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INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

First Published in 1994

INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

State Senator Mike Fair thanked Butch Taylor for warning lawmakers for the past 16 years of the dangers posed by Agenda 21. Taylor had just announced to the Greenville County Legislative Delegation that he and a group of Upstate citizens were planning to attend a legislative committee hearing on that important topic in Columbia later this week. The Agenda is in various stages of implementation in every state, county and city in the nation.

Few elected officials of any party and virtually none of the new candidates for public office know much about Agenda 21 and Sustainability. Our friend Tom DeWeese has spent a decade or more educating the public on the factual, but disguised goals of Agenda 21. The information to follow is from his white paper titled, “Agenda 21 in One Easy Lesson.”

Agenda 21 proposes an array of actions which are intended to be implemented by every person on Earth... It calls for specific changes in the activities of all people... Effective execution of Agenda 21 will require a profound reorientation of all humans, unlike anything the world has ever experienced.” (From: Agenda 21: The Earth Summit Strategy to Save Our Planet)

The vehicle for implementing Agenda 21 is “Sustainable Development.”

“According to the authors, the objective of sustainable development is to integrate economic, social and environmental policies in order to achieve reduced consumption, social equality, and the preservation and restoration of biodiversity. Sustainablists insist that every societal decision be based on environmental impact, focusing on three components: global land use, global education, and global population control reduction.

“Social equity or social justice is described as the right and opportunity of all people ‘to benefit equally from the  resources afforded us by society and the environment. Redistribution of wealth. Private property is a social injustice since not everyone can build wealth from it. National sovereignty is a social injustice. Universal health care is a social justice. All of this is part of Agenda 21 policy.

“Economic prosperity includes Public Private Partnerships (PPP). Special dealings between government and certain, chosen corporations which get tax breaks, grants and government’s power of Eminent Domain to implement sustainable policy.

Government-sanctioned monopolies.

Key words that disguise local Agenda 21 Sustainable Development policies: “Smart Growth, Wildlands Project, Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, STAR Sustainable Communities, Green Jobs, Green Building Codes, Going Green, Alternative Energy, Local Visioning, facilitators, regional planning, historic preservation, conservation easements, development rights, sustainable farming, comprehensive planning, growth management and consensus.

Who is behind Agenda 21?

“Communities, such as Greenville, S. C. pay ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) dues to provide ‘local’ community plans, software, training, etc. Other groups include the American Planing Council, National League of Cities and others. Foundation and government grants drive the process.

Where did Agenda 21 originate?

“The term Sustainable Development was first introduced to the world in 1987 by Harlem Brundtland, VP of the World Socialist Party. It was first offered as official UN policy in 1992 in a document called UN Sustainable Development Agenda 21 and issued at the UN’s Earth Summit.

What Gives Agenda 21 Ruling Authority?

President George H. W. Bush signed the document for the US. President Bill Clinton in compliance with Agenda 21 signed Executive Order #12858 creating the President’s Council on Sustainable Development to ‘harmonize’ US environmental policy with UN Agenda 21. The E. O. directed all agencies of the federal government to work with state and local governments to ‘reinvent’ government using Agenda 21 guidelines. As a result, with assistance of groups like ICLEI, Sustainable Development is emerging as government policy in every town, county and state in the nation.”

 

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