Posted on 06/03/2002 8:49:52 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
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United Nations is our New Government -
According to the Associated Press News Analysis by J.J. Johnson Published 06. 2. 02 at 22:41 Sierra Time
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No, of course they didn't really say that, but the implications are all there. In a weekend Associated Press article, they gave it the title "Rising antigovernment sentiment in rural Oregon County", then gave several reports about western counties taking action - against the United Nations. While they went on a tirade against several places, what better way to update you on how the Sagebrush Rebellion is going. Our first thumbs up goes to the good folks of Grant County, Oregon. By about a 2-to-1 margin, residents approved a measure banning the United Nations in the county and another allowing people to cut trees on federal land, whether or not the U.S. Forest Service approves. Let's hear it for the Great State of Jefferson. According to the Associated Press, backers of the two ballot measures 'blame' federal timber policies and environmental restrictions that they say are keeping them off public lands that had given them jobs as loggers, mill workers and ranchers. Of course, there is no other authority (except federal timber policies and environmental restrictions) preventing them from logging the land. It'll take some work, but we'll keep an eye on it and see how soon John Ashcroft will try to have Grant County labeled as a terrorist organization. Grant County Judge Dennis Reynolds says people of the county are willing to go to jail over the issue. If the county was full of black people, they would be called 'civil rights activists'. But since they're white, would rather work and be productive instead of on the federal dole, and dare to practice 'democracy' in their own county, they'll get pasted with the dreaded 'antigovernment' label, while reporters will lie in wait for the next batch of kinder, gentler eco-terrorist to show up. Roger Williams, deputy supervisor of the Malheur National Forest, which 'protects' more than a million acres of public forest land from the public, hopes to avoid conflict. "We're looking into what we can do to relieve some of the pressure that led these people to put this measure on the ballot," said Williams. Just another day in the Sagebrush Not to be outdone, California ranchers in San Bernardino County, chafing at cattle grazing restrictions imposed to 'protect' the threatened desert tortoise, were supported recently by Sheriff Gary Penrod who canceled an agreement that gave Bureau of Land Management officers authority to enforce state laws on federal land. How dare that Sheriff? After a federal judge ruled in the ranchers favor, the BLM tried to confiscate cattle anyway. This must mean that a Sheriff exercising his authority within his own jurisdiction is antigovernment as well. Nice going, Sheriff Penrod, and nice role modeling for other Sheriffs as well. The AP listed three more cases of those ornery, rebellious westerners: Klamath Basin, where farmers and others last year came close to downright conflict with the Bureau of Reclamation over a mostly successful campaign to kill the livelihood of over 1400 farmers and ranchers with a decision that worthless fish had more rights to water than farmers. Jarbidge, Nevada residents in northeast Nevada defied the Forest Service by attempting to rebuild a washed-out stretch of road in Elko County, work the Forest Service said would threaten the bull trout. The confrontation lasted months, and bull trout tastes like Washington State salmon. And of course, La Verkin, Utah - the county that will resubmit a similar anti-U.N. measure on the ballot next year. An anti-U.N. ordinance was approved in July but repealed by a new Town Council. Organizers are hoping to revive the measure on the 2003 ballot. William Luers, a former U.S. ambassador and now president of the United Nations Association of the USA, said the anti-U.N. sentiment is absurd. "The United Nations absolutely has no capacity, resources or forces to take over anything in the world," Luers told the Associated Press. And with the Grace of God, westerners will keep it that way. It's called "democracy". Bud Trowbridge, whose grandfather settled in John Day in 1862, said he's ready to use force to protect his property from the United Nations. "We're trying to avoid a fight. But we still got our guns," he said. See, and you thought things were hopeless out there. And by the way, the man who once dared to take an 'antigovernment' stance by convincing several U.S. Forest Service employees to vacate the area (with the help of a bulldozer) will be honored on "Richard Carver Appreciation Day", that will take place at the Elko Convention Center in Elko, Nevada on June 22, 2002. It will start at 11:00am PT. The appreciation party will include a pig roast with all the trimmings. Just another day in the Sagebrush Rebellion. Join in. |
Ah, but those who are paying attention and have read UN policy statments know you're working on it. It's called vigilance.
Are the Town Council not elected? It seems pretty stupid that people would pass a law and then elect officials who will turn that law over.
Of course I come from California and live in Washington- two places that pass initiatives/propositions and then vote state legislatures that overturn the same measure we only thought we wanted... when we will wake up and stop doing such stupid things
Who does this fool think he is trying to kid? It doesn't matter if the U.N. has the power and the authority when they get their way with us via corrupt politicans who inact all U.N. agendas regarding our land, resources, food, and now "Sustainable Development".
Hillary, Jeffords, Waxman, and other scum have evaded protestors by hiding in several back rooms, moving their meeting places so no one can attend and are attempting to pass this unConstitutional monstrousity against the will and best interests of the citizens of this nation, like Bush is doing with 245i.
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