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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (56846)	7/31/2000 11:11:04 AM
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"BLUEPRINT FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF RURAL AMERICA" THE PARAGON FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE Alamogordo, New Mexico Office of Public Relations 505-653-4024 For Immediate Release: May 3, 2000 Editors: A guest editorial by Paragon Powerhouse Editor J. Zane Walley is attached. The Document is also attached as "Word" and "Text Only" files. A JPEG image of Walley is available by replying to this email. __________________________________________________ Guest Editorial 841 Words All right to include electronic publication and duplication granted. BLUEPRINT FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF RURAL AMERICA By J. Zane Walley I reckon that I must be thickheaded. Long have I resisted the theory that our government was truly executing a plan to destroy rural America, to push people from the land and to bar all industry based on natural resources. The true wealth of a nation lies in the earth, and that natural wealth has given us the minerals and food and fuel to become the strongest power that the world has ever witnessed. This land birthed a strong and independent people who labored in the soil and forests and factories for a better standard of living and fought and won wars in support of the principles established by our founding fathers. And now, is all this to be annihilated? Is our government deliberately driving rural Americans into the Gulag of the cities? For the past six years I have visited with working ranchers and farmers in all corners of America. I have broken bread with them, slept in their beds, built fences, rode good horses and helped at shearing time. I’ve heard their stories and have done my honest best to write them true. Without exception, the stories are unerringly the same. Those years and tens of thousands of miles may simply be summed up in one sentence: "Hard working people, constantly betrayed and pressured by their government." I believe there is a strategy for the destruction of rural America. Pieces of the destruction plan are there for all to see, but they are skillfully obscured by politically astute terms like biodiversity, conservation easements, clean water, wolf reintroduction, consensus, friendly condemnation, world trade and in all cases, by shrewdly written government documents. We have become a people governed by agencies, not elected officials. This rule by fiat, by regulation, is difficult to discern because the rules are written in virtual secrecy by a select group of political appointees who are not accountable to the citizens. Other political appointees vigorously enforce the regulatory agency decrees, not laws, with their judicial power in the federal court system. What we labor under is a handpicked collection of paladins forcing their views on others. It is the legacy of communism. The non-elected deputies of the administration are aided by hugely wealthy non-profit organizations, which are lavishly rewarded by government grants for their participation in helping demolish the economy of rural America. The rich foundations in turn, fund groups that can only be described as "Eco-Guerillas" to do to the dirty deeds so their corporate images remain unsoiled. The tools used to depopulate rural America seem innocuous until they are placed into a semblance of order, then an image for destruction emerges that is undeniable. The "tools" in the below list are by no means complete because regulatory agencies are generating more of them at a furious pace. This list catalogs the primary culprits. THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: 1100-plus listed endangered plants, insects and animals. It is responsible for the death of the timber industry and many other resource based enterprises. THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND CLEAN WATER ACTION PLAN: Allows regulatory agencies complete control of America’s water and much private and public land. EMPOWERMENT OF THE EPA: Over regulation by this agency is so rampant that many industries are simply forced out of America. Now the EPA has set its sights on controlling agriculture and timber. PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND AFFLUENT NON-PROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: These foundations are used as fronts to distribute untraceable litigation and operational funds to organizations that diligently work to list more endangered species and file lawsuits to protect them. They also covertly act as real estate agencies for the government by purchasing land and property rights such as conservation easements. FEDERALIZATION OF THE MAJOR MEDIA: To attend a White House press briefing, journalists must be federally certified. The "talking heads" that are the major source of news for 80% of America simply orate the party line. MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: Guarantees that prices paid for American products remain so low that agriculture is forced out of business. THE "GREENING" OF FEDERAL AGENCIES: Appointments and promotions in federal regulatory and judicial positions are based on an applicant’s history of and enthusiasm for adopting and using the tools described in this article. This crush of actions against rural America would appear to be certain victory for the federal government, but they have overstepped their authority and have so energetically and stringently enforced these regulations that resistance is building at a startling rate. Even liberal politicians are beginning to revolt. Recently Senator Rockefeller of West Virginia, after fighting to keep the coal mining industry from being totally shut down by the Clean Water Action Plan, stated, "Looks like the war on the West is moving East." Amen Senator! All rural people in America must stand together to resist the destruction of their lives by a government gone berserk. J. Zane Walley is the editor of the Paragon Powerhouse, the monthly newsletter of the Paragon Foundation, a national constitutional property rights group based in Alamogordo, NM. Free subscriptions to the Powerhouse may be obtained by calling 1-877-847-3443 toll free.