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The Tea Party Targets... Sustainable Development?
Mother Jones ^ | 11/18/2010 | Stephanie Mencimer

Posted on 11/18/2010 7:32:00 AM PST by wheresmyusa

First, they took on the political establishment in Congress. Now, tea partiers have trained their sights on a new and insidious target: local planning and zoning commissions, which activists believe are carrying out a global conspiracy to trample American liberties and force citizens into Orwellian "human habitation zones."

At the root of this plot is the admittedly sinister-sounding Agenda 21, an 18-year-old UN plan to encourage countries to consider the environmental impacts of human development. Tea partiers see Agenda 21 behind everything from a septic tank inspection law in Florida to a plan in Maine to reduce traffic on Route 1. The issue even flared up briefly during the midterms, when Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes accused his Democratic opponent of using a bike-sharing program to convert Denver into a "United Nations Community." In the tea partiers’ dystopian vision, the increased density favored by planners to allow for better mass transit becomes compulsory "human habitation zones."

Agenda 21 paranoia has swept the tea party scene, driving activists around the country to delve into the minutiae of local governance. And now that the midterm elections are over, they're descending on planning meetings and transit debates, wielding PowerPoints about Agenda 21, and generally freaking out low-level bureaucrats with accusations about their roles in a supposed international conspiracy.

(Excerpt) Read more at motherjones.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: agenda21; communists; green; sustainability; sustainable; teaparty; un
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To: Gipper08

I was thinking of the Mayor, but I dkn?


21 posted on 11/18/2010 6:00:34 PM PST by JSDude1 (http://novemberspeaks.com/)
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To: JSDude1

i was just kidding


22 posted on 11/19/2010 9:54:55 AM PST by Gipper08
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To: JSDude1

(2 - Generally Agree) — Since human life begins at conception, the only reason why an abortion should be allowed at any stage of a pregnancy is to prevent the death of the mother.

Generally????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


23 posted on 11/20/2010 11:21:00 AM PST by Gipper08
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To: Gipper08

Who wrote that?


24 posted on 11/20/2010 11:41:03 AM PST by JSDude1 (http://novemberspeaks.com/)
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To: JSDude1

Thats what you said on your conservative jobs profile...I have access to all of the surveys...


25 posted on 11/20/2010 1:01:46 PM PST by Gipper08
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To: combat_boots; cripplecreek; B4Ranch

Yes, and you all are some of my favorite nutjob freepers. You all “get it” and I always enjoy your posts.

It is too bad that I do not have a whole lot of company around here. As conservative as my state is, not a whole lot of people “get it”.

It seems that all that matters around here is “Just don’t mess with the Iron Bowl”. We were sarcastically joking last week that the bottom could fall out, but fans would insist the game go on.


26 posted on 11/20/2010 1:19:53 PM PST by del4hope (Admendment IV to the US Constitution. Print it and bring it with you when you fly.)
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To: Gipper08

Then I shall change it, it must have been a slip of my keyboard (do you really think I believe that)? HONESTLY!?


27 posted on 11/20/2010 1:22:15 PM PST by JSDude1 (http://novemberspeaks.com/)
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To: del4hope; combat_boots; cripplecreek

>>As conservative as my state is, not a whole lot of people “get it”.<<

I’m not positive but I think to ‘get it’, you have to be willing to consider the possibility of there being some truth in all conspiracies, not just dismiss then out of hand.

Our constant search for truth enables us to put the pieces together quicker than the purist non-believers.


28 posted on 11/20/2010 1:31:04 PM PST by B4Ranch (Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
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To: JSDude1

you could be a rape incest guy...


29 posted on 11/20/2010 1:41:29 PM PST by Gipper08
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To: Gipper08

No


30 posted on 11/20/2010 7:21:57 PM PST by JSDude1 (http://novemberspeaks.com/)
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To: B4Ranch

Dot connecting is our friend. :-)

Some conspiracies just explain themselves in facts.


31 posted on 11/20/2010 11:16:12 PM PST by del4hope (Admendment IV to the US Constitution. Print it and bring it with you when you fly.)
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To: JSDude1

btw... your overall conservative score on that survey was one of the very highest in the country (even with your ‘generally agree’ answer) good job!!!!


32 posted on 11/23/2010 8:34:36 AM PST by Gipper08 (www.travishankins.com...a real CONSERVATIVE)
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