Finally a mainstream news outlet has printed a story from a credible, un-anonymous military source about the ridiculous trend of massive hollow-point ammunition purchases by Federal Agencies within our government. See link here from the Friday edition of The Daily Caller blog.
The Maj. General makes a terrifying point towards the end of his op-ed article:
“In the war in Iraq, our military forces expended approximately 70 million rounds per year. In March DHS ordered 750 million rounds of hollow point ammunition. It then turned around and ordered an additional 750 million rounds of miscellaneous bullets including some that are capable of penetrating walls.”
If these purchases do not alarm you…please go see a doctor!
If you are a regular reader of the Gaspee you may have already seen this video. However, if you have not, it is vital you watch this video first. In the first few minutes of this video sustainability expert, Andrew Winston, admits that Climate Change Science has been downgraded to more theory than science. However, in his very next breath he claims we are in store for a world wide water shortage armegeddon! Later in the video he quotes the CEO of Duke Energy talking about sustainability in the corporate world . This video truly gives you a great 30,000 ft. view of the sustainability agenda and how vast it has already spread in the US.
State, and Local water “shortages” will be the next “emergency” that the globalists, posing as sustainabilists, will not let go to waste in NC. Once again I will try my best to show you where to connect the dots but YOU will have to do the work. All the key players from the Feds, coordinating with Raleigh, are poised to swoop in and declare a drought emergency, and use it to do God Only Knows what.
This tale begins with a news release about an impending NC drought from NCDENR.
Before you read the news release it is important for you to first recognize the role of NCDENR (still controlled by the Executive Branch of NC) in the sustainable development agenda in NC. In SB 897 NCDENR has been legally charged for the ”redevelopment of the State’s communities in a sustainable manner”. Section 13.5 of SB 897 states:
Ҥ 143B-344.34 creates the North Carolina Sustainable Communities Task Force
(a) The General Assembly finds that the rapid growth of the urban and suburban areas of North Carolina and the economic challenges facing many of the State’s urban cores, rural areas, and smaller communities create a significant need for the strategic use of resources to plan and accommodate healthy and equitable development without compromising natural systems and the needs of future generations of North Carolinians.
(b) The General Assembly finds that the following principles describe sustainable development for North Carolina’s communities:
(1) Better transportation choices. – Offering safe, reliable, and economical motorized and nonmotorized transportation options to decrease household transportation costs
Equitable, affordable housing. – Encouraging the provision to North Carolina citizens of all ages, incomes, races, and ethnicities expanded location-, water-, and energy-efficient housing choices that increase mobility, decrease the impact on existing water and energy infrastructure, and lower the combined cost of housing and transportation.
(4) Support of existing communities. – Targeting public funds toward existing communities that are using strategies such as transit-oriented, mixed-use development, and land recycling to increase community revitalization, enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of public works investments, and protect rural landscapes.
Recognize and support communities and neighborhoods. – Preserving and enhancing the unique characteristics of rural, urban, and suburban communities by investing in healthy, safe, and walkable neighborhoods.
There is created within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the North Carolina Sustainable Communities Task Force to lead and support the State’s sustainable communities initiatives. The duties of the Task Force shall be as follows:
(2) To promote regional partnerships and to assist local governments and regional or interlocal organizations in North Carolina in seeking and managing funding from federal, public, or private initiatives, grant programs, or donors related to the planning, development, or redevelopment of the State’s communities in a sustainable manner.
Now read the NCDENR drought news release. Click HERE.
The news release mentions a public/private group called the Drought Advisory Management Council.
I say public/private because it contains Federal agencies, State agencies, and the University of Nebraska’s Drought Mitigation Center. The Drought Advisory Council also has a .ORG at the end of their website not a .GOV.
This deliberate tangling of governmental and private interests is particularly dangerous because any recommendations for water usage at the state or county level the council makes, based on “data” from the University, is NOT subject to Freedom of Information Act. This council, and the NC Laws that empower it, is a small nudge designed to take more power away from We The People.
Click here to see the Drought Advisory Council’s website.
The following is from the About Us section of the Drought Advisory Management Council:
“The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council that originated in 1992 was given official statutory status and assigned the responsibility for issuing drought advisories in 2003. The drought advisories provide accurate and consistent information to assist local governments and other water users in taking appropriate drought response actions in specific areas of the state that are exhibiting impending or existing drought conditions.
The Drought Monitoring Council was an interagency coordination and information exchange body created in 1992. In 2002, the council did a creditable job monitoring and coordinating drought responses, while increasing public awareness of the council’s function and effectiveness. The General Assembly recognized the Drought Monitoring Council’s leadership and performance by giving them an official statutory base and changed its name to the Drought Management Advisory Council (DMAC) to reflect the broader role of the council, which extends beyond monitoring drought conditions.
On July 17, 2003, North Carolina General Statute 143.355.1 was ratified to assign the DMAC an important new role, which became evident in 2002. A number of local governments indicated that it would be helpful to have official, objective drought status advisories to give them a reliable basis for their management responses. The new statute assigned this new advisory role to the DMAC and also specified that drought advisories are to be based on technical data to address varying conditions throughout the state. The new system avoids the problems that some states have experienced in declaring drought warnings statewide, when conditions did not warrant it in all regions of the state, by tailoring advisories to local conditions. When determining the issuance of a drought advisory, the Council takes into account stream flows, ground water levels, the amount of water stored in reservoirs, weather forecasts, the time of year, and other relevant factors for assessing the location and severity of drought conditions.
The intent of the new statute is for the DMAC to continue with essentially the same membership and functions that the Drought Monitoring Council previously exercised, but with new statutory authority and a new responsibility for providing a system of localized drought assessment and to issue advisories when needed. Importantly, the operation of the DMAC continues to carry on the same role as the Drought Monitoring Council did in support of the North Carolina Emergency Operations Plan and the activation of the Drought Assessment and Response Plan.
The General Assembly amended the statute in 2004, requiring the Council to submit an activities report to the Secretary, the Governor, and the Environmental Review Commission by October 1st of each year. The report includes a review of drought advisories issued by the Council and any recommendations to improve coordination among local, State, and federal agencies; public water systems; and water users. The purpose of the report is to continue to identify areas for improving the management and mitigation of the harmful effects of drought. (2003-387, s. 2; 2004-195, s. 2.5)
An act to improve drought preparedness and response in North Carolina as recommended by the Environmental Review Commission was signed into law by Gov. Mike Easley on July 31, 2008. Drought Legislation, Section 16 of Session Law 2008-143 included added detail about members and participants in the work of the DMAC The Representatives designated to serve on the Council will have expertise or responsibility in meteorology, ground water and surface water hydrology, water system operation and management, reservoir management, emergency response, or another subject area related to assessment and management of drought impacts. Other agencies and organizations may be invited that represent water users, including local governments, agriculture, agribusiness, forestry, manufacturing, investor-owned water utilities regulated by the North Carolina Utilities Commission, and others as appropriate to participate in the work of the Council with respect to particular drought related issues.
Organizations invited to serve on the Council include:
Other agencies and organizations that represent water users, including local governments, agriculture, agribusiness, forestry, manufacturing, and others, as appropriate, to designate a representative to serve on the Council or to participate in the work of the Council with respect to particular drought related issues
The Chair of the Council is an employee of DENR designated by the Department. The Council is required to meet at least once in each calendar year in order to maintain appropriate agency readiness and participation. In addition, the Council will meet on the call of the Chair to respond to drought conditions.
A main purpose of the DMAC is to provide consistent and accurate information on drought conditions in the state to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the Environmental Management Commission, the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Environmental Review Commission, and the public.
In the matter of DMAC issuing drought classification and response actions by county, SL 2008-143 requires that if the U.S. Drought Monitor of North Carolina shows more than one drought designation in a county, the drought classification for the county is the highest drought designation that applies to at least twenty five percent (25%) of the land area of the county. Drought response actions are based on the drought classification for each county within a drought area that is listed each Thursday on the DMAC Website.
The law states that the council may recommend to the secretary a drought designation for a county that is different from the designation based on the U.S. Drought Monitor of North Carolina if the depiction of drought does not accurately reflect localized conditions. In recommending a drought designation that differs from the U.S. Drought Monitor designation, the council will consider stream flows, ground water levels, the amount of water stored in reservoirs, weather forecasts, the time of year and other factors that are relevant to determining the location and severity of drought conditions.”
Did you catch the Federal Agencies involved?
USDA, NOAA, USGS, and Homeland Security? Why is Homeland Security involved at all, in ANY desicion making process related to drought conditions in NC ?
If you visit the US Department of States Sustainable Development Partnerships website (click here) you will see that USDA, NOAA, and USGS are major Ferderal players in the sustainable agenda.
Also NOAA, US Department of Energy, EPA, and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were also major contributors to the ICLEI/STAR guidelines.
Below is a candid video of an NOAA scientist publically calling for population reduction, a major theme of sustainable development, in the US and the world, and “empowering women to not have children by providing them birth control”.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
today announced the formation of Sustainable
Communities Building Blocks
I picked this story up from the Green Gov list serve, managed by the UNC System. Green Gov is used frequently by ICLEI to coordinate efforts amoung NC cities on sustainable initiatives. Notice at the end the contact info for the Program Director of the Sustainable Communities Initiative, Office of Conservation, Planning & Community Affairs, North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources is listed. I assume that means he posted this story to the Green Gov UNC List Serv.
Release date: 02/03/2011
Contact Information: Richard Yost, yost.richard@epa.gov, 202-564-7827, 202-564-4355
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the formation of Sustainable Communities Building Blocks, a program designed to help interested communities adopt sustainable planning methods. Sustainable planning helps safeguard the environment and spur economic development while also improving Americans’ health. Interested communities are invited to apply to receive technical assistance during a day-long session that will help them achieve their sustainable planning goals. The application period opens on February 3 and ends on February 23, 2011.
“We’re pleased to be part of this program to help communities build vibrant, healthy neighborhoods where families want to live and businesses want to invest and grow,” EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe said. “Through this program, we’ll walk communities through the process of making smart, cost-effective investments by helping them navigate existing tools vital to securing a lasting foundation for prosperity.”
EPA will work with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to select 20 participating communities through a competitive process. During the day-long session, participants will explore proven sustainability tools, including zoning code reviews, walkability assessments, parking policy analysis, climate action planning, and commuter benefits. Each community will select a specific tool to focus on and also learn about general smart growth development strategies.
Sustainable Communities Building Blocks is being coordinated through the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, a joint effort between the EPA, HUD, and DOT to coordinate federal actions on housing, transportation, and environmental protection. This interagency collaboration achieves efficient federal investments in infrastructure, facilities, and services that meet multiple economic, environmental, and community objectives.
Brian Byfield, AICP Program Director Sustainable Communities Initiative Office of Conservation, Planning & Community Affairs North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources e: brian.byfield@ncdenr.gov p: 919 715 7691 f: 919 715 3060
NC city and state representatives discuss the U.S.-
China EcoPartnerships program with the Bureau of
Oceans and International Environment and Scientific
“On Monday, January 31, I co-hosted with the office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change (S/SECC) and the Bureau of Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs (OES) over fifty energy, environment and climate officers, as well as representatives of their professional organizations, for a post-Cancun conversation about climate change. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Jonathan Pershing served as the distinguished speaker. Representatives from state and city governments from California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin joined us in the dialogue. Organizations of elected state and local officials — such as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), the National League of Cities (NLC), and Sister Cities International (SCI) — engaged in the conversation. Policy specialists from the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC), and the U.S. Green Building Council (GBC) shared global and local perspectives. Eric Maltzer from OES shared information about the U.S.-China EcoPartnerships program.”
Duke Energy and China’s ENN Group Collaborate on
Green Cities Initiative
Fantastic! I guess if they own 25% of our debt they get to have a say in the US’s energy usage.
I am encouraging my in and out of state readers, if you have not already, begin focusing very closley to what your state capitals are doing. I believe God’s divine intervention, and the power vested in the States within the 10th Amendement, are are only hope of irradicating this political agenda.
Shout Out to MorphCity.com where I initially saw this video! Population reduction is a major plank of Agenda 21, as well as ICLEI. Is any commentary even needed for this? Gaspee will be reaching out to the Commerce Dept, which NOAA is a part of, to get their reaction to Mr. Millers comments.
Atlanta has been chosen as a ICLEI/STAR Community Index beta city. If you have heard of the LEED system that is used to design “green” buildings, STAR is designed to build “green” cities. Atlanta is also the location for the Southeast ICLEI Regional Office.
ICLEI is an accredited NGO for the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development and has a stated goal of achieving Agenda 21 internationally. The STAR Community Index system is the playbook for converting your town into a fully sustainable, global, Agenda 21 approved city of the world without the consent of your State or US Legislature.
Please take the time to read through the STAR document put out by ICLEI and see if it sounds like communist, globalist, utopian, one world government to you as well. Click here to read them.
Here are some of the contributor’s to the STAR Index:
The Center for American Progress, US Green Building Council, Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), Sierra Club, US Dept of Energy, EPA, Urban Land Institute, NOAA, US Centers for Disease Control, AFL/CIO, and the Apollo Alliance.
Several of the above are heavily funded by George Soros who has called publically for the “fall” of the US, in order to achieve his dream of a world without borders.
Christian Action Network founder Martin Mawyer discussing Islamic terror camps in the USA. In the second half, Nenner Research Center managing director David Gurwitz discusses cycles in business, climate, and war.
Wednesday,May 22, 2013 May 22, 2013
Trends Research expert Gerald Celente shares his thoughts about the IRS scandal and the criminal cabal running many national governments. In the second half of the program, Answers in Genesis magazine chief editor Mike Matthews talks about Biblical evidence of an ice age and climate changes.
Tuesday,May 21, 2013 May 21, 2013
Former World Bank legal counsel Karen Hudes talks about corruption in the international bank, and her recent arrest in Washington, D.C. to intimidate her. Later in the program, Rick shares his thought’s about provocateur Adam Kokesh’s call for thousands of patriots to march on Washington this summer with loaded firearms.
Monday,May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013
Evangelist David Lankford shares a prophetic dream about the price of silver. Nathan Leal shares details about four dreams he had in one night about civil war in America.
Friday,May 17, 2013 May 17, 2013
Congressmen John Fleming, MD calls in to talk about his demand for answers regarding the Pentagon's policy on Christians in the military. Later in the show, investigative journalist, Marinka Peschmann and Rick discuss the numerous scandals currently swirling around the White House.
With so much turmoil taking place around the globe, today King World News interviewed one of the legends in the business, Jim Grant, Founder of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. KWN will be releasing a series of written interviews today with Grant where he discusses gold extensively, the end of the current monetary system, Fed and central bank policy, distorti […]
Today one of the wealthiest people in the financial world spoke with King World News about what he described as the most extraordinary contrarian indicator he has ever seen in his life. Rick Rule, who is business partners with billionaire Eric Sprott and the CEO of Sprott USA, also shares with KWN readers how they can make fortunes going forward in these tur […]
With hedge fund shorts in gold and silver continuing to battle the physical market in London, today James Turk told King World News that the hedge funds will be overrun as the physical market takes down the massively overexposed paper shorts. Turk also spoke about the wild trading which has centered around the London fix.
Today King World News is reporting on incredibly important developments taking place in key markets, including gold and silver. Acclaimed commodity trader Dan Norcini spoke with KWN about the amazing action in gold, silver, oil, stocks and provided a remarkable silver chart. Below is what Norcini had to say in his interview.
On the heels of continued propaganda from the Fed today, 40-year veteran, Robert Fitzwilson, wrote the most extraordinary piece for King World News. Fitzwilson, who is founder of The Portola Group, discusses the tragedy of what is unfolding and how key markets are responding such as gold and silver to the ongoing drama.
The Beginning of the Second Term FLEE!!! SEVEN COMPELLING REASONS TO MOVE FROM AMERICA Introduction Introduction If you’re looking for reasons to be hopeful that America will turn around and things will get better, this is not the right article to read. If you’re looking for happy-clappy talk about a better election result in 2014 or 2016, stop now. This i […]
WHY DID HE WIN? It’s inevitable after an election loss. Blame and fault are widely cast. The pundits blame Romney’s message. Some say Americans were fooled into casting their votes for the incumbent. Republicans didn’t appeal to women, Hispanics or the young, they say. But, really, why did the President get re-elected? Regarding who selects our leaders, God […]
In September we looked at the THE PERFECT PRESIDENT. The thesis of the post was that we currently have a President who is Marxist, Muslim and anti-colonial (a/k/a Anti-American) by background, training and family relations. Only God could have brought to the most important office in the world such a man with such a dangerous background. As the “Perfect Sto […]
“The Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.” (Daniel 4:17) Over the last three plus years many Christians, this writer included, have expressed increasing levels of frustration, even anger, over the actions of the incumbent President of the United States. ‘Why does he […]
In a lengthy interview on a radio show last night the host Pastor shared with me his firm conviction, which he received as he was delivering a recent sermon, that America has been found guilty in the Court of Heaven. He shared with listeners that two other Watchmen who attended the April Vero Beach conference recently told him that they had come to the same […]
Congress, however, was extraordinarily unpopular — far more unpopular than even the scandal-plagued president. According to the poll, more than three-fourths of likely voters disapproved of the job lawmakers were doing, with just 16 percent saying they approved. It was not immediately clear why Congress remains so unpopular among Republicans and Democrats. […]
..."And then there's the most intangiblle yet most significant cost: each year of endless war that passes further normalizes the endless rights erosions justified in its name.".... ..."Each year that passes, millions of young Americans come of age having spent their entire lives, literally, with these powers and this climate fixed in plac […]
This article was originally published at Zero Hedge In a letter to Congress (below), AG Eric Holder admitted that the administration deliberately killed American Anwar al-Awlaki (the radical Muslim cleric) in a drone strike in September 2011 adding, as the NY Times reports, “the decision to target Anwar al-Awlaki was lawful, it [...]
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