Agenda 21 - Just Another One of Those Whacky Conspiracies, Right?

When I first heard about this from friends back in the late '90s and early 2000s I was somewhat skeptical. Such plans are just crazy, whacky conspiracies. Now, with the kind of evidence found right in the midst of city council documents showing how it's now being fully implemented, I no longer doubt it. 

Now that the young Congresswoman A.O.C. has proposed her "New Green Deal" has put the issue front and center on the national news, it makes the notion that such conspiracies are just that; "conspiracies." 

If reading the introduction in this article isn't sufficient for you, then watch the video which accompanies it and you'll see why I no longer doubt what they're up to. I get the scary feeling that, if I did my own digging into my city council's documents for its urban planning I would find the same thing. 

I don't know about you, but I don't want my children living like this.

Imagery Perpetuating Public Bias

With the news breaking recently about Andrew Weissman, top prosecuting attorney under Robert Mueller, I've been provided an education as to how people's biases are both created and perpetuated in today's mass media world.

Before this news broke about Weissman's quitting the special prosecutor's team as its lead lawyer, I was reading the best seller by Sydney Powell - former federal prosecutor under nine U.S. attorneys from both political parties over ten years and three districts - self-published book "License to Lie" which came out in 2014.

The following is off the back of the paperback I'm currently reading:

This true legal thriller debunks everything the media and the government told us about the destruction of the venerable accounting firm Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch executives who did one business transaction with Enron, the prosecution of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, and more. The common thread through it all is a cabal of narcissistic federal prosecutors who broke all the rules and rose to great power. Still in the news today - Robert Mueller's "pitbull" Andrew Weissman and other members of Obama's inner circle - are wreaking havoc on our Republic. This is the book that began exposing "the Deep State."

To those who lived through the media buzz of the Enron, Arthur Andersen, and Merrill Lynch scandal and trials, the impression given about those lawyers prosecuting those involved most likely formed a favorable impression, but more specifically Andrew Weissman, for pursuing justice against those responsible for one of the biggest scandals of the early 2000s.

However, what the media most likely de-emphasized about Weissman is how he sent a man from Merrill Lynch to prison, who later was proven to be totally innocent of the charges Weissman and his team of lawyers had aggressively brought against him in court.

Today's news is a perfect illustration of how reporters perpetuate a bias - by both the report and the reader - created from his earlier reputation as being a pillar of virtue in the legal circles of Washington, D.C., especially when any remarks of opposition to his reputation is ever mentioned. Here's a few lines which does just that from a recent NPR report:

Weissmann has borne the brunt of attacks from critics such as Rush Limbaugh and conservative legal interest groups.

They cited his [Weissman's] attendance at Hillary Clinton's election night party in 2016 and a positive email he wrote to former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she refused to defend the Trump administration's first Muslim travel ban.

What makes this article even more obviously biased - thus perpetuating the public's consumption of the narrative about Weissman - is the following remarks:

Former Enron prosecutor Kathryn Ruemmler said there's a reason for the attacks on Weissmann.

"Andrew is attacked because he is feared; those under investigation know just how effective he is," Ruemmler said. "He has not only peerless technical skills, but the fearlessness necessary for pursuing high profile, complex cases and a passionate commitment to seeing justice is done."

In Licensed to Lie, Kathryn Ruemmler is revealed as one of Weissaman's team members in the Enron, Arthur Andersen, and Merrill Lynch cases in which 25,000 employees of Arthur Andersen lost their jobs overnight due the indictment against of Arthur Andersen. As a former assistant attorney under Weissman in the past, it's no surprise that Ruemmler would support Weissman and provide a glowing description while defending and maintaining his public reputation.In fact, she and her other team members deliberately withheld exculpatory evidence which would have proven those they convicted and sent to prison were actually innocent of the charges.

Bolstering my assertion, one need only to read an article of Sara Carter's; an investigative reporter who's researched Weissman's unorthodox methods and procedures in prosecuting his targets.

Weissmann, however, has not been without criticism. This reporter has written numerous stories on Weissmann’s tactics.

For example, in 1997 Weissmann was officially reprimanded by a judge in the Eastern District of New York for withholding evidence. Weissmann was also reported to the Department of Justice Inspector General and Senate Judiciary Committee in 2016 for alleged “corrupt legal practices,” according to documents and the attorney involved in a whistleblower case.

The reader of Carter's article will note that the last two paragraphs refer to Sidney Powell's book I've mentioned above, and what Powell claims about Weissman's prosecutorial misconduct from her personal experience in getting his convictions reversed and Jim Brown of Merrill Lynch freed.

Anyone paying detailed attention to the current prosecution of Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, and now Roger Stone, will understand the kinds of methods and procedures, such as a "process crimes" - entrapping a person's testimony which results in a technicality and thus resulting in an unintended lie - have been enough to convict them for lying in a federal case to prosecutors. And we all know Cohen and Manafort  have now been sentenced to prison, not for any "Russian Collusion", but whatever they could dig up through entrapment.

So, in understanding how images of individuals can be manipulated through ignorance of the general public's view of them through using favorable information, as well as  omission about unfavorable realities, can generate biases that are perpetuated.

Translating the Nonsense of the Left

The letter posted below is from my Congressman. In reading it you will understand all too clearly just how absurdly liberal in his views about a wide array of topics he is. I've added in a few of my personal comments to some of his more ridiculous points in red font within his text.

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A message from Congressman Adam Smith

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After years of silence, the House is taking combating gun violence seriously by passing two common sense gun reform bills in two days. On February 27th we passed H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, and the following day we passed H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Check Act. Passage of H.R. 8 represents the first step in enacting comprehensive gun safety reforms, by requiring a background check for all firearm sales. The evidence is clear: background checks work. Every day, background checks stop over 170 felons and some 50 domestic abusers from obtaining a gun from a federally-licensed dealer. However, in some states, those same prohibited purchasers can bypass these background checks by purchasing a firearm from an unlicensed dealer, or at a gun show. H.R. 8 closes the background check loophole, ensuring that under federal law, states that have not already addressed this dangerous loophole are required to do so. Washington state continues to be a leader in promoting gun safety and responsible regulation. With the passage of this legislation the House of Representatives has joined our state in taking a foundational step toward saving lives from gun violence. Since 1998, the “Charleston Loophole” has allowed more than 60,000 guns into the hands of prohibited purchasers; by allowing a buyer to take ownership of a gun after three business days, whether or not the required background check was completed. With the passage of H.R. 1112, the House is closing this gap in federal law to only allow the purchase of a gun when a background check has been affirmatively passed. This is the type of action needed to stop the trend of gun violence and mass shootings, like the senseless 2015 tragedy at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Congress has begun to address the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our communities. We must continue to pass long-overdue federal gun legislation to prevent gun violence and keep our communities safe. Translation: We're going to do all we can to ignore the 2nd amendment for law abiding citizens, while at the same time ignoring the reality that it will never stop criminals from obtaining weapons for their use because they already don't respect, obey, or observe our laws. Support for our Public Lands On February 26th, I voted for the passage of a historic public lands package. S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act designates the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in our backyard, permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund, protects a million acres of public lands from mining, and authorizes The Every Kid Outdoors Act. With the passage of this legislation, the Mountains to Sound Greenway will become the first National Heritage Area designated in the Pacific Northwest. The Greenway plays a vital role in preserving our natural resources and supporting economic development through opportunities for outdoor recreation. I thank Senator Cantwell for her leadership in the Senate, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust for their advocacy, and the countless community members that made it possible for us to join together in preserving our wilderness and history for future generations. Translation: While we claim to care about preserving history, we condone our party youth to tear down statues from history they disagree with. Fighting Climate Change Climate change is one of our greatest public policy challenges. I'm proud to support the Green New Deal - a resolution that makes clear not only the depth of the problem of climate change but also the necessity of addressing income inequality as part of the solution. Translation: While we claim it's possible to achieve such a task, what will actually put us all back into a "stone age" civilization is not the type of transportation we'll have, but the cost of accomplishing it will. The devastating effects on our planet from our dependence on fossil fuels has never been more obvious, and never before in our nation’s history has so much wealth been concentrated in the hands of so few people. We must respond to the climate crisis with policies that transform our economy and infrastructure by moving towards clean and renewable sources of energy, while making changes that create greater equality of opportunity and pay people the better wages they deserve for the work they do. Translation: We tell the public wonderful sounding things we'll achieve, but what we aren't telling them is that the vast majority of the nation will be so destitute that the only ones able to survive will be those of us in Washington, D.C. What matters most now is that we enact strong, science-based legislation and policies that can put us on a path to meeting the goals in this resolution.  The urgency of the climate crisis necessitates that we cannot wait. I look forward to continuing to work with the constituents I represent, my colleagues in Congress, and our stakeholders throughout our country as we craft policies to create a strong, green economy that gives everyone a fair chance to earn a decent living, have access to affordable housing, education and health care, and to support their families. Translation: After our policies to promise the moon, and everyone else is experiencing what the Venezuelans are going through right now, we'll just come up with a new great sounding st of reasons why we didn't achieve our goals, but crashed the U.S. economy completely. Questioning the Rationale for Proposed Climate Change Panel  All manner of national security experts, Republican and Democratic alike, recognize the empirical threat that climate change poses to our national security interests. I fought to have that fact enshrined into law in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act - and President Trump signed it.  In response to recent reports that the National Security Council (NSC) plans to assemble a secret panel to counter the scientific consensus on climate change and question its impacts on the national security of the United States, I have joined other House Committee chairs in questioning the creation of this panel. Read our letter to the President here.  It’s completely inappropriate for the administration to try to form a climate denial panel to try to cast doubt on the risks of climate change, and it could put us in a worse national security position where we’re not prepared for what is to come. The law is clear about this now, and I will keep fighting to ensure that the Department of Defense is able to prepare for the realities of climate change. Translation: We are in control of everything because our cause is just, even if it was 15 or so years ago that Al Gore claimed the oceans were going to rise and Florida was going to be underneath the ocean by now. Removing U.S. Armed Forces from Yemen On February 13th, I voted to support H.J.Res 37, which directs the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. The civil war in Yemen has led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with over half of the population facing severe food insecurity and 24 million Yemenis in need of humanitarian assistance. Passage of this resolution in the House sends a clear message to this Administration that Congress does not support the United States’ de facto support for the Saudi-led coalition in this conflict. Congress must continue to exercise much-needed oversight of this Administration, and any American involvement can and must be debated transparently. The United States should be focused on working towards a peaceful resolution to this conflict and taking measures to alleviate the devastating humanitarian situation. Fighting the National Emergency Declaration On February 15th, the President declared a national emergency in order to take funds supporting military families and military readiness and spend those funds on his wall. This appalling decision by the Trump Administration is an egregious example of the President putting his political agenda ahead of the interest of the United States. It is utterly disrespectful of U.S. national security and the needs of our men and women in uniform, and it further undermines his credibility in requesting the upcoming defense budget. All for a border wall that is the complete wrong approach to border security in the first place. Translation: When our Pres. Obama did things which the majority of the nation disagreed with - like bailing out G.M. to pay back the unions - that was, of course, not appalling or egregious, it was just good policy to use taxpayers money without the consent of the House I work in here in D.C. Heck, we didn't care what he did, because he was "our guy"! On February 26th, the House voted to terminate President Trump’s unlawful national emergency declaration, sending a clear message to the President and this Administration that the new House majority is serious about oversight and accountability. House Democrats are not going to stand by while the President abuses his power by declaring a national emergency to build his wall. I strongly support Congressman Joaquin Castro's resolution to terminate the national emergency. We will continue to fight this unlawful power grab. Translation: Of course, it wasn't an abuse of power by Pres. Obama when he did an end run around Congress to arrange an agreement with Iran on nuclear develop-ment matters and then send them a pallet of CASH big enough to choke Godzilla! Nope, he was OUR GUY!

Barrack Huessain Obama's Legacy

The longer this man's administration existed, the more I got a glimpse of what impact his "world-view" would generate. It is now becoming more confirmed.

As any individual older than this former president will understand, his actions over his two terms revealed that he was a divider; harping on racial and economic disparity as though it was something he could "change" because the lower class of society had no "hope."

Yet, and more significantly, his policies through his various agencies - the I.R.S. and Lois Lerner, the D.O.J. and A.G. Eric Holder, and the E.P.A. with the multitude of onerous regulations which forced many a property owner into the limbo of regulation nightmare - we have, with the election of President Trump who is the opposite, begun to see the left's resistance. 

During the Obama Administration there was an initial mix of both conservative - Arizona - and liberal - San Francisco - attempts to resist, or establish, sanctuaries for immigrants. Of course, it was okay for San Francisco, but not for Arizona.

However, now that this trend has spread to many other cities and states, we are now witnessing a shift of attitudes in resistance to other issues. Now, many county sheriffs in many states are asserting their version of the sanctuary city or state concept to the second amendment.

This quote from a Wall Street Journal article expressed this sentiment in response to many states now passing legislation restricting second amendment rights:

“If a state or city can become a sanctuary for illegal immigration, then we can become a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights,” said Russell Shafer, sheriff of Quay County in eastern New Mexico.

 The social/political "pendulum" has begun swinging towards the other side in reaction to liberals in more locally controlled regions clamping down in response to the recent mass killings our nation has endured.

Only time will tell just how far that "pendulum" will swing.

Reagan Responds to A.O.C. From the Past

The media's been giving this "green behind the ears" - and in the brain - Congresswoman, A.O.C., lots of attention about her most recent remarks regarding America being "garbage" and Pres. Reagan having pitted whites against minorities in the '80s.

Well, fortunately, Pres. Reagan is able to provide us with his response to this freshman congressperson who wasn't even born when he was president. These kinds of ideas and vision about our great nation are what we're trying to defend from these naive', ignorant and radical "newbies".

I urge readers to check out this excellent article on A.O.C.'s current magnetic attraction to today's youth.

It seems pretty clear to me that the young, radicals in Congress are taking away the senior Speaker's ability to control - keep them from sinking their chances to win the 2020 elections with repeated remarks which are giving their party a series of black eyes - the damage.

This should be a loud and clear signal to conservatives across the nation that we who care about our nation's future - especially in light of the fact that Pres. Trump has clearly stated that this nation will never be a socialist nation - to put extra time and effort to support local, state and national campaigns for candidates who reflect their ideology of pro-American values and principles, if we as a nation are to survive this current trend of radical socialism.

I remind you... Bernie Sanders is currently the top candidate for nomination to the Democrat Party's ticket for 2020!

Logic and Firearms

Question: Is logic the same thing as common sense?

After reading these points by Thomas Sowell, hopefully you'll be able to answer this question.

1. Eleven teens die each day because of texting while driving. Perhaps it's time to raise the age of Smart phone ownership to 21.
2. If gun control laws actually worked, then Chicago would be Mayberry.
3. The Second Amendment makes more women equal than the entire feminist movement.
4. Legal gun owners have 300 million guns and around one trillion rounds of ammunition. Seriously, folks, if we were the problem, you'd know it.
5. When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, nobody blamed the rifle!
6. The NRA murders ZERO people and receives $0 in government funds. Yet, Planned Parenthood kills 350,000 babies every year and receives $500,000,000 in tax dollars annually.
7. We have no problem with vigorous background checks when it comes to firearms. So, while we're at it, how about we do the same when it comes to immigration, Voter ID, and candidates running for office?
8. You don't need a smoke detector in your house, that's what the fire department is for. Now... if you think that statement sounds stupid, you know how we gun owners feel when you say I don't need a gun in my house.
9. Folks keep talking about a Civil War. One side knows how to shoot and has about a trillion bullets. The other side has crying closets and is confused about which bathroom to use. So tell me, how do you think that's going to end?

The Ignorance is Scary!

Just read this article on ZeroHedge.com and you'll understand why I give this post the title I did. Nothing more needs to be said about the direction these young "know it all" millennials are trying to take our country who, when criticized, resort to acting as though they're "the boss" because no one else is proposing solutions and they're the only ones addressing what they perceive will bring the world to an end in just 12 years.

However, if you want to know what her real story is from the past, then read this article from The American Thinker. I'm not going to hold my breath that she's prosecuted. She's already enveloped herself within the protective cocoon of Congress and the radical left to have any consequences from it.