Posted on 04/12/2011 11:35:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving "Mother Earth" the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country.
The bid aims to have the UN recognize the Earth as a living entity that humans have sought to "dominate and exploit" — to the point that the "well-being and existence of many beings" is now threatened.
The wording may yet evolve, but the general structure is meant to mirror Bolivia's Law of the Rights of Mother Earth, which Bolivian President Evo Morales enacted in January.
That document speaks of the country's natural resources as "blessings," and grants the Earth a series of specific rights that include rights to life, water and clean air; the right to repair livelihoods affected by human activities; and the right to be free from pollution.
It also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth, and provides the planet with an ombudsman whose job is to hear nature's complaints as voiced by activist and other groups, including the state.
"If you want to have balance, and you think that the only (entities) who have rights are humans or companies, then how can you reach balance?" Pablo Salon, Bolivia's ambassador to the UN, told Postmedia News. "But if you recognize that nature too has rights, and (if you provide) legal forms to protect and preserve those rights, then you can achieve balance."
The application of the law appears destined to pose new challenges for companies operating in the country, which is rich in natural resources, including natural gas and lithium, but remains one of the poorest in Latin America.
(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...
Natural ones, of course.
Interesting. No one gets it, yet. Some global socialist corporates devised water rights and bought ‘em all up in Bolivia, so that peasants there will always pay for their water, like rent. Those global corporate favored constituents are moving in the direction of culling the human population down to the fittest (fittest in their minds: the effete, women and a few short, effeminate men). They keeping competition down in Bolivia the same way that they do it here: by way of their phony environmentalist laws.
I’m in the middle of nowhere, and there’s no auto salvage yard within 80 miles. During a decreed cleanup effort, all of the scrap steel within a 100 miles went to China. Auto repair garages are only allowed in municipals far from here, where the leases are all owned by one entity and shockingly high (out of reach). ...no manufacturing of any kind allowed, not even one-man operations. There are business-government efforts to imprison a rancher, who lost some cattle during a rare, extreme winter (outlawing small ranching).
Enjoy the world plutocracy while you can, though, middle class zombies. The rolling defaults are about to put it down.
Start reading about the green revolution. Get a clue. Prepare.
I get it...........
He's the enemy of God. He loves mankind.................to death.............
The ACLU, of course...............Animal Civil Liberties Union.............
It and its hosts are already protected.
I just realized, there’s really no auto salvage yard within 100 miles of here. Only those few of us, who bother with the complications of building self-sufficiency in energy systems, growing food (for ourselves) and repairing everything (including metal fabrication and cutting) while preparing in advance will stay. All who avoid seeing and thinking will move to the cities soon.
More info for those few who will be left.
On engines, use the following keywords.
build a [your vehicle make, engine displacement here] stroker
TECH: Windshield chopping with tile saw.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=143623
And study roll cage building.
It’s fun in the meantime and essential later on. Oh, and another role model for you young folks (see my other links to the rat rods of others).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2cDW8BRNVc
And no, that’s not me. My rod is a stealthy sleeper—23 mpg, with another, uglier work in patient progress.
more commie assault on econonic progress
The nearest junkyard, er, automobile recycling facility, to us is 30 miles.
We used to have several within 5 or so.
I spoke to a former owner and asked what happened to all of them.
He told me the environmental regulations essentially made it impossible to operate and make a profit.
Add to this the fact that many such places are now owned and operated by national chains like Greenleaf, and others are owned by the insurance companies consortiums, and deal only with insurance companies, not the public.....
Thanks for the info. I’ll use the keywords to read more. After transportation, food and heating fuel go up more, most of the people around here (older folks—all over 1 1/2 miles from here) will leave for the suburbs. I teach a few young men, who actually want to listen and do tech projects.
Obama’s UN ambassador, Susan Rice, will probably cheer this insanity on.
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