Tea Party says, "Hell No!" to UN sanctioned sustainability

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Arizona "tea party" members in the House appear to have enough support to send a bill to Gov. Jan Brewer that would quash sustainability efforts in the state and cities.

On Wednesday, the Arizona House, in a preliminary voice vote, approved SB 1507, a measure sponsored by Rep. Judy Burges, R-Sun City West, a tea-party member.

The bill takes aim at a 1992 U.N. declaration. Conservative groups such as the John Birch Society that do not believe in global warming contend the declaration aims to restrict citizens' choices, such as whether they can drive a gas-fueled car.

The Senate approved the Burges bill more than a month ago. The House still must hold a final roll-call vote during a third reading of the bill.

Opponents say the bill, if signed into law, will shut down any government-led environmental initiative, such as Energize Phoenix, a stimulus-funded, $25 million program to improve energy efficiency in homes and businesses near the light-rail route in central Phoenix.

Under Burges' bill, the state, counties and cities could not accept or spend funds from "certain non-governmental organizations," including non-profit groups and contractors, for any of the declaration's initiatives. They also could not give funds to such organizations.

"I find it quite amazing that we have this on this floor, considering the issues of sustainability that are actually moving our economy forward," said Rep. Debbie McCune Davis, D-Phoenix, an opponent of the bill.

Burges, who was appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in January to fulfill the term of Sen. Scott Bundgaard, did not speak about her bill Wednesday. However, Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, called for the voice vote.

"The United Nations does not have the United States' best interests at heart," Farnsworth said. "I have concerns about us giving up our sovereignty to the United Nations and the World Court."

azcentral.com

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As they should. The UN is a joke and always has been.

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I like Arizona more and more.

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** the UN and its New World Order propaganda

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** the UN and its New World Order propaganda

Exactly.

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I had a dude tell me the other day that he'd shoot blue helmets on sight.

[luckytxn 2,265]

I had a dude tell me the other day that he'd shoot blue helmets on sight.

Make sure to remind him they shoot back.

Edited April 26, 2012 by luckytxn

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Make sure to remind him they shoot back.

I tried to explain to him we should do everything possible NOW to avoid that from happening.

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I tried to explain to him we should do everything possible NOW to avoid that from happening.

Exactly.

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blue helmets are just a scheme for poor countries like india and bangladesh to make some money by turning their soldiers into UN mercenaries.

it's actually quite sad.

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blue helmets are just a scheme for poor countries like india and bangladesh to make some money by turning their soldiers into UN mercenaries.

it's actually quite sad.

Mercenaries need to eat too.

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Arizona Senate: 'Energy Efficiency' Is UN Plot For One-World-Order

Move over, Tennessee. Not only did Arizona get the same crazy John Birch email forward you did, but theirs has actually passed the Senate, a House committee, and (fingers crossed!) is ready to be heard by the whole Arizona House! To recap, for those who unaccountably missed this exact same goddamn story in Tennessee: Twenty years ago, under George H.W. Bush, the US signed onto a nice UN sustainability plan called the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, or Agenda 21. Here is where Arizona differs from Tennessee: they have not said (to our knowledge) that Agenda 21 causes forced abortions. Here is where it is the same: they want to defund any programs for clean energy or energy efficiency, because "blackhelicoptersUNplotMicheleBachmanncrazeyesSatan."

Give us the nitty-gritty, AZCentral:

Arizona "tea party" members are pushing through legislation to quash government-funded efforts to reduce pollution and improve energy efficiency in cities, counties and the state.

Opponents of Senate Bill 1507, sponsored by Sen. Judy Burges, R-Sun City West, say the bill would shut down any government-led environmental initiative, such as Energize Phoenix, a $25 million, stimulus-funded project to improve energy efficiency in homes and businesses along the light-rail corridors in central Phoenix.

Critics also say the bill is based on a tea-party conspiracy theory about a 1992 United Nations declaration.

Sen. Judy Burges has been busy, since being appointed to the Arizona Senate just three months ago.

Burges introduced the bill in February through a back door in the legislative process.

Originally, SB 1507 was a bill about "unemployment," but through a strike-everything amendment with the purpose of a "technical correction," Burges proposed substituting it with her measure, which won majority approval in the Senate Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor.

Wes Harris, a Phoenix resident and tea-party member, also testified with Burges, repeating theories about the declaration that have been floated among conservative organizations such as the John Birch Society, which refer to the declaration as "Agenda 21."

Harris claimed the declaration "is an attempt to implement a one-world order. It's been going on for 20 years. It has not been ratified by the U.S. Senate. It has been snuck around the back door by the Clinton administration."

Harris also said the declaration and its tenets are promoted by a German-based organization, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, which supports green initiatives in cities that pay it a membership fee.

Haha, we mean, OH NO NOT A MEMBERSHIP FEE!

The upshot of all this is that Arizona will never be able to have nice things, and when Phoenix is a ghost town because there is no more oil to run the air-chilling machines, Judy Burges and her crazy friend can feel very good about having taken a stand against the terrible plot that is solar power in a desert. Your editrix was once at an Eagle Forum convention (jealous?), and a lady panelist said, exact quote, "When I think of the environment, I think of trees falling on our children, whatever …" and then she trailed off into pin-pupiled silence. So the Arizona state Senate is basically that lady plus 29 or so more of her. Kill the environment! For the children.

http://wonkette.com/...one-world-order

Edited April 26, 2012 by Mister Fancypants

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Steven, did you watch Trump's testimony before Scottish parliament against wind turbines?

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Steven, did you watch Trump's testimony before Scottish parliament against wind turbines?

No, I just caught the headline on it. I'll see if I can find it online.

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If you find a youtube clip that doesn't have the part where he offers up himself as "the expert", keep looking till you find it. It's... really something.