Independence day? Yeah right
The recent high court decision on the Kelo v. City of New London case is just the tip of the iceberg. Henry Lamb, executive Vice President of the Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO), and Chairman of Sovereignty International talks about how a sustainable development program in the UK that may result in the loss of 10,000 homes.
When you die, you can’t take it with you—government will see to it!
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John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister, told the House of Commons that 10,000 homes would be demolished in a $2 billion program to create “sustainable communities.” This massive “Pathfinder program” has been adopted to transform the nation into sustainable communities, a major step toward compliance with goal seven of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals, and further implementation of the U.N.’s Agenda 21.
A similar program is underway in the United States, but proponents are careful to deny that the U.N. has any influence or involvement. The facts tell a different story.
In 1976, the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat I), was held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among the recommendations endorsed by the U.S., and adopted, are these:
A(1)(b) All countries should establish as a matter of urgency a national policy on human settlements, embodying the distribution of population…over the national territory.
(c)(v) Such a policy should be devised to facilitate population redistribution to accord with the availability of resources.
D(1)(a) Public ownership or effective control of land in the public interest is the single most important means of…achieving a more equitable distribution of the benefits of development whilst assuring that environmental impacts are considered.
(b) Land is a scarce resource whose management should be subject to public surveillance or control in the interest of the nation.
(d) Governments must maintain full jurisdiction and exercise complete sovereignty over such land with a view to freely planning development of human settlements…. more
Duane,
You hit the nail on the head with this one. As an environmental consultant, I see the “taking” of private property every day. Sometimes in the name of “ecological preservation” others in the name of “affordable housing.”
Stop by and take a look.
Craig
p.s. great page you have here.
Comment by Jibtrim | July 5, 2005