as an official for the People’s Republic of China, an official member of the Chinese delegation dealing with foreigners in multi-lateral negotiations;
- she studied in a university that was subordinate to the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and where, according to Winkler, linguists are trained for government service;
- she appeared to still be a citizen of China and trained in dealing with foreigners by a state school; and
- at one point, Wu, an apparent Chinese national, was charged with overseeing a territory for ICLEI from Georgia up to Maine and inland.
Winkler explained at the meeting that a retired officer for the Russian GRU (Moscow’s large foreign military intelligence operation) told him that any Chinese national trained in “dealing with foreigners” has a counter-intelligence association or an official link back to the government.
Winkler says that his immediate concern with Wu is related to national security—specifically: Why does ICLEI have a representative for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region that is a citizen of China and one that may be trained in counter-intelligence?
Some claim Winkler is paranoid. But his worries about a Chinese national acting as the main representative for ICLEI and having access to potentially sensitive information about hundreds of Defense locations do not seem far-fetched when one considers:
- The Defense Department operates at least 200 facilities within the territory once covered by Ms. Wu (and still covered by ICLEI);
- ICLEI gathers data on utilities, ports, rail and airport operations, as well as planning for additional development of these areas; and
- the information is compiled locally and sent to ICLEI’s foreign headquarters.
Winkler also reports that within the past two months, Russia arrested a Chinese national trying to get secret government documents on missile systems while posing as an interpreter—just as Wu was doing.
ombine this and the reality that all of ICLEI’s data is sent to the group’s world headquarters with the fact that nobody in our government seems to know who has access to all of the potentially sensitive intelligence being gathered, and security officials in America have legitimate serious concerns about ICLEI.
Curiously, in June 2011, Wu was replaced by a new regional director named Eli Yewdall. Yewdall’s Internet-accessible history shows ties to far-Left groups such as Climate Justice and various other “direct action” climate movement organizations. He has also worked as a local organizer in New York and was arrested in a protest at the IRS. As a student in 2002 he declared that the United Nations is the “only democratic body in existence.”
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST AGENDA 21 AND ICLEI?
In recent months, citizen groups across the country have organized and become involved in the removal of towns and cities from membership in ICLEI. There are several Facebook groups working to illuminate the real purpose of Agenda 21 and ICLEI, including “Wake Up Call to Agenda 21,” “Resist UN Agenda 21” and “Stopping UN Agenda 21”; plus, many city and county Facebook groups have dedicated themselves to dismantling ICLEI’s substantial network.
While the awareness of Agenda 21 seems to have increased significantly in the past year, there is still much work to be done by those interested in blocking the redistributive social-and environmental-justice intentions embedded in both Agenda 21 and ICLEI.
The fight for property rights will continue this summer when advocates for Agenda 21, ICLEI and various global governance schemes will gather to mark the 20th anniversary of the initial announcement of this plan to create a global government through the subterfuge of environmentalism. The event is seeking “to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challenges.”
Without the continued vigilance of freedom-loving Americans, this movement threatens to overwhelm private property rights that our Founders knew are central to our liberty.
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PatriotofPast
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:45amThese people “Helped” get a fabulous BIKE PATH built here in Rapid City. And just recently some organization in conjunction with The Rapid City Police Dept. installed SOLAR LIGHTS on it!
Amazing how Ignorant people can be. You can only yell Wolf so many times.
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FMJGunny
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:08pmYou are an idiot. And you obviously own nothing and have no clue to any history of our country or this organization.
This program USED to be ‘Man and Biodiversity’ (MAB) back in the early 1960′s (JFK signed off on this) and about twenty five years ago, that was shortened to just ‘Biodiversity’ and about fifteen years ago that was CHANGED to Agenda 21.
In every country that this has been implemented (SA and Africa) there has been a complete loss of freedoms.
I have been screaming about this for more than forty years. I tire of all the people who think socialism, communism or marxism is cool and a good thing.
So many people are dead because of those ‘isms’ that only STUPID PEOPLE think it’s a good thing. And you ARE A STUPID PERSON.
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outrider
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:15pmWe have bike paths here too. As part of a national network they take “connectivity” to a new level by inviting all sorts of strangers into previously safe neighborhoods, where crime, especially burglary and rapes, is now escalating. No mention of bike path-associated crime can be found in local newspapers.
A few years ago the liberal elites decided to retro-fit bike paths onto utility easements between houses in older “good” neighborhoods where the local bike club likes to ride the pretty streets. Of course, all property owners, including those on the poor side of town who would never use the paths, would’ve had to pay the estimated $1 million/mile construction cost and the annual maintenance cost of $100,000/mile. The $350/year increase in my property taxes would’ve forced me to sell my paid-for home. Local govt didn’t care; their ‘green’ objectives were more important.
Voters stalled those plans temporarily, but new, ignorant voters recently elected several more UN-loving liberals to local govt, so the bike paths remain a threat. Interestingly, within the past few months, the elite liberal residents of an upscale neighborhood here succeeded in forcing govt to route another phase of the path around, rather than through, their exclusive neighborhood. Apparently another case of liberal not-in-my-backyard syndrome.
Liberals always want SOMEONE ELSE to pay for their feel-good delusions and Utopian projects.
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GuruMeditation
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:19amStraight Up Tyranny!
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:07amThis article has a fatal flaw…It assumes America is full of freedom loving people. The election proved otherwise as only about 1% voted for freedom, and 51% voted for absolute tyranny. The rest of you stuck with tyranny-minor.
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silvereagle99
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 5:17amWOLVERINES anyone?
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D.A.Veteran
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:35amI just left one of the ICLEI websites. Boy, it looks like these guys are only out to do good. But, in reality, the free market automatically adjusts to becoming more efficient and effective in every endeavor, including energy conservation. I could not find a single example to justify having some organization to manage what we already manage thru free market enterprises. There is no mention of agenda 21. Sure hope people wake up to this. I do see obamas connection to this agenda and his determination to impose socialism on us in this new term.
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tdaly
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:31amIt’s not just ICLEI folks, start going to all of your COG Council of regional government meetings. Every state has them. Look them up. Some meet monthly and some meet quarterly. This is how Agenda 21 starts its flow down to your city and counties. They also get grant money from the federal government and state. It also comes from your states transportation dollars as well thats passed on from the federal government. The big NGO’s as well as big corporations and Engineering Firms are pushing this too for the big money behind it. Walmart, the big Wall street banks and so on. Be very involved at your local and state levels.
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joeno
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 11:21pmI have been saying for 35 years to get out of that rotten club.
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Do The Right Thing
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 11:06pmGee, I can’t complain about this too, I’m still PO’d that I have to pay $50 if I want a 100 watt light bulb, ‘cuz the Gov’t banned the good ones… Starting in January, they’ve banned 75 watt bulbs as well. Then in 2014, 60s and 40s are banned too… This is not a free country by any means. I have a ceiling fan in my kitchen and living room, 10 light bulbs total, in just two rooms! $500 for light bulbs in two fixtures???!!! That is an amazing amount of money in light bulbs, by any standard.
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vehoae
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:28pmI’m one of hundreds of Oklahomans working to halt UN Agenda 21′s mandates. I urge you to use Bing or Google to see how many “sister city agreements” your city/county/state has signed with foreign countries. Most are executed as part of SCI-SCNSD. SCI (Sister City Intn’l.) began during Eisenhower’s presidency & was eventually taken over by SCNSD (Sister City Network for Sustainable Development). SCNSD’s stated mission is to ensure implementation of UN Agenda 21 thru its “Major Partners” (i.e. SCI) and thru those partners’ participants (cities, counties, states). You’ll discover that your local schools, colleges, hospitals, & businesses are primary supporters of the agreements signed between your city/county/state & foreigners. You’ll also find those agreements are endorsed by your local, state, & U.S. legislators, & sanctioned by the U.S. State Dept., Homeland Security, & the President. The GEL group in OK can tell you from disappointing first-hand experience how one particular city council surreptitiously arranged an agreemet with Germany & now Agenda 21′s mandates are fast being implemented through executive-order-style decisions by that city council. Locate group(s) in your area who are working to halt UN Agenda 21′s mandates in your own “backyard.” Join those groups – they need your help & support. Finally, I plead with you to read the forty mandates of UN Agenda 21.They’re easy to comprehend. Click here: http://habitat.igc.org/agenda21/
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Orwellian States
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:00amThere is an upside. Perhaps when they move me from my mountain acres and place in in section 8 type housing, the Clintons will be my neighbors! Perhaps even Cher!
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walkintruth
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 2:12pmI read the section on women. Can you explain why they would be so eager to help women? Are they using them for an agenda? It seems to me that they pretend to be helping us out and then once we are trusting them, they take away our freedoms.
They were putting in the smart meters in our neighborhood last year. I refused to let them do it. They threatened that they would shut off my heat. I called the attorney generals office who told me I did not have to comply. I did not answer my phone and did not return the messages from LIPA. Now I find out that I was right. I heard they can shut off your energy any time they believe you are using too much. I am very glad I fought back.
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hwyllie
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:52pmthey put a smart meter on my house last year. the only choice i was given was ” we either put it in for free now or we put it in next month and charge you $100 plus. Dexter, Maine.. C.M.P. – Central Maine Power. working on getting off the grid completely.
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Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 9:12pmNot too many citizens, rural included really care. Property rights involves hard work.
With subsidies, that area involves little work. Very clever.
Isaiah is coming to a country near you.
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ICEDRAGON
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 8:10pmThis is easier to achieve for several reasons than 30 years age. The Deeds for the land and property are no longer the same. As long as your property can be taken for any reason such as property taxes, it actually belongs to the state. You are just leasing it.
2nd with the federal land grab by Clinton and the closing of federal lands to the public in many area for reasons of blah blah.
There are many other things that have been done to us without our consent or knowledge, we have been stolen from and set up to be made homeless at the drop of a hat, and the whim of some bureaucrat. How does it feel to be the victim of the worlds biggest pickpocket.The UN and Agenda 21.
Aided and abetted by the US Government for the sake of social engineering and Communism?
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hotmonkeylovejunkie
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 6:08pmthis all may be true, in fact, i believe it is evidently clear. push will come to shove and for some reason it hasn’t come as of late, but when it does, real Americans will fight again for freedom and liberty. whatever the gov’t thinks it is doing now will be overturned, abolished, nullified, what have you. this country will return to a beacon of hope and opportunity just as our forefathers dreamt it to be and designed it to be.
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nighttrainno9
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 7:09pmI’m very pleased with the amount of people who are waking up.
It may be to late, but I will fight them until they kill me ( which
probably won’t take that long ). They will not take my land
without people dying. If everyone takes that tack, they will
hard pressed to complete their agena. Keep America free,
DESTROY THE UN!!!!
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Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:26pmWait, then they’re not euthanizing old people or children with birth defects, and have never said anything that would lead a rational person to think they ever would? Glenn just thinks that anything he doesn’t agree with will inevitably lead to that?
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1digger
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:50pmAre you really that clueless? It’s apparent that you’d rather let an unelected body of the UN have control over our land. Glenn is pointing out the obvious, you don’t have to agree but it’s no secret what they want to do with Agenda 21, you can read it, or if you can’t read, have someone read it to you. You play the fool real well and it’s a shame so many lemmings are like you that attack the messenger rather than the message, which is that Agenda 21 is bad news.
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Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:29amI never said that I support Agenda 21. I’m just questioning what the hell some of Glenn’s horror movie ads have to do with the actual goals and potential results of the real Agenda 21.
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revelation2012
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 1:30amObamacare,,,
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rootytoottootin
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:50pm@Chet Hempstead:
Let me educate you a little, from my own experience. 6 mths. ago I went to see my dr.,no problem–
then, on 9-10-2012, I received a “registered” letter from him.Since when do dr.’s send patients,registered letter, I ask you? These were his exact words:”I FIND IT NECESSARY TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM WITHDRAWING FROM FURTHER PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCE UPON YOU. I SUGGEST THAT YOU PLACE YOURSELF UNDER THE CARE OF ANOTHER PHYSICIAN WITHOUT DELAY.”
Then, the next month, I receive a letter from the ‘government’s’ MEDICARE program stating that I WILL, find a prescription company by December, or pay their cost which is not cheap!
I am 62, disabled, on cancer medication & get a “small” disability check. There are only 3 dr.’s in my county, (& it is a large one) that I am ALLOWED to see, & they wouldn’t qualify to treat a dead skunk in my book, I know.
So you see, Obamacare has control of my medical life whether I like it or not!, & that is just one of his tentacles!! I When I become an inconvience to treat, I be treated like the dr. that threw me away. You can bet the government got to him too. I have called numerous times to get him to tell me WHY he DROPPED me, but he refuses to cooperate!
How many more like me is it happening to?, probably hundreds of thousands, so far. Who knows how many it will affect. Yes, AGENDA 21 has MANY FORMS of operations. I just pray you do not fall into their catagory some day, but then we just don’t know do we?
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Protoham
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 5:17pmWe have “Smart Growth” in Maryland and using that the County Commissioners tried to enact a program call “pathways”, which was exactly Agenda 21, taking and controlling personal property. The 3 Commissions were Fired in the next election and replaced with Tea Party members and all is well. But we are on our guard and you should be too.
They will try to disguise it and sneak it in!!
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environmentalandawake
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 5:46pmExactly! The very few feel that they have the Majoirties welfare at hand. Isn’t that why we left England in the first place?!
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environmentalandawake
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 3:42pmGet this. Two years ago The Washington Dept. Fish and Wildlife layed off 68 personnel. They have been buying up land under the Endangered Species Act for many years. Here are some awards to states at this link and the ESA, look at Sec. 6. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/grants/Sect%206%20FY2011%20Combined%20Award%20Summaries%20Final%208-22.pdf Look at how the Brown trout recovery will help Wolf recovery. If you need someone to extrapolate it, I will. Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of. http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/index.html Here in WA State we have faced some of the largest budget cuts per capita in the nation. Interestingly they wont cut social spending, but have cut the University operating budgets by 50%, causing 35% increases in tuition. Just a few weeks ago the
WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife put in a bid to buy land (a famous ranch next to Hanford) and they aren’t even asking for ESA money to purchase it. This is a land grab of the highest order!!! Also Google “Wise use” and “Home Rule.” Am happy Glenn is all over this thing;))
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Farmgirl112055
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:21amI think that the “death tax” is going to play a huge part in this… if you can’t afford the tax when Grampa passes on, and you have to sell part of your family farm.. Who is going to buy it?.. Keep in mind that the price of farm land is going through the roof.. Thing that kills me.. ?? some of these idiot farms vote to kick themselves in the @ $$ when they vote with the libs… GRRRRRRR
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Personalforrest
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 3:16pmMan, I waste too much time on this site. Now i’m feeling depressed again. I live in rural AZ. I guess i better check out what they’re planning in my own backyard.
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AZ Walt
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 3:54pmI better check it out as well. I live in the far Southwest “Valley of the Sun” aka Metropolitan Phoenix.
My thought, . . . Some one is going to come in and tell me I can’t live where I want to live. Like Hell they will!
Its time to kick the UN out of the US and the US to quit the UN. It’s a waste of tax payer dollars and a useless organization as well. So corrupt and it NOW thinks it can dictate to citizens of countries how they have to live. Right!
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:56pmPlease EDUCATE YOURSELF on SMART METER’S. You have Private Electric Company’s mandating you to have a Smart Meter put on your home. After a long battle in Michigan. We Won AND Lost. We were able to get a Opt Out put in place if you choose not to have one put on your home. Opt Out that will cost you $82.00 a Year and $14.00 a Month for not having one. So NOW a Private Company can Charge you for something you don’t want and you never asked for in the first place. LOOK OUT FOLKS!
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Steamtrains
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 11:11amLook at International Biospheres
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Carlinpa
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:28amBottom line, if you don’t own land, you’re completely enveloped by government. Without a conduit to freedom,you are essentially a slave.
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Stelex
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:48amHonestly, I felt more a slave when I owned land. I don’t own anything anymore. Constantly worrying about my property, paying taxes(rent) you given the illusion you own it. But trust me, if they want it they will come and take it. Happens all the time all over the country. Not to mention the fact that in the end its one hell of a ball and chain. I feel pretty free right now, but I am starting to worry.
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Leslie Anne
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:22amFortunately/unfortunately, I only have a 40′ x 120′ lot and a 650 sq. ft. home, so I’m thinking even if the Agenda 21 folks do come around, I already meet-or-exceed the requirements of their utopian wishlist.
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Leslie Anne
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:33amAlso, I don’t own a dishwasher, microwave, clothesdryer, etc…so they can’t get on my back about that sort of thing either. Voluntary simplicity does have its benefits, I guess.
Always a bright side :)
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chucksue351
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:53amthey are never satisified, your compliance is what they want
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afishfarted
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 11:32amyeah, they can still find reason to find fault. There is a guy in Corbin KY who lives in the same house his dad and grandad did. All three generations have kept the grass cut at 4″ high. Corbin signed a contract with ICLEI recently, and now they actually have a squad car with Environmental Enforcement written in the side.
This gentleman was paid a vist, told his grass was too high, was given a $25 citation, he argued with the “cop” and the $25 citation turned into a “2,500 fine and a lein on his property.
GOOGLE Sustainable Development or Sustainable Freedom. You will see a booklet for sale by that title ( one copy for $5 ). That and other stories like it are in there
They will always find a reason if they are not stopped now
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afishfarted
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:15amIf you see volunteers in your community establish pubic meetings to gather ideas on how to improve your town, city, or community, look for the name Gianni Longo. He’s been been the “behind the scenes” leader in most if not all 600 cities who eventually signed contracts with ICLEI. Although he’s a private contractor with no direct ties to the U.N., he has spoken at the U.N. conference in Barcilona and his stealth tactics are to lay the foundation for the local population to buy into the notion of sustainability through community improvement. Be cautious
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mikem1969
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:13amThey will not take my family’s land with out first killing me and all members of my family. I will not go without a fight to the death.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:09amGonna have to call some GB bull$*!^ on this. Let’s look at some things in context here as of late. Here he is saying “are you insane!!!?!?” in reference to people signing the secession petition. His point is that it will never work and why would you sign a “kill list” with this government?. The fact that he doesn’t see the paradox in that position is troubling in itself. It’s a good thing John Hancock didn’t feel the same way a Glenn. I wonder if Glenn would have ran in the door in Philly and told the DOI signers how crazy they are? They should appeal harder to King George is all. pfft. THEN he wraps himself in the founders, which really doesn’t sit well with me when you can look at the intolerable acts and today and it isn’t even close. So why the inconsistency in Glenn’s position?
Hmmm, new book coming out. Agenda 21. Yeah, it’s creepy and sick. I’ll agree. But how much money does Glenn make from scared sheep reading about the boogie man? If you actually resisted and took matters into your own hands do you really need Agenda 21 horror stories? But no, that’s crazy right. Sit on your couch, read the scary books, vote for RINO’s and pray for the best.
2 Thesalonians 3:10
“For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
I believe it is immoral to rile people up, scare them, and then call them crazy when they decide to act. Just my two cents on the matter.
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NHwinter
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:26amHe doesn’t rile people up, he is informing them. His book is a blessing and a wake up call to more people. Agenda 21 is happening all over America and only the ill informed or ignorant will deny it. There have been meetings in towns all over New Hampshire under the title “sustainable water, sustainable land use”, etc
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breakobamanow
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:20pm@cleve- You are right about much of what you said, NHWINTER you can buy Beck’s book if you want but I would personally stick to the one God wrote. I learned about Agenda 21 several years ago and if you want to know what it is and what the goals and aspirations are of the UN under a New World Order just google Agenda 21 download the pdf from the United Nations web site and read it. It’s free and tells you everything you need to know. But if you had rather hear it from Glenn I digress.
As for my property I own, if they come and take it; it will be because God allows it, as part of his plan. He gave it to me and everything I have belongs to him anyway. Everything you have belongs to him as well, even if you want admit and recognize he created it all. I can live or die at any moment but at least with Jesus Christ in me I know there is a better place when his plan is finished. I really don’t have a care in this world for anything in this world, my only purpose is to become a better servant of the LORD. God bless you both and may he keep you from the snares.
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breakobamanow
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:26pmWinter the best book with blessings is..
B asic
I nstructions
B efore
L eaving
E arth
I recommend the King James Version
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Janevarian121
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 5:35pmWell yes it can get people going….thinking in their mind…fearful thoughts start to invade…But it can spark us all to think about this life and what it’s really all about. I believe this Agenda 21 could be a major part of the “end times.” Read the book of Revelation. It’s all there. If you believe in God’s plan…if your name is in the Book of Life…we don’t need to worry. Yes we can plan and fight for our rights, nothing wrong with this…prepare our kids, and their kids. Pray big time! I really believe it’s begun…look at the election….all the jobs being lost….Sandy….Isreal…we are on the brink of major war…there is a weirdness in the air…something is truly going on…Look to God, his son Jesus..his mercy and grace is new every morning…I’m a psychologist and I know there is more to life than our reasoning alone….Read the Word….get the answers there! Anyone say AMEN?
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chucksue351
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:08amglenn were on to your agenda copy whatever is in favor on other websites then convince your minions to buy your stuff nice play guy
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WhoRwe
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:06amThis may help sign this petition to have U.S. to get out of U.N.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/withdraw-and-throw-united-nations-out-our-country/xz88tzBF.
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itsallsoclear
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:18pmI am # 4! My eyes are wide open, … Carter did a govmn’t land grab that designated all water tributaries, lakes and rivers as government owned, … they hold the rights to our water, for God’s sake! Here’s the latest to “amend” that legislation, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/14/private-property-clean-water-restoration-act/
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unendingsun
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 4:11pmWhy are you people going on that Whitehouse Website? They are just gathering information on it. Nothing will come on any petitions or anything else people sign up for on there. The whitehouse and their constituants are the people that are doing these things to us. WAKE UP.
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marybethelizabeth
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:04amExclusive….. excuse me.
Let me tell you something.
This story has been on network TV news for years.
Catch up Mr. Beck, catch up
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NHwinter
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:21amMr. Beck has been talking about this for years. He is the one who informed all of us. I have been following this locally. It is clear they are trying very hard to implement this throughout NH. Thanks to Mr. Beck, many of us are fighting this, so please know what you are talking about before you tell Glenn to catch up.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:00amFirst of all Maurice Strong should’ve been executed for crimes against humanity years ago. The total elimination of private property rights is also one of the ten planks of the communist manifesto. Try to do something on your ‘private’ property and see how many governmental agencies you have to get approval from before you can use your ‘private’ property. The UN wants to abolish private property rights to starve billions of people,I say the UN should be thrown out of this country ASAP. Get involved locally like the article reads and don’t let the globalists get a foot hold in your town.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:12amUN is just a start. Secession or Revolution should be the goal. To your point…private property? Really? So if you own it free and clear but don’t pay property taxes to the government what happens? The will take your land for a $1K tax bill. You don’t own it, you rent it from the government. We are all serfs. You either accept that and bend knee to your rulers or you resist and fight for self determination and liberty.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:27am@Progressive:
I have to agree with you across the board.
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breakobamanow
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:52pmProgressive- They already have a foot hold in every major town across the U.S., they want to control rual areas as well. It all started with the public/private partnerships of city counsel members using taxpayer money to fund private business investments in areas every where. Think about how that works and it becomes clear what the “Agenda” truly is. I tried to get involved a long time ago and tried to warn my friends and neighbors. I gave up because nobody really cares about the future of their children and grandchildren any more. It is all about me and mine, in the hear and now; because of the sinful nature in all of us. I have come to realize that if everything goes crazy and we know it eventually will if you believe the Bible, then it is Gods will. I put my total trust in him, and pray continually for his blessing and mercy on his people. He gave me his amazing grace and loved me long before I loved him, so I don’t deserve any more than that for all the dirty rotten things I have done in my life. As it is written: 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I love you and pray he will bless you. All praise, honor and glory be to our LORD Jesus Christ.
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