Hypocrisy In Action: Corralling the Cattle

So they pass this Consumer Protection bill in Congress, the President signs it and now it's law. I see some glaring inconsistencies in logic here, and I'll tell you why. They also want to raise taxes on energy companies, which in turn will raise prices for consumers... drastically. How is that for protection? Now along comes this Livable Communities Act which will cause every homeowner, business owner and landlord to conform to the new energy efficiency standards inherent in the bill. New energy efficiency standards meaning, new windows, insulation, roofing, etc. for the already cash strapped citizens of America. Check it out for yourself, it is Senate bill 1619. Who do you suppose we have to thank for this Socialist garbage? Why, the Progressive Democrats, that's who. Most particularly, Senator Dodd, one of the most corrupt members of Congress out there. Call his office in Washington and ask him about Countrywide, I'm sure he'd be happy to talk to YOU about it.

I view these new energy efficiency standards to be a mandate on consumers to provide a windfall in profits for the Green initiative. How could it be anything else? Same reason Obama put the oil drilling moratorium in place, same reason they will raise taxes on energy companies and it's the same reason why they want their Cap & Trade so bad they can taste the carbon.

CAP/TRADE = Center for American Progress Taking Radical Action to Destabilize the Economy.

Just a little fun with acronyms I had yesterday. I think I'm clever. But I digress...

This Livable Communities Act goes so much further than mandating you have super-ultra-spiffy-quadruple-payne windows. The bill is all about making sure that where you live, work, shop, and recreate (procreate, if it's allowed?) are all centrally located in urban areas and within walking distance of one another. For the express consideration of what are to be called "Green Spaces". Their whole intent, it seems, is to corral, confine and control the citizens of this country. Like an urban internment camp for us dirty humans.

Don't believe me? Take a look, direct from the bill itself.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are--

(1) to facilitate and improve the coordination of housing, community development, transportation, energy, and environmental policy in the United States;

1.) This is a consolidation of power. By enacting this law, housing, community development, transportation, energy, and environmental policy will be merged under this new Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities.

(2) to coordinate Federal policies and investments to promote sustainable development;

2.) To funnel the redistribution of wealth into funding their model of conformity. Fun!

(3) to encourage regional planning for livable communities and the adoption of sustainable development techniques, including transit-oriented development;

3.) Regional planning. This is scary. They're planning to cram you into a "livable" space, the development of which is subject to change at any time the Government sees fit. But you'll at least be close enough to public transportation to make your commute to work easier. Heck, the monorail may just go right THROUGH your "livable" space. Now that's convenience.

(4) to provide a variety of safe, reliable transportation choices, with special emphasis on public transportation and complete streets, in order to reduce traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, and dependence on foreign oil;

4.) This is a two parter.

a.) Safe, reliable transportation choices, with SPECIAL emphasis on public transportation. Safe? Ever sat next to a crazy or violent, or crazy AND violent person while riding public transportation? You should try it. You haven't lived until you've almost died riding public transportation. I suppose you'll be safer with the new "Open Society" security force on board though. (SS is just too... passe, cliche... we'll call them the OS instead. )

b.) Complete streets. This one requires a definition. Also provided in the bill.
"The term ‘complete street’ means a street that enables all travelers, particularly public transit users, bicyclists, pedestrians (including individuals of all ages and individuals with disabilities), and motorists, to use the street safely and efficiently." This is massive and will cost more than our debt buyers in China will permit. But I suppose the Democrats are counting on all that profit from their Green initiative. Of course they are, that's what rounds out the rest of number four... "in order to reduce traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, and dependence on foreign oil." If they really wanted us to decrease our dependence on foreign oil, they would allow us to drill for it at our leisure.

(5) to provide affordable, energy-efficient, and location-efficient housing choices for people of all ages, incomes, races, and ethnicities, and to make the combined costs of housing and transportation more affordable to families;

5.) Affordable AND energy efficient? That's an oxymoron. Energy efficient appliances, windows, doors, insulation, etc. are expensive to purchase and install. But I suppose some members of Congress (Dodd) would know little about such trivial simplicities. (Psst... because they're doing it intentionally to pick your pocket and fill their own). "Location-efficient... to make the combined costs of housing and transportation more affordable." This assumes you don't have to commute accross town or to a differnt city for work, as some residents of New Jersey do while working in New York., or residents of Wasilla who work in Anchorage. But the important thing to notice is their inclusion of these particular demographics, "for people of all ages, incomes, races, and ethnicities", as if this new housing choice won't be much of a choice at all.

(6) to support, revitalize, and encourage growth in existing communities, in order to maximize the cost effectiveness of existing infrastructure and preserve undeveloped lands;

6.) Sounds like they want to cram us all in high-rises like the Japanese so they can "preserve undeveloped lands". News Flash: Without developing land, food doesn't get grown, products don't get made, houses don't get built, people don't have jobs and then starve to death like those in Communist Russia under Stalin.

(7) to promote economic development and competitiveness by connecting the housing and employment locations of workers, reducing traffic congestion, and providing families with access to essential services;

7.) Is this some kind of mandate for businesses to provide housing for their workers? Or are they saying you'll be working so many hours you'll have to sleep at the job (not sleep ON the job). "Connecting housing and employment locations of workers". Does this also mean now that your work will tell you where to live? Or will the Government now tell you where to work? Or will the Government just cut out the middle man and be instructing you on BOTH? Well, at least they promise to provide "access to essential services". I guess they have to with their new "complete streets". Maybe that part was implied?

(8) to preserve the environment and natural resources, including agricultural and rural land and green spaces;

8.) Apparently this part is for non-humans. Preserve rural lands? I guess all you people who live in rural areas are gonna have to sheep on down to the city now ya'hear? Can't be outside one o' them "livable communities". Can't be muckin' up the "green spaces" with yer human yuck. Here's a wake up call.... YOU are a natural resource, YOU come from the Earth just like the trees, rocks, oil and soil. Don't for one second believe the hype of this global warming scam and green extortion. Don't give in, don't give up.

(9) to support public health and improve quality of life for the residents of and workers in communities by promoting healthy, walkable neighborhoods, access to green space, and the mobility to pursue greater opportunities.

9.) Only if you live in Shangri-la-la-land. Seems to me, you cram that many people on top of each other and restrict their access to free, open and rural lands, you will have serious problems. Disease (pandemic), violence, looting, starvation, unemployment, corruption, etc., no matter how much "access" you give them to "essential services" in "healthy, walkable neighborhoods".

The Government can't provide for you, nor should you expect them to. Government should get the hell out of your way. Here are a few applicable quotes from President Calvin Coolidge.

"After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world."

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."

"Duty is not collective; it is personal."

"Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow."

Man they just don't make 'em like THAT any more. I would vote for THAT guy. I know, they're great... there are just a few more.

"Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character."

"No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist."

"Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country."

Thanks for reading.