The Boys from Brazil; Obama, Ken Salazar, and Agenda 21
Timothy Birdnow
Here is an interesting little tidbit I came across at the Department of the Interior website; Secretary Ken Salazar was partying it up in Brazil, ostensibly to promote tourism to the United States.
Why was the U.S. Interior Secretary in BRAZIL? Among other reasons, he was there to promote the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives.
http://www.doi.gov/news/mediaadvisories/Secretary-Salazar-to-Promote-US-Tourism-Safe-Energy-Open-Government-Initiatives-in-Brazil.cfm
It is interesting that, when Barack Obama banned oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, he encouraged investment in Petrobras, the Brazillian-owned oil company (which happens to have a heavy investor by the name of George Soros, the billionaire radical-leftist financier and heavy donor to the Obama Administration.) Unlike the U.S. Brazil's oil is primarily mined by a government-run entity, just as it is in Mexico and many other parts of the world.
But what exactly is the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives? The product of a series of meetings in 2003, this initiative serves these stated purposes:
http://eiti.org/eiti/principles
"The EITI Principles, agreed at the Lancaster House Conference in June 2003, provide the cornerstone of the initiative. They are:
1. We share a belief that the prudent use of natural resource wealth should be an important engine for sustainable economic growth that contributes to sustainable development and poverty reduction, but if not managed properly, can create negative economic and social impacts.
2. We affirm that management of natural resource wealth for the benefit of a country’s citizens is in the domain of sovereign governments to be exercised in the interests of their national development.
3. We recognise that the benefits of resource extraction occur as revenue streams over many years and can be highly price dependent.
4. We recognise that a public understanding of government revenues and expenditure over time could help public debate and inform choice of appropriate and realistic options for sustainable development.
5. We underline the importance of transparency by governments and companies in the extractive industries and the need to enhance public financial management and accountability.
6. We recognise that achievement of greater transparency must be set in the context of respect for contracts and laws.
7. We recognise the enhanced environment for domestic and foreign direct investment that financial transparency may bring.
8. We believe in the principle and practice of accountability by government to all citizens for the stewardship of revenue streams and public expenditure.
9. We are committed to encouraging high standards of transparency and accountability in public life, government operations and in business,
10. We believe that a broadly consistent and workable approach to the disclosure of payments and revenues is required, which is simple to undertake and to use.
11. We believe that payments’ disclosure in a given country should involve all extractive industry companies operating in that country.
12. In seeking solutions, we believe that all stakeholders have important and relevant contributions to make – including governments and their agencies, extractive industry companies, service companies, multilateral organisations, financial organisations, investors, and non-governmental organisations.
The EITI Criteria
Implementation of EITI must be consistent with the criteria below:
1. Regular publication of all material oil, gas and mining payments by companies to governments (“payments”) and all material revenues received by governments from oil, gas and mining companies (“revenues”) to a wide audience in a publicly accessible, comprehensive and comprehensible manner.
2. Where such audits do not already exist, payments and revenues are the subject of a credible, independent audit, applying international auditing standards.
3. Payments and revenues are reconciled by a credible, independent administrator, applying international auditing standards and with publication of the administrator’s opinion regarding that reconciliation including discrepancies, should any be identified.
4. This approach is extended to all companies including state-owned enterprises.
5. Civil society is actively engaged as a participant in the design, monitoring and evaluation of this process and contributes towards public debate.
6. A public, financially sustainable work plan for all the above is developed by the host government, with assistance from the international financial institutions where required, including measurable targets, a timetable for implementation, and an assessment of potential capacity constraints."
End excerpts.
Now transparency is a wonderful thing - especially for governments. But this isn't the Obama Administration's strong suit, and one wonders why the U.S. is leading the charge for such a program on a global scale. Perhaps the benefits page of the EITI can shed some light:
http://eiti.org/eiti/benefits
"
Countries rich in natural resources such as oil, gas, and mining have tended to under-perform economically, have a higher incidence of conflict, and suffer from poor governance. These effects are not inevitable and it is hoped that by encouraging greater transparency in countries rich in these resources, some of the potential negative impacts can be mitigated.
Benefits for implementing countries include an improved investment climate by providing a clear signal to investors and international financial institutions that the government is committed to greater transparency. EITI also assists in strengthening accountability and good governance, as well as promoting greater economic and political stability. This, in turn, can contribute to the prevention of conflict based around the oil, mining and gas sectors.
Benefits to companies and investors centre on mitigating political and reputational risks. Political instability caused by opaque governance is a clear threat to investments. In extractive industries, where investments are capital intensive and dependent on long-term stability to generate returns, reducing such instability is beneficial for business. Transparency of payments made to a government can also help to demonstrate the contribution that their investment makes to a country.
Benefits to civil society come from increasing the amount of information in the public domain about those revenues that governments manage on behalf of citizens, thereby making governments more accountable."
End excerpts.
NOW we're starting to get some sense of where this is going; private oil and gas companies are going to be forced to disclose all of their assets to international agencies, as will government entities. This is about implementing Agenda 21.
Here are the principles of Agenda 21 as set down at the RIO Summit:
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm
Here are a few pertinent principles:
Principle 3
The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet
developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.
Principle 7
States shall cooperate in a spirit of global partnership to conserve,
protect and restore the health and integrity of the Earth's ecosystem. In view
of the different contributions to global environmental degradation, States have
common but differentiated responsibilities. The developed countries
acknowledge the responsibility that they bear in the international pursuit of
sustainable development in view of the pressures their societies place on the
global environment and of the technologies and financial resources they
command.
Principle 10
Environmental issues are best handled with the participation of all
concerned citizens, at the relevant level. At the national level, each
individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the
environment that is held by public authorities, including information on
hazardous materials and activities in their communities, and the opportunity
to participate in decision-making processes. States shall facilitate and
encourage public awareness and participation by making information widely
available. Effective access to judicial and administrative proceedings,
including redress and remedy, shall be provided.
Principle 12
States should cooperate to promote a supportive and open international
economic system that would lead to economic growth and sustainable development
in all countries, to better address the problems of environmental degradation.
Trade policy measures for environmental purposes should not constitute a means
of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on
international trade. Unilateral actions to deal with environmental challenges
outside the jurisdiction of the importing country should be avoided.
Environmental measures addressing transboundary or global environmental
problems should, as far as possible, be based on an international consensus.
Principle 15
In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be
widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are
threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty
shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent
environmental degradation.
End exceerpts.
And here are a few of the ubergoals:
Principle 5
All States and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of
eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement for sustainable
development, in order to decrease the disparities in standards of living and
better meet the needs of the majority of the people of the world.
Principle 6
The special situation and needs of developing countries, particularly the
least developed and those most environmentally vulnerable, shall be given
special priority. International actions in the field of environment and
development should also address the interests and needs of all countries.
Principle 11
States shall enact effective environmental legislation. Environmental
standards, management objectives and priorities should reflect the
environmental and developmental context to which they apply. Standards applied
by some countries may be inappropriate and of unwarranted economic and social
cost to other countries, in particular developing countries.
Principle 12
States should cooperate to promote a supportive and open international
economic system that would lead to economic growth and sustainable development
in all countries, to better address the problems of environmental degradation.
Trade policy measures for environmental purposes should not constitute a means
of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on
international trade. Unilateral actions to deal with environmental challenges
outside the jurisdiction of the importing country should be avoided.
Environmental measures addressing transboundary or global environmental
problems should, as far as possible, be based on an international consensus.
Principle 20
Women have a vital role in environmental management and development.
Their full participation is therefore essential to achieve sustainable
development.
Principle 21
The creativity, ideals and courage of the youth of the world should be
mobilized to forge a global partnership in order to achieve sustainable
development and ensure a better future for all.
Principle 22
Indigenous people and their communities and other local communities have
a vital role in environmental management and development because of their
knowledge and traditional practices. States should recognize and duly support
their identity, culture and interests and enable their effective participation
in the achievement of sustainable development.
End excerpts.
You get the general idea; this is a revolution, a power grab by international law.
Agenda 21 is actually far more ambitious than the RIO Summit declaration. Here is a good rundown by Chris Carter and Canada Free Press.
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/42555
It involved population control, control of how people live, how they work, how they transport themselves. It is a recipe for international governance.
And the boys in Brazil were there to implement aspects of this policy. The Secreatary of the Interior's duties are supposed to be in the interior of the country, not in a foreign land. Why is the Administration wasting money on a state visit by a guy who's job is the internal workings of the natural landscape of the U.S. to Brazil?
The U.S. government has been systematically turning the DOI into a tool to promote the internationalist cause. They have locked up American resources, have taken control of millions of acres of land, have regulated industries from logging to coal mining to oil and gas drilling, have put a choke-hold on America's ability to exploit her own resources. Agenda 21 is first and foremost the objective of Ken Salazar and the top brass at DOI.
So Brazil is more than a taxpayer-funded vacation - it's another building block in the New World Order.
The 1976 novel "the Boys from Brazil" (subsequently made into a movie of the same name) told the improbable tale of Joseph Mengele cloning Adolf Hitler in Brazil, and trying to recreate the conditions that gave rise to Hitler so as to restore the Thousand Year Reich. Considering the Green nature of Nazism, it is quite ironic that Brazil should be the place where Obama and his inner core seek to implement Agenda 21.
Here is an interesting little tidbit I came across at the Department of the Interior website; Secretary Ken Salazar was partying it up in Brazil, ostensibly to promote tourism to the United States.
Why was the U.S. Interior Secretary in BRAZIL? Among other reasons, he was there to promote the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives.
http://www.doi.gov/news/mediaadvisories/Secretary-Salazar-to-Promote-US-Tourism-Safe-Energy-Open-Government-Initiatives-in-Brazil.cfm
It is interesting that, when Barack Obama banned oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, he encouraged investment in Petrobras, the Brazillian-owned oil company (which happens to have a heavy investor by the name of George Soros, the billionaire radical-leftist financier and heavy donor to the Obama Administration.) Unlike the U.S. Brazil's oil is primarily mined by a government-run entity, just as it is in Mexico and many other parts of the world.
But what exactly is the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives? The product of a series of meetings in 2003, this initiative serves these stated purposes:
http://eiti.org/eiti/principles
"The EITI Principles, agreed at the Lancaster House Conference in June 2003, provide the cornerstone of the initiative. They are:
1. We share a belief that the prudent use of natural resource wealth should be an important engine for sustainable economic growth that contributes to sustainable development and poverty reduction, but if not managed properly, can create negative economic and social impacts.
2. We affirm that management of natural resource wealth for the benefit of a country’s citizens is in the domain of sovereign governments to be exercised in the interests of their national development.
3. We recognise that the benefits of resource extraction occur as revenue streams over many years and can be highly price dependent.
4. We recognise that a public understanding of government revenues and expenditure over time could help public debate and inform choice of appropriate and realistic options for sustainable development.
5. We underline the importance of transparency by governments and companies in the extractive industries and the need to enhance public financial management and accountability.
6. We recognise that achievement of greater transparency must be set in the context of respect for contracts and laws.
7. We recognise the enhanced environment for domestic and foreign direct investment that financial transparency may bring.
8. We believe in the principle and practice of accountability by government to all citizens for the stewardship of revenue streams and public expenditure.
9. We are committed to encouraging high standards of transparency and accountability in public life, government operations and in business,
10. We believe that a broadly consistent and workable approach to the disclosure of payments and revenues is required, which is simple to undertake and to use.
11. We believe that payments’ disclosure in a given country should involve all extractive industry companies operating in that country.
12. In seeking solutions, we believe that all stakeholders have important and relevant contributions to make – including governments and their agencies, extractive industry companies, service companies, multilateral organisations, financial organisations, investors, and non-governmental organisations.
The EITI Criteria
Implementation of EITI must be consistent with the criteria below:
1. Regular publication of all material oil, gas and mining payments by companies to governments (“payments”) and all material revenues received by governments from oil, gas and mining companies (“revenues”) to a wide audience in a publicly accessible, comprehensive and comprehensible manner.
2. Where such audits do not already exist, payments and revenues are the subject of a credible, independent audit, applying international auditing standards.
3. Payments and revenues are reconciled by a credible, independent administrator, applying international auditing standards and with publication of the administrator’s opinion regarding that reconciliation including discrepancies, should any be identified.
4. This approach is extended to all companies including state-owned enterprises.
5. Civil society is actively engaged as a participant in the design, monitoring and evaluation of this process and contributes towards public debate.
6. A public, financially sustainable work plan for all the above is developed by the host government, with assistance from the international financial institutions where required, including measurable targets, a timetable for implementation, and an assessment of potential capacity constraints."
End excerpts.
Now transparency is a wonderful thing - especially for governments. But this isn't the Obama Administration's strong suit, and one wonders why the U.S. is leading the charge for such a program on a global scale. Perhaps the benefits page of the EITI can shed some light:
http://eiti.org/eiti/benefits
"
Countries rich in natural resources such as oil, gas, and mining have tended to under-perform economically, have a higher incidence of conflict, and suffer from poor governance. These effects are not inevitable and it is hoped that by encouraging greater transparency in countries rich in these resources, some of the potential negative impacts can be mitigated.
Benefits for implementing countries include an improved investment climate by providing a clear signal to investors and international financial institutions that the government is committed to greater transparency. EITI also assists in strengthening accountability and good governance, as well as promoting greater economic and political stability. This, in turn, can contribute to the prevention of conflict based around the oil, mining and gas sectors.
Benefits to companies and investors centre on mitigating political and reputational risks. Political instability caused by opaque governance is a clear threat to investments. In extractive industries, where investments are capital intensive and dependent on long-term stability to generate returns, reducing such instability is beneficial for business. Transparency of payments made to a government can also help to demonstrate the contribution that their investment makes to a country.
Benefits to civil society come from increasing the amount of information in the public domain about those revenues that governments manage on behalf of citizens, thereby making governments more accountable."
End excerpts.
NOW we're starting to get some sense of where this is going; private oil and gas companies are going to be forced to disclose all of their assets to international agencies, as will government entities. This is about implementing Agenda 21.
Here are the principles of Agenda 21 as set down at the RIO Summit:
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm
Here are a few pertinent principles:
Principle 3
The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet
developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.
Principle 7
States shall cooperate in a spirit of global partnership to conserve,
protect and restore the health and integrity of the Earth's ecosystem. In view
of the different contributions to global environmental degradation, States have
common but differentiated responsibilities. The developed countries
acknowledge the responsibility that they bear in the international pursuit of
sustainable development in view of the pressures their societies place on the
global environment and of the technologies and financial resources they
command.
Principle 10
Environmental issues are best handled with the participation of all
concerned citizens, at the relevant level. At the national level, each
individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the
environment that is held by public authorities, including information on
hazardous materials and activities in their communities, and the opportunity
to participate in decision-making processes. States shall facilitate and
encourage public awareness and participation by making information widely
available. Effective access to judicial and administrative proceedings,
including redress and remedy, shall be provided.
Principle 12
States should cooperate to promote a supportive and open international
economic system that would lead to economic growth and sustainable development
in all countries, to better address the problems of environmental degradation.
Trade policy measures for environmental purposes should not constitute a means
of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on
international trade. Unilateral actions to deal with environmental challenges
outside the jurisdiction of the importing country should be avoided.
Environmental measures addressing transboundary or global environmental
problems should, as far as possible, be based on an international consensus.
Principle 15
In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be
widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are
threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty
shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent
environmental degradation.
End exceerpts.
And here are a few of the ubergoals:
Principle 5
All States and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of
eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement for sustainable
development, in order to decrease the disparities in standards of living and
better meet the needs of the majority of the people of the world.
Principle 6
The special situation and needs of developing countries, particularly the
least developed and those most environmentally vulnerable, shall be given
special priority. International actions in the field of environment and
development should also address the interests and needs of all countries.
Principle 11
States shall enact effective environmental legislation. Environmental
standards, management objectives and priorities should reflect the
environmental and developmental context to which they apply. Standards applied
by some countries may be inappropriate and of unwarranted economic and social
cost to other countries, in particular developing countries.
Principle 12
States should cooperate to promote a supportive and open international
economic system that would lead to economic growth and sustainable development
in all countries, to better address the problems of environmental degradation.
Trade policy measures for environmental purposes should not constitute a means
of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on
international trade. Unilateral actions to deal with environmental challenges
outside the jurisdiction of the importing country should be avoided.
Environmental measures addressing transboundary or global environmental
problems should, as far as possible, be based on an international consensus.
Principle 20
Women have a vital role in environmental management and development.
Their full participation is therefore essential to achieve sustainable
development.
Principle 21
The creativity, ideals and courage of the youth of the world should be
mobilized to forge a global partnership in order to achieve sustainable
development and ensure a better future for all.
Principle 22
Indigenous people and their communities and other local communities have
a vital role in environmental management and development because of their
knowledge and traditional practices. States should recognize and duly support
their identity, culture and interests and enable their effective participation
in the achievement of sustainable development.
End excerpts.
You get the general idea; this is a revolution, a power grab by international law.
Agenda 21 is actually far more ambitious than the RIO Summit declaration. Here is a good rundown by Chris Carter and Canada Free Press.
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/42555
It involved population control, control of how people live, how they work, how they transport themselves. It is a recipe for international governance.
And the boys in Brazil were there to implement aspects of this policy. The Secreatary of the Interior's duties are supposed to be in the interior of the country, not in a foreign land. Why is the Administration wasting money on a state visit by a guy who's job is the internal workings of the natural landscape of the U.S. to Brazil?
The U.S. government has been systematically turning the DOI into a tool to promote the internationalist cause. They have locked up American resources, have taken control of millions of acres of land, have regulated industries from logging to coal mining to oil and gas drilling, have put a choke-hold on America's ability to exploit her own resources. Agenda 21 is first and foremost the objective of Ken Salazar and the top brass at DOI.
So Brazil is more than a taxpayer-funded vacation - it's another building block in the New World Order.
The 1976 novel "the Boys from Brazil" (subsequently made into a movie of the same name) told the improbable tale of Joseph Mengele cloning Adolf Hitler in Brazil, and trying to recreate the conditions that gave rise to Hitler so as to restore the Thousand Year Reich. Considering the Green nature of Nazism, it is quite ironic that Brazil should be the place where Obama and his inner core seek to implement Agenda 21.
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