Jim BeersUN Conference on Sustainable Development has adjourned.Sun Sep 8 19:02:56 200268.98.68.169A Distant Sound - September 8, 2002By Jim Beers - jimbeers@juno.com The UN Conference on Sustainable Development has adjourned. Those of us who are concerned about the campaigns by environmental and animal rights organizations to change our society are blissfully unaware of what went on there and how it supports and points the way for the continuing elimination of citizen rights in the United States of America.Who needs to know what went on in Johannesburg? Pet owners, loggers, farmers, ranchers, hunters, trappers, fishermen, furriers, meat eaters, circus goers, rodeo attendees, and users of public lands are but a few of those who must know what transpired in the meetings,hallways, and receptions in that distant land.While certain groups like the Americans for Medical Progress or SafariClub are probably sharp enough to send representatives, their reportswill be necessarily narrow. Threats to the use of animals in medical testing, international movement of trophies, or game management would be noted and shared with members in gatherings and publications. These groups will then try to oppose or modify specific wording or certain agreements to protect their interest. Even these narrow responses often involve compromises that merely slow the inevitable destruction of suchinterests. The best analogy I can think of is the resistance of Poland or the Philippines to Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. When everyone ignores or negotiates about the clear early warnings, individual groups fall, one at a time. Only when there is a concerted effort by all those threatened, can a successful defense of liberty take place.I often mention the need for current interest groups to representsensible environmental management and the sustainable uses of animals in properly humane ways. Such representation involves responding to and countering to the constant stream of regulations, laws, Conventions, ordinances, and government policies being enacted to reduce and eliminate every conceivableuse of animals, public lands, and natural resources.Johannesburg points up in spades why we all need to be informed. What do we know and what don't we know?We know that Secretary Powell, bless his heart, supports internationalagreements and solutions. It is very likely that he has little stake inanimal use, public land management, or the continued use of naturalresources in the face of international and national schemes todisadvantage the US to advance the relative influence of others. We know that the US delegation is directed by Assistant Secretary ofState John Turner. A former Wyoming outfitter under permit from the National Park service and Notre Dame graduate, he is also a former Director of the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS). He was the śgreenest candidate mentioned for Secretary of the Interior when President Bush selected Ms. [Gale] Norton. As Director, he was a strong supporter of Endangered Species Act expansion, land acquisition, and expansion of Federal environmental activities to encompass “ecosystems” and imaginary species needs. He left his stint with FWS to oversee the spectacular growth of the Nature Conservancy over the past decade. He has never spoken out about the elimination of natural resource uses and access on lands acquired with Federal funds. To my knowledge, he has never seen a land acquisition proposal or jurisdiction assumption by the Federal government or the UN that was worth opposing.We know that there were lots of “activists” and demonstrations at theConference. Snippets of news reporting mention the need for more endangered species protection.Governments “need” to do more to reduce natural resource uses such as water and logging. Protection, not management -- restrictions, not uses -- were the themes. The answer is always MORE controls by central governments. While that is appropriate for most nations from Zimbabwe to Iran, it represents annihilation of the US system of government with at best a European model and at worst an Iraqi model. The guarantees that made the US a beacon of success and freedomare slated to be replaced by the old narrow dictates that havehistorically repressed most of the rest of the world. Natural resources are treated as a zero sum game similar to income redistributors who believe there is only a fixed amount of money and if it is spread around good things happen and those in charge will be obeyed.What don't we know? What groups represented at annual Animal Rights Conferences attended? Which environmental radical groups attended? What were they advocating and lobbying? What did proposed resolutions and drafts say about domestic animals? Wild animals? Wild plants? Pets? Commercial uses of animals? Private property? Guns? What was the make-up of the US delegation? What did the US delegation support? What did the US delegation oppose? How were press releases and media reporting, compared to the truth? How would proposals and resulting agreements support future threats to American freedoms? What can we expect from government and interest group activists in the future? Which US politicians attended and what ideology did they represent andwhom did they support? Which countries are actively supporting anti-American proposals? Which countries yearn for American freedoms and want toevolve into free societies? There are more things but space is limited.The UN ALWAYS tends to identify a problem and then pursue solutions that involve surrendering authority and jurisdiction to the highest possible authority where uniform restrictions are proscribed and enforced. The last thirty years in the US has seen similar behavior by the Federalgovernment. For instance, the Endangered Species Act's legal justification for taking private property without compensation and taking the state's jurisdiction over growing lists of endangered plants and animals is a UN Convention. Both the UN and [the] US Federal government are prodded and enticed to claim and exercise expanding central authority by the SAME environmental and animal rights radical groups. Those groups are active at -- and intimately involved in -- UN Conferences such as Johannesburg. They were at Kyoto and they attend every UN CITES biennial meeting. They will all gather in Santiago, Chile this fall, and like the old observation about the danger to the Republic when Congress is in session, US freedoms are increasingly endangered by such gatherings of foreign anddomestic opponents of freedom.All of us need a broad view of what these groups are doing; otherwise we remain like those individual countries before an organized Axis or Soviet Union. Only when we understand the commonality of the threat [that] we face -- and only when we understand how the animal rights and environmental groups cooperate to attain their ends -- only then can we succeed in protecting our freedoms. If we cannot form new organizations, perhaps we can form alliances that will gather and report on meetings such as Johannesburg. The real problem with this is that each group clings to one or two special needs that they don't want to jeopardize. Private timber companies want to keep the high prices assured by public land non-management and non-use. Pedigree dog breeders want “puppy mills controlled or abolished. Some hunters resist helping property owners and many fishermen oppose trapping. Urban residents want wolves and bears “out there.Hikers and campers want ranchers and loggers restricted. Vegetarians and a long list of others from those who avoid fast food to those opposed to smoking want their desires imposed on others; a free society of citizens with common interests be damned.Before we can overcome the things that divide us, we must understand what is going on around us. Before we can communicate what we need to do, we must understand the hreat. Before we can support the right politician for the right reasons, we must know what we must have him or her do. Keeping up with things like Johannesburg, while no silver bullet, is necessary if we ever expect to prevail in the face of organized efforts to reduce us to what we were freed from over two hundred years ago.=================================================================SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTWhile American's have been tending their gardens, caring for theirfamilies and enjoying the good life, unbeknownst to them, a smallgroup of powerful globalists have been planning for their future andthat of their children and their children's children... "The Day Freedom Broke" — Robert Hewett, Sun Sep 8 20:07 OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ALL AMERICAN'S — Kick The NWO, Sun Sep 8 19:26 A presidency transformed.... — beverly, Sun Sep 8 19:48
Jim BeersUN Conference on Sustainable Development has adjourned.Sun Sep 8 19:02:56 200268.98.68.169A Distant Sound - September 8, 2002By Jim Beers - jimbeers@juno.com The UN Conference on Sustainable Development has adjourned. Those of us who are concerned about the campaigns by environmental and animal rights organizations to change our society are blissfully unaware of what went on there and how it supports and points the way for the continuing elimination of citizen rights in the United States of America.Who needs to know what went on in Johannesburg? Pet owners, loggers, farmers, ranchers, hunters, trappers, fishermen, furriers, meat eaters, circus goers, rodeo attendees, and users of public lands are but a few of those who must know what transpired in the meetings,hallways, and receptions in that distant land.While certain groups like the Americans for Medical Progress or SafariClub are probably sharp enough to send representatives, their reportswill be necessarily narrow. Threats to the use of animals in medical testing, international movement of trophies, or game management would be noted and shared with members in gatherings and publications. These groups will then try to oppose or modify specific wording or certain agreements to protect their interest. Even these narrow responses often involve compromises that merely slow the inevitable destruction of suchinterests. The best analogy I can think of is the resistance of Poland or the Philippines to Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. When everyone ignores or negotiates about the clear early warnings, individual groups fall, one at a time. Only when there is a concerted effort by all those threatened, can a successful defense of liberty take place.I often mention the need for current interest groups to representsensible environmental management and the sustainable uses of animals in properly humane ways. Such representation involves responding to and countering to the constant stream of regulations, laws, Conventions, ordinances, and government policies being enacted to reduce and eliminate every conceivableuse of animals, public lands, and natural resources.Johannesburg points up in spades why we all need to be informed. What do we know and what don't we know?We know that Secretary Powell, bless his heart, supports internationalagreements and solutions. It is very likely that he has little stake inanimal use, public land management, or the continued use of naturalresources in the face of international and national schemes todisadvantage the US to advance the relative influence of others. We know that the US delegation is directed by Assistant Secretary ofState John Turner. A former Wyoming outfitter under permit from the National Park service and Notre Dame graduate, he is also a former Director of the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS). He was the śgreenest candidate mentioned for Secretary of the Interior when President Bush selected Ms. [Gale] Norton. As Director, he was a strong supporter of Endangered Species Act expansion, land acquisition, and expansion of Federal environmental activities to encompass “ecosystems” and imaginary species needs. He left his stint with FWS to oversee the spectacular growth of the Nature Conservancy over the past decade. He has never spoken out about the elimination of natural resource uses and access on lands acquired with Federal funds. To my knowledge, he has never seen a land acquisition proposal or jurisdiction assumption by the Federal government or the UN that was worth opposing.We know that there were lots of “activists” and demonstrations at theConference. Snippets of news reporting mention the need for more endangered species protection.Governments “need” to do more to reduce natural resource uses such as water and logging. Protection, not management -- restrictions, not uses -- were the themes. The answer is always MORE controls by central governments. While that is appropriate for most nations from Zimbabwe to Iran, it represents annihilation of the US system of government with at best a European model and at worst an Iraqi model. The guarantees that made the US a beacon of success and freedomare slated to be replaced by the old narrow dictates that havehistorically repressed most of the rest of the world. Natural resources are treated as a zero sum game similar to income redistributors who believe there is only a fixed amount of money and if it is spread around good things happen and those in charge will be obeyed.What don't we know? What groups represented at annual Animal Rights Conferences attended? Which environmental radical groups attended? What were they advocating and lobbying? What did proposed resolutions and drafts say about domestic animals? Wild animals? Wild plants? Pets? Commercial uses of animals? Private property? Guns? What was the make-up of the US delegation? What did the US delegation support? What did the US delegation oppose? How were press releases and media reporting, compared to the truth? How would proposals and resulting agreements support future threats to American freedoms? What can we expect from government and interest group activists in the future? Which US politicians attended and what ideology did they represent andwhom did they support? Which countries are actively supporting anti-American proposals? Which countries yearn for American freedoms and want toevolve into free societies? There are more things but space is limited.The UN ALWAYS tends to identify a problem and then pursue solutions that involve surrendering authority and jurisdiction to the highest possible authority where uniform restrictions are proscribed and enforced. The last thirty years in the US has seen similar behavior by the Federalgovernment. For instance, the Endangered Species Act's legal justification for taking private property without compensation and taking the state's jurisdiction over growing lists of endangered plants and animals is a UN Convention. Both the UN and [the] US Federal government are prodded and enticed to claim and exercise expanding central authority by the SAME environmental and animal rights radical groups. Those groups are active at -- and intimately involved in -- UN Conferences such as Johannesburg. They were at Kyoto and they attend every UN CITES biennial meeting. They will all gather in Santiago, Chile this fall, and like the old observation about the danger to the Republic when Congress is in session, US freedoms are increasingly endangered by such gatherings of foreign anddomestic opponents of freedom.All of us need a broad view of what these groups are doing; otherwise we remain like those individual countries before an organized Axis or Soviet Union. Only when we understand the commonality of the threat [that] we face -- and only when we understand how the animal rights and environmental groups cooperate to attain their ends -- only then can we succeed in protecting our freedoms. If we cannot form new organizations, perhaps we can form alliances that will gather and report on meetings such as Johannesburg. The real problem with this is that each group clings to one or two special needs that they don't want to jeopardize. Private timber companies want to keep the high prices assured by public land non-management and non-use. Pedigree dog breeders want “puppy mills controlled or abolished. Some hunters resist helping property owners and many fishermen oppose trapping. Urban residents want wolves and bears “out there.Hikers and campers want ranchers and loggers restricted. Vegetarians and a long list of others from those who avoid fast food to those opposed to smoking want their desires imposed on others; a free society of citizens with common interests be damned.Before we can overcome the things that divide us, we must understand what is going on around us. Before we can communicate what we need to do, we must understand the hreat. Before we can support the right politician for the right reasons, we must know what we must have him or her do. Keeping up with things like Johannesburg, while no silver bullet, is necessary if we ever expect to prevail in the face of organized efforts to reduce us to what we were freed from over two hundred years ago.=================================================================SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTWhile American's have been tending their gardens, caring for theirfamilies and enjoying the good life, unbeknownst to them, a smallgroup of powerful globalists have been planning for their future andthat of their children and their children's children...
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