The real plan is we are going to give AZ to Mexico. Think of the problems it would solve.

sounds good to me.

From the article:

Among the U.N. declaration’s non-binding principles are calls for sustainable development, environmental protection, eradicating poverty, eliminating unsustainable production and consumption patterns, economic growth and the participation of women in government decisions

The right wing considers the above goals "anti-states rights?"

The right/GOP will plunger our earth until there are no flowers are left; until there is not a single tree is standing; until our oceans and rivers are completely polluted and dried up; until our air is toxic and all of our natural resources have been "developed" and depleted. It does not bother the greedy to allow people in miserable conditions and in poverty. This backwards clan will put women in educational and economic permanent "pigeon holes." The GOP's political platform will further economically, politically and socially devastate this country.

Vote for a straight Democratic ticket.

Obama/Biden 2012!

If we are going to give Arizona back to Mexico, which is not a bad idea, I suggest we stop shipping water from the Colorado River first. You know, the inhabitants of that conservative cozen, Phoenix, allows seem to forget the fact that they could not have such green lawns and golf courses, or probably even exist without a huge federal government project called the Hoover Dam. When you look back at history, you will find that Arizona didn't contribute much to the water projects that allow them to exist.

I say we give Mexico to Arizona Herman think about what problems that would Resolve?

Just another "Anti" bill, from the "Anti-U.S." state of Arizona??

Isn't the US part of the UN? Citizens of Arizonza, stop drinking the kool-aid!

How to deal with the Rebellious Church controlled state of Arizona?

simple.

1. Revoke ALL federal aid to the Government of Arizona. Now be careful here. We are not revoking money for Medicare medicaid Social Security, Disability, Food Stamps. More explanation found in section 1B.

1B. Transfer any and all block grant type monies that go to programs like Education, Welfare, Food Stamps, and Medicaid etc to the Federal Government (The Federal Government would take over the state programs) In other words strip Arizona of this power and money.

2. Revoke statehood for Arizona. That is, make Arizona a Territory.

3. Name a Territorial Governor.

3B. Arrest Jan and her gang

4. After establishing a new Territorial Governor, re-admit Arizona as a State, minus the Fundamentalist, Republican't laws.

Simple

And of course this is just my opinion.

Obama panders to his donors and campaign contributors. Notice the Obamacare bill? Big pharma has done rather well, ditto the insurance companies, GE; maker of medical records tabulation equipment and the unions who got all kinds of money to help fund their pensions and healthcare. When BP was blowing oil all over the Gulf, Obama waited quite awhile before taking action and his action was to force a lawsuit on BP. Wow, no help with cleaning or stopping the leak and, lest we forget, it was his administration that denied a shallow water well and instead, told BP to go ahead with the deepwater drilling.

This AZ bill is a mite odd, however, Agenda 21 is well worth the read, go to the UN website, it's there in all its glory. One of the provisos in the agenda is doing away with private property.

"Arizona lawmakers appear close to sending to Gov. Jan Brewer a tea party-backed bill that proponents say would stop a United Nations takeover conspiracy but that critics claim could end state and cities' pollution-fighting efforts and even dismantle the state unemployment office".

What?? This statement is soooo ridiculous. Does it even make any sense?? The truth is that we don't want the UN telling America what to do, EVER. We don't want to be part of the one world government scenario. You people on these sites are such idiots. No wonder American is scre**d, there are so many dim wits out there who can't analyze facts.

your too stupid to understand it

nobsartist Comment collapsed by the community ( :o) )

"Take a look at the jackass's that the republiCON morons of Michigan elected...."

#3.1 - Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:44 PM MDT

Is that your subtle way of saying that the Republicans actually voted for the Democrats on accident because they were not paying attention ? Or by jackasses, did you really mean the four-legged, braying, and kicking kind ? They have the right to elect anyone they like. It is Michigan, after all, innit ? Cheers.

Obama panders to his constituents you know, the majority of the 99%, the ones who voted for him, not the multinational corps, Norquist, Rove and that 1% Romney bunch with their money over seas (other than those Wealthy Americans who do believe in fairness and are real patriots wanting to do their fair share)

The GOP is domed...

Obama/Biden Dems 2012

mygirl1, You couldn't have chosen a better picture for your avatar… It's all you!!!!!

It is the perfect representation of the mentality of the TeaBagPublicants.

Arizona has entered the intense competition with TX, TN, FL for the champeenship of the Supidest State In The Nation sweepstakes.

But those desert rats know what's going on... they see the black helos come swooping across the moon at night. They see those black helos dropping off muslims and mexicans and UN type social commies and, on top of all that, skulls to be discovered buried in the desert.

I never thought I'd be agreeing with guy who calls himself magnum, but he's got the right idea. Or, simpler, cut their water off.

Has anybody read those 27 principles in the United Nations Rio Declarations in 1992? Some of those principles are outrageous. Bravo to the Republican party who wants to out law it. For instance:

Principle 5- All States and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of
eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement for sustainable
development, in order to decrease the disparities in standards of living and
better meet the needs of the majority of the people of the world.

Another name for Socialism or Communism?

Principle 6- The special situation and needs of developing countries, particularly the
least developed and those most environmentally vulnerable, shall be given
special priority. International actions in the field of environment and
development should also address the interests and needs of all countries.

You can say goodbye to the wealth of the US. No longer will our own people come first, but those of developing countries. Oh yeah, and they will be using YOUR FUNDS. ( Probably will start with the Middle East and Africa).

Oh and according to the rest of these principles, Israel will no longer be a threat to the Middle East. No doubt they will have to back down, because now the UN will have the vote of the US.

Anybody can see where this is heading.

When will Arizona rid itself of their trailer trash governor and her coalition of right wing nuttery?

I'd bet the next election bears fruit instead of rotten eggs!

I totally agree with the first post on this board. Jan Brewer, the walking dead, is mentally ill. Maybe when someone sane takes her place, Arizona will have a chance to become a real functioning state. This kind of B.S. is happening all over the country where the Repulbicans were voted back into control.

So all you nay sayers, want to allow France [ yeah right ] or some other UN nation the ability to essentially rewrite "OUR" constitution in their best interest?......Doesn't this make "Big Brother" and the "One World Order" theories more plausible now??.... :)

Jan Brewer and her crowd must be getting peyote spiked cocktails. This is so embarrassing to the normal Arizona citizen who actually has a cellphone and a computer. I hear cars could be banned next-they're just too fast and that Obama saved GM so Jan and crew will show him. The new Arizona motto-Come to Arizona-we make both stupid and crazy conspiracies possible for over 2 years.

This is actually good. It shows what happens when Tea Party retired and bored people get elected to office. They find the lowest level of reason and then bore down to find lunacy. America-retake Arizona before all reasoning people leave. That many alzheimer suffers can't run a state.

Wow! most of you writing these posts are so uninformed it is scary. GO AZ.

That many alzheimer suffers can't run a state

And why not ?.....................Who do you think is running "CONGRESS"........LOL.......... :)

PS...no disrespect to any actual alzheimer patients and their families, my Grandmother died with it...:(

true the democrates still control most everything.

How about this......Canada is a UN member, and they decide its in the worlds best interest to say build a "Keystone Pipeline" to use "OUR" refineries for "THEIR" toxic sand, and then they "As a foreign country" steals the necessary land at rock bottom prices, that they need for "THEIR" project and "PROFITS" not ours.....I guess that could be one way of looking at it.........and its happening already ............

The inmates have clearly seized control of the asylum in Arizona and they have apparently lost the keys to the medications cabinet.

Pity poor Arizona.

Pity poor America for we are surely doomed.

Come see me in Costa Rica.

Obama/Biden 2012

What?? This statement is soooo ridiculous. Does it even make any sense?? The truth is that we don't want the UN telling America what to do, EVER. We don't want to be part of the one world government scenario. You people on these sites are such idiots. No wonder American is scre**d, there are so many dim wits out there who can't analyze facts.

Before you start calling people dimwits, you might want to educate yourself first. Congress cannot ratify any treaty that contradicts existing US law. End of story. It might be a good idea to screen people who are running for public office to weed out those who don't have a clue to how our legal system works. There are too many in AZ right now that obviously don't. Then again, there are a bunch commenting here that don't have a clue either.

After reading through all 27 principals (not laws or regulations), I can see they the Teapublicans would be upset. Starting with number 1 - Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development.
They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.

And number 2 would be opposed by any Republican - States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies...

The Teampulicans are against U.S. citizens exploiting their own resources. and having healthy and productive lives. That's incredible.

You'd think the Teapublicans would like priciple 8 - To achieve sustainable development and a higher quality of life for all people, States should reduce and eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and promote appropriate demographic policies. It would go together well with their "kick the Mexicans out" laws.

Nothing in these principles dictates how the citizens of the U.S. (or Arizona) must live. It's a set of goals, but because it came from someone else, the nut jobs are opposed to it. They might agree to the prinicples, in principle, but they sure won't tolerate anyone else telling them that these are good ideas.

The people in charge in Arizona are either high on Mary Jane, Peyote, Johnson Grass, or just plain Loco Grass. Minds fried to a crisp. Wish that they and ALL RED STATES would secede from the U.S. and take their ilk in Congress with them. Crazy is as Crazy do.

Among the U.N. declaration’s non-binding principles are calls for sustainable development, environmental protection, eradicating poverty, eliminating unsustainable production and consumption patterns, economic growth and the participation of women in government decisions.

Apparently in Arizona these are bad things.

And what part of "non-binding" don't they understand?

Bluthunder,

The 10th Amendment hasn't really been applicable since we passed the 14th Amendment. The 10th was written and refers to a point in history prior to the Bill of Rights being applicable to the states. The 14th incorporated the first nine amendments to state law, defeating basically any purpose of the 10th. A case dealing with the 10th hasn't even come before SCOTUS since the 1960's when they used it to try and justify segregation.

This 10th Amendment crap is BS, put out there mostly by Mike Huckabee.

mygirl1, isn't it funny that while so many people here protest Arizona's actions, none of them seem to understand why Arizona is against Agenda 21, lol!

Agenda 21 is a two-decade old, grand plan for global ’Sustainable Development,’ brought to you from the United Nations. George H.W. Bush (and 177 other world leaders) agreed to it back in 1992, and in 1995, Bill Clinton signed Executive Order #12858, creating a Presidential Council on ‘Sustainable
Development.’ This effectively pushed the UN plan into America’s large, churning government machine without the need for any review or discussion by Congress or the American people.

‘Sustainable Development’ sounds like a nice idea, right? It sounds nice, until you scratch the surface and find that Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development are really cloaked plans to impose the tenets of Social
Justice/Socialism on the world.

Arizona doesn't want or need socialism, and neither do I! Keep drinking the tea libbies, but be careful of what you wish for....

mygirl1, isn't it funny that while so many people here protest Arizona's actions, none of them seem to understand why Arizona is against Agenda 21, lol!

Were I a resident of AZ, I would be protesting the wasted time and money related to passing this farce of a law. Since I'm not, I'm content to just poke fun at the gullibility and paranoia of those involved in creating the law and those who imagine it accomplishes something.

Uhtred: the little braindead people aka: useful idiots, have no concept of what Agenda 21 is. They also have no understanding of what Stalin did in Russia and how closely his actions are mirrored in Agenda 21. They don't have the capacity to think for themselves, all they know is how to regurgitate talking points. They are handed their script and they memorize it, they are told to accept everything at face-value and they are too lazy to actually do real research. What they are good at is insulting anyone who threatens them by asking them to think rather than regurgitate.

The Gulag Archipelago chronicles the horrors of Stalin's purges, his murdering of the peasants and forcing collective farming. Some of the worst ecological nightmares of the twentieth century were created by the agendas of Stalin and those agendas are mirrored in Agenda 21. The little naysayers won't take the time to read or understand the parallels, too much work. Much easier to swallow the party line like the good little Germans of pre-WWII Germany. Stupid little people, look what happened to them and to the Russians after the Communist party came to rule.

http://DemocratsagainstAgenda21.com

skor154

I hate to inform you, 25 Walker,

skor154,

I am glad to inform you that you are wrong.

Compared to his predecessor, Obama is better for our environment.

The Republican's platform eliminates saving our earth. There is not an area that is too pristine for the right not to: deforest and eviscerate the plains, willingly dump toxic manufacturing byproducts into, increase our already huge carbon footprint, send up industrial smoke from coal stacks, drop biological and chemical hazardous waste into and destroy all natural wildlife.

Obama's predecessor's achieved weakening the E.P.A.

From 2000-2008 and with respect to the E.P.A., these actions occurred:

- The gutting of key sections of the Clean Water and Clean Air acts

- The dismantling of the protections of the Endangered Species Act

- The opening of millions of acres of wilderness to mining, oil and gas drilling,
and logging

- The defunding of programs charged with the clean-up of toxic industrial wastes
such as arsenic, lead and mercury

- The reduction of enforcement efforts in the Environmental Protection Agency

- The removal of grizzly bears and wolves from the endangered species list

- The endorsing of commercial whaling

- The approving of mountain-top removal for coal mining

Skorr, worse, is that Romney states that the E.P.A. is "out of control."

The past has proved that the Democrats are better for our environment.

If left unchecked, the right will "snuff out" the earth.

This is the Republican's vision for our planet:

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/22/obama-vs-romney-on-energy-chart/

Is not the GOP's mantra

...drill baby drill?

Historically the republican party has been very anti-environment. Nixon, a republican, created the EPA.

Yes Nixon did start the EPA and the GOP has been trying to gut it ever since. The Republican party of today would be unrecognizable to Nixon and others of his era.

Uhtred: the little braindead people aka: useful idiots, have no concept of what Agenda 21 is. They also have no understanding of what Stalin did in Russia and how closely his actions are mirrored in Agenda 21.

I do understand what Agenda 21 is. What you don't seem to understand that it, as a binding treaty, could not be ratified by Congress. Like the recent spate of anti-Sharia and the hysteria around the proposed UN small arms treaty, it's nothing more than an effort by right-wing politicans to pretend like their solving a problem that doesn't exist.

mygirl1

Historically the Republican party has been very anti-environment. Nixon, a republican, created the EPA

mygirl1,

The Republicans have done little to make the E.P.A. effective in spirit and in action.

Their stance toward the environment is hostile. The right sees the earth as a "buffet." From this smorgesboard, the wealthy believe that they have a "right" to pick, taste, savior and chew. GOP candidates have repeatedly stated that they hope to...as Michelle Bachman said, "Bolt the doors of the E.P.A." To the GOP, earth saving protocols and actions are a great nuisance. These gilded folks are wickedly selfish. They place their greed first and they do not care about destroying the earth.

They are self destructive.

The problem is that earth is the only planet that can sustain human life.

The greedy do not have the right to extinguish our only dwelling.

redphish,

Agreed.

Compared to today's conservatives, Nixon looks like a flaming liberal.

Dealing with extremes becomes tiresome. I happen to be very concerned about environmental abuses and agree that the republicans, by and large, are not real eco-friendly. I also think that giving billions to green energy companies who promptly go belly-up isn't really intelligent either. Now those windfarms kill thousand of birds and not a peep from the environmentalists about that. There's even a quota on golden eagles, so many per year allowed to be killed via windmills.

Then there is the issue of cap and tax, which really doesn't do much to curb pollution, instead it 'trades' it, which isn't exactly helpful. Nor are the EPA's tactics of 'crucifying' and making examples out of oil and energy companies so the other's will fall in line something to be proud of. Then there is the BLM and it's history of fraud, bribery and looking the other way. Their idea of taking care of something is killing it, witness mustangs and burros and wolves.

So, making the long story short, neither party is actually doing much for the environment, republicans are worse than the democrats but neither group is something to be admired.

As to Obama being better than Bush, that ain't saying much. The only thing ol' W did to benefit the environment was to set aside some seawater outside of Hawaii and make it into a national park. Other than that, bupkis.

You appear to be a person that is seeking balance?

Refreshing!!

mygirl1

Dealing with extremes becomes tiresome.

mygirl1,

The Republican's hostile anti-environment economic platform is well known.

Their anti-environomental policies are part of the Congressional and Senatorial records.

'crucifying' and making examples out of oil and energy companies

"cruifying?"

Surely, you do not believe such a lie.

The deadly damage by these polluters has crucified our marine and land wildlife!

Why do you think Big Oil and other polluting conglomerates drop bundles of cash in the GOP's lap?

It is because your party, for profits, does not mind destroying our earth.

That you have to reach 40 years back and "pick up" Nixon as a Republican that was pro-environment only confirms the affirmative, that the "right" does not care about the planet.

Please list any substantial, recent and collective efforts and legislation that has been presented and passed by the GOP to protect the enviroment. You do not have any facts.

You are simply in denial. Facts please...

Jongone

You [mygirl1] appear to be a person that is seeking balance?

Jongone,

To support her statement, mygirl1, has had the opportunity to lists facts. She has not provided any.

This poster is not seeking balance.

She is only "regurgitating" rhetoric.

Tsk. I stated that the republicans weren't exactly eco-friendly and now you want me to post facts to prove that assertion? I'm in denial because I state they're not friendly to the environment. Are you one of those posters who will settle for nothing except complete annihilation of another group? If you want some facts, go do your own research and prove me wrong. No facts from you, no factual refuatation of my assertions coming from you, no references anywhere in your comments but you DEMAND facts from me??? Typical. Sorry, but you are calling the kettle black and rather than accusing me of regurgitation, perhaps you should get off the high horse and do some of that fact checking yourself. I rather doubt that once (if) you confirm my statements that you will be back with an apology.

24Walker: While I'm thinking about it, the article was about Agenda 21. Now, have you examined said Agenda closely? Are you conversant with the Gulag Archipelago in Russia and what happened when Stalin determined that private land ownership was to be abolished and all farming was to be done by collectives? The exact same rational that Stalin used for creating the collectives is in place in Agenda 21. No private ownership of land, the state determines proper land usage, the state abolishes private homes and the individuals are to live in designated areas and buildings created by the state. There are to be zones for land usage. No private farms.

Against Union Thievery

The truth is that we don't want the UN telling America what to do, EVER. We don't want to be part of the one world government scenario. You people on these sites are such idiots. No wonder American is scre**d, there are so many dim wits out there who can't analyze facts.

My crazy uncle, the John Birch Society lifetime member, warned me about the UN taking over the world, as well as the impending race riots that would sweep the US. This was in the mid 1960's. Uncle P is long dead, and the UN is still just the UN, and now the Birchers have shifted their wild-eyed gaze to Hispanics.

The dimwits who can't analyze facts are on the right, and waaaay to many of them live here in Arizona, where they have obviously spent too much time in the desert sun. Not even half-baked: these fools are fully roasted. If you don't live in AZ AUT, you should just move here. You would fit right in.

The Teapublican government of this state is so embarrassing. I am a proponent of Baja Arizona becoming a separate state so we could remain in the Union while the Teabaggers secede.

As a third generation Arizonan all I can say is why did the rest of the country send us all of their wing-nuts???

Ditto for Michigan.

Nevada is so superior to Arizona!... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! The home of Harry Reid, and the mob.

Sarah Palin and her PeeParty rallied right in Harry Reids home town in Nevada and got their azzes kicked big time

Reid defeated tea party favorite = Retard Sharon Angle

Awww

AZ is off their rockers without a doubt but if Michigan is another model for Romney and the GOP for the States at the National level, we'll all live in a Terrifying State of ANTI-Democracy.....That's the Republican style of American Tyranny they've been warning us about and pointing their fingers at Socialist and Dems and commies and on and on... it was them all along and it is happening now in America. That's not just a conspiracy, that's fact!

Votes matter

Obama/Biden and all Dems 2012

Savygator, I heard WalMart was having a price rollback on synapses. Check it dude, even two more would help.

Good for Arizona- As 24 veteran many my armed forces freinds agree that the U.N. is great big joke and one of the reasons why we have North Korea and the 38th parallel

As for you Cathy you live in a state with the highest unemployment and forclosures with do nothing socialist REID as its leader and maybe that's why Nevada has this reputation.

Reid also stated that we don't need a budget violating the constitution along with his FOURTH REICH leader Obama

Did my time in service too John, I wouldn't necessarily give a lot of credence to the opinions of soldiers just because they served. There were a lot of good folks but a lot of ignorant folks as well, just like everywhere else. You can't trust anybody.

Very glad I don't live in that state! The only thing to save Arizona from destroying itself, is the voters come into the light and vote these fools out. Good grief -- can they self destruct anymore than they already have?

Cathy: Maybe you should actually read the 27 Principles rather that just commenting on what you don't know? It's people like you who really fit the description of sheeple.

Again I say, Bravo to the Republican Party!!!!!! It's too bad the Democrats don't realize what you are saving us from.

Unhappy-i know you are one of the 7 mental dwarfs but this is something even you should see as lunacy. Go talk to Sneezy and Doc you need some help with reality. Hi Ho Hi Ho to the rubber room we go Hi Ho Hi Ho.

@Centrist Republican

I like your forum name, but you do realize that you've just identified yourself as a RINO. You'll soon be cast out into the outer darkness.

At least you've managed to get rid of Russell Pearce, although he doesn't seem to have gotten the message. He does seem to hang around like a fart in an elevator.

I'll take Vegas over Phoenix and Reid over Brewer, ANY day.

I fully support the concept of Agenda 21, as written, and I'm not moving out of this country any time soon. I'd rather stay and fight against the ignorance some states seem so proud to flout.

I'm thinking that rather than describing this country as 50 states, we go with "49 plus those idiots in AZ."

Hope they don't take your property aquatone. Actually I kinda hope they do so maybe you might actually look into Agenda 21. Part of it says YOU GET TO OWN NOTHING. No personal property of any kind. You get what they give you.

centrist republican-4073601

As a third generation Arizonan all I can say is why did the rest of the country send us all of their wing-nuts???

C'mon, you think the wing nuts are the people that moved to AZ? I came from the once proudly-progressive state of Wisconsin in October of 1996, and the first thing that happened was I was disenfranchised: not allowed to vote for President because I hadn't lived in AZ for 30 days!

AZ was once a Democratic state, likely when the first of those 3 generations you speak of was young. But the Pulliams took over the newspapers and turned the state red. Now, the Republicans have allowed the truly whackiest among them to take over their party. The ignorance of the Tea Party Reps is breathtaking, as they govern not as intelligent, thoughtful, public servants, but as newly-minted, poorly-educated nuts with no sense of how to create change appropriately. Their ignorance of basic facts, especially economics, is sad when it isn't scary.

As long as Arizonans value form over substance, they will continue to elect the likes of Joe Arpaio, Andrew Thomas, Russell Pearce and Jan Brewer. And they will continue to be a laughing stock.

from Section II, para 10.5 of "Agenda 21":

"Protected areas, private property rights, the rights of indigenous people and their communities and other local communities and the economic role of women in agriculture and rural development, among other issues, should be taken into account."

_________

Hmm. Doesn't sound like much of a threat to me, and it doesn't sound like anyone's coming to take away my land anytime soon. But hey, you've read the whole document so you MUST be right. Right?

(cue game show buzzer here)

sabine-3408377 - Your post is (actually nearly word for word) identical to one a mate of mine put on these boards last week. But, he lives in Wisconsin.....

I'd take Pelosi or Clinton as a senator over Brewer any day.

Since Agenda 21 contains a provision that encourages women to participate in political decisions, does this mean that the woman representative that sponsored this bill and the governor (if she signs it) must step down since them participating in political decisions would then be illegal? Aren't they shooting themselves in the proverbial foot?

jfl1971

They probably think their bill only means that poor women can't participate in the government.

I think we should just take all the nice people out of Arizona (both liberal and not-crazy conservatives, I'm not trying to discriminate against you guys, and I know most conservatives out there aren't insane :P ) and then let the rest of the state secede and get reincorporated into Mexico.

i think i like where the mexican border where it is right now...don't need it any closer to me, thanks...

Yeah, I don't think I want to wish the crazy people on Mexico, Mexico has enough problems of their own without adopting some of ours. Could we make it a space colony? That would be kind of cool. The crazy people would get neat space-things, and we would be rid of them. Then everyone wins! Yaaaay!

Here is how many National Parks, and land the corrupt UN has control of in the U.S.

What do the Statue of Liberty, Independence Hall, Jefferson's Monticello and Yellowstone National Park have in common? Each of these national treasures is regulated according to the dictates of foreign bureaucrats rather than according to the will of the American people.

That's because each of these sites has been designated as a United Nations (U.N.) World Heritage Site. A U.N. World Heritage Site is an internationally protected landmark of cultural, historical or natural significance that the national government promises the U.N. it will protect.1 With the signing of the 1972 World Heritage Treaty, which established the U.N. World Heritage Sites, the United States legally obligated itself to manage our historic national landmarks in compliance with U.N., not U.S., standards.2 The U.S. has also allowed vast amounts of land to become U.N.-designated Biosphere Reserves. A Biosphere Reserve is an area that is set aside specifically for conservation and scientific study which, like a World Heritage Site, the United States promises to manage in accordance with U.N. standards.

Currently, the United States has 20 World Heritage Sites and 47 Biosphere Reserves encompassing 51 million acres - an area nearly the size of Colorado.3 The U.S. is required to regularly report to the U.N. on the status of its World Heritage Sites, specifically its "preservation and protection techniques and its efforts to encourage public awareness about cultural and national heritage."4

What is especially disturbing about U.N. World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve designations are that they can be made by the executive branch unilaterally without congressional approval. Under the terms of the World Heritage Treaty, the President doesn't need to consult anyone before placing U.S. territory under the thumb of the U.N.

While World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and other U.N. designations don't give the U.N. formal authority to regulate American land, Clinton Administration officials take these designations into account when making land-use decisions. The Administration has used such designations as an excuse to impose new regulations that blatantly restrict the rights of companies and private citizens. A good case in point is the 1995 controversy that erupted over Yellowstone National Park, where the Clinton Administration forced a mining company to abandon a legal mine development project near the park, but on mostly private land. At the request of environmental groups, the Clinton Administration persuaded the U.N. to list Yellowstone as a "World Heritage Site in Danger."5 This special designation gave the Administration an excuse to force the mining company to abandon the project because it allegedly posed a threat to the park.

Further from home, near Kakadu Park in Australia, the same scenario is being played out. The U.N. World Heritage Committee independently commissioned a study of a mine near the park that concluded the mine would threaten the park's environment. The Committee issued a powerful warning that, unless the Australian government could rebut the findings, the U.N. would list the site as "in danger."6 The Australian government objects to the U.N.'s demands that it stop the project but it may succumb to the pressure before the year is out.

It's ironic that the Clinton Administration is insisting that the U.S. adhere to U.N. standards in protecting our national landmarks, given the U.S. relationship with the primary body responsible for administering World Heritage Site programs. For the past several decades, the United States has refused to contribute to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the institutional sponsor of the World Heritage Committee, because the agency has been financially mismanaged and mired in political controversy.7 Yet the Administration believes this same UNESCO is qualified to judge our ability to protect our most prized national treasures.

So you Libs think it's right for the UN to control most of our National Parks? These people use our tax dollars and spend billions of dollars for corrupt agencies. They also are given diplomatic immunity for any crimes they commit. (Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments that ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host country's laws.)

Recent years have brought a cascade of scandals at the United Nations, of which the wholesale corruption of the Oil-for-Food relief program in Iraq has been only the most visible. We still do not know the full extent of these debacles–the more sensational ones include the disappearance of UN funds earmarked for tsunami relief in Indonesia and the exposure of a transnational network of pedophiliac rape by UN peacekeepers in Africa–and we may never know. What we do know is that an assortment of noble-sounding efforts has devolved into enterprises marked chiefly by abuse, self-dealing, and worse.

Seen by many, including many Americans, as the chief arbiter of legitimacy in global politics, the UN is understood by others to be the only institution standing between us and global anarchy. If that is so, the portents are not promising. The free world is grappling with threats from the spread of radical Islam to North Korea's nuclear blackmail and Iran's pursuit of nuclear bombs. The UN, despite its trophy case of Nobel prizes, has failed so far to curb any of this corruption. Currently it is gridlocked over matters as seemingly straightforward as cleaning up its own management department.

The UN should be disbanded and thrown out of the U.S.A. they are just another of the many corrupt agencies our tax dollars pay for.

Have YOU come up with another World-Wide Organ to replace it. We are part of a "Global Economy": export & import...?? You got something better...?? U.N. "controls" NOTHING.

Sadielady,

Did you just wake up from a 12 year nap? Clinton hasn't been president since 2000. Looks like you recycled a 13 year old rant. Next time, try coming up with something a bit more relevant to the issue in question.

So what sadielady? Why does every one want to put up a flag and then build a fence around everything. I think it is a step in the right direction when different nations can work together to protect that which is valuable to all of humanity. We didn't create national parks. The Redwood Forest, for example, has been around longer than history. We didn't create the world. If left to our own accord, we'd destroy the Statue of Liberty to put up a Wal-Mart if it were profitable. There are worse things the UN can do. People say they want world peace but get there britches in a bunch whenever we work toward it.

The bill passed!!! sadielady, you are no longer allowed to participate in government decisions. WOW!!! Only in Arizona could they come up with something like this. What are they smoking there?

Im with SADIELADY......If this is the way this country (you people, "the people") feels about giving its freedoms and own descision making away to some world organiziation were done. It may not be about personal freedoms now, but nobody can see the bigger picture, if they have control of these aspects now and then a little more and then a little more next thing you know you will have multi-nation "police forces" in all of your crappy states(and by this I mean if you think your state is run so much better than another state then you are fooling yourselves again because they are all run like crap and into the ground) anyway "police forces" telling YOU what YOU can and cant do, what YOU can and cant have, what YOU will and wont do then its too late. Years from now if its not You then probably your kids will hear stories of what a great place this was and wonder what it means to be free and what freedom is and how their parents and their generation could choose a wolf, owl, moth, fish or some other damn animal or piece of land over their freedom.

now for you....donbcms why do we need a world-wide org so what if we are a "global economy" its been a global economy for 100's of years and it has worked just fine. You are buying into the corporate bullshist that you are being fed...on all the comercials, billboards, radio spots....."we have to have global phones, global banks, global this and that.....why not just cut the crap make a one world government, with one world banking, implant everyone with RFID so you and everyone can be tracked for what you do and buy and just give up every damn freedom you have as a basic human being.

Well I hope you all get what you want, and I hope it comes sooner than later so you can experience it along with your kids and grand kids.

nice they dont let you post a link on here what crap....just look up agenda 21 on youtube

Jack-Sadieladie looks a little confused and paranoid but you're straight crazy. Are you a LaRouche person. Join them outside government buildings shouting crazy ideas and hate-they have a spot for you.

ok realist, where is my spot, I hope your talking about hell

It amazes me that if you post anything the Libs don't like instead of answering with an intelligent answer, you just call people names, or collapse things you don't agree with. Why can we just be civil to each other and have an intelligent conversation, without all the hate filled statements?

I believe you should judge people by their actions, not by their political views, race or religion. I hear so many hateful people on here, it's really sad that freedom of speech applies to only people you agree with. Can't we all just act like adults and not stir up hate and bigotry? I guess it's really true the media has gotten so liberal, they just allow people they agree with keep there post up, sad

No whats sad is a Marine straight up lying, attacking others with slurs. You should also take your own advice from your second paragraph.

Jason, you are a perfect example of what I'm talking about. If you want to talk about people lying you could use Obama as a perfect example. He promised the most transparent Whitehouse ever, every bill would be posted online for 72 hours before being voted on. All bills would be put on CSPAN for all americans to see, he would go through every bill line by line and get rid of the pork. How many bills have been passed that no one has even read?

I think both parties have been a big disappointment for wasting so much of our tax dollars on pet projects. Some of the pork bills are just absurd, like researching why does pig manure smell? Who cares, and why spend money on goofy things when we have so many homeless and hungry people.

As far as the Marine lying, I don't think anyone should lie, but I doubt there is anyone on this planet that hasn't ever told a lie. People aren't perfect and we all make stupid mistakes, some more than others. I don't understand why you sound so angry, life's not fair, but we need to try and make the best of it. Being so negative and hateful most the time doesn't benefit anyone, no matter what their beliefs.

What exactly did I say that you are saying I should take my own advice about, if you mind me asking? Hope you have a wonderful day! Semper Fi

Home prices have risen for five months in Phoenix, including a 1.2% gain in February. Nationwide, prices fell 0.8% in February, the sixth-consecutive month of price declines, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller index released Tuesday.

Any fool who moves to Phoenix, bring a gas mask, respirator, oxygen tank, and the most powerful air conditioner you can find. And bring a huge tank of water. Because Phoenix is trapped most of the year beneath C02 dome inversion layers, and goes to 115F or higher in summer. It is HELL ON EARTH. So go move there, fools, and burn with the devil Brewer!

Looks like Karl will continue to do his voting from Los Angeles. You should see the sky when the humidity is above 15% there are chemtrails EVERYWHERE!!!

But Karl, it is a dry heat.

Actually, you have to admire people who are wiling to actively terraform such a place so that 1.6 million people moved there to live. It goes to show what modern technological civilization is capable of doing. No place on Earth is unfit for man to live, thanks to our high energy technology. A technology the UN's anti-humanists wants destroyed.

I see a new movie for Jack Black from '' Saving Silverman ", and Nicholas Cage from '' Raising Arizona ''. It would be a cross between called " Saving Arizona ". Joe Arpaio can play R. Lee Ermey's part !

KarlStevens: what an incredibly hate-filled you are...besides that, you know nothing about our beautiful state...Please promise that you'll never come here. Those of us that love living here would not like the idea of you coming across our border and polluting our air with your nasty attitude.

juanita: did you ASK Karl why feels so strongly that way? Used to live there, maybe... with a "now ex" for example? Just guessing....

"Tim Doogan

THAT'S IT!!!!! I'M MOVING OUT OF THIS AZ-HOLE!

And if Romney wins the election in November, I'm emigrating to Sweden."

If we take up a collection, will you promise to leave now and NEVER come back?

Johncarter, would your experiment in "terraform" exist without the huge federal government projects in the 1930s that give water to Arizona for free? The conservative population of Arizona hates the federal government, but without the federal government they would not have enough water to live, let alone play golf. It may be more cost affective to let Phoenix retrun to desert, depopulate the place, and use the water more efficiently elsewhere.

No, they just live in FEAR!

The quick answer is...Yes!

Northlite: "Key word regarding the UN resolution: "non-binding". The ignorance of the Teabaggers is really shocking.''

Shocking? Shocking.... And you're just figuring this out NOW? I was shocked by their stupidity the moment I arrived in country - that was a few years ago. Now their infantile rants and random acts of voting their own rights away just seems..... Normal.

I recently moved out of that state know as hell. I couldn't be happier to leave after living there for 23 yrs. I lived in Tucson and lack of opportunity, excitement and Phoenix took all the money to improve there city and let the rest of the state rot. Lack of jobs, excitement city counsil that blows cannot find millions of dollars pumped into parking meters and parking garages should have been fired long time ago. Good bye Triple B's...brown, boring and blah!!!

Soon they will all live in Arizona crap hole FEMA camps. Just what they deserve for electing that chicken chin jackass.

They just live in fear of their own paranoid imaginings.

Yes, paranoid, and yes, crazy. There has long been a paranoid anti-UN bias on the far-right fringe, it comes from their extreme xenophobia and has no basis in reality. Same with this, a reading of the actual UN declaration reveals nothing unusual or frightening, nothing other than ordinary common sense - but these clowns ignore the actual text and react instead to their own vivid imaginations.

The UN resolution was non-binding. Bill Clinton's executive order was not.

The sky is falling - the sky is falling - it could fall and if it does it's that one world crowd, again. When we finish with the U. N. let's get those Native Americans - we already took care of the Mexicans - right Sheriff Joe? Gov. Brewer will turn back the clock on all this progress stuff-it's a loony mental fountain of youth-really we don't have any real problems in Arizona so we will fight the imaginary ones.

Why is all the name calling necessary? So we don't all agree, so you think that makes me a moron, clown, infantile, xenophobia, paranoid, teabaggers, stupid, etc..? I thought liberals were supposed to be the party of tolerance, guess that's a misconception.

Instead of calling people names, can't you just be civil and just offer your opinion? It's no wonder we have so many problems in this country, we can't just have a civil discussion. We have to tear each other apart, that is just sad. :(

Northlite:

In a word, yes.

Tyler, Since you seem to be the moderator on this site, why do you continue to let these post be so one sided and hateful? I would think we as adults ought to be able to have a discussion without all the name calling, and collapsing anyone someone doesn't agree with. Isn't the whole point to hear both sides and everyone be able to express their opinion without being attacked? This site just seems to incite hateful, bigoted speech instead of just adult points of view. It's really sad that just because you don't agree with someone instead of making your point of view known, it's just attack the one you don't agree with. Is there no maturity, and civility left anymore? If this continues, I don't even see the point of a site like this, just constant negativity, it's sad.

Even some of the biggest news commentator"s, like liberal Bob Beckel and conservative Sean Hannity rarely agree on politics, but they are actually really good friends. They just agree to disagree, which is the adult thing to do. Actually, both Sean Hannity and Mark Levin have said many times what a goodfriend Bob Beckel is.

Hah! Yes she is.

Not only is she that STUPID but she is ugly as hell too.

Didn't she sign something that pretty much says that all reproductive age females are pregnant for roughly half of each month (the problem with defining pregnancy before it actually begins)?

And what are those moral values? Do they include compassion for those that are less fortunate, responsibility for protecting the environment of this bright blue marble, respect for the views of those with whom you disagree with? If so, I'll be happy to join you. Of course, you'll be hated by the Tea Partiers, but what the hell....

Aworld...who exactly would that be?

aworldofhurt, you call some nameless person an "aids ridden monkey," Your moral values must be VERY LOW.

aworldofhurt,

OK so now we know you're a PROUD RACIST.

So what.

You do understand that the UN, created by the US, contains 'our moral values' in its charter, right? You get that we created it specifically for the purpose of building a community of nations which share 'our moral values', to stand against those who don't?

There is no "one world government", certainly not the UN, which is basically a debating society which cannot override the laws of any nation. It can make recommendations, perhaps resolve disputes, but it cannot take action without the consent of the nations, and the US (and several other nations) has veto power over even that feeble action.

Consider principle 2:

States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

Notice the "States have sovereign rights" part? Nothing particularly "one world government" about that, it's just common sense and reasonable. Same with all the other 27 principles. Only a paranoid who refuses to read the actual text would take it as some sort of devilish plot for world domination.

The American conservative movement/Tea Party, with it's so called "moral values", is nothing more than a cult motivarted by ignorance, racism and hate; and driven by the corporate greed and political posturing of its gurus. This act is just more evidence of thier lunacy as well as the fact that thier is little intelligence in that part of the desert.

what-values? You mean lack of knowledge and reason?

Romney's favorite. Did he say that he just loves to vacation in France? How do those republiCON jackass's like that with thier "freedom fries".

Morons.

those were the liberal democrates right?

nob: don't forget Ms Owebama's tip to Spain which cost us taxpayors $500,000 when the economy was at an all time low. "Let them eat cake" attitude?

Go ARIZONA

ABO 2012

udunno

Standing out in that hot sun all day.

I think it is the odor of thier ancient human waste treatment plants and the thought that they get to drink water extracted from it. RepubliCONs just love to be around crap. it reminds them of home.

No I don't think so. Santa's been outlawed by the politically correct libs

You're just pi$$ed that he didn't visit you last Christmas.

What would you expect from a blonde idiot?

How do you know the person who wrote the bill is Blonde? So far, i've seen so many people criticize Brewer over this Bill. It hasn't even reached her desk.

?? - The Ten Amendment? Did you mean the 'Ten Commandments?' So, Ralph - which 'branch of Tea' DO you belong to, anyroad?

Wanna bet?

That would imply Arizona is more than worthless sand and insane retirees.

- AND insane REFEREES!

Do you think that Arizona should prevent US Airways from merging with American Airlines? That is the reason that they are moving their headquarters from Tempe, Az to American Airlines headquarters in Dallas-Fort Worth,Tx.

S__tzona will join the other southern states to restart the Civil War. I guess we didn't kick their rebel asses hard enough in 1865. We should have herded them up and shipped all their confederate asses to Africa and let the natives they screwed kick their asses. We could have made it a tv series called Wagon's East. It would be very entertaining.

Dont forget Michigan.

Michigan is just crawling with religious right-wing know-nothings.

They all watch newsfordumFUX and believe the verbal diarrhea from Rush.

I don't know where they all came from, but I sure wish they would go back there.

I feel sorry for all of you brainwashed Socialist who want to abandon the constitutional values of this Nation.

It looks like the Socialist biased Big Government Educational system along with its FOURTH REICH MEDIA has got you all in the palm of their hands

This particular Bill is very tricky. The point of the Bill is to prevent organizations like the UN from haveing the authority to dictate regulations on Arizona soil. Arizona is very much a strong believer and supporter of the constitution. The Bill was meant to preserve the balance of power rather then to allow the concept of executive orders to come before the needs and will of the citizens of Arizona.

Take for example Obama care. So many people were outraged when Obama and his democrates basically went around the system to get thier agenda past. Where was the balance of power between the legislative, federal, and judical branches during this process. There wasn't any. Obama and his crew basically used executive order to get thier will past. Its only now that they have to face the possibilty of thier plans being ruined because the legislative ( At individual state level) and judical branches are teaming up against the federal executive will. God Bless our constitution.

All the Arizona bill does is prevent the UN from useing thier executive order rights to dictate Arizona law and policy. However, the Bill needs to be refined. It could be used to eliminate certain vital prgrams that Arizona Citizens need.

John- your posts show that you could be part of Gov. Brewer's "brain trust". Move to Arizona.

Jan Brewer is a very handsome woman!

Love Jan Brewer...love our beautiful state of Arizona!!!

Why cant we kick those crap hole states out? Better yet, why cant we demand I.Q. tests instead of I.D. to vote? Notice how the republiCONs never bring up the fact that they rely on the moron vote to win these seats?

juanita d

You do know she doesn't consider you to be an American, don't you.

demand a I.Q test to vote? Good idea that would keep out 99% of the liberals in both parties.

The United States is not a Democracy. It does not ascribe to mob rule. The US is a Constitutional Republic, a form of government based on principle and law, not on the whims of the mob. And thank goodness for that too.

In the last century, the only known Democratic nations, the Democratic Socialist Republics of Europe, Asia, and Africa, have been ruled by a Communist Party. The whims of that mob have been responsible for the deaths of more than 100 million people.

John, why do you wingnuts keep posting this nonesense? A republic is a form of democarcy. No country is a direct democracy either. And, I googled those nations and did not come up with any hits. Where are they located?

Isn't John Carter now a 100 million dollar flop of a movie?

Since the rise of Raygun, Class Warrior, the Repiglicans have been persuing the destruction of the republic from the inside.

They use hate and fear to stoke the racists and religious extremists. And it's working.

Just change the name to Democrats and you have an accurate description of class warfare, destruction of our Republic and assault upon our Constitution by the Divider in Chief and his minions.

Oh Tad-missed your meds, again. When you take your meds you find your own posts crazy and off the subject.

Of course he missed his meds, that means his comonsense is working.