Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 12/15/2010 1:09:39 PM PST by wheresmyusa
Not only is the Food Safety Modernization Act in the Omnibus Bill (pg. 1685), it also authorizes MILLIONS in spending on sustainable agriculture and sustainable development.
Following is the most blatant example:
Pg. 1589
Of the amounts made available under this heading, 9 $150,000,000 shall be made available for a Sustainable Communities Initiative to improve regional planning ef forts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, and increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning: Provided, That grants under such Initiative may only be made to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), rural planning organizations, States or other units of general local government, Indian tribes, and housing-, economic development- or transportation-related nonprofit organizations:
Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall be for Regional Integrated Planning Grants to support the linking of transportation and land use planning:
Provided further, That not less than $25,000,000 of the funding made available for Regional Integrated Planning Grants shall be awarded to metropolitan areas of less than 500,000:
Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning Grants to foster reform and reduce barriers to achieve affordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities
(Excerpt) Read more at appropriations.senate.gov ...
pp. 1428 &1429
1 (f) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—
2 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be
3 made available to promote and support transparency
4 and accountability of expenditures and revenues re
5 lated to the extraction of timber, oil and gas, cacao
6 and other natural resources, including by strength
7 ening implementation and monitoring of the Extrac
8 tive Industries Transparency Initiative and the Kim
9 berley Process Certification Scheme, and by pro
10 viding technical assistance to promote independent
11 audit mechanisms and support civil society partici
12 pation in natural resource management.
13 (2)(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in
14 form the managements of the international financial
15 institutions and post on the Department of the
16 Treasury’s Web site that it is the policy of the
17 United States to oppose any assistance by such in
18 stitutions (including but not limited to any loan,
19 credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and
20 export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other natural re
21 source unless the government of the country has in
22 place functioning systems in the sector in which as
23 sistance is being considered for:
24 (i) accurately accounting for and public
25 disclosure of payments to the host government
(p. 1429)
1. by companies involved in the extraction and ex
2 port of natural resources;
3 (ii) the independent auditing of accounts
4 receiving such payments and the widespread
5 public dissemination of the findings of such au
6 dits; and
7 (iii) public disclosure of such documents as
8 Host Government Agreements, Concession
9 Agreements, and bidding documents, allowing
10 in any such dissemination or disclosure for the
11 redaction of, or exceptions for, information that
12 is commercially proprietary or that would create
13 competitive disadvantage.
14 (B) The requirements of subparagraph (A)
15 shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of
16 building the capacity of such government to meet
17 the requirements of this paragraph.
18 (3) The Secretary of the Treasury or the Sec
19 retary of State, as appropriate, shall instruct the
20 United States executive director of each inter
21 national financial institution and the United States
22 representatives to all forest-related multilateral fi
23 nancing mechanisms and processes, that it is the
24 policy of the United States to oppose the expansion.....
I think I know the answer to that, and it involves blood and violence, and I don't like to think about that. But our Founding Fathers had to.
There won’t be much fuss about that. Us old burnt out veterans aren’t worth our keep anyhow.
Senator Scott Brown who took my money as a tea party patriot supports this bill.
I am contacting him to ask that he return my contribution which was taken under false premise.
You certainly are worth it to me. I am the son of a 27 year Navy veteran. Keeping our promises to veterans is one of the highest charges we have.
I just called RINO Scott Brown and asked him to return my campaign contribution.
What was the response?
I'll try calling in the morning and I hope to find that the lines are burning red with anger from responsible Americans. Especially those who were duped into supporting his campaign last summer.
“What they did here was take 4 lane heavy traffic streets and turn them into two lanes with a turn lane and two bike lanes.”
You have no idea...
A local newspaper columnist did a traffic count over 48 hours. He counted some 30,000 vehicles and 14 bicycles.
Please excuse the lengthy post but this is what our offials want to do in US Hwy 90 through Tallahassee. I think this proves your point:
future capacity by:· Focusing on Transit Oriented Development (TOD);· Creating safe access for pedestrians and cyclists to transit locations; · Emphasizing bicycle, pedestrian and transit mobility above that of the automobile; and,· Creating a center lane for bus rapid transit, which can be converted to accommodate street cars.Hybrid Bus/Bike LanesBased on a concept of a hybrid bus/bike lane presented by Sprinkle Consulting, a noted bike/pedestrian consulting firm and a consultant on CRTPA?s consultant team preparing the Regional Mobility Plan, the City of Tallahassee Public Works engaged Genesis Group to do a study of a hybrid approach to the intermediate plan as described above. A scope of work was developed after consultation with FDOT, which has responsibility for the operation and maintenance of Tennessee Street. An aerial of the study area and corridor is shown in Attachment 1. The study was subsequently completed in September 2009. The large volume of student-supported businesses makes Tennessee Street ideal for a pilot hybrid bus/bike lane. Tennessee Street has a large demand for both pedestrian and bicycle activity because of its proximity to Florida State University and associated land uses. The full realization of these modes has yet to materialize due to the developing nature of the Tennessee Street corridor. Transit services frequent Tennessee Street, with numerous transit routes running along the corridor. Preferential bus lanes, some explicitly incorporating bicycle use, have been implemented in other communities around the country such as:Jacksonville, Florida ? Blanding BoulevardPhiladelphia Pennsylvania ? Chestnut StreetBoulder, Colorado ? 28th StreetSan Francisco, California ? Market Street
God help us...
the Food Safety Modernization Act in the Omnibus Bill (pg. 1685Thanks wheresmyusa.
>>“What they did here was take 4 lane heavy traffic streets and turn them into two lanes with a turn lane and two bike lanes.”<<
As Agenda 21 orders them to do.
Go to a City Hall meeting and ask, Where on earth did you folks come up with such an idea? Agenda 21?” If they deny it, ask for them to provide you with a copy of the Agenda 21 Program.
carry okie, can you help us here?
Its part of some kind of “Livable communities” program.
However, its important to recognize that the goal of Agenda 21 is to depopulate the entire great lakes basin.
Thank you. If you get out to Reno, Nevada be sure to let me know.
Communist Chris Dodd’s (D-CT) Livable Communities Act (S. 1619)
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