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Augusta, GA
By Corporal Gripweed
Commentary
“I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take this anymore!!”
Howard Beale,
from the movie, “Network” 1976
Agenda 21. Ring a
bell with anyone? It meant nothing to me
when it was mentioned in conversation recently. A friend remarked it was a
program initiated by the United Nations in 1992. We were in the midst of a discussion about the state of the
“sustainable development” program touted in recent years by Mayor Deke
Copenhaver and various developers and Commissioners.
I consider myself
fairly well-read and politically astute, but this Agenda 21 was news to me. I, of course was
familiar with the Mayor's recent push to fund studies to ostensibly
implement the Augusta SustainableDevelopment Agenda, or better known as ASDA. But, I wondered, what did one have to do
with the other?
First,let me explain
that the ASDA plan involves “green initiatives.” For a conservative like me just
the word “green” makes me see red.....It implies that just because I don't want
to be forced by the government to use CFL light bulbs and drive a Prius I'm
somehow not fit to breathe air. So, What does this have
to do with Agenda 21?
After hearing of the
program I decided to do my own research. And was astounded at what I found. It
seems this particular program was put into place to slowly and subtly force local
municipalities and eventually whole regions into compliance of so-called
“green” initiatives. The U.N website even spells it out in plain language, it's
mission is to,”Limit human behavior and in some cases freedoms, in order to
save the planet.”
And all throughout
this document the words “sustainable development” are used time and time again. So, what could be
wrong with nice, unassuming phrases like "green initiatives" and "sustainable
development?" Really nothing. The phrases are fine. It's the motives behind
them that bother me and should bother anyone who values freedom.
All are designed to
direct, and in some cases limit our individual rights and freedoms, particularly property rights. Recently passed in a California municipality was
an “edict” that no single family dwellings could be built on properties larger
than 20 acres. In Augusta's own ASDA,
it states, “Halt sewer expansion, keep the southern areas (of Richmond County)
rural and continue to infill suburban and urban areas.”
Both are “stack'em
and pack'em”, theories designed to limit choices and freedoms. Obviously, all this
is just fine with our Mayor and his “crony capitalist” pals who have pushed
this ASDA for years. Which brings me to my
point.....I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore!
Mr. Mayor....you and
members of the Augusta Commission spent $500,000 of our tax money to validate
and endorse an edict from the U.N?...The U.N?
Really?
I can only come up
with two reasons why you or anyone with the “power of the purse” would think
this a good idea. Either you think it's
a good idea to hand over parts of the
CSRA over to the enviro-nuts at the U.N to implement an obviously anti-American,
anti-capitalist program to benefit some of your wealthy developer friends, or
you have been an unknowing dupe. Either way, it's shameful.
More to the point, I'm
hoping, for the sake of the CSRA, that those who supported you in the last
election (mostly the RINO-Republican machine) will take a long look at anyone you've endorsed in the
upcoming Commission races.
As for me? If it's
an incumbent and they have your endorsement?...I'm voting for the other
person.....And I hope others will do their research and find out exactly what
“sustainable development” really means....it doesn't mean a continuation of
property rights nor personal freedoms....in fact it means quite the
opposite....that's why I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this
anymore! What about you?***
CG
Further Reading:
Augusta Sustainable Development Agenda
Agenda 21: The U.N. Blueprint for the 2st Century
Agenda 21 a Plan to Suppress Individual Liberties?
Freedom Advocates: Exposing Agenda 21
Further Reading:
Augusta Sustainable Development Agenda
Agenda 21: The U.N. Blueprint for the 2st Century
Agenda 21 a Plan to Suppress Individual Liberties?
Freedom Advocates: Exposing Agenda 21
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