Straight Talk from Tom DeWeese

from Tom DeWeese

Do you want to FIGHT… or do you want to WHINE?

This week the UN will hold yet another international gathering to announce what can only be called a “re-boot” of Agenda 21 – as they are determined to finish the job to “Transform the World.”

I guarantee you will not like that transformation!

BUT, this event gives our movement a huge opportunity to put Agenda 21 in the headlines of every newspaper and newscast in the nation.

There they are – perhaps 50,000 strong – The Pope, 189 Heads of State, NGO’s, diplomats, bureaucrats – all the people who have been claiming that Agenda 21 is a hoax – all sharing the stage to introduce a new 17 point, 15 year plan to “TRANSFORM THE WORLD.” Those are THEIR words!

They are confirming everything we’ve said about Agenda 21. They are proving we have been telling the truth! They are helping remove the tin foil hats from our heads! What more could we ask for???

SO WILL YOU FIGHT???? OR WILL YOU WHINE????

Every day I receive notes, calls, and emails, from people saying we have lost the Republic- that the fight is over.

And then they spend a lot of words telling ME about how SOMEONE must DO SOMETHING. (usually translated to “I” must do something).

Well, you see – I HAVE DONE SOMETHING. I have spent the past 23 years fighting Agenda 21. First I sounded the alarm – as few listened.

Then over the past 5 years I’ve been working to answer the call of SOMEONE MUST DO SOMETHING!!

I’ve created teaching webinars, tools, strategies, written manuals, and created the most extensive Stop Agenda 21 Action Kit ever presented.

I’ve traveled the nation, speaking, teaching and motivating people in nearly every state. My intention is for them to be inspired to take up the battle, to do some research of their own community situation, and engage in the fight. Some do. Many don’t.

BUT STILL I HEAR THE WHINE… “SOMEONE MUST DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!”

So let’s try this again! Over the past several months I have created some new tools and ideas to carry our fight to the enemy.

And these are FREE!

Again, – these are for YOU to do something!


Four Questions

In April, I issued a Sledgehammer Action Alert calling on all Anti-Agenda 21 activists to begin to bombard Presidential candidates with a series of questions.

I said if the candidates are asked these questions over and over at every speech, our fight against Sustainable Development policy will begin to take center stage in the campaign. In fact, these questions can be asked of any candidates or elected officials.

Here they are:

Property Rights Question
1. If elected, what actions will you take to protect the unrestricted right of use, enjoyment and disposal of private property by its owners?

Regional Government Question
2. If elected, what actions will you take to eliminate these massive grant programs and to stop federal efforts to enforce creation of non-elected boards, councils and regional governments?

Federal Grant Program Question
3. If elected, will you take action to help stop the erosion of local control by ending federal grant programs that dictate local planning programs?

Social Justice Question
4. If elected, will you take action to shut down the federal Department of Education and return education policy to the states, making sure to end these orchestrated attacks on the attitudes, values and beliefs of the children?

For more tools, please visit American Policy Center

Will the EPA’s “Clean Water Rule” Rule Affect You?

Researched by D. Niwa

Remember several years ago when they passed the new additions (include non-navigable waterways) to the “Clean Water Act”, and we said it would lead to this?

https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/wyoming-rancher-s-case-shows-why-so-many-businesses-are-worried-about-epa-s-water

Will the EPA’s “Clean Water Rule” Rule Affect You?

Some will be affected directly, everyone else will be affected indirectly due to the impact on businesses. Links below to four articles about the “Clean Water Rule.”[1] Too bad that most U.S. policy-makers have not and are not paying attention to this issue because it is coming back to bite us.

Note: This is an extension of U.N. Agenda 21 “sustainable development” plans. The EPA is a lead agency in the U.S. to implement environment-related United Nation’s global policies. The plans are adopted and put into U.S. legislation by elected officials in the U.S. Congress. In this case, authorization comes by way of the congressionally-approved “Federal Water Pollution Control Act.”

Endnote:
[1] Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Water Rule: Definition of ‘’Waters of the United States’’; Final Rule, Federal Register, Vol. 90, No. 124, June 29, 2015. Download pdf: http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-06/documents/epa-hq-ow-2011-0880-20862.pdf
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EPA water rule takes effect in some states
By Timothy Cama – 08/28/15 09:37 AM EDT | The Hill
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/252165-epa-water-rule-takes-effect-in-some-states

Excerpt: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started enforcing its controversial water pollution jurisdiction rule Friday in all but 13 states.

Friday marks 60 days after the rule, known as the Clean Water Rule, was published in the Federal Register and the day that the agency planned to start enforcement along with the Army Corps of Engineers.

In response to a petition from 13 states, a North Dakota federal judge temporarily blocked the rule’s implementation late Thursday, ruling that the states would likely suffer if it took effect and that they are likely to succeed when their underlying lawsuit against the rule is decided.

Excerpt: The preliminary injunction, Harrison said, applies only in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
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Here’s What You Need to Know About EPA’s Overreaching Water Rule
U.S. Chamber Staff | Aug. 28, 2015 – 11:45AM
https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/here-s-what-you-need-know-about-epa-s-overreaching-water-rule

Excerpt: EPA’s controversial Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule went into effect–but not everywhere.

It drastically expands the reach of the federal government.
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How 4 Industries Will Get Soaked by Federal Water Rule
SEAN HACKBARTH
Senior Editor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
AUG 28, 2015 – 5:00PM
https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/how-4-industries-will-get-soaked-federal-water-rule

Excerpt: Editor’s note: EPA has begun enforcing its new definition of Waters of the U.S. This post, originally published on November 13, 2014, looks at how specific industries will be affected by this federal overreach.

Farmers and home builders know that doing business will drastically change for the worse if the new definition of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) goes into effect.

For farmers, they fear they “may not be able to weed and feed your lawn, spray for bugs, landscape with treated lumber and wood chips, fill in a low area with soil, or even dig a hole without” a federal permit.

For home builders still recovering from the Great Recessions’ housing market collapse, the new water regulations will mean added costs and uncertainty. As a Missouri home builder told the House Small Business Committee, “Builders would face new, costly delays just waiting for the agencies to determine if a road ditch is a ‘Water of the United States.'”

They’re not alone. From retail stores to gravel companies to railroads, many other industries will be harmed by this federal overreach. Here are four examples taken from comments to federal regulators from the U.S. Chamber and 375 other trade associations.
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[Wyoming] A Wyoming Rancher’s Case Shows Why So Many Businesses Are Worried About EPA’s Water Rule
Sean Hackbarth, Senior Editor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
SEP 01, 2015 – 9:30AM

Excerpt:

Wyoming rancher Andy Johnson wanted to build a pond on his property for his cattle. He got the necessary state permits and did it. Cattle now drink from the pond, and birds and fish call it home.

But Johnson didn’t ask federal officials if he could build the pond. EPA came along and told him he had to fill it in. Johnson refused and is being fined $37,000 per day by the agency.

Johnson’s fight with the federal government illustrates why there has been such outcry over EPA’s new water rule, the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS)—a rule that extends federal jurisdiction over nearly every body of water in the United States.

Are You Guilty of Thought Crimes?

Apparently some folks think you ought to be prosecuted for thinking ‘wrongly’.

As outrageous as it may seem, it is true that “…20 climate scientists are asking President Barack Obama to prosecute people who disagree with them on the science behind man-made global warming.

Scientists from several universities and research centers even asked Obama to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to prosecute groups that ‘have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change, as a means to forestall America’s response to climate change.'”

SO, if you have not accepted AWG as a science you would be prosecuted as a thought criminal?

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Concerned About Northern Pass?

Do you think the Concord area is worth protecting from outdated transmission towers and lines? Do you want to know more before it’s too late?

You’re invited…

to learn about the Northern Pass proposal, how the project would impact Concord neighborhoods and the rest of the 190-mile proposed route… and what you can do to influence decision makers in the coming weeks.

What: A Northern Pass Informational Session

Who: Hosted by the Society for the Protection of N.H. Forests and the Appalachian Mountain Club

When: Thursday, Sept. 24, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Where: Mill Brook Elementary School multi-purpose room, 53 S. Curtisville Road, Concord

Why: Northern Pass’s latest proposal to build an electric transmission line to carry hydropower from Quebec through New Hampshire calls for burying just about a third of the 190-mile line. That means the towns and cities — including Concord — along the remaining two-thirds of the route still would have to sacrifice views and landscapes for the benefit of a private corporation.

We think that’s wrong, and we’d like to show you why. Please attend the informational session this Thursday night to become informed about the proposal.

To see news stories, op/eds and more information about Northern Pass, please visit our Northern Pass pages and blog at http://www.forestsociety.org/np

For more information about the information session, please call 224-9945.

New Water Rule Effective in July 2015

This is from Alabama farmers who are keeping on top of the issue. It will affect farmers in every state.

Alabama farmers and landowners will soon be scouting fields to determine which features may be classified as “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rule.

The rule, which takes effect Friday, Aug. 28, expands the EPA’s jurisdiction on private lands. As a result, previously common farming and forestry practices could require a permit or be subject to large penalties.

“It’s important that farmers learn about the changes included in this rule, because it will impact everyday farming activities,” said Mitt Walker, National Legislative Programs director for the Alabama Farmers Federation. “The only way for farmers to be certain that a feature is classified as a water is to request a jurisdictional determination (JD) from the Army Corps of Engineers.”

Certain WOTUS features are easily identifiable, such as rivers and streams. However, under the new rule, ditches and seasonally wet areas in fields may be subject to regulation.

Farming practices that could require a permit under the Clean Water Act (CWA) include applying pesticides or fertilizers; grading, plowing or terracing a field; and constructing fences, ditches or ponds. The permit is required whether the area is dry or wet.

“Dredge and fill” exemptions from permitting requirements exist; however, the EPA has a history of narrowly interpreting the exemptions.

There is still time for the courts to allow for an injunction that would delay rule implementation. Twelve lawsuits, filed against the rule since June, were consolidated to be heard together before the 6th Circuit Court in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to prevent implementation, and a similar measure passed the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in June. However, Congress is in recess through Sept. 7, and President Barack Obama has defended the regulation.

Meanwhile, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) suggests farmers protect themselves by asking for a jurisdictional determination; avoiding “discharge” activities in areas that may be considered a WOTUS; applying for the “dredge and fill” exemption; or applying for the Section 402 or 404 permit.

Click here for an AFBF document that explains more about the rule’s impacts on farmers.

See more on AlfaFarmers.org

California To Confiscate 300 Farms By Eminent Domain, For Unapproved Water Project

(SAN FRANCISCO) State contractors have readied plans to acquire as many as 300 farms in the California delta by eminent domain to make room for a pair of massive, still-unapproved water tunnels proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown, according to documents obtained by opponents of the tunnels.

Farmers whose parcels were listed and mapped in the 160-page property-acquisition plan expressed dismay at the advanced planning for the project, which would build 30-mile-long tunnels in the delta formed by the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers.

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Updated: Wyoming Man Challenges Outrageous EPA fines

By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org

A rancher is taking the Environmental Protection Agency to federal court, asking a judge to stop the agency from fining him more than $16 million because he built a small pond on his property.

Andy Johnson of Fort Bridger, Wyoming says he made sure to get the proper permits from his state government before building the pond. After all, this is America in the 21st century, and nothing done on your own property — certainly when it involves the use of water — is beyond government concern.

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Affirmative Action Housing Effective July 2015

How and Why is HUD Being Allowed To Make Laws? By Mandating!

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HOUSING EFFECTIVE JULY 2015
by Diane Kepus

The social engineering in this new rule, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), was first proposed in 2013. It was finalized this past June with a boost from the Supreme Court’s 5-to-4 Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. decision. HUD waited until AFTER this decision came down to make their move.

Knowing the Supreme Court has seen fit to make laws rather than “interpret” them I guess the writing was on the wall. It will come as no surprise to SCOTUS watchers that Justices Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor ruled in the majority, while Justices Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Roberts dissented.

I do wonder if HUD might not be a client of the American Institute of Research (AIR) since they specialize in Social Engineering and Behavioral Modification – for money that is and that is what AFFH is all about!

And by golly they are! Right there on the client list sitting alongside Fannie Mae, Open Society Institute (TY George Soros) and most of our other government agencies sits The US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Hot Diggity Dog!

So it seems AIR is getting rich working with almost every liberal organization and/or government agency to “socially engineer” our country into a Detroit type of country aided by our children who are also to be “psychometrically validated” by the social engineering of AIR!

HUD’s new Affirmative Action Fair Housing (AFFH) rule “gives the federal government a lever to re-engineer nearly every American neighborhood — imposing preferred racial and ethnic composition, densifying housing, transportation, and business development in the suburbs and cities alike, and weakening or casting aside the authority of local governments over core responsibilities, from zoning to transportation to education,” as National Review’s Stanley Kurtz stated.

FAIR TO WHOM? The Illegals, Non-working — If you can’t pass a law you MANDATE IT?

Under a sweeping new federal housing mandate, the Obama administration threatens to withhold funding for cities and counties that fail to remove local zoning laws and other potentially “discriminatory barriers” that restrict low-income housing in wealthy neighborhoods. More than 1,200 municipalities will be impacted by the highly contested rule, which the Housing and Urban Development Department has put into effect.

The massive 377-page regulation requires local authorities to take “meaningful actions” to diversify neighborhoods. Municipalities that don’t comply risk losing millions in federal grant money. Some could face federal housing-bias probes.

In essence, the AFFH gives HUD the authority to force regional annexation on nearly every community in America.  Unless overturned, AFFH can nullify states’ anti-regionalism and anti-annexation laws and erase the concept of local rule and it may be the most comprehensive federal attack on America’s individual sovereignty in our history for you see under Agenda 21 we are not even supposed to OWN any land. 

How many times do we have to tell the states to STOP sending any money to the Federal government? The money they send us is spelled “CHAINS” and if the states would keep their money they would have more money than they know what to do with.

This would be an excellent opportunity for the state and local governments to exercise their independence by telling HUD to “take your funding and shove it”. However, I am sure the “proof will be in the pudding” since our state and local politicians when it comes to defying the federal government or even suggesting such acts of defiance will be few and far between.

This is just another action by the Federal government to eliminate the “middle class”.

HUD’s new rule, “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” requires municipalities “to perform an assessment of land use decisions and zoning to evaluate their possible impact on fair housing choice,” it said. “This assessment must be consistent with fair housing and civil rights requirements.”

In a companion “Fair Housing Assessment Tool,” HUD counts “land use and zoning laws, such as minimum lot sizes, limits on multi-unit properties, height limits, or bedroom-number limits as well as requirements for special use permits (and) occupancy restrictions” among “factors contributing to segregated housing patterns.”

For the new rules to be effective, federal officials need to make clear that local governments can lose federal housing aid if they persist in dumping subsidized housing into depressed, racially isolated communities instead of putting more of it in integrated areas that offer better schools and job opportunities.

“In significant measure, the rule amounts to a de facto regional annexation of America’s suburbs,” National Review’s Kurtz writes.

The NY Times editorial board can’t write about anything without getting hysterical:
The Fair Housing Act was intended to break down historic patterns of segregation. But it was undercut from the start by federal officials, including presidents who believed that segregation was the natural order of things.

Really? The FHA was enacted in 1968, long after Woodrow Wilson left office. I wonder what presidents since 1968 the Times thinks “believed that segregation was the natural order of things.” The paper discreetly leaves them unnamed.

I have a good idea! Let’s begin this in Marin County; CA has a total population of 260,750. According to Wikipedia, Marin County, which may be America’s most liberal, is 80% white, 5.5% Asian, and only 2.8% African-American. Marin County is well known for its natural beauty, liberal politics, and affluence. In May 2009, Marin County had the fifth highest income per capita in the United States at about $91,480. This is obviously a place in need of more affordable housing: the most recent census shows 61,264 single-family homes, compared with a measly 210 mobile homes and 1,316 multifamily residential units. Those numbers show that Marin County desperately needs large, subsidized apartment complexes where minorities can live close to good job opportunities and schools along with more mobile home parks, too. In the 2014 governor’s race, by the way, Marin County voted 78% for the Democrat and 22% for the Republican. So I am sure a majority of its residents will applaud the Obama administration’s new “fair housing” initiative and will welcome its application to their communities. 

FYI:  The Department of Housing and Urban Development claimed its statutory authority was found in the Fair Housing Act of 1968. And do you “wanna” bet that when this lands in the Supreme Court they will agree? 

Silvio O. Conte Wildlife Refuge

This is a message from former NH State Representative Anne Cartwright

Dear friends and concerned landowners,

I have information on the expansion of the Silvio O. Conte Wildlife Refuge by the US Fish & Wildlife Service in large parts of our state. This plan to expand, for which I was sent notifications as landowner in the proposed expansion, includes MA, CT, Southern and Northern areas in VT and NH. I am including links to maps of areas in NH and VT for which you might have an interest. The first 2 maps help to show the huge area that this will encompass. The 3rd link is to the home page for the entire document.

Southern Area:
http://www.fws.gov/r5soc/library/about/mapSVTNH_sfa.pdf

Northern Areas:
http://www.fws.gov/r5soc/library/about/mapNVTNH_sfa.pdf

Homepage for Plan:
http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Silvio_O_Conte/what_we_do/conservation.html

Also I am including a couple of links to more detailed maps of a few of the towns and
property within the plan.

http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Silvio_O_Conte_Complex/Silvio_O_Conte/01%28f%29w_Appendix_A_Conservation_Focus_Areas_New_Hampshire%28435.pdf

http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Silvio_O_Conte_Complex/Silvio_O_Conte/AshuelotCFAParcelTableandMaps.pdf

Are People You Didn’t Elect Running Your Town?

Governor Hassan ceremonially signs Senate Bill 63 and Senate Bill 88 in Nashua, bipartisan bills important to the process of expanding commuter rail in New Hampshire.

Are People You Didn’t Elect Running Your Town?
It would certainly seem that way.

Smart Growth America, a non-governmental private organization is now hiring “Transportation Program Managers”.

What will these “Transportation Program Managers” do as part of their jobs?

Read the full job description here.

Among those duties would be to…

– Lead technical assistance for state DOTs, MPOs, and City and County DOTs;
– Conduct research, develop policy positions, write policy papers, and inform transportation advocacy efforts;
– Act as lead or team member for technical assistance efforts to local governments, state governments and other SGA technical assistance efforts;
– Assist on other projects where specific transportation expertise is needed;
– Manage program staff, budget, and grant deliverables;
– Help market the transportation program;
– Conduct limited fundraising; and
– Speak publicly before elected officials, transportation professionals, and the general public.

You have to ask yourself, who elected these people to come and advocate or steer our local governments into doing anything?

When you vote at your town meeting in 2016 keep in mind your master plan was not created with you in mind, but with the guidance of these unelected master planners. Scrutinize it well.

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