Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Change and hope
Today is an historic day for the world, not just Americans. Imagine, a black man (and yes I know this is not entirely a PC term) is sworn in as President of the United States! I do not envy him, the task ahead. I sincerely hope he is up to the challenge and can lead us into the future safely.
My purpose here on the blog is not normally political, but oftentimes, polictics overlaps the horse world and the two become snarled together. With that in mind, I am going to offer up two subjects which have far reaching implications, and most Americans know nothing about either.
The first is UN Agenda 21.
I am sure you are thinking, what? What does that have to do with horses, or horse ownership? the UN has nothing to do with us! Um, wrong. The concepts have everything to do with your ability to own and enjoy your animals. Here is an excerpt from a Wisconsin radio program, which describes fairly clearly, how UN Agenda 21 came about:
http://www.takebackwisconsin.com/docs/SG2-2.pdf
There is a great deal of information available to you on the web-I strongly suggest you take a half hour some day very soon, and do some reading. Decide for yourself if this is good for the US, and yourself? Just think through the implications and you will see this is happening already, all over the US, and yes, here in Alaska too. And yes, this will touch upon the habitat preserves, North American Union, NAFTA, the Trilateral Commission, the Super Highways, CODEX and all the rest.
Okay, on to the second subject-NAIS. It stands for National Animal Identification System. This boondoggle has been sold to the USDA by large agribiz and others who stand to benefit, and it is being implemented across the US. Some states have decided against it, and some are caving right in because it means money for the states. One of the best (and I will warn you, this is a *huge* site!) places about information on NAIS is:
www.nonais.org
If nothing else, read the sections that describe how this will effect you, and every activity you enjoy with your horses. Once you have done that, read through and understand the implications of the program, as they apply to your Constitutional rights as a citizen. As a person who has been a realtor in the past, I can assure you that the Premises ID *is* going to become a huge problem down the road as properties change hands. The ID stays with the property forever.
I am firmly, steadfastly against both of these programs.
Discussion, anyone?
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4 comments:
The US is certainly heading into a changing phase. Hope it will all be to the good.
Don't think that the NAU or the Super Highways are not going to affect you in Canada. They will, very much.
I am amazed at the amount of sovereignity my country, and the others participating, are willing to concede for these concepts.
If you will pay careful attention to the rhetoric being used, you will find the term "stakeholder" and "sustainable development" becoming more and more common.
Each time I hear them, it's a mental red flag to me. I am hoping our new President will see NAIS as the expensive, unnecessary program that it is, and kills funding for it. This is not the time to spend huge amounts of money on a poorly conceived project which does not benefit anyone but big agribiz.
I hear you , Every thing that the U S does has an impact on Canada , though we already are bogged down in livestock identification and age verification with the cattle industry(and they change policy on that every 15 minutes!)
Thats why my milquetoast approach to "hope all the changes are for the good"
IMO...
I see socialism creeping up from just around the corner.
Which brings this phrase to mind. "prepare for the worst and hope for the best".
Yes, change is needed. Sometimes change is difficult to go through. I just hope our changes will be for the people as our forefathers brought forth in the designing of this country and government.
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