A MAJOR DISCONNECT FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE

Somewhere between the devil and the deep blue sea, there is truth.

Today a friend of mine, who home-schools her children, received an invitation to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC for a home-schoolers' Fall celebration. (See promo below) The theme?  What else...but "Sustainability!!"  The irony of seducing children into a "celebration" of self-imposed deprivation, but holding the celebration at a massive home that represents the grand success of capitalism, is a stretch of the imagination....don't you think? Actually there is a trend of wealthy foundations funding the indoctrination of children to not aspire to the high measure of success that built those foundations. Google that.  You'll find thousands of them.  The irony is beyond description.

If you have never been to the Biltmore, you have missed seeing a glorious example of architecture and landscape from the heady days of our growing economy in the late 1800's and early 1900's.  The Vanderbilt fortune built this place for family enjoyment, entertaining, and to house a collection of beautiful art and history pieces.  I loved to go there years ago. Truly, it is gorgeous and one of my favorite places in North Carolina. Now they are pushing the "Sustainability" ideology to tourists and as you can see, students.  They have also wrecked part of the landscape with a large section of solar panels.  It's a shame.  Et tu Biltmore?

Almost every day another friend of mine sends me copies of email invitations he gets for LEED green business symposiums for "Sustainability."  Wherever you look, the word " Sustainability" shows up on advertising, products, school curricula, foods, energy bills, real estate, and more.  Are you sick of it yet???

I wonder what the human condition is that causes a herd of people to stampede toward self-destruction.  A word, "Sustainability," has become a drug fix for something so obtuse, stupid and wrong.  What would cause a person to allow a faux  religion based on nonsense restrict their ability to live as prosperously as possible.  Granted, we have seen cults commit suicide, so there is something to this. I am watching an entire society jump onto a death wagon, and doing so with such misguided enthusiasm as to not be believable.

I observe the people promoting the ideology of shrinking life expectations are some of the most wealthy.  Those same people are hardly living what they are preaching.  They are not shrinking their own life expectations.  But they sure are happy preaching this nonsense to children and the poor mental midgets with good intentions who want to buy into something that will make them "feel good." What makes a person feel good about telling the rest of society that they must lower their life-styles?  Instead of telling our children they should shoot for the moon and become as successful as they can, Common Core is telling our school children they should feel guilty about living, procreating, and using resources to support their lives....they MUST be "Sustainable."  They are separating our children from the future guaranteed in the Constitution, the American Dream.  And using the false doctrine of "Sustainability" to do it.

In case you think I am saying everyone can own a Biltmore Estate, that is not what I am saying.  But I am saying it is very wrong to tell children they can't even aspire to the mid level success of suburbia.  That is what "Sustainability" teaches...that the "affluent middle class is 'unsustainable.' "  Check Maurice Strong for that quote.  What are we doing to our children?  Do I want to go give Biltmore my money to tour there anymore?  No.  Don't use my money to wreck our children's futures. 

REGIONALISM = THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT

In North Carolina, where I live, we have been confronted recently with several separate government propositions to regionalize critical functions of government.  What does that mean?  And who will pay? (Hint: Are you a citizen of America?)

Let's say you live in a city with particular taxpayer owned assets that facilitate infrastructure of that city.  A water and sewer system would be one.  An airport would be another.  And let's say either of those assets functions so well that there are profits, or at least sufficient funds to well maintain those assets.  That's a good thing. Right?  These facilities are part of the duties of the locally elected officials to oversee.  So far so good.

But what happens if the elected officials decide the monies derived from these assets gets thrown into a different pot of "general funds," and squandered on other non-essential functions?  What happens when an expansion is needed or an upgrade is forced upon us by the EPA or other Federal agency?  Then the elected officials go back to the tax payers and make the plea for raising the water/sewer rates or raising the tourism tax or some other tax hike to fatten up the coffers.  The voters are taxed already to death, so the voters are saying, "No!"  Ooh...those elected officials don't like that, now do they?  

This type of tax juggling has been going on forever.  I could give you the example of the Social Security funds that have been used for "other" things and not set aside just for Social Security.  The Federal government has set the precedent in this country for revenue juggling for a long time.  Well, if the Federal government can do it...all of the other lower echelons of government from the States on down to counties and cities can do it, too!  Right?  And they have.  In spades. 

So what's the elected official to do?  The funds are squandered already and the voters refuse to cough up more money.  "Hmmmm....I know!"  "Let's get those pesky voters out of the way!"  "Let's set up an appointed regional authority that no one can deny!"  

And that IS what they are doing.

 

One of them is a State law that passed last week that sets up a system of "regional" water and sewer authorities. 

Another one is the Charlotte Regional Airport Authority.  It says:

SB 81 - Charlotte Regional Airport Authority – (similar to HB 104) establishes a thirteen-member regional authority, including representatives appointed by the City of Charlotte (2), six counties in the region, the Speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives, the President ProTempore of the N.C. Senate, the Governor of N.C., and two at-large members appointed by the other eleven members. It also requires that Charlotte transfer to the Authority all rights and title to Charlotte Douglas International Airport within 90 days after enactment of the act.

Get that?  The taxpayers of Charlotte own an airport.  The City of Charlotte is mishandling the airport monies, or diverting the monies to other "transportation" projects, so I've been told.  Somebody at the State level decided to just jump in there and grab that asset, turn it over to a "region," and further, give the management over to appointed persons. Wow.  Worse for my small city; we own our own airport and they are pulling us into this newly created airport "region."  So we will lose control and ownership of our own taxpayer supported asset.  The funny thing is, I don't hear anyone here screaming and hollering to stop this madness.  The media is not pursuing the story.  Our citizens are sitting here in the dark.  All of this has taken place since the legislature of North Carolina gained a Republican majority.  And the Democrats have a lock on Charlotte.  Is this a Party power grab?  Looks like it to me.  But who loses?  Voters.  Citizens.  That's who.  The Constitution loses, too.  We have legal jurisdictions in which we are guaranteed representation.  That just went out the window...right? (Note: I'm a registered Republican and for the life of me, I cannot understand why any Republican is trashing the Constitution right along with the Democrats.)

Besides the regional water/sewer authorities and the airport authority, we also have the big dog slobbering all over us, the "regional" planning grab by HUD through the Centralina Councils of Governments called Connect Consortium that plans to control basically everything.  Gee, I think it's a trend, don't you?  So, we are losing control of our water infrastructure, our airport infrastructure, and through Centralina, everything else.  Our local elected officials are free to go to ribbon cuttings and photo ops, but I wonder what else they have left to do?  They are not complaining about these "regional" take-overs, so I guess this just lightens their load for more free time to do whatever. Do you think voters are inspired to go to the polls to vote for public relations' pin-ups?  

For your added pleasure today, here is a clown juggling balls...just like our politicians are juggling our tax money.  Think about that while you watch this fellow juggle more and more balls and finally at the end, make them disappear!  Just like the voters disappeared in the latest trend to destroy Constitutional rights.  Abracadabra!  Presto Changeo! 

WATT HAPPENED?? THERE'S A FOXX IN THE HENHOUSE??

This week we learn that POTUS is tapping two black politicians from North Carolina to go run the machine in D.C.  One of them was Anthony Foxx, Mayor of Charlotte, who will be running the Federal Department of Transportation.  That could be amusing when you consider the nonsensical Trolley Car (streetcar) controversy in Charlotte.  One of those cute bauble projects that was rejected by City Council (I believe), but wouldn't die because the Mayor and the leftists think a Trolley Car is the answer to transportation issues in the "uptown" area of Charlotte.  Trolley Cars and bicycles...those are the new modes of transportation for "uptown" Charlotte, along with light rail, of course.  However, there seems to be some ongoing competing theory regarding Trolley Car vs. light rail and financing of one over the other.  I've seen one of those inner city Trolley Cars in Greenville, South Carolina, running around the streets mostly empty all day long.  And the ones in San Francisco that ferry tourists all over the city for the quaint experience factor.  Mayor Foxx was all in for the light rail, too, so you can bet the Federal Department of Transportation will be writing checks for these projects in Charlotte ASAP now that the POTUS' favored Mayor will be the arbiter of transportation dollars.  You can look forward to watching the "blue" Democrat cities suck up transportation money faster than a growing teenage boy can suck up a chocolate milkshake.  And, gee, I suppose this appointment has nothing to do with Mayor Foxx hosting the Democrat Convention last year in Charlotte.  Nah...nothing to see there.  Quid pro quo is just fiction, right?

Back in 2010 I posted a story on Congressman Mel Watt and his gerrymandered district.  You can read that here.  Now POTUS has named Mel Watt the new head of Fannie MAE and Freddie MAC

In that article I cited Mel Watt's campaign contributors:

Watt’s largest contributors included American Express (NYSE: AXP), Wachovia, Bank of America and the American Bankers Association. Altogether the financial industry donated over $217,109 to Watt, which was over 35 percent of the overall contributions he received.

Wachovia is now Wells Fargo, but the name change hasn't changed the political contribution schemes.   

Here  is a more recent run down on campaign contributions  for Mel Watt's political career:

Since he entered Congress in 1992, Watt has received $1.33 million in campaign contributions from the finance, real estate and insurance industries, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group that tracks money in politics. 
That’s almost a quarter of the total $5.47 million in total contributions he’s received through his career.
Watt’s biggest donors were commercial banks, with the finance and securities industries following at number five, according to CRP. During the last election cycle, the political action committees of Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Wells Fargo each gave Watt’s campaign $10,000. Bank of America and Goldman each gave an additional $5,000 to Watt’s leadership PAC.

 The fact that Mel Watt has been a Chairman of the Black Caucus in the House should tell you all you need to know, since that group is made up completely of black Socialists.  Can you say "Redistribution of wealth?" 

Where in the Constitution is there direction for the Federal government to be in the home financing industry?  Or the transportation industry?  These two picks of POTUS are par for the course, like-minded men who believe the Federal government should be in charge of all things.  The banks have been co-opted, willingly or not, into a public-private-partnership with the Federal government to do the government's bidding.  Banks are now forced into policy decisions based on the whims of big government politicians.  They do it ...or else.  That in itself is a tragedy and an affront to all Americans.  

(Note: I will also say that my Republican Congressman, Patrick McHenry, receives lots of banking money and also sits on the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives.  The campaign contribution game is for high rollers and when it comes to D.C. the stakes are high.)  

I could remark on the relief aspect of getting these two POTUS sycophants out of the Charlotte area, but I can't say it is any relief at all since I know Charlotte is stuck with the Blue Dems for the long haul.   Watt's district is gerrymandered for black democrats, and Charlotte, from all I can tell, is going down the Blue Democrat road like Detroit and Atlanta.  So sending these guys off to D.C. doesn't solve the big issue of concern which is out of control, unconstitutional, government spending.  

Every dictator has his collaborators.  These are just two of the newest names on the current POTUS list.  Watt.  Foxx.  Now you know a little more about them.

Sources:

Atlantic Cities article on Foxx 

Net Right Daily on Watt

NO BOUNDARIES, NO LIMITS, TAXING IDEOLOGY

I was thinking of writing something else today on the abuse of tax dollars, but that took me to another larger perspective about how government doesn't recognize any limits on its power and controls over others.  The further I delve into public policy issues, the more I find that government entities at all levels are abusing the limits with taxing powers.  Limits?  What limits?  Did I say limits?  That may be a "duh" moment to most of you.  It's just that I am finding it is worse than I thought.  

Locally we are learning that different cities in our State are taking in taxes, fees, and funds to be used for specific purposes, but instead they are throwing those taxes into some other pot and frittering the money away.  No one stops them.  No holds are barred.  I've read that Charlotte, NC has been taking money out of the Airport pot of money and used it as a cash cow for other projects.  I learned today that Asheville, NC has done similar things with water and sewer monies.  Well, why wouldn't they think this is just fine since the Federal government has been doing this type of money juggling for years?  Didn't the Social Security money just magically disappear into the swamp? Who set the standard?  It's just the way things are done now, eh? 

The other cute game played by Federal and State governments is a language game. The leftists love language games.  Transportation taxes and fees collected from cars and trucks were established to be used on roads and bridges for cars and trucks.  But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum.  Transportation was redefined to mean walking and bicycling and hopping on a trolley car or light rail.  Those modes of transportation obviously do not pay anything for roads and bridges.  But the drivers over roads and bridges all of a sudden were co-opted into paying for walking, bicycling, mass transit, greenways, and other subsidized modes of getting around.  Transportation means mobility now. And the pot of money going into "educating" the public about how "sustainable" it is to do this is huge.  Millions paying for "educators" and training sessions.  Car owners / drivers can now pay for "educating people about how great it is to add bike lanes, crowding those cars right off the roads.  How clever is that?  Any kind of mobility?  Maybe they should add skate boards and scooters.   How about roller skates?  Segues?  Where does this end?

It doesn't.  And that's the reason that a sales tax was added to the sale of a house to pay for Obamacare.  There are no more restraints on taxes and the abuse of them.  The people in government have given themselves carte blanche to tax anything for the purpose of anything.  Ta da!!  Presto Change-o!  You think your property taxes are going to pay for your local services and schools?  Not so much.  You think gasoline taxes are paying for the road you drive on?  Not so much.  You think your utility fees are going to pay for utilities you use?  Well....maybe not.  Yes and no.  It's all up for grabs.

You might think education money would be used for school buildings, teachers, and text books.  Now education money is being used to grill children about their families' personal lives under the edicts of Common Core.   Education money is being used to buy equipment to track that data.  This is called "data mining."  Would you allow your children to be "data mined" by the Federal government?  This is data that will be used to feed the insatiable government appetite for information in order to control people.  Same same with Obamacare money.  A great chunk of it is going into data collection technology for the Federal government.  In what stretch of the imagination does the Federal government have a right to collect data from either students or from healthcare patients? 

And now we are talking about taxing internet sales?   News flash.  We already have internet sales taxes if you sell within your own state.  But now it will be a Federally run program, policed by the Federal government.  This time, taxing sales to other States.  You already pay shipping fees to a shipper who pays transportation and income taxes.  You already pay State and Federal income taxes.  And now...let's add another sales tax to the mix?  Another bureaucracy will be added.  Maybe it will just merge into the IRS?  Oh good!  Can't wait til all of that happens.  This has to be just great for intrastate commerce.  Right?  The excuse this time is.....wait for it..."fairness?"

I wonder if there is a system of government that restricts government from this bait and switch game.  Oh...maybe that was the Constitution.  Long ago, in a galaxy far far away...? 

No boundaries.  No limits.  Would you say some people are out of control?  Or as Ross Perot used to say about Mexico, can you hear that "giant sucking sound?"  Only this time it is from all levels of our own government and bureaucratic NGO's.  The biggest sucking sound is coming from Washington DC, but I'm finding this limitless thievery of money and of personal information is going on in every little nook and cranny. America is sucking itself dry. 

JOHN KERRY, NANCY PELOSI, AND AGENDA 21 - 21 YEARS AGO

This past week, as I have been nurturing a couple of anti-Agenda 21 Resolutions through the process of adoption, I came across two very interesting pieces of evidence of Agenda 21 in our own government.  As my readers know, I have been going after the Agenda 21 issue for the past several years.  But I had not ever seen these two pieces of hard evidence.  One of them was a youtube clip of Nancy Pelosi, with two other congressmen, introducing the Agenda 21 Resolution to the U.S. Congress in 1992.

The other piece showed up HERE   Showing for you here just the top of the page:

S.J.RES.69 -- Providing for the United States to assume a strong leadership role in implementing the decisions made at the Earth Summit by developing a national strategy to implement Agenda 21 and... (Introduced in Senate - IS)
SJ 69 IS 103d CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 69 Providing for the United States to assume a strong leadership role in implementing the decisions made at the Earth Summit by developing a national strategy to implement Agenda 21 and other Earth Summit agreements through domestic policy and foreign policy, by cooperating with all countries to identify and initiate further agreements to protect the global environment, and by supporting and participating in the high-level United Nations Sustainable Development Commission.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 24 (legislative day, MARCH 3), 1993

Mr. PELL (for himself, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. KERRY, and Mr. WELLSTONE) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the United States to assume a strong leadership role in implementing the decisions made at the Earth Summit by developing a national strategy to implement Agenda 21 and other Earth Summit agreements through domestic policy and foreign policy, by cooperating with all countries to identify and initiate further agreements to protect the global environment, and by supporting and participating in the high-level United Nations Sustainable Development Commission.

Twenty-one years ago, after George Bush Sr. signed onto the Rio Accords adopting Agenda 21, this nightmare began in our nation.  That was close to the end of his Presidency.  As soon as Clinton came in, he doubled down on Agenda 21, creating the President's Council on Sustainable Development by Executive Order.  The Federal government agencies were then directed to implement Agenda 21 throughout their policies.  The American Planning Association was given millions to create a "Legislative Guidebook" called "Growing Smart," all based on Agenda 21 policies.  When George Bush Jr. came in, the agencies continued on their march to use Federal money to control the entire United States through these UN directed global planning initiatives.  In spite of all of the terrorism and the ensuing wars, Bush and Congress just kept right on feeding Federal money to implement Agenda 21 across the nation.  Then, Obama was elected in 2008.  What happens?  Obama quadrupled the efforts.  He created the "Sustainable Communities Initiatives" grant program through HUD.  Not satisfied that would do it, he then created "The Sustainable Communities Partnership," tying the EPA, Fed DOT, and HUD together so that all environmental, housing, and transportation programs laser focused on Federally controlling every major population area of the United States.  Not satisfied yet, Obama then created the White House Rural Council.  This time, he figured he would capture all of the rest of the more rural and open land of the United States and bury those areas under the same Agenda 21 policies.

If you gain nothing else from this information, please realize that both parties are responsible for directing our nation's laws and regulations to comply with the United Nations' Agenda 21 Doctrine.  No treaty was signed.  The American people were not told.  The media did not announce any of this.  To this day, the media, for all intents and purposes, mocks those of us who expose this and denies there is any such thing as Agenda 21 within the United States of America.  

The two anti-Agenda 21 resolutions that I and others in my groups of concerned citizens worked on were passed.  One was presented and adopted by our local Tea Party organization.  The other was presented and adopted by the 10th  Republican District of North Carolina.  These are small steps in the right direction.  And really, it may seem a small thing, but look above at the links.  Both of those are "Resolutions," and that is how this whole thing began in our halls of government in Washington, DC. All I can hope for is this knowledge and repudiation of United Nations' Agenda 21 will catch fire and spread throughout our State and beyond to all of the nation.  We cannot stop trying.  What have we got to lose?  Our entire way of life and our Constitution, which right now is barely sucking air. 

Now, when people tell you there is no such thing as Agenda 21 in America and that it is a harmless UN thing that we don't need to worry our little heads about....show them this post and those two links.  

Have a great week ahead...and please speak up without fear!

CONSTANT STATE OF EMERGENCY - RHIECHSTAG FIRE FOREVER

I was looking for information on Executive Orders to find out if there is a remedy to them.  As usual what I thought would be simple became a maize of complications.  I was side-tracked over to another facet of the issue.  Actually, it should be simple, if only our government was working properly.  But it isn't ...and you know it isn't.  I've been asking myself how the occupants of the White House are getting away with Executive Orders and why these orders are never challenged.  I think I stumbled upon the answer.  

According to Wikipedia, in 1976 a National Emergencies Act was passed to stop the possibility of never ending states of emergency.  The Act supposedly set a limit of two years on any state of emergency declared by the POTUS. This also gave Congress the ability to require the POTUS to go through formalities to declare a National Emergency.  Unfortunately, it did nothing to stop any POTUS from continuing a never ending state of emergency.  It is an ultimate power grab by the Executive Branch.  Here is the bad news:

The United States has been in a state of national emergency continuously for over 30 years, since the Carter administration invoked it premised on the "situation in Iran". In November 2012, President Barack Obama informed Congress that the State of National Emergency in effect since November 14, 1979 will be extended another year.^[1] The National Emergencies Act grants various powers to the president during times of emergency,^[2] and was intended to prevent a president from declaring a state of emergency of indefinite duration.^[3]

So all that has to happen to keep the Executive Branch on "Operation Overreach" is a little statement from the POTUS that he extends the State of National Emergency for one more year.  How hard is that?  Every year, when the deadline is up, the POTUS just renews ..sort of like your magazine subscriptions.  No one stops him.  Obviously the National Emergencies Act doesn't do anything to prevent the constant, never ending state of emergency in the U.S. 

Additionally, Wikipedia says that this National Emergencies Act was to prevent the Executive Branch from going over the limits when declaring rights suspended.

It was due in part to concern that a declaration of "emergency" for one purpose should not invoke every possible executive emergency power that Congress in 1976 passed the National Emergencies Act. Among other provisions, this act requires the President to declare formally a national emergency and to specify the statutory authorities to be used under such a declaration.

Somehow, I don't think that Act had any effect on anything...but I guess someone tried to rein in the POTUS with that Act.

Linked on that Wikipedia page is a reference to the Reichstag Fire Decree in 1933 in Germany, a decree which gave Hitler ultimate powers without consent from the Reichstag (the German version of a parliament).

The Reichstag Fire Decree (German: Reichstagsbrandverordnung) is the common name of the Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State (German: Verordnung des Reichspräsidenten zum Schutz von Volk und Staat) issued by German President Paul von Hindenburg in direct response to the Reichstag fire of 27 February 1933. The decree nullified many of the key civil liberties of German citizens. With Nazis in powerful positions in the German government, the decree was used as the legal basis of imprisonment of anyone considered to be opponents of the Nazis, and to suppress publications not considered “friendly” to the Nazi cause. The decree is considered by historians to be one of the key steps in the establishment of a one-party Nazi state in Germany.

As I read through the Reichstag event, and that last sentence about "one party Nazi state," I thought about the Presidents from both parties in the U.S. who have continued this emergency power for themselves.  Here, it doesn't seem to matter which party is in control, they are both intent on concentrating that power into the Executive Branch.  Why do we even have a Congress?  Is it all window dressing?  As far as I can see lately, Congress doesn't do anything much other than give cover to the Executive Branch. They take the cues from the White House and then fund laws and regulatory agencies to choke off freedoms and rights.  As Obama said recently, "If they won't do it, I will." What gave him that idea?  The State of  National Emergency, constant and never ending.  Congress is impotent.  I think they have rendered themselves impotent.  I don't know why they even show up ...except of course to get the benefits and the ego massages.

Well, that's my revelation for today, folks.  Constant and never ending state of emergency...by design.  No wonder we are all worn out.  You can't stay in a high state of emergency all of the time without a break.  Even the most hardened, trained soldiers have to have R&R sometimes.  But we aren't getting that break.  Our rights and freedoms are under attack constantly.  And this explains, at least partially, why.

Carry on soldiers!

WE'RE SO CLEVER, WE'LL JUST CHANGE THE NAME!! - SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVES

I love it when the leftists realize we are onto them.  It's so much fun to watch them scramble for cover.  Well, Obama and his minions are scrambling for cover on the Sustainable Communities Initiatives now that the grassroots and Tea Partiers have begun exposing the sham.  

Not to be undone, though, Obama's cutie pies are one step ahead of us.  Bet this will fool any elite Congressperson who won't know what to look for in the funding bills.  Oh, wait, Congress doesn't read the bills anyway, so what does it matter?

Here is the latest move to cover up and obfuscate the Agenda 21 Plan for America:

Budget Proposes Major Changes to Sustainable Communities Initiative

April 12, 2013

By Tess Hembree
Policy Manager, Advocacy Associates

In an effort to rejuvenate the unauthorized, defunded Sustainable Communities Initiative at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), President Obama proposed a major overhaul to both the structure and the function of the competitive grant program in his FY14 budget.

The President’s budget recommends changing the name of the Office of Housing and Sustainable Communities, the office within HUD that administers the Sustainable Communities Initiative, to the Office of Economic Resilience (OER).

This represents both a name change and a shift in priorities to help communities face economic realities and challenges. The budget also recommends moving the OER to HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development.

Though Sustainable Communities is changing to focus more on economic issues, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan has voiced a strong commitment to the livability principles laid out in the initial stages of the program and plans to continue the strong federal partnerships forged with DOT and EPA.

The OER will seek out new partners that focus on economic resiliency within the federal government, including the Economic Development Administration, Commerce, the National Economic Council, and workforce development programs at the Department of Education. HUD is aiming to help communities develop strategies for economic resilience, including implementation strategies and planning. They are also hoping to leverage and align the rest of the HUD budget to work in service with the efforts of communities.

OER will provide $75 million in “Integrated Planning and Investment Strategy Grants.” These grants build on the Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grants, but will place a “greater emphasis on supporting actionable economic development strategies, reducing redundancy in federally-funded planning activities, setting monitoring performance, and identifying how federal formula funds can be used smartly and efficiently in support of economic resilience,” according to HUD’s budget. Current Regional Planning and Community Challenge grantees will not see any changes.

 (Note:  In that first sentence do you notice the word "unauthorized?"  Gee..I wonder what that means.   And "defunded."  Looks like the Republican House finally defunded this insidious monster. Oh wait...now they can fund it under the new name!  Isn't that clever?  These folks are so smart!)

Don't you love that word, "RESILIENT!"  Instead of "Sustainable," now we can be "Resilient."  That's so nice of them.  And "Economic Resilience" at that.  I feel so much better already.  They're looking out for our pocketbooks, don't ya know.  Whew.  Just when I thought the gravy train might run out.  All is well now, isn't it?  

Thanks so much to all of you wonderfully generous Socialists and Fascists who are running our Federal government.  I just don't know how I can return the favor.  Oh wait.  You have that all figured out, too!  You can tax and enslave my grandchildren to pay for more of this Agenda 21 Plan for Amerika.  I forgot...Obama and his mobsters on both sides of the aisle don't miss a trick.