Environment

This is the 72,000 Sq. Ft. Eco-Mansion Going Up in the Ozark Mountains — But Why?

There’s a 72,000 sq. ft., 13-bedroom, 14-bathroom, mansion going up in the middle of the Ozark Mountains. And as the walls take shape, so do the theories about what exactly it is. According to the New York Times, some say it’s a military bunker, others say a low-profile getaway for local phenom Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. And still others speculate it’s there to host aliens.

Huge Green Environment Pensmore Mansion Ozark Mountains Missouri

“It’s really strange, and we’re thinking something’s up,” Michele Grider, who lives just down the road from where the mansion is being built, told the Times. “If there was a nuclear thing they could hide a bunch of important people there.”

It’s called Pensmore, and its location is the opposite of its architecture: inconspicuous. It’s located halfway between Springfield and Branson, MO. And it’s bigger than the White House.

The owner, 60-year-old Steven T. Huff, used to own a company that makes software for military and intelligence agencies, further fueling speculation about the complex’s use. According to him, it’s just a large second home.

Huge Green Environment Pensmore Mansion Ozark Mountains Missouri

But while speculation exists about the mansion’s primary purpose, it‘s clear what it’s secondary purpose is (if not really the first): to trumpet green technology.

“Energy efficiency and enduring sustainability are the twin missions of Pensmore,” the complex’s website says. “The values and beliefs behind these principles are firmly held: a belief in good stewardship to the earth and fellow man, a belief that oil, gas, and coal as energy resources will become increasingly expensive and thereby unsustainable, and a belief that one ought to leave a positive impact in the world.”

Huge Green Environment Pensmore Mansion Ozark Mountains Missouri

“Sustainability means more than just energy efficiency. It also means minimizing total life-cycle costs through low and zero-maintenance materials, and reduced use of non-renewable products during construction,” the facility touts on another part of its website.

“Perhaps one of the biggest environmental advantages of Pensmore is its inherent durability. Designed to endure for centuries, the chateau will leave a minimum impact on the environment while other structures are built, demolished and built again and again.”

The site explains some of the technology that will be utilized:

Pensmore’s heating system utilizes a cutting-edge technique for harvesting solar heat energy that exploits the vast energy storage potential of its steel reinforced TransForm™ concrete shell. Many builders already make use of traditional solar heat collectors, which are highly efficient at moderate temperatures. But until now, it has been expensive and impractical to “bank” the excess solar heat generated on sunnier days. Pensmore’s newly-developed technologies enable it to store millions of BTUs of thermal energy while the sun shines, slowly releasing this “green” heat back into the interior at night and during cloudy days.

Secondary sources of heat include combustion of wood products grown on the estate (net carbon neutral) and “conventional” geothermal systems.

It will also take advantage of a new product called TRransForm — a super-insulated energy-storing concrete forming system. That’s important because Huff is an investor in the product. He told the Times he wants to test out the material on a large scale.

Huge Green Environment Pensmore Mansion Ozark Mountains Missouri

An architect's rendering of the finished mansion.

So why rural Missouri?

According to Huff, he wanted to test out the technology in a climate that offers both warm and cold temperatures. But there’s also another reason: rural Missouri shields him for building inspections.

“[B]y locating in an area famous for a small government approach,” the Times reports, “he is not subject to building regulations or inspection, which he said would have complicated his efforts.”

According to the Times, construction has been ongoing for the last two years, and probably won’t be completed for another two.

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  • 24 Liberty
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:34pm

    FEMA camp.

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    • UBETHECHANGE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:39pm

      I thought the same thing. Spooky…

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    • booger71
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:54pm

      This is 5 miles from my house, and there is some serious security protecting it.

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    • getalong
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:59pm

      I agree.

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    • pajamash
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:01pm

      How funny is this premise. The man touts green yet he builds a “home” for which he can not possibly utilize the 72,000 sq ft. This is pompousnous at its finest. I don’t care how “green” it is; if it is too big for the user it is wasting energy.

      Mr. Huff meet Mr. Gore. He is also a “green” hypocrite.

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    • Nigel2
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:06pm

      Oh right! FEMA camp! LOL!! I am sure they will build them that luxurious.

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    • Caniac Steve
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:11pm

      FEMA Camp Headquaters like the original SS HQ in germany…Yes Virginia, something does smells fishy in Demark & Branson,Mo.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:36pm

      That was my first thought, too. Funny how this administration has made us all conspiracy theorists.

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:42pm

      I’m almost impressed !

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:44pm

      Bet Al-Queda cant find it !

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    • avenger
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:53pm

      obummers retirement home…

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    • AZpatriotmama
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:57pm

      Preparing for the meltdown of America is my guess.

      Look closely at the rendering. It looks like bars on all of the windows and watch towers on all sides. Kind of fortress-like, don’t ya think? The alligator-filled moat is next.

      If I had this guy‘s money that’s what I’d be building.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:25pm

      Hiding behind the “green” label is going to become rampant for elitists. Gore does it. Clinton does it. Edwards does it. Hell, even Van Jones does it. For that matter every U.S. Senator and House member does it. The White House does it.

      Lies “IS” who our government “IS”. It’s who they are. They don’t walk the talk. How long do you have to live before you begin to see the pattern?

      The system “IS” broken. They aren’t “Liars” by default. The ‘system’ compromises them at “induction.” It is fundamental. It’s institutional. It’s endemic. It’s systemic. It can not be fixed. It “IS” corrupted beyond redemption. Its members are human waste via their compromise. They become desperate. Inviolable. Elitist. Extremist. ExPat no matter their rhetoric. Actions speak volumes louder than words. When will Americans learn? Speaking is NOT believing. Acting “IS” believing.

      Once inside the beast they can not resist. It consumes their morals. It eats their hearts and pollutes their minds.

      Schumer, Wiener, Fienstien, Boxer, McCain, Pelosi and MANY others are prime examples of compromised human excrement.

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    • MrJones
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:48pm

      This is going to be Obama’s Berghof in the Ozarks.

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    • S_Malc13
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:52pm

      Alright, I’ll go ahead and say it. There’s a movement headed to the Ozarks to escape possible tsunamis (via earthquakes/meteors etc.) that would cover the East Coast and swell the banks of the Mississippi. I’m not familiar with the geography, but it is said that the area is ideal for a retreat. Interestingly, a comet named Elenin that boast a large coma (tail) will pass ahead of our orbit and we can pass through its debri. Not fear mongering, just sharing.

      http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=C%2F2010%20X1;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 9:21pm

      Prototype to push the “Green” agenda! Seems like an investment tool to show how much energy a large home can use and then translate it to regular residential homes. Being in the HVAC field I would assume that’s what this is! Marketing tool for a very wealthy investor!

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    • liberum1776
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 9:22pm

      Spookie dude camp?????

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    • tarbush
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:32pm

      This guy is prepping for thethe impending collapse. It’s a modern day castle and he plans on employing an army to defend his realm in the future after the shtf. Fight in his army and you get to eat.

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:37pm

      Wow, that’s really ugly. I’d be embarrassed to live or even stay in such an ugly place.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:59pm

      S_Malc13
      Wow, that took guts!! Actually it is not a comet, it is a Brown Drawf Star–but they are preparing for us to pass through the debris field it leaves behind.

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    • Libertyluvnmomma
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:26pm

      Carbon neutral ovens??

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    • Tennessee Veteran
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:50pm

      FEMA Camp, maybe. But if it is “green” I have a bad feeling that we taxpayers, not some rich dude, will be footing the bill for it. You know how Obama is with this “green” stuff.

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    • obama-mecca-me-sick
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:53pm

      This is Hussien O‘Barry’s new digs when he becomes dictator of Americo.

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    • Nathaniel Horn
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:59pm

      Whatever. When you’re that rich you tend to become eccentric. I have a lot of clients like that… Hell, I‘m relatively poor and still eccentric even though I can’t afford it. I’m sure everything is absolute state of the art. As for size, maybe he has a huge extended family. It’s his fantasy and he has the money to indulge himself. After the crash of the dollar a roving band of Gypsy anarchists will take it over and have a post apocalyptic commune and burn Progressives at the stake… :)

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    • TheGreyPiper
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:37am

      O right, that SO looks like a prison camp. Really guys– not EVERY conspiracy theory you hear about is true.

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    • FuturePresident
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:01am

      Thats seriously a prison i mean just look at those pictures of the construction towers on all sides, all concrete, and one large door to drive trucks into. Looks like the kinda place you don’t come out of.

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    • Mr. Miyagi
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:13am

      Miyagi think could be resort for Glenn Beck’s giant space octopus!

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    • RedHarley
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 7:14am

      Looks a lot like the old Ohio Reformatory prison in Mansfield, Ohio where they filmed Shawshank Redemption.
      Just sayin……………………

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    • old white guy
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 7:37am

      no matter what high tech stuff is used this monster will consume lots of energy and will require lots of maintenance. hey, who cares if the guy can afford it why not build it.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:00am

      I Just Google earthed it. It is 1 mile east of 65 and just above the Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Management Area (another PC word for agenda 21 Limited use area)

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:16am

      OH yeah…. Just saw a super Re-enforced area in the center of the house with a elevator shaft going underneath the ground. Google maps. Photo was during first floor construction. you can see.

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    • Veteran89-09
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:10am

      FEMA Camp,Scarry thought.

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:56am

      Well if I had several millions to spend building a “second house” for my wife and myself it could include all the best devices that modern GREEN TECHNOLOGY has to offer. Trouble is the majority of Americans are like me and can’t spend millions on their dream house to try and prove a point, even if it’s provable or not. like a lot of other mansions in America, this one will also fall into disrepair and abandonment in the future. One mans dream often become another’s nightmare.

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    • highcarry
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:59am

      to smalc13. i live in the ozarks. heres what we have. blazing heat, humidity that won’t let you breath, copperheads, rattlers, cottonmouths as big as your leg, scorpions, tarantulas, mosquitos that carry you away to keep the big ones from getting you, vile, toothless rednecks who would rather shoot you than look at you, no jobs, almost zero education, and high taxes. so, you don’t want to live here. those people that said the ozarks are a great place to escape to are wrong. you don’t want to come here. please. after all, look at how people on this site talk about southerners. it’s all true. so, really you don’t want to come here. we don’t want you to come here. so please spread the word. stay out of missouri and arkansas. no matter how hard it gets. go somewhere, anywhere else.

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    • Rashomon
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:03am

      and on one wall “rosebud”

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    • Higher Calling
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:06pm

      I think it’s a muslim safe house. One pic shows a domed top over one tower. Could that be a mosk?

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    • AlmostaCowboy
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 3:47pm

      @booger – Security, heck yeah. Do you know how many duck blinds and deer stands you could build stealing material from that place? Just the scrap!

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    • C0mmonMan
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 7:53pm

      I just went to their website http://www.pensmore.com/ and this is showcased on the front page, the picture of the finished projected. This is what it says on the webpage underneath this picture:

      Mission: Help for Joplin
      Project Safe Home
      Missouri American Red Cross

      So evidentally they‘re saying this is a demonstration for the strength of buildings they’ll be able to build in Joslin, MO that can handle the severe weather, however they do mention them being energy efficient first. Funny thing though is that as I tried to click on some of the links of they’re “partners” none of the webpages work. Looks like a shell that they only ran 4 pages deep.

      Personally it doesn’t look jail like, to me, it looks like a fortress. And WHY would he need to bypass local codes, how would they “complicate” things if they plan on using this technology to help others in Tornado Ally? Seems they would still be subject to codes. I NEVER once saw it mentioned that they intend to use this technology to help others in the area with standing up to severe weather. Inconsistant, not adding up.
      .

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    • Callie369
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:43pm

      If you want the REAL un-hyped story not full of lies and bull crap on this home, go to

      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015900/Can-money-buy-taste-Inside-concrete-tycoons-72-000-square-foot-dream-home-guess–.html

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:16am

      Libertyluvnmomma
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:26pm

      Carbon neutral ovens??
      ————————————————————————————————————————
      ROTFLMAO! Extremely well played! I confess that your post literally made me spit Pepsi all over my monitor, and keyboard. Thanks for the laugh!

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  • Paul_ Revere
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:34pm

    It won’t withstand a nuke by the caliphate

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:51pm

      It will, it’s being built with blast proff concret,,,,,,,,,,,,

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    • madasblazes
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:45am

      Look again.
      It is a mosque.

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    • RebelSon
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:21am

      The caliphate wouldn’t nuke the new digs of the 13th Imam, would they?

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  • mdb749
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:32pm

    Looks like a middle eastern complex to me. All you need are those mosque spirals on top and you’re set.

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  • Sam Brown
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:27pm

    Fact is this can’t be for politicions. They will be hiding in holes in the ground… which will simplifie their burial LOL LOL

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    • JoeBtfsplk
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:40pm

      I wouldn’t be caught alive in that piece of crud house.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:54pm

      Like your thought process!! Think it is true.

      Isaiah 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:32pm

      exactly.

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  • formercommietreehugger
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:25pm

    How can it be “green” if industrialized wind turbines are not part of his plan?

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:33pm

      wind turbines kill birds and bats… ;)

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    • obama-mecca-me-sick
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:29am

      And bugs- don’t forget the bugs. There was a study done where they counted the amount of bugs and bug parts caught on car grills and have concluded that 1 car kills billions of bugs a day which prevents them from pollinating our crops. Soon the argument will be cars must be banned to save our food . They have to come up with something because the scary evil oil thing isnt working.

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  • EJ1979
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:23pm

    Judging from the foyer, my apartment could fit snugly. Whatever it is, thats one hell of a sick pad!

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    • HKS
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:32pm

      Looks like Al Gores new digs to me, paid for with all his cap and trade bucks.

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    • EastSide_Thomas
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:45pm

      Wouldn’t shock me one bit of this guys is building it for The Exalted Father of All Things Green, Brother Al Gore. Once completed a long line of limousines could arrive, followed by a convoy of moving vans from which will burst forth all of the trappings and trophies bestowed upon His Highness of Hot Air.

      “Step right up folks, no need to push, there’s plenty of snake oil here for everyone!”

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    • getalong
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:18pm

      Just wondering…if it is such an environmental wonder of a home, why then would the owner want to go to such extremes to avoid government inspections by building in MO. Seems to me he should have no problem with inspections as long as he has nothing to hide. Something doesn’t seem right.

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  • the wireworker
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:17pm

    2 headed alien brangelina builds a military bunker in the ozarks, that’s all i read

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  • thegodfather
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:17pm

    Green house? 14 bathrooms? 72,000 sq feet?

    Green my ass!

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    • SUPPLY_SIDE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:40pm

      Agreed. Unless it is turned into a Hillbilly Hotel, there is no “green” justification for just one family.

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:46pm

      Did you notice that he wanted to dodge his Marxist regulations. Hypocrits, all this green idiots are hypocrits.

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    • GRAMPA-D-NH
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:18pm

      Green shmeen. Who cares? If it wasn’t for oppressive building codes, fees, and taxes, more well healed citizens would spend their money in the US and generate jobs. The climate now couldn’t be worse. There are plenty of alternative places on the planet where “the rich” can make a better return on their money, and don’t face the costs and condemnation to enjoy it. The sooner our entitled, covetous population grow up and stop seeking a free-lunch life, the sooner wide spread prosperity will return.

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    • Poogie
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:49pm

      That’s what I was thinking..

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  • SoCalConservative88
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:11pm

    I’ve made LEGO buildings that looked better than that!

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  • 264win
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:11pm

    The rich see the future!!!

    They are trying to protect themselves Obama has made them the villains. When the public unions are broke and social security/Medicare are broke and the welfare check stop what do you think the country will look like?

    Mayhem in the streets mobs, riots and the politician will be hiding in there bunkers hiding behind their wives and kids pi$$ing down there legs!

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  • dizzyinthedark
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:08pm

    (cont.) including agricultural organizations, small businesses, education and training institutions, healthcare providers, telecommunications service providers, research and land grant institutions, law enforcement, State, local, and tribal governments, and non-governmental organizations regarding the needs or rural America.”
    What is not listed are farmers and land owners — the very people affected by all of this sudden government attention.
    I have warned you before that “Stakeholders” are nothing but private groups that sneak into an area and start making claims and demands, saying they have a “stake” in the outcome.
    Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are the international groups that helped write Agenda 21 in the first place – groups like the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI, the Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy and hundreds more private organizations who stand to gain money and power from this Executive Order.
    And that’s exactly who it is written for – the special interests. They will bring their lies into the schools, they will control health care, they will be empowered by local law enforcement in case you and I try to protest this. I have seen it done in town after town. Armed guards standing at the door of city council meetings, waiting, intimidating anyone who comes to protest.

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    • Susystin
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:07pm

      There is a place for politicians, their family and their friend near Denver too. Wonder if Buffett, Gates, thugs of our government, Tri Lateral, Bilderburg groups, etc. will be there! We aren’t invited of course.

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    • outrider
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:38pm

      Thanks Dizzy, for the heads up. Can you provide links to more info?

      I see signs of increasing govt meddling in private property decisions here in Gainesville, FL. It started a few years ago when our city-owned utility and the local Lib (NYT-owned) newsrag got together and published identifying info about the homes that used the most water, as if those utility customers were criminals: intentional public shaming of certain well-to-do taxpayers, by local govt, because they bought more water than other people.

      Our utility is tyrannical with its ever-increasing rates, the excess of which they admit is being used to fund at least one-third of the city govt budget (hidden taxes). They have nearly total control now. I’ve heard that its getting harder to get a permit to drill a well, even for irrigation, and that they want to regulate water usage from all private wells.

      At our utility, elec rates are PLANNED to keep increasing, regardless of the cost of fuel etc. One of the reasons they keep increasing is because as rates go up people use less so revenue to the city goes down. This vicious circle is organized and perpetuated by overpaid Liberal bureaucrats who have total control over whether you can afford power or water for your home, or even afford to keep your home (high prop taxes) in this town. And this is just the beginning.

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  • TaunTaun
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:06pm

    Looks like a bunkered getaway to me. People talk about “heading for the hills” and into the mountains and such in the case of a doomsday scenario, but in places like that, without a large nearby source of food, or an extremely large supply of pre-stored food, you would be starving yourself out in a few months. A place like this, setup in the country, lots of agricultural land available for use nearby, strong enough to hold up to the elements with minimal maintenance. It sounds like a doomsday bunker the way it SHOULD be made. All they need to do now is make sure to add appropriate sub-basement architecture for bunkerage, and they’d be set.

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    • GRAMPA-D-NH
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:19pm

      A runway for surveillance drones, underground fuel tanks, a heli-pad, and a secure perimeter fence with guard towers would be on my wish list.

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  • LinkedIn G
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:04pm

    He can build his house out of anything he wants…as long as I’m not paying for it…But…If he gets government subsidies for doing so…well, that’s another story…

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    • starman70
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:14am

      If he’s got the money, honey, the contractors have the time!

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  • dizzyinthedark
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:03pm

    I wonder if this guys home will affected by Obammy’s Executive Order he just tried to pass:

    Executive Order #13575 creates a White House Rural Council.
    The new council consists of 25 Cabinet Secretaries, chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture.
    The mission of the Council is to:
    “…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…”
    That is top down – multi-jurisdictional enforcement of farming – right out of the UN’s Agenda 21.
    This Executive Order, according to its first section, targets the 16% of Americans who live in rural areas. And it sets up “sustainable rural communities.”
    The “Rural Council” is designed to set up new federal control over “food, fiber, and energy” – items that are key to human existence.
    What all of this means is that the Obama Administration intends to throw the entire weight of the Federal Government into rural America to take control of every aspect of farming, food production and natural resources. There will be no private property rights. Farmers will not be allowed to exercise their expert knowledge of how to grow our food without the approval of a federal bureaucrat.
    But it’s even worse than that. The order also states that the Rural Council will “coordinate and increase the effectiveness of Fed

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  • burnteye86
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:03pm

    I live in a 6×5 cardboard box

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:14pm

      Kenmore or Frigidaire? How do get your internet and electricity?

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    • lemmings4obama
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:14pm

      Well at least you got a laptop and a free WiFi connection from the coffee shop next to you. :) That’s something to be thankful for.

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  • Sam Brown
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:54pm

    It needs to be named Ft Mudge.

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  • chazman
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:50pm

    I don’t really care about this …

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    • urrybr
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:58pm

      ditto

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    • annieoakley
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:39am

      Perhaps a Mosque? I know! It is a Mosque/Islamic community center for training ‘Moooslim Warriors. Those towers can easily end up being minarets. It’s how they roll. We have a few already. Virginiastan, Georgia and New York. Bet there’s one in CA too.

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  • ThomRaasio
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:47pm

    These GREEN people ought to be required to use ALL GREEN methods in “building” their houses. Haul all materials in by horse and buggy, drink from a nearby brook or stream, use no aluminum because it makes them confederate with “aluminum product” makers HUGE carbon foot print, use NO MODERN TECHNOLOGY where that technology was obtained or inovated using products or materials that are petroleum based, no heat or air conditioning, no glass windows, no knives, shovels, axes, or hatchets for chopping wood unless they mined the ore themselves and made the steel……get what I mean??? They want to use ALL the wonderful technology for themselves and then deny it to everyone else……hypocrits all.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:02pm

      How is anyone denying you of anything? That’s a lame comment.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:12pm

      “These GREEN people ought to be required to use ALL GREEN methods in “building” their houses.”

      I thought you all were for small (or is it no?) government, so who exactly would be enforcing this “requirement”? So you ARE for regulations after all!

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    • Brendajo
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 7:42am

      Actually just a few miles down from there, across the state line into Arkansas they are doing just that, building a Castle http://ozarkmedievalfortress.com/

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    • Eyes
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Amen!

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  • W@nd@
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:45pm

    is it far away from cities! and
    when obama destroys the country
    i imagine it will offer great safety for those residing inside!
    being in a temperate area
    looks like someone is hedging their bet and
    will probably have quite the arsenal in the heart of the facility…
    and be able to be off the grid…if i had the money i would do the same thing!
    provide a place of safety for family and friends!

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    • beckbotsrlame
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 9:10pm

      O,yeah and you would publicize to the media where it‘s located and how it’s built. Another beck worshiping moron. Shalom

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:59am

      Trolls quit wasting your time here on this site. We are Intelligent and educated. Two qualities a Brain-dead liberal such as yourself will never possess. Go to Youtube where you have a much improved chance of herding sheeple to the warped ideology pen. Trolls are Lame.

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  • THX-1138
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:40pm

    “[B]y locating in an area famous for a small government approach,” the Times reports, “he is not subject to building regulations or inspection, which he said would have complicated his efforts.”

    Oh the Irony…

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  • imhunderdog
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:38pm

    If you believe this………’nough said.

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    • beckisnuts
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:40pm

      Say more. What’s your point?

      BTW, where‘s the story here on the Blaze about Michele Bachmann and her debilitating migraines that’s over on Drudge? Looks like the Blaze is turning more and more into Glenn’s own Pravda.

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    • STRINGS
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:52pm

      BECKISNUTS
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:40pm
      Say more. What’s your point?

      I will say more, my point is your a “Failed Liberal Forum Troll”, every post you have made on Blaze proves it.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:12pm

      Beckisnuts, the “story” about Bauchman isn’t much of a story, as it is attributed to anonymous “aids” with no corraboration. And when you think about it, how debilitating could her migraines be when she still manages to keep a campaign scheduale? And shall we list the founding fathers and other Presidents who also suffered migraines?

      You pathetic attempt to dredge up shocking news is tired.

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    • beckisnuts
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:16pm

      Sticks and stones Stringy. I was a conservative back when Glenneth was running around with a bag of weed in his tie-dyed purse and a pony tail flapping around behind his empty skull.

      Regarding Bachmann:

      In late July 2010, Rep. Michele Bachmann’s then-communications director, Dave Dziok, told his boss that he planned to take a new job with the public relations firm Edelman.

      Dziok had worked for Bachmann for two and a half years, a relatively long period by the standards of her office, and was leaving on good terms.

      Staff turnover can frustrate any employer, but Bachmann responded more dramatically. Dziok’s departure triggered a debilitating medical episode that landed the congresswoman in urgent care.

      “Within 24 hours she was in the hospital,” a former aide says.

      Bachmann was admitted to a Washington, D.C. hospital on Friday, July 30, and released that same day. She flew home to Minnesota to recuperate, missing a scheduled campaign event with Sen. Roy Blunt.

      It’s “nothing folks should worry about going forward,” Dziok told reporters at the time, refusing to specify why Bachmann had been hospitalized.

      It was, according to three people who have worked closely with Bachmann, not an isolated event.

      The Minnesota Republican frequently suffers from stress-induced medical episodes that she has characterized as severe headaches. These episodes, say witnesses, occur once a week on average and they put her out of commission for a day or

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    • beckisnuts
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:23pm

      Islesfordian you sound like a school teacher with that kind of talk. How could you not notice that Glenneth/theBlaze misses that important story, from Drudge no less, yet they have all kinds room here for trite nonsense (crap really)? You’re acting like a typical brain-washed liberal that wants to stick his head in the sand when news comes along they don’t want to hear.

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:33pm

      beckisnuts, every post by you proves your stupidiy. You have nothing left to prove.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:48pm

      anyone who suffers from headaches is usually either neurotic or has a brain tumor.[unless they're using the wrong reading glasses or there's some other medical cause]She should put her campaign on hold and take care of her health.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:10pm

      Actually Migraines can also be caused by dehydration, or not breathing in enough oxygen, stress or a sign of any number of things. The first two could easily be overcome by drinking plenty of water, or taking in deep breaths.

      Only her physicians and herself would know what’s causing her headaches, and how serious they are.

      Armchair diagnosing by us amateurs isn’t going to help anyone.

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:13pm

      beckisnuts, you were never a conservative, but you’ve always been an idiot

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    • Jake in Denver
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:21pm

      The covered the Bachmann migraine story here; http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2011/07/19/bachmanns-so-looney-she-gets-migraines-and-pops-pills/

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    • pajamash
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:24pm

      Nutsy, what the hell is your point? FDR lead the country without the use of his legs. You liberals are tiresome with your attacks!

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    • loriann12
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:40pm

      @beckisnuts

      Migraines can be caused by too much caffeine, or just changing the amount of caffeine (if you normally drink 2-3 cups a day, and stop, you can get a migraine), stress (which I imagine would be the case here, since an employee left and she knows how the left will spin this), lack of sleep, hunger, dehydration, numerous thingsl. How do I know this? I suffer from migraines. As a matter of fact I had a “complex” migraine that felt more like a TIA (mini-stroke). Remember the reporter who started talkiung gibberish? That was a complex migraine.

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    • beckisnuts
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:07am

      libsalwayslie, long time Blazers who are honest know I am a true conservative. Your rant has no merit at all. Off you go.

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  • one.dakine.howlie
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:37pm

    Being a structural designer and a realist towards the coming pandemic in this country I have a somewhat similar design for a home that seconds as a bunker capable of repelling anything from a civilian mob to a small military strike. If this guy has money then I wouldn’t be surprised if it was his personal bunker/house especially with the knowledge he has of military defense.

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  • Uncle Sammy
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:37pm

    No one needs a 72,000 sq.ft. house… either a first or second one. For that matter, Glenn, you don’t need the 20,000 plus sq. ft. place you’re renting in Dallas. My house is close to 5000 sq. ft. and unless my wife wants me to find her; I can’t. Thankfully, she usually wants to be found ;)

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    • Havok
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:50pm

      my house is 1500 feet. Jeeze louise.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:52pm

      Its none of your business how much space Glenn has in his house and we don’t care what you have either. This is the insanity sweeping America.

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:56pm

      My house is 1500 sq ft and it is too big. Most people build/buy as a storage facility of their things. Has nothing to do with needed living space. And yes my house is partial bunker by design.

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    • Uncle Sammy
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:57pm

      NHWINTER- And I don‘t care if you don’t care; so there. Try getting a sense of humor before you have a stroke or something.. pinhead.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:07pm

      Oh, I’m sorry Uncle Sammy. Were you being funny? signed, Pinhead

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    • beckisnuts
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:34pm

      Glenn rents that ostentatious place with money he gets from you mutton heads. That’s what makes me laugh. BTW, you people better stop sending your money to Glenn and his few remaining sponsors and put it into water-related investments. Gold is about to plummet.

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    • Jake in Denver
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:24pm

      Remember Glenn’s comments about building life rafts for the coming crisis? Ever think that is why he has such a large house?

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:39am

      The place looks similar to the house we lived in in Kuwait- but we only had 9 bathrooms. Regardless, I hated cleaning it. One floor a day, and then I’d start at the bottom again. I NEVER want a house like that again.

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    • twofoot_trucker
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:56am

      When exactly did we include a “Bill of Needs” in the Constitution? And who is it that gets to decide what another person “needs”? It’s a simple concept, his money, his decision. None of anyone else’s business.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:37pm

    Most likely will be a final Presidential bunker for when the nation folds into chaos as many fear or if the enemy (decide which of the world you want) unleashes a mass destruction attack on DC.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:56pm

      Thinking that myself.

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    • jessieH
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:07pm

      Not to worry. The Missouri TEA Party will find out.

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    • EgoBrain
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:41pm

      “The property’s deed says the Steven T. Huff Family, LCC is located in Leesburg, Va. Available online records of political campaign contributions show a Steven T. Huff of Leesburg to be an engineer and chief technology officer of Overwatch Systems, Ltd. According to the Overwatch website, the company “delivers multi-source intelligence (multi-INT), geospatial analysis and custom intelligence solutions to the Department of Defense, national agencies and civilian organizations. … More than 25,000 analysts in the U.S. Department of Defense and the larger intelligence community utilize Overwatch solutions.”

      Someone is preparing.

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    • beckbotsrlame
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 9:24pm

      Wow, have you ever heard of the Cheyenne mountains . NORAD, Colorado springs etc…

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    • EP46
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 5:38am

      na Snow, more likely headquarters for the Islamic jihadists obama has let cross our borders. They have built mosques across the nation for their troops and this will be their main ‘bunker’.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:29pm

    looking at it, you really have to wonder the politics and bent of this person who supposedly owns it all by himself. we wonder about the foundation and what the sub-basements will truly hold.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:06pm

      I guess you never heard of the Rockefellers, the DuPonts, Bill Gates, etc. Their homes make this look like a shed. What’s your point, I thought you all were in love with rich people, you know, the ‘job creators’ as its so fashionable now to call them.

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    • LibertyWon
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:14am

      Biden‘s placement bunker for the one he let slip about it’s existence. Stratigically, wouldn’t it make more sense for a new Capitol to be located away from coastal areas? Everything the government is building now has expensive “Green” flavors to them, would a new Capitol be any different?

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:26am

      Yes libertywon. I bet Agenda 21 Calls for D.C. to be moved. I need to look at the Agenda 21 map again. lol

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