1. “…when land is public, or if it can be made quasi-public with so many regulations attached that most property rights are removed, people can’t afford to fight, having lost the better part of their wealth. So ideally for the movement, regulations should be almost infinite in reach and so imprecise as to be interpreted in a dozen ways. All that ‘s needed to force these regulations is sufficient documentation of collapse, supported by books, movies, documentaries, museum exhibits, cartoons, newspapers and magazine stories, the devotion of fervid columnists, et cetera, ad infinitum, to convince the public that “something must be done.” This “feeling” is backed by slightly more substantive hundred-page full-color glossy PDFs aimed at policy makers and politicians.”
Nickson, “Eco-Fascists,” p. 170.
2. “Ron Arnold, a former executive director of the Sierra Club and founder of the unfairly maligned ‘Wise Use’ movement, has spent the last twenty years researching the cooperation among foundations, ENGOs, individual activists, and activist federal employees….Arnold proves that thousands of activist members of advocacy groups are employed by federal agencies in positions that give them opportunity to exercise agenda-driven “undue influence” over goods-production decisions applied in rural areas. Put plainly, by the early 1990s, according to Arnold, the federal agencies- the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management- and many equivalent state agencies were riddled with activists.”
Nickson, Op.Cit., p.164.
3. The Hewlett Foundation runs a glossy communications program for activists, teaching them how to sell the message, and to speak with a single, focused, polished voice. Training at a Glance | What Nonprofits Say
a. O'Sullivan's First Law (a.k.a. O'Sullivan's Law), paraphrased by George Will as stating that any institution that is not libertarian and classically liberal will, over time, become collectivist and statist. “O'Sullivan's First Law: All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing. I cite as supporting evidence the ACLU, the Ford Foundation, and the Episcopal Church. The reason is, of course, that people who staff such bodies tend to be the sort who don't like private profit, business, making money, the current organization of society, and, by extension, the Western world. At which point Michels's Iron Law of Oligarchy takes over — and the rest follows.” John O'Sullivan on O'Sullivan's First Law on National Review Online
4. The ‘global-governance octopus’ begins with the United Nations, and the European Union, then the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and all sorts of UN environmental programs. Then add a number of foundations that began with American capitalism, and associated ENGOs. In 1992, the Rockefeller Foundation started the Environmental Grantmakers Association.
a. In 2005, there were some 26,500 environmental groups, which spent about $9.7 billion a year. The top 50 alone spent $4.98 billion. The Broader Movement: Nonprofit Environmental and Conservation Organizations, 1989-2005 The EGA has since closed its records.
5. The money on the other side? Virtually none.
a. "...for the NIPCC this year totals $388,000, that compares to $6.5 million for the UN’s IPCC, and $2.5 billion that President Obama’s budget commits for research into “the global changes that have resulted primarily from global over-dependence on fossil fuels.” Fakegate: The Obnoxious Fabrication of Global Warming - Forbes
Nickson, “Eco-Fascists,” p. 170.
2. “Ron Arnold, a former executive director of the Sierra Club and founder of the unfairly maligned ‘Wise Use’ movement, has spent the last twenty years researching the cooperation among foundations, ENGOs, individual activists, and activist federal employees….Arnold proves that thousands of activist members of advocacy groups are employed by federal agencies in positions that give them opportunity to exercise agenda-driven “undue influence” over goods-production decisions applied in rural areas. Put plainly, by the early 1990s, according to Arnold, the federal agencies- the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management- and many equivalent state agencies were riddled with activists.”
Nickson, Op.Cit., p.164.
3. The Hewlett Foundation runs a glossy communications program for activists, teaching them how to sell the message, and to speak with a single, focused, polished voice. Training at a Glance | What Nonprofits Say
a. O'Sullivan's First Law (a.k.a. O'Sullivan's Law), paraphrased by George Will as stating that any institution that is not libertarian and classically liberal will, over time, become collectivist and statist. “O'Sullivan's First Law: All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing. I cite as supporting evidence the ACLU, the Ford Foundation, and the Episcopal Church. The reason is, of course, that people who staff such bodies tend to be the sort who don't like private profit, business, making money, the current organization of society, and, by extension, the Western world. At which point Michels's Iron Law of Oligarchy takes over — and the rest follows.” John O'Sullivan on O'Sullivan's First Law on National Review Online
4. The ‘global-governance octopus’ begins with the United Nations, and the European Union, then the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and all sorts of UN environmental programs. Then add a number of foundations that began with American capitalism, and associated ENGOs. In 1992, the Rockefeller Foundation started the Environmental Grantmakers Association.
a. In 2005, there were some 26,500 environmental groups, which spent about $9.7 billion a year. The top 50 alone spent $4.98 billion. The Broader Movement: Nonprofit Environmental and Conservation Organizations, 1989-2005 The EGA has since closed its records.
5. The money on the other side? Virtually none.
a. "...for the NIPCC this year totals $388,000, that compares to $6.5 million for the UN’s IPCC, and $2.5 billion that President Obama’s budget commits for research into “the global changes that have resulted primarily from global over-dependence on fossil fuels.” Fakegate: The Obnoxious Fabrication of Global Warming - Forbes
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