State Rep. Jeanine Notter (R-Merrimack) – best known for claiming birth control causes prostate cancer – and several other extreme NH State Representatives took to the House floor this morning in support of HB 144. The legislation is the latest in a national trend of tea party officials promoting a conspiracy theory about United Nations Agenda 21, a non-binding plan for sustainable development endorsed by four U.S. Presidents.
During the floor session today, the NH Tin Foil Hat Caucus was in full view, with such theories as:
- “Sustainable development is the UN’s Agenda 21 program for the global control and redistrict over your native life, including your private property, individual rights and civil liberties.” - Rep. Lenette Peterson (R-Merrimack)
- “We wanna be able to, as a state, tell cities and towns that you cannot make a deal with a treaty that the UN (inaudible) to move into our country and go into each city and town and attack us from within and expand throughout our country.” - Rep. Al Baldasaro (R-Londonderry)
- “I know that unsustainable development, according to Agenda 21 and ICLEI, includes such things as roads, agriculture, animal husbandry, logging and skiing.” - Rep. Dan Itse (R-Fremont)
Testimony on the bill during committee also included claims of U.N. ‘mind control’. Granite State Progress issued the following statement in response:
“Rep. Peterson and her caucus should spend less time in their tinfoil hats promoting conspiracy theories and more time focused on improving the economy and other things important to New Hampshire families,” said Zandra Rice Hawkins, executive director of Granite State Progress. “These representatives have a track record of supporting extreme legislation, whether it’s from the John Birch Society or the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). They are wasting our time and taxpayer dollars with these ridiculous theories.”
Agenda 21 helps promote sustainability, climate protection, and clean energy initiatives for towns, cities and counties who choose to join. HB 144 sought to prohibit communities from participating in the program; currently four New Hampshire communities – Wolfeboro, Nashua, Keene and Portsmouth – participate. The NH House of Representatives killed the bill 211-141. Granite State Progress publicly thanked Rep. Carol McGuire (R-Epsom) for requesting a roll call vote on which NH House members believe the U.N. is pushing ‘mind control’.
HB 144 is very similar to legislation proposed in Washington, Alabama, South Dakota, Missouri, and New Mexico. The legislation is also being promoted by the ultra-conservative group the John Birch Society.
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Background:
John Birch Society opposes Agenda 21
http://www.jbs.org/issues-pages/stop-agenda-21
Agenda 21 legislation in Washington state
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2013-14/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1165.htm
Agenda 21 legislation in Alabama
http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2012rs/PrintFiles/SB477-enr.pdf
Agenda 21 legislation in South Dakota
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2013/Bill.aspx?File=HB1190P.htm
Agenda 21 legislation in Missouri
http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills131/billpdf/intro/HB0042I.PDF
Agenda 21 legislation in New Mexico
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/13%20Regular/bills/house/HB0307.PDF
Granite State Progress is a progressive advocacy organization that addresses issues of immediate state and local concern. Granite State Progress works as a communications hub for the progressive community to provide a strong, credible voice in advancing progressive solutions to critical community problems. Press releases and other information available online at www.GraniteStateProgress.org.
Ethan Smith
5:28 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
Thanks for your article, however you are incorrect in saying that Nashua, Wolfeboro, Keene, and Portsmouth participate in "Agenda 21." They are members of ICLEI, the nonprofit membership association of local governments, but being an ICLEI member doesn't mean a city or town has "signed on" to Agenda 21 or any other agreement. This is a nonprofit that helps cities meet their own goals.
Local governments set their own policies and plans based on their local needs and circumstances. Just because a city undertakes sustainability initiatives doesn't mean they have anything to do with Agenda 21. Agenda 21 has a lot to say about how to reduce poverty -- so does that mean if a local church has a food bank they're part of an international conspiracy theory? Ridiculous.
You're right about the bottom line: This conspiracy theory is a complete waste of time when there are real issues legislators need to address.
Jane Aitken
2:30 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
The problem is, Agenda 21 is not pushing church food banks.. and no one said it was an international 'conspiracy'. It is an international fact as put forth in the very book pictured above at the beginning of the article. To say it doesn't exist is ridiculous, as I am holding the book in my lap at this very moment.
To this day we have never found anyone LOCAL requesting the draconian measures suggested by some of these Regional Planning Commissions and especially not the goals of the Water Sustainability Commission -- a travesty which was set up by executive order of Governor Lynch upon request by another outsider group, not the citizens.
Jane Aitken
2:47 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
ICLEI (www.iclei.org) is the UN's outreach group to the cities by which they hope to directly interact with the Mayors in order to by pass local government. Their Agenda is outlined in the book you see above. (References to the words are being scrubbed from the websites of the UN as we speak, and the book is out of print, but I have a copy)
Jane Aitken
3:58 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
cont'd from below
2012 Legislative Action Priorities:
#1. Support taxpayer funding of regional governance (You pay for your own demise)
#4. Promote themselves as priority partners (Crony capitalism again)
I could go on but you get the picture -- it's more money, more control, more loss of rights.... and all coming from above with NO authority.
Jane Aitken
4:49 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
You're mixing apples & oranges so as to confuse the issue.
Taxpayers provide money for cities to pay ICLEI DUES. That's right. No one asked for this kind of 'help'. ICLEI is no fool...
Reducing poverty to these outsider groups translates into taxing resources higher so that more wealth can be redistributed. Once again just another "spread the wealth regionally" scheme by overriding local gov't.
As I stated before, NO mention of private charitable methods to reduce poverty (such as church food banks) in these materials from Agenda 21/Feds. NONE. The only 'conspiracy theory' here is that we even need to do any of these things or that any of the subjects of their 'scare tactics' are even valid, such as water shortages and transportation needs.
I am not sure what your idea of 'real issues' are that legislators need to address but I can guess they include raising taxes to solve "problems" that do not exist? Such as taking away the parental rights with regard to education and homeschooling? Raising taxes on fuel oil, a tax on the poor? Instituting an income tax? Forcing people to pay a tax just to work? Banning fireworks? Making sure my right to vote is NOT protected from non-residents? Making sure I can't defend myself in my own home? Raising gas taxes which also hurts the working poor? Changing the name of 'schools in need of improvement' to some other PC title that gives no clue?
Right. Real Important. Not.
Tammy
5:50 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Teaparty types have been brainwashed into believing local and regional initiatives are somehow beholden to some international conspiracy led by the UN. Agenda 21 is a set of rational guidelines/suggestions for the 21st century at the global level. There is nothing nefarious included in agenda 21.
Religious conservatives, conspiracy NWO types and other anti-science groups have banded together to fight any progress towards sustainability. Some corporations and libertarian groups welcome these useful idiots and their absurd arguments in order to avoid taxes and regulations(real and imagined). In the long run, it will harm policy debates by actual fiscal conservatives and will cost more.IMO
No Longer interested
6:12 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Ms. Aitken talks about knowing the facts and calls herself an "Educational Researcher".
Her posts indicate that her research isn't worth a penny.
Here are her falsehoods:
"draconian measures" Absolutely false. The measures of sustainability are not "draconian", they are common sense, consistent with the planning profession. Any measures must be implemented through local authority. The Planning Agencies are not regulatory and have no legal authority to implement any regulations.
It seems that right wingers like Aitken ignore right wing radical outside groups Like ALEC forcing their laws on NH residents through our state legislature, but these sustainable practices are voluntary and implemented at the local level, not part of state law, are somehow a threat to our autonomy?
The Agenda 21 coo-coo birds have landed big time in NH.
Jane Aitken
6:44 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@No longer: Name calling severely weakens your argument. The more you and others speak the more you reveal your attitude which seems to be that while insisting these things are either not happening or not happening the way we say they are, you at the same time praise the outcomes and say that anyone who doesn't agree with those outcomes must be crazy. So since you approve of it, it must be OK to bypass the voters.
No Longer interested
7:01 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane,
here's what weakens your argument that "these things are happening",
You have no evidence, no proof, absolutely nothing tied to anything that's real that backs up anything you say.
There is no "Agenda 21" conspiracy to take away property rights or sovereignty, or local authority.
You have not one example that shows that "this is happening".
You people make stuff up out of whole cloth, otherwise, put up some real proof that shows any undermining of the people's rights, property, or sovereignty.
Proud Conservative
8:48 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
Read the UN material on Agenda 21 before you post here and save yourself some embarrassment.
No Longer interested
10:25 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Here's a challenge to your tin foil hat crowd:
Those opposed to sustainable development claim that it poses a threat to property rights.
Since sustainable development policies have already been instituted in NH by the state and/or communities, show us one instance where these policies, such as recycling, or other policies to keep the environment clean or to conserve energy, have resulted in the government confiscating private property (condemnation through eminent domain, which provides just compensation does not count.).
Jane Aitken
2:31 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
This isn't the first time Granite State Progress has embarrassed itself... and probably won't be the last.
Jane Aitken
2:35 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@No Longer interested: Perhaps you should read the 'wish list' of the RPC/WSC? -- their legislative goals are laid out quite clearly.
Perhaps paying a tax on miles traveled, or being taxed for your own well water under your property or the runoff from your roof, is acceptable to you? Because that's where this is all leading.
These outsider groups are also suggesting we have a "water crisis" in NH.. talk about promoting a conspiracy and scare tactics to get you to act! We've had floods and been declared a disaster area because of same in many NH counties for about the last 6 years out of 12 haven't we?
Please look to yourselves, those of you who are accusing others of promoting conspiracies. You are promoting scared tactics and the creation of a crisis so that you can provide solutions that are not needed or wanted.
Jane Aitken
3:57 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Legislative policies and priorities of the Regional Planners from the 2012 RPC documents include but not limited to:
Prosperity:
#1. Support workforce housing and...
#3. Promote an adequate and diverse supply of quality and affordable housing.
(Since when is it government's job to provide housing?)
#4. Work closely with State and local governments in promoting regional economic development in partnership with business organizations (Crony capitalism - public-private parternships-favoritism-nepotism...)
Mobility:
#3. Support sustainable funding for transport and passenger rail (More taxes for things gov't is not supposed to provide, that no one asked for, and usually go bankrupt)
Sustainabilitv:
#9. Support financial incentives for public water supply systems to interconnect their systems... (More taxes in order to wield control over your use of water vs your own private water supplies - in some towns people are forced to tie in when they do not want to)
Livability:
#2. Support Regionalism (Because they can have better control with the taxpayers and local gov't out of the way -- and what has this got to do with livability?)
#3. Support policies which strengthen municipal and regional planning authority
(They claim they have no legal authority now, but want it, even though they claim they do not)
cont'd
No Longer interested
6:25 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
"Since when is it government's job to provide housing?"
Clueless Jane asks.
If this "researcher" bothered to do any real research, she would probably know the history of public housing in America and it America's cities. The policies of providing public housing go back to before Jane was born, and much was instituted after WW II to house veterans returning from the war since there was a housing shortage at that time.
This shows that Jane is pretty much clueless regarding the past role of government.
"Crony capitalism"
Again, clueless Jane doesn't realize that economic development means encouraging businesses to locate in a community through tax incentives and flexible zoning by people in the government. It's not about helping "cronies" or friends of people in government.
Get a clue Jane before you start spouting off about things you don't know.
Really??
7:58 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
"a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development"
ooooooh Scary........
Proud Conservative
9:41 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Agenda 21 is supported by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. That all anyone needs to know to realize it's a bad thing.
Jane Aitken
2:50 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Sustainable Development" is far more than keeping NH clean. People recycle, try not to pollute, and will conserve resources on their own all the time. It's called good personal money management. However, Sustainable Communities Initiatives as proposed by government under these federally intrusive programs cover a raft of areas that they do not have any business covering (such as how we teach in our schools or what we teach)
Jane Aitken
2:54 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@No longer interested: You may want to call names, but here is one of the goals:
4. Work closely with State and local governments in promoting regional economic development in partnership with business organizations.
This is crony capitalism.
Jane Aitken
4:35 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Some dogs are smarter than others...
No Longer interested
6:27 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Right Jane,
there are smart dogs, but you need to stop thinking on the level of a smart dog and try using your human traits for once.
Really??
8:00 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Agenda 21 is supported by Nancy Pelosi ,Harry Reid, and George Bush
Jan Schmidt
10:22 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Let's start with this premise - that we are the stewards of this world, tasked with handing it over to our children in the same or better condition than it was in when given to us.
Can we agree on that Survivor and PC?
One Man Wolf Pack
4:09 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
No we can't Jan, because if you were to be taken half seriously about "handing it off to our childeren in the same or better condition than it was in when given to us" you would need to also be against deficit spending and handing the bill to thos esame childeren.
Jan Schmidt
8:04 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
Don't you have a mortgage?
See the issue of debt is different from putting contaminants in the soil or the air... Maybe that's the problem? Some humans can't differentiate the issues. Or won't
Dennis Taylor
2:28 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
How is your fight against the destruction of the dollar going Jan Schimidt? Where is the stewardship in killing our dollar or burdening future generations with today's spending? Where is the sustainability in creating more and more Americans through legal and illegal immigration? The only sustainability the Agenda 21 people want is the ability to take resources from the middle class for their own use in the name of helping the poor.
No Longer interested
10:34 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
The hysteria over "Agenda 21" is equal to the hysteria that flouridation of the water system was a communist plot.
It's fodder for the tin hat crowd.
They have absolutely zero evidence that any sustainable policies are a plot to take away the property rights or confiscate private property.
Consider that recycling is a policy of sustainability. How long have we been recycling in Nashua? How has that resulted in property confiscation?
Exactly.
The idea that "Agenda 21" is a plot to take over the property of Americans is in a word; asinine.
Jane Aitken
2:37 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@No Longer interested: Recycling is not an issue. Suggest you ought to familiarize yourself with the work of the RPCs/WSC before you speak.
It sounds like your knowledge of the issue is very limited.
Jane Aitken
2:55 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
No one mentioned flouridation of the water. If you don't like the water you will filter it or get it from somewhere else.
No Longer interested
10:37 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
The introduction of HB 144 is proof positive that there are some real dumb-asses in the NH state legislature.
Jane Aitken
2:55 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
And this comment, like the one that mentioned 'troglodytes' is proof you have no ammunition in this argument because you've likely not read anything on the subject.
No Longer interested
7:57 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane,
you continue to ignore my request for proof and evidence to back your cockamamie statements.
Do some research and prove your statements.
No Longer interested
10:51 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Idiocy's perfect match, John Birch and The Tea Party.
Is there enough tin foil in America to go around?
Proud Conservative
9:30 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
Come up with a new one Ray. There is no more tin foil. What we commonly use now is aluminum foil. But, I really didn't expect you to know that. Most liberals are way beyond left field - waaaay out of the park.
Jane Aitken
2:40 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
It's 'tin foil' to try to convince people that NH is having a water crisis, wants compact housing, more taxes, William Ayers social revolutionaries in the schools, and trains to nowhere.
Yes these groups cover all this ground.. they admit that this is about ideas involving " public health, transportation, economic development, infrastructure, housing, land use, energy, cultural, historic, and natural resources, and more..." (their words again...)
That sounds pretty all-encompassing to me.
No Longer interested
7:56 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane,
drinkable water needs to be protected, especially for the public at large.
We are blessed in NH with plenty of water, but dribkable usable water is not as plentiful as one thinks.
Thanks God we have a government looking out for us.
William Ayers has nothing to do with it.
Do some research, you call yourself a researcher, then do some.
Peter T. Hansen
2:03 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Ray. I'll take your challenge regarding the taking of personal property/rights. RGGI! It takes my money and it takes my personal property as I have a right to MY money. Making matters worse, other than the fact that the whole program is failing in every aspect except the re-distribution of wealth, is the fact that they are giving MY money to others.
No Longer interested
5:26 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
No cigar Peter, not even close..
Paying more money for energy to prevent pollution is not "taking or confiscating" your property, nor is it "redistributing" it to anyone else.
It's a free market solution developed by Republicans who want as little government involvement as possible, so people bidding on allowances are investors. Your money is being "redistributed" to private capitalists investing in the market.
You have stretched the truth, and then you broke it.
...
Jane Aitken
2:57 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@No Longer interested: Carbon taxes are a boondoggle.. People are getting rich from you with RGGI and similar schemes. This is part of SCI.
I don't care if they are Democrats, Republicans or Martians, they are wrong... and they are only doing this to make money like Al Gore did.
Ethan Smith
1:36 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
Here's a good nugget for you: Glenn Beck himself supports some of the ideas of a "sustainable community." His proposed community in Idaho -- the one for "patriots" -- is designed to be walkable, self-sufficient with community gardens, with mixed-income housing, and public spaces for gathering. Same ideas as the people who promote sustainable cities! Gosh, is Glenn Beck secretly part of the conspiracy theory he opposes??!!...or could these ideas actually be worth considering, or even... common sense?
Read more: "America's Most Conservative Green Community":
http://m.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/01/americas-most-conservative-green-community/4505/
Jane Aitken
2:42 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Glenn Beck is a nut.. and no one in his or her right mind would listen to him... but thank you for confirming it.
Tammy
5:59 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jane-Glad you realize Beck is a nut. Have you dropped all his 9-11 patriot groups from your coalition? Didn't think so...
Jane Aitken
6:55 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@Tammy: There are no '9-11' patriot groups in the Coalition. The group is non-partisan so even neocons can join. (snicker)
Tammy
9:20 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jane-My oops-I meant the 9-12 groups.
Are you saying I could join or GSP could join? Could the KKK or Aryan Nations join? How do you decide who can join your coalition?
Survivor.
7:33 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
Democrats and the NH Democratic Party are getting weirder and weider.
Jane Aitken
2:44 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@Survior: You are correct. Their ideas are what 'should be' while everyone else's are a 'conspiracy'. Scare tactics, to extract MORE MONEY from us for their social justice programs are not off the table... But let you oppose it and somehow you're off the wall.
Riley Reid
3:41 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@Jane, there are a lot of nuts posting to this, don't waste your time with them. Let them listen to the Glenn Beck's of the world and think they are intelligent !
We have some real winners up in Concord this session, but thankfully not as many as we did last year! Keep up the good work.
ForThePeople
8:13 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
SPONSORS: Rep. Peterson, Hills 21; Rep. Notter, Hills 21; Rep. Birdsell, Rock 13; Rep. Hansen, Hills 22; Rep. LeBrun, Hills 32; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 27; Rep. Murotake, Hills 32
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2013/HB0144_i.html
Hillsborough! Heh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPyD3LxW5qw
Get to know your reps, look at the crazed logic from Jeanine Notter, who appears to be joking about shooting Democrats. I'm surprised this didn't get more mileage considering the recent twitter outrage from Republicans.
News Flash
8:31 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
Get to know your US Reps like KUSTER, I definititly agree.
Jane Aitken
2:00 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
It's already been proven without a doubt by intelligent taxpaying people like Ken Eyring and others who are NOT funded by outside influences (or any influences) that the 'sustainable' agenda in NH came straight from the UN's 1992 RIO conference, and is now being implemented by the Fed Gov via EPA/HUD/DOT grant monies given to towns to lure them into dreaming up projects that NO ONE asked for or wanted in the first place. The plans are taken directly from the left-wing American Planning Association. (Here you can read about one of their officials praising her "beloved left-leaning Washington" http://washington-apa.org/newsletters/article/march_presidents_message_march2012 )
The beneficiaries of course are 'green' crony companies who get awarded the contracts for these expensive projects that failed as witnessed in Epping NH
http://www.nhteapartycoalition.org/tea/2012/08/06/epping-joins-un-global-environmental-group-creates-new-ordinance/
The wealthy corporate interests behind the 'green' movement have even created foundations and PR firms that are now invading our towns and schools from the outside. They should be shown the door. (See my latest article in Bedford Patch)
cont'd
Tammy
6:18 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jane-What you do not seem to get is that all the research you present is funded and put forward by those who would benefit monetarily or ideologically. The projection of this fact onto those who support sustainability is funny.
As I have stated before in my discussions with you, I get that we are all susceptible to confirmation bias. However, your willingness to believe in conspiracies based on information put forward by known wackjobs and extremist organizations is irrational.
Jane Aitken
6:53 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@Tammy: What you fail to admit, is that the research we present is not funded by anyone. If it were, I'd be wealthy because it is our own work taken from our presence at meetings and the examination of documents we've seen and the people speaking in favor of this stuff. So YOUR conspiracy theory, that someone is telling us what to do or funding us, is just that. A conspiracy theory as well as ludicrous
When you can learn to disagree about something on its own merits without resorting to this charge, then your arguments might be taken seriously. But this is a knee-jerk reaction as we see all the time - with no countering of the facts.
As for "cui bono", just look at the people pushing this stuff -- they are making money off of YOUR tax dollars. We're not handing over your money to private corporations.. We have nothing to gain. I guess you can be convinced by government to do anything so long as they present the right crisis?
We have the right to oppose what we see going on -- what is going on is happening and not a "conspiracy". Your overuse of that word tells me you have no facts in this argument, just obfuscation. Just last week, this man was teaching our teachers in the ways of domestic terrorist William Ayers... he is part of the NH Listens PR firm trying to influence our school children. Nice eh?
http://annenberginstitute.org/commentary/2012/03/emulate-dont-eliminate-tucsons-mexican-american-studies-program
Tammy
8:17 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jane-All peer-reviewed research is funded in some way. Whether government, business or non-profit think tank, we get to know from what perspective said research is conducted. We, as taxpayers, have the responsibility to become informed to all sides presented when deciding what policies to support. Neither of us can only look at one perspective and assume it is the answer. We also must be critical thinkers in the sense of evaluating such info and the source. Once we preconceive an agenda attached to a source, we tend to toss out information, good and bad, from that source.
That said, are you willing to evaluate and discuss all sides?
No Longer interested
7:38 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
"he is part of the NH Listens PR firm trying to influence our school children. Nice eh?"
Jane, you are supposed to be an educator, but here you are pretending that the study of Mexican Culture and Mexican History is somehow a threat to students of Mexican heritage. This man presents this as empowering for those students, helping them to attain self-esteem. You on the otherhand present it as something insidious.
There's nothing wrong here. Again, you need real evidence and proof that this somehow is undermining American society.
You are being ridiculous.
Jane Aitken
2:01 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
And please consider the source of the above article. This Granite State Progress group is one of the MOST radical leftist outside-funded entities in the state -- its ideas are often so off the wall that they differ from MOST Democrats who also oppose this top-down soviet-style regionalism that leaves the voter and local officials out of the decision making process.
DEMOCRATS Against UN Agenda 21
http://democratsagainstunagenda21.com/
To see how this outsider group (GSP) has really discredited itself in the past all one needs to do is look at their tactics and knee-jerk claims.
http://www.nhteapartycoalition.org/tea/2010/03/23/buckley-sullivan-dirty-tricks-tag-team/
http://www.nhteapartycoalition.org/tea/2010/03/28/bogus-press-release-an-example-of-larger-problem/
NO thanks GSP, we don't want your brand of socialism forced upon NH.
Jane Aitken
2:06 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
By the way, no one has ever claimed 'mind control' but the use of the Delphi Technique to shape the dialogue and nullify other opinions is in WIDE USE by the PR firms as a swaying tactic to get people to go along with this stuff that never came from the community as claimed.
If you want to call that 'mind control'... it's an exaggeration meant to discredit those who are complaining about it, but I am sure that is what they must have been talking about.
Jane Aitken
4:33 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@Riley Reid: Thanks for the kudos. Glenn Beck is only interested in what makes him famous and wealthy at this point and wants to gain listeners because he runs a business.
Furthermore, I looked into that 'community' he proposes and its a PRIVATE ENTITY with nothing to do with government. If he wants a private GREEN community, good for him... I wouldn't suggest stopping him. Key here is HE IS NOT USING MY TAX DOLLARS to impose it upon ME! Beck is NOT suggesting anything that RPCs are suggesting. So whoever posted that red herring is posting a non-sequitor.
This is what these low-information voters just do not get -- public money is altogether a different thing. You may do what you want privately, but don't use my tax dollars to make me pay for it.
Jane Aitken
7:01 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
It never ceases to amaze that the idea that some of you cannot admit you LIKE this cronyism/fascism, and that you don't think local voices making local decisions about these things is the legal and just way to do things. (The fact that you imagine we are repeating research from somewhere else is ludicrous -- we are reacting to what is happening right here in NH) That you think we should all just shut up and let the federal/state government swoop down on us and tell us what to do, eat, think, how to learn, and more, on our own tax dollars, well it's shameful.
Tammy
8:34 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jane-Nobody likes cronyism or fascism. I for one welcome informed local voices making decisions. However, I do not see our elected representatives-local, state, or federal- as being an "other" as you seem to imply.
As far as your comment regarding research...what is your definition of research? Is it science based, peer reviewed, white paper or something else? Perhaps this is the reason we seem to have a communication problem.
Jane Aitken
8:32 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@Tammy: Peer reviewed? The situation in NH has not been 'peer reviewed' by anyone. The people who will have to suffer the consequences of these schemes have reacted as they are ENTITLED to do. And they are not funded - they are ones who do the fundING. We are NOT a "government, business, or non-profit think tank". We are just taxpayers. So please stop spreading that sort of disinformation.
Are you trying to tell me that we did not get our information from 1) reading the book you see above and/or 2) the documents from the RPC along with 3) reviewing what goes on at these Delphi sessions? Are you telling me that taxpayers, or ordinary citizens opinions don't count? Because that's what these PR firms think and why they guarantee that the 'opposition will be neutralized'.
If you can prove we are funded, please post the documentation here. I'd love to see it.
Are you willing to stop calling everything you don't like a 'conspiracy' theory? Because if not, you are no better than this Soros-funded group called GSP from outside the state and I have no time to argue with your false premises.
GSP is a juvenile, libelous organization of people who can't get a real job so they take out of state money from George Soros and parrot extremists ideas in an attempt to smear people. They are good for nothing else.
Tammy
8:52 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jane-I am a taxpayer as well. I also have read the book above and have researched on my own and have come to a different conclusion than you have. I cannot speak to or for GSP since I know nothing about them. I only speak to what I see as being far-fetched fearmongering regarding sustainable initiatives/conservation going back decades.(JBS)
Jane Aitken
9:48 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@Tammy: Doubt you've read the book pictured - it's out of print. I thought you said it was a "conspiracy theory" and did not exist?
You say you cannot speak to or for GSP since you claim to know nothing about them, but they seem to be whose talking points you are parroting. You should know that their mother organization is Center for American Progress, the Soros think tank that feeds a leftist agenda to the White House - an unsavory bunch that funds all kinds of groups that go around falsely accusing others of taking money from 'big corporations' while actually doing that very thing themselves? It's not just hypocritical but rather devious to attack regular citizens in this way.
We see it as being far-fetched fearmongering (water shortages!) regarding sustainable initiatives/conservation going back to Maurice Strong's admittedly manufactured climate crisis -- surely you know he is one of the richest oil families in the world, along with the Rockefeller Bros who fund greenie groups like 350.org? This is for profit. Create a crisis>provide the solution. How convenient.
I can't have a discussion with someone who is also so arrogant that she thinks the taxpayers are incapable of looking into something they see as wrong, after examining meetings and documents and finding things they object to, and then having the nerve, (the NERVE!) to oppose them because it's THEIR tax money.
Please don't waste our time yammering about 'peer reviews' that have nothing to do with us.
Tammy
10:27 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Jane-I never stated Agenda 21 did not exist. The conspiracy theory is what has been interpreted by those who see a nefarious reason behind the guidelines.
Climate change deniers and other anti-science types reject the reasoning behind Agenda 21. Most of the guidelines are based on years of research in the social sciences and other disciplines.
Although I do agree there should be debate on policies adopted at the local level, trying to discredit the guidelines as a whole is silly.
Apljak
5:32 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane,
For what it's worth, I don't think Tammy read the book either.
Nice call!
Jane Aitken
10:00 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
@Tammy: Anyone can join so long as they are not a hate group. GSP and those others you mentioned fall under that category of hate group. They are aligned in their beliefs which are opposite from ours so I doubt they would want to anyway.
William Kostric
11:51 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
The author of the article does not appear to comprehend the meaning of the word conspiracy.
Jane Aitken
12:59 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
@Tammy: There doesn't have to be anything 'nefarious' about it. If the results of implementation of these draconian measures would results in the overreach of government then it is DETRIMENTAL to us as citizens, and as such we have the right to oppose it. How's that?
Also I am not going to debate 'climate change' as that debate is over as we saw with the IPCC scandal. Climate change has been happening for millions of years on this earth, with whole areas being turned from swamps to desert and vice versa, WITHOUT BENEFIT OF HUMANS. This can be attributed to natural planetary changes and the sun. The totalitarians at the UN have just recently already admitted this.
Also you can read it straight from the source (Strong and Rockefeller - two big oil families) admitting why they dreamed up this hoax -- it's not to save the planet, it's to save the resources for THEMSELVES and keep the price of oil high as well as a redistribution scheme. It is an admitted HOAX. That is why Rockefeller Bros funds radical green groups like 350.org This is why they have deemed 'humans' as the 'common enemy'. Shameful.
http://climatesoscanada.org/blog/2011/04/18/rockefellers-1sky-unveils-the-new-350-org-more-more-delusion/
Paying money to make Al Gore rich (went from $2M to $100M in net worth) on the backs of the people using 'climate change' hoax should make you feel like a manipulated fool.
ForThePeople
1:48 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Off the rails, again? It's too bad the data doesn't agree with you. We are experiencing climate change that directly coincides with the industrialized planet.
Swamp Fox
2:03 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
FTP Where are your references. Are you exempt from proof?
Tammy
2:19 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Jane-First, there is no hoax. Again you put forward a conspiracy theory.
Second, I think I have a better understanding of what you are fighting for thanks to the website Freedomadvocates.(which also has a copy of the book in the OP.) Although I do not agree with much of their interpretations and definitions, they do have some compelling articles that contain info that should be part of any policy debates.
I suppose it all comes down to whether one holds a globalist view or nationalistic view of economics, environment, and the future. Sustainability at the local and regional level makes sense for both worldviews as far as I can tell.
Jane Aitken
2:27 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
This was said at the Club of Rome where Strong and Rockefeller met: "The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill."
So you see they 'came up with' something (humans) as the 'enemy' of the earth so they could whip up hysteria to benefit their own pocketbooks and 'unite' the world in world government. They seem to have united some lemmings here pretty well using these scare tactics but with very little scientific evidence.
They have promoted this conspiracy theory despite having been caught fudging the numbers and admitting they would do anything to further their globalist cause of redistribution of the wealth. Next thing you know, after this completely fails, they'll be telling us we need to unite against attacks from aliens.....
LOL
Really??
8:02 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
Proud Conservative
7:44 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Why did the Earth warm after the last ice age? No people here....no industrialization..no nothing. So why did it warm? Who or what should we blame that warm up on? Global warming may be real. But as for it being caused by us humans,,,,,,,,nope!
Hardy Har Har Har
7:56 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
Really??
10:56 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Its always good to get someones uneducated opinion.
gerry smith
8:34 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
This diatribe is obviously evidence that Patch is nothing but a mouth piece for the ultra paranoid anti-social pinheads that do not want to be part of a civil society. Although not perfect, no one is forcing you to stay in this country if you don't like it. There are many other anarcanist, despotic countries (societies) for you to choose from....so why stay in the US of A. I'd be glad to contribute to your one way ticket outta here to someplace where there are no taxes, no services, unlimited freedom, no government and uncensored internet.
Sign me a planet (home) loving liberal, pinky, commie, socialist, or any other label you can think of. See you on the other side!
Jane Aitken
11:56 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
@gerry smith: If you really wanted to be part of 'civil society' you would not recommend using our own tax money against us to force us into being controlled by the ideas of these unelected central planners. Somehow the idea you are against 'unlimited freedom' and an 'uncensored internet' (a private enterprise where the government has no right to curtail anyone's free speech) exemplifies what is so scary about your type.
Proud Conservative
6:17 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
At the rate the population of this planet is growing, no one needs to worry about what effect the things we do today will have on the planet a hundred years from now.
Jane Aitken
5:53 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Here is another fact that ought to outrage you: ICLEI dues are paid for with your own tax dollars as are these regional planners who lobbied against this bill. So next time someone tells you ICLEI is just a theory, ask them why towns and cities have to pay dues to them? Go here and look at the top for SBS 217 http://www.nhplanners.org/testimony.htm
Tammy
6:48 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Jane-Not sure who this is directed to, but who says ICLEI is just a theory?
The Conspiracy Theory mentioned is the one formulated by you and others regarding the intentions and goals of Agenda 21 and ICLEI.
Jane Aitken
7:36 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
@Tammy: So now you're saying that I, me, Jane, is the one who 'formulated' the very same idea that is held by millions of people all over the United States in opposition to having their tax dollars sent to foreign entities to be used to carry out the plans of those group in spite of the wishes of the taxpayers? Wow I guess I didn't give myself credit for that!
Remember the intentions and goals of Agenda 21 and ICLEI are well documented by the groups that put them forth such as the Regional Planners. That is where the ideas came from and why opposing bills were filed. Why do you think people proposed this bill in the first place? Because they had no say at the local level.
Last year the NH Planners lobbied against S217. Why? If they have no authority to do anything why would they care? Why would they need ICLEI memberships?
I know there are some of you who don't mind top down, soviet-style central planning to override our local government because you can't think for yourselves and love to be told what to do, but besides the fact that socialism has failed every time it's been used elsewhere, it is unconstitutional and just plain unAmerican.
Tammy
9:41 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane-There are not "millions" who believe in that crap.
Your use of cold war terminology is telling. It just confirms you are sucked into red scare conspiracies that are being regurgitated.
Really??
8:03 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
Jane Aitken
1:23 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@Tammy: What scares you about following the rules of legal government without top down 'created' bureaucracies that offer no control by or input from the taxpayers? I must say your failure to become totally outraged about this and willingness to allow it to continue is very bizarre. Once again, you cannot refute the facts, or statements directly from the sources, so you resort to calling it a 'conspiracy'. It's the new 'racism' I guess. (When any one would oppose Obama's lies and bad policies, they are called 'racist') Please read my article on the revolutionaries that are currently being given access to our schools to promote Marxism -- it's here NOW. I saw the schools being used for political purposes for 35 years and I will not stop speaking out just because of people like you who can only call names.
No Longer interested
3:16 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
"Please read my article on the revolutionaries that are currently being given access to our schools to promote Marxism -- it's here NOW."
No it isn't, it's not here now.
It's in your imagination.
You have zero proof and or evidence to back your silly statement.
ForThePeople
1:43 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane, you're not going to stop speaking out, but neither are the sane people. It creates the same old arguments, where some crackpot comes up with a conspiracy theory, and it takes 10 times as many rational people to remind everybody that a) it's a crackpot being a crackpot and b) that critical thinking and doing the research is important.
The differences between you and I, Jane, are too numerous to mention. I will highlight one significant difference, and that is I operate based on facts and figures. Just like with IB, all you can do is link to these crazed websites that offer opinions about some global conspiracy to take over the American way. You fail to realize, the American way is fluid, it evolves, and while it may be based on a set of principles, it's written on paper, not on engraved stone fallen from the heavens.
Our founding fathers gave us the tools to create and amend legislation, to grow as a people, to seek out and embrace discovery, admit when we are wrong, and do right by each other. You may not be aware that many of those tools are directly descended from French government (you should do your history research). My point is, not everything American comes from within. America is what we make of it, and I think that coming up with a sustainable way of living embraces American values. "Red scare" tactics have already been rejected. That is the past. Grow up with the rest of us.
Jane Aitken
5:55 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@FTP: Using name calling to suggest someone is not 'sane' when they are objecting to facts, is an old trick and very hollow. To suggest that I am not 'sane' because I don't want William Ayers style revolutionaries telling us what to do in our schools is arrogant. If Ayers and his ilk are your heroes, this country is in far more trouble than I even I first thought.
Jane Aitken
6:50 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Once again I am breaking my own rule of not responding to those who name-call but @No longer interested has claimed that this is about "encouraging businesses to locate in a community through tax incentives and flexible zoning"..
Ah but if only it were! Ask the people of Epping how much money some company got to sell them things that did not work, things that were mandated to be installed thanks to an ordinance put in place at the behest of ICLEI.
No this is more about levying more restrictions and taxes in the name of 'sustainablility'. And no one in my town is clamoring for 'workforce housing'.
No Longer interested
7:21 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane,
you were an educator,
It's time for you to get educated.
Jane, you were an educator, but you can't correctly comprehend what I wrote. I didn't say that "this" is about ecouraging businesses to locate in a community through....", I said that ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT is "about "encouraging businesses to locate in a community through tax incentives and flexible zoning"..
Your mysterious thing about Epping being sold a bad bill of goods is a non sequitor.
Good God Jane, the only thing you are right about is that I should refrain from name calling, but under the circumstances, you make that difficult for me.
The only thing I can say is do some real research, get yourself educated on the subject of City/Town/Metropolitan Planning in America.
Start with Savannah, GA, and Washington D.C.
Then learn about Olmstead and the City Beautiful Movement, Burnham and the Chicago World's Fair, and then Jane Jacobs for a more modern take.
Really??
8:03 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
Jane Aitken
7:26 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
This is my last response to @No longer interested who doesn't understand the rights of the people who pay taxes.
Your pretense that nothing is going on is laughable... tell that to the working group that has attended scores of meetings, pored over dozens of documents, and have had to testify against bills in the legislature and ridiculous ordinances proposed by these operatives at town meetings.
You can close your eyes and pretend that numerous videos and articles chronicling this effort do not exist.... but that is the typical response.
There are those who won't notice that it's raining because -- they don't mind getting wet.
There is no "Agenda 21" conspiracy to take away property rights or sovereignty, or local authority — there is simply an effort to impose certain ideas on people, ideas that came from elsewhere, ideas that they never voted for, didn't ask for, and do not want, and thus have EVERY RIGHT to oppose for whatever reasons that motivate them, including that they pay the taxes that are being used to implement them.
THAT is where people of you fail to understand the rights of people and are willing to let those rights be trampled. That is what is so real.
Maybe, although I think it's to much to expect, you will learn someday why unelected boards and commissions doing things on their own from the top down, is NOT the rule of law.
No Longer interested
7:48 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
OK Jane,
it's your choice, you can believe in cockamamie ideas, or you can do some real research.
You are correct that you have every right to oppose smart growth and sustainable development. I don't deny you this or anyone else.
But you are 100 % wrong about your rights being trampled upon.
You haven't given me one example where this has happened, or proven that sustainable development takes away the constitutional rights of individuals. You are 100% wrong on this idea.
And, you are being dishonest when you argue that boards or commisions with no regulatory or legislative authority are doing things on their own, things that have the power of law. That doesn't happen now, it never happened, will not happen in the future, and you need to come up with evidence that this has happened.
You are the one who has lot to learn, someday.
Really??
8:03 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
Jane Aitken
7:34 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
All I can say is, that NLI is either a business owner that benefits from these boondoggles of taxpayer dollars or is on one of these planning boards and has faith in the utopian dream of the sustainability snake oilers. Either way, he has to know that there are many others who agree with me which is why there is a nationwide movement to stop regional, top down government. It's our right.
It's time NLI read the constitution to learn about our RIGHT to oppose anything we want to oppose...
No Longer interested
7:51 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
"there is a nationwide movement to stop regional, top down government"
Jane, do some real research and learn the difference between a commission and a government, their roles and responsibilities, and their authority.
You have a lot to learn before you make conclusions about your rights being trampled upon.
Jane Aitken
7:45 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
For those who have read the Ayers piece, you should familiarize yourself with the details on why this LaRaza studies program was dumped from the TUSD. When taught in such a manner by those wishing to use students for political pawns, yes it is a threat to those children, does not help improve anyone's self esteem, and does not teach them skills they need to FIND JOBS and keep them in order to support themselves, which I thought was the purpose of education. There is something wrong with someone who disagrees with that.
Jane Aitken
8:06 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I would like to propose that NLI or ANYONE here explain the need for PR firms. Why do RPCs and WSCs need PR firms? What are they trying to convince people if they are only lobbyists? Even if they are only lobbyists, why would lobbyists get tax dollars to promote this stuff back to the people?
There is no water shortage in NH. That is a created crisis. So why is there talk of those who have private wells getting their water 'too cheaply'? Or making water the property of the state, even when it's under your own land? Why meter and measure driving miles if not the goal of taxing those miles driven? All of these things are IN THE DOCUMENTS along with 'increased authority' and 'legislative priorities'.
I challenge anyone, regardless of whether they do not believe any of the above, to simply explain WHY people have no RIGHT to protest these proposals. I think they will have enough trouble tackling that question alone, and that's the crux of it.
No Longer interested
3:19 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
You have plenty of right to protest these proposals.
But no right to misrepresent what regional planning agencies do or misrepresent what the proposals are about.
RPC's are not "lobbyists", do some real research. They work for the member communities. They are not regulatory, cannot regulate or make laws. They provide professional planning services, to characterize them as "central government planners" is a gross misrepresentation, and a propaganda ploy.
Apljak
8:33 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane,
I must say that in reviewing this comment section, I have concluded that you have the patience of Job.
You must have to wear a hat or something to keep these pro-Ayers/Progressives from making you pull your hair out!
Keep fighting the good fight as there are many battles to be won!
Other than one column on Hillary that was filled with ad hominum attacks on commenters, things have been pretty civil. It is no surprise that Ray (@No Longer Interested) has brought the level of discourse back into the gutter again with his return to the comment sections!
Jane Aitken
8:38 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I am not familiar with 'Ray' aka NLI although the person shows the arrogance and denial of Ray Buckley. If he is Ray Buckley he should have the courage to sign in under his own name.
No Longer interested
11:23 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Aplejak,
you can't be sure about much because you don't know much.
No Longer interested
11:26 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Jane,
you haven't answered one question.
You have nothing, no evidence, no proof to back up any of your statements.
Talk to me again when you educate yourself.
I'm not arrogant, I simply asked you to back up your cheeseball statements with reality.
Apljak
3:39 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Ray, I mean NLI, your comments have lost lost their humor since the incendiary race baiting I witnessed from you.
And now I don't much.
I do know that you may have some knowledge about sustainability but you don't seem to have any information on ICLEI.
Or, as Jane mentions above, you are just one more hack embedded with this organization, you have a vested interest in their integration to the local governments and you don't want to come clean.
Regardless, your insults, name calling and petty, ignorant comments are not even worthy of reading as each really has no point.
I can't believe how polite Ms. Aitken has been through this entire section dealing with the likes of you.
You offer that I don't know much...I would say that at least I know from your posts that you are some sort of troll who can't really offer anything constructive.
You sound like an angry displaced hack that is mad at the "neo-cons" (your terms) for losing your place at the almighty teat of government.
How's that for a tin-foil analysis regarding the source of your anger?
No Longer interested
3:49 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Appljak,
Didn't your parents teach you to tell the truth?
I never "race baited", instead you wryly pretended to be a "minority".
You call me names and then whine about my name-calling.
You can dish it out but you can't take it. Too bad.
I lost my humor a long time ago when you neocon jerks called the rest of us socialists/communists and accused us of hating America, just because we disagree with you.
I'll be glad to have a civil conversation, once you educate yourself.
Until then, taste your own medicine.
Apljak
4:19 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Ray,
Never race baited?
To wit,
"We all feel bad for the poor white minority that Elizabeth and Applejak belong to.
They are victims of discrimination against white people.
They have a victim mentality.
Their ancestors, by the millions, were dragged to America and put at the bottom of ships as cargo, millions of them of them died in transit, they were robbed of the fruit of their labor while their masters lived the high life. Then, once Elizabeth and Applejack's ancestors were set free they were victims of segregation, murder/lynchings, and discrimination based on their white faces.
Instead of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, and overcoming adversity, they whine about being a minority.
Sorry, you are both out of luck, Justice Clarence Thomas does not believe in affirmative action. No free stuff for you!"
This response because I said i was in the "minority" of the population--a taxpayer.
You must do it so often you don't realize that you are! I could care less about name calling but racist accusations don't fly.
As for civil, I don't know if you quite get the term. Re-read these posts and you should be able to see that you are the incendiary poster here.
Proud Conservative
10:08 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
There is no conspiracy "theory" associated with the UN's Agenda 21. Agenda 21 is a blatant attempt to replace local control with absolute central control over virtually all aspects of our lives. Theories remain theories only until proven or disproved. The sinister attempts at instituting central planning and control through the Agenda 21 effort is obvious to anyone with an understanding of politics and government operations.
No Longer interested
11:29 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
"The sinister attempts at instituting central planning and control through the Agenda 21 effort is obvious to anyone with an understanding of politics and government operations."
PC,
Nope, you aren't even close, anyone who understands politics and government knows that this is baloney, on the other hand, morons such as youself think that a sinister attempt at instituting central planning and control through the Agenda 21 effort is obvious.
Tammy
12:18 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Proud Conservative-I do not believe Agenda 21 seeks to implement "central planning" in the historical sense of the term. As I research the point of view you, Jane, and others are putting forward, it is obvious certain terms are defined in a creative way-to put it mildly.
Perhaps some agreement on the definition of terms like planning, sustainability, democratic, socialist, local, state, economics, etc...may be of use since many writers seem to have some creative and/or archaic glossary they use that makes it impossible to get on the same page. (I am only partly joking, here!)
I support many of the goals of Agenda 21, but do agree many of the policy decisions need to be made at the local, regional, and State levels with public input. I also agree professional, scientific input is valuable in order for us to make informed decisions. Some of the rhetoric used by those who oppose sustainability initiatives are blatantly anti-science and anti-education.
Proud Conservative
12:23 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
@NLI - Hey Guano.......when you resort to name calling you destroy all credibility, not that you had much to begin with. Agenda 21 is a not-so-thinly veiled attempt to replace local control with centralized planning and control - shades of the USSR.
No Longer interested
12:59 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Hey Mr. "Proud Conservative",
my credibility is not the issue. You neocons have nothing, so you resort to character assasination. You do it ad nauseum to who ever disagrees with you.
I have been asking you coo-coo birds to PROVE IT.
You can't prove anything or back up anything you say.
Here is proof of why you are a coo-coo bird,
You said:
"Agenda 21 is a not-so-thinly veiled attempt to replace local control with centralized planning and control - shades of the USSR."
Now PROVE IT.
But you won't prove it because you and the other coo-coos who have left your coo-coo clocks just make stuff up, so you ignore the challenge, or you fail the challenge.
So if you want to talk about credibility. Then try to link your asinine statement to reality.
Every time you birds make an asinine statement like that. the whole world is watching and laughing, not with you, but at you.
Mark A. Buckawicki
2:07 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
I always read Proud Conservative's comments in the voice of Stephen Colbert because I am about 98% sure that Proud Conservative actually is Stephen Colbert.
Really??
2:41 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
"Hey Guano(A derogatory name).......when you resort to name calling you destroy all credibility" - PC
Priceless.
News Flash
2:47 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
All Guano does is throw insults. Classless
No Longer interested
2:55 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Mr. Flasher,
You've got nothing but complaints, no back up to anything you say.
Whenever anyone calls you neo-conservatives out to back up your statements, you start whining about insults, depsite the fact that you do plenty on your own.
Now, stop whining and put up proof to back your asinine statements, put up or shut up
Really??
8:04 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
Mark A. Buckawicki
10:01 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
It's all true. Resistance is futile. Get in now, get on our side now. I will show you how to make money by selling other people's property. I will walk you through the process of reaping the benefits of this governmental real property grab for $19.99 + shipping & handling.
No Longer interested
1:03 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Mr. "proud Conservatives said:
"Agenda 21 is a blatant attempt to replace local control with absolute central control over virtually all aspects of our lives."
A real coo-coo statement with no connection to reality.
OK, now prove it Mr. so-called "Proud Conservative".
Proud Conservative
6:40 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
I don't have to prove it.
Really??
8:04 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
No Longer interested
2:57 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
When asked to back their statements, all you get is --crickets chirping-
Neocons are know nothings and do-nothings....
News Flash
3:03 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Extremist liberal progressives accomplish nothing other than Lie and spend other peoples money.
No Longer interested
3:10 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Just as I thought.
You have nothing.
You are not up to the challenge.
You are clueless, you can't back up any of the falsehoods about regional planning commissions, sustainability, or smart growth.
You can't back up Jane's falsehoods.
You are a know nothing.
News Flash
3:15 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Just as I said.
You have nothing.
You are not up to the challenge.
You are clueless, you can't back up any of the falsehoods about regional planning commissions, sustainability, or smart growth.
You can't back up your falsehoods.
You are a know nothing
Jane Aitken
3:20 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
And apparently NLI doesn't know the definition of a neocon. If he did he would certainly not be grouping me in THAT category. NLI would probably deny he had a nose if was against his agenda. Funny.
Really??
3:32 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Flash does nothing but make moronic blanket statements.
No Longer interested
3:34 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Jane,
back up your statements with evidence.
Otherwise you neocons, yes, you are not a real conservative, but a instead a fake one, have nothing.
Show me where regional planning commissions make laws.
Show me where sustainabilty has resulted in the confiscation of property,
show me the textbooks and the lesson plans used to teach Marxism in tucson.
You make stuff up without real evidence.
Apljak
3:22 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/iclei-when-they-say-local-they-mean-it.html
Really??
3:31 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
You didn't know there were crazy people who consider themselves Democrats?
Tammy
3:35 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Apljak-I am a Republican FOR Agenda 21. What is your point?
No Longer interested
3:40 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Applejak,
rubbish from a right wing web-site is just that, rubbish.
You have no proof to back up anything that Jane put forth.
George H.W. Bush signed Agenda 21.
Agenda 21 is a non-binding agreement on sustainability.
Sustainability does not remove local control or undermine federal, state, local authority.
It does not take away rights or property rights.
Nothing in your link proves any of this. Your web-site echos your paranoid conspiracies.
No Longer interested
3:43 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Really??
My guess is that these aren't real Democrats nor is it a legitimate web-site, but another extension of the right wing world propaganda entertainment complex.
Apljak
3:45 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Tammy,
Democrat or Republican,
My point is that corruption is corruption.
It is just a link to some information. I didn't put it to define everyone in favor of Agenda21 as a Democrat.
Republicans stand for a lot of varied and differing ideas. The party isn't monolithic in ideas; in fact, the diversity of ideas and opinions is what will allow it to rise again from this 2012 setback.
As a Republican (capital R), aren't you bothered that this ICLei approach is more top down by town and city officials and not by the actual taxpayers? At times, actually behind closed doors and zero transparency?
Really??
7:57 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Maybe NLI, but lets not pretend there aren't crazy Democrats.
News Flash
3:23 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Ya gotta luv these democRATS that make stuff up.
Really??
3:31 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Have you ever made a factual statement? Ever?
News Flash
3:47 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Have you ever made a statement of fact ever?
Jane Aitken
3:53 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
In case you are wondering Ms. Koire and her female partner are indeed democrats but this is not about party politics since many republicans have been duped by Agenda 21. And once again someone who calls me a neocon has proven he has no clue what that even means.
Really??
7:56 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
"and her female partner"..........
Apljak
7:58 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
"and her female partner"..........
Does that disturb you?
Really??
7:49 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
It seems like a weird thing to bring up.
Did Jane want to mention Ms. Koire's waist size or favorite breakfast cereal?
Or was Jane bringing it up as a dog whistle for other crazies to hear?
News Flash
3:56 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Didn't democrat parents teach how to tell the truth?
Race baiting is common practice by democRATS.
DemocRATS always resort to name calling and whinning.
DemocRATS get their panties in bunch when they always lose the argument which is all the time.
DemocRATS have no sense of humor.
The infestation of the democRAT party by socialists/communists is quite complete.
Really??
7:55 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Sounds like you are describing yourself.
Jane Aitken
3:57 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Ah now we are making headway... NLI finally gets ONE THING right. This is not about parties, because we agree, George H.W. Bush DID indeed SIGN Agenda 21. (But what did he SIGN if it's non-binding!? LOL)
And Rosa is VERY REAL... you can watch her videos one of which I have linked in my article response to GSP's silly accusations that was just posted here: http://bedford-nh.patch.com/blog_posts/agenda-21-iclei-and-regional-planners-response-to-granite-state-progress
Jack Wana
4:08 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
@Jane God bless for putting up with the riff raff NASHUA DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE who post on Patch
Really??
7:56 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
"who lives in San Fransisco[sic]"..........
Jane Aitken
1:08 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Thanks Jack W. Rosa, who lives in San Francisco, says in her book and speeches, that this is not a republican or democrat issue, or a right or left issue, this is an American issue. She recycles and her partner even built a whole house out of reusable items. This goes beyond being a wise user of the resources.
Proud Conservative
6:43 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Guano, you make me laugh. I expect to read about you blowing an artery while posting on patch. You're like road rage in the comment section!
Really??
7:55 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Its a shame that the core message of the Taxed Enough Already Crowd has been supplanted by crazy conspiracists like Jane. Jane refers to herself as the "Founder of NH Tea Party Coalition", she should reread the charter of the tea party before she embarrasses the movement further.
Jane Aitken
1:07 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
@Really?? You likely never even heard about the tea party when it was actually founded in 2007, or know what the three lynchpin issues were and still are. (And it wasn't in 2009). There is no 'charter' of the tea party as it is a people's movement, not some GOP PAC founded by consultants from the establishment.
Jane Aitken
1:05 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
@Really?? I think we know who the crazies are on this thread. I brought it up because Rosa was accused of being a 'right wing plant' or something. And I am not sure what it would be a 'dog whistle' for... It's background info on Rosa which she willingly shares in her speeches.
Brian Hayek Hynes
9:11 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/un-agenda-21-new-hampshire-ban_n_1524285.html
Apparently; these actions are not a conspiracy, it's explicitly prohibited in the New Hampshire statute.