Reasons for Environmental Laws and Regulations

By Richard Lewis

March 31, 2006

• Protecting the Environment

• Protecting Public Health and Safety

• Providing an Environment That Will Allow for Future Economic Expansion

Most citizens have heard about or would agree with the reasons stated above.

However, have they heard about or would they agree with the reasons given below?

• Allowing a corporation to sell emission credits / pollution allowances to another county, state or nation thereby limiting future economic expansion in the local community from which they had been sold?

• Giving a corporation control of a local community’s economic future after it has closed shop or left town?

• Funding a vastly expanded United Nations

Forty years ago there was a shortage of manufactures selling industrial equipment to clean industrial pollution emissions.  “Pollution Credits” were originally created as financial incentives to encourage businesses to develop or purchase equipment to clean our air and water. Times have changed

The EPA has real regulatory teeth and vendors are now competing to provide industry the equipment it needs to comply with EPA standards.

Pollution credits accomplished their original purpose, but they have been allowed to transform into a New Kind of Money a Universal Corporate Currency that has not been subject to public audit or scrutiny.

When a corporation moves out of your town or city it may retain ownership of its pollution credits (credits which an existing industry may need to expand or a new industry needs to move in and replace lost jobs). Private corporate ownership of pollution credits can give a corporation control of a local community’s economic future even after the company has shut down and left many local workers unemployed.

I encourage anyone reading this article to visit the Louisville, KY Business First website and read the article about how Ford Motor Company purchased pollution credits from the Phillip Morris Plant after it had ended their operations in Louisville. (Please note Ford motor company would not say what they paid Phillip Morris for pollution credits that they needed to expand truck production.)

• What would have happened if Phillip Morris had refused to sell its credits when their plant left Louisville?

• If Phillip Morris had dragged its feet longer would Ford Motor Company have expanded production in another state?

Governor Patton made it clear that he would not take an active part in influencing Phillip Morris’s decision regarding the sale of pollution credits!

• Would Kentucky be blackballed if it became the first state to strong-arm a corporation to sell or return its credits to a local community?

• Would injury be added to insult if Kentucky taxpayers were forced to ante up to purchase pollution credits needed to replace lost employment opportunity?

• Corporations certainly have a right to close, leave town, or even move overseas but why should any corporation be allowed to own “financial instruments” whereby they exercise control over the economic future of a local community after they have closed or moved?

Sequestration credits (pollution credits) are already being traded across international borders. Those trades represent more than a transfer of money or emission credits.  Their market value is million and billions of dollars worldwide. They represent an agreement whereby the corporation or individual selling those credits controls or possibly restricts the future economic growth of the town, city, state and/or country.

All legitimate lawful government is based on the informed consent of its people. The people of the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky have not given lawmakers their consent to create financial instruments whereby economic decision making is transferred from elected leaders to global corporations or individual citizens acting in their own interest.

Please find below letters from my Congressman Anne Northup and from Sen. Dan Seum Kentucky Senate Majority Whip addressed to Secretary LaJuana Wilcher at the Kentucky Environment & Public Protection Cabinet.  The letters ask pointed questions about accountability and use of pollution credits.  To date, I have not received any answers to those questions.  Please note one of the letters is dated January 18, 2006.

Isn’t it high time that these questions are answered and that the citizens are informed about these important matters? My hope is that you will educate yourself and others and begin to ask these very important questions of your elected representatives.  Do you trust corporate control and lax public oversight of these very valuable and little known assets that have been created by our government?  Would it help to know that Enron was a large broker of pollution credits?

I intend to get the answers and I intend to work to demand clear policies that prevent corporations from taking control of economic policy decisions via emission credits.

Please take the time to read the letters below.

There are lots of bills up for consideration which can have many negative impacts on motorcycles. The main one being discussed is the new health care regime that is being pushed by the Obama administration. Just on the surface it appears to be a bad idea to me in that what government run program have you ever seen work well? Just ask the folks who go to the VA for their health care how well they like it and how much red tape they go through to get it. Just consider this, the federal government took over a whorehouse in Nevada several years back due to nonpayment of taxes. They tried to run it and shortly after it went bankrupt. If they can’t even make money and run a whorehouse effectively then how are they gonna run our hospitals.

But that is just the surface of the issue. We have already seen in the hearings for this program that the feds think they can save $50 per person per year for every pound they were to lose for those that are overweight. If the government is in charge of your health care will they then be able to tell you, we will not pay all or part of the costs unless you lose 10 pounds or quit smoking or drinking? Will they be able to say you are not covered since you were not wearing a helmet when that other driver t-boned you from the side street. Will they be able to say you are not covered because you weren’t wearing a seat belt or speeding or whatever else they want to make up? Will they limit your healthcare if you go to the drag strip and race on the weekends or ride horseback, ski, fly your own small plane or other hobby? We have already seen the start of this in the private sector and have been trying to address it for some time now. The whole social burden theory plays right into this for whichever group they may wish to attack whether it be motorcycles, horseback riders, smokers, drinkers, overweight people, etc….  I personally am going to ask my Congressmen to oppose this program and would like to hear from you if the KMA as an organization should take up banner as well and oppose it also. There may be benefits but in my personal opinion the loss of my freedoms and the coercion that can be imposed by the federal government far outweigh any benefits I can see. The more the feds take over industry after industry the farther down the path of socialism we go. Please let me know what you think the KMA should do on this issue.

Another resolution you may find interesting HJRes 5 would abolish the 22nd amendment which limits the President of the US to just 2 terms. It was introduced by a Representative from New York Rep. SERRANO.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual… (Introduced in House)

Check out this video concerning the sovereignty of the US and the Second Amendment.

If the player doesn’t come through here is the link for it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9X2VbhSH9o&feature=player_embedded

Warren has been in the biker rights movement for some time and has some great articles from time to time on various subjects. Hope you like this one.

Jay

Mark did attend the hearing on the PASS ACT today, in which he was not allowed to testify.

There was no opposition to the PASS ACT except for those that thought it was not strong enough or they gave lip service concern over privacy.

In the past week and a half lies have been coming out of Washington D.C. to callers over this issue.

Lie 1: It repeals REAL ID.

Lie 2: It does not contain biometrics

Lie 3: There will be testimony allowed in opposition of the bill

Lie 4: They had never heard of Mark Lerner or the Stop REAL ID Coalition. There had already been previous meeting between staffers, aids, Senators and Mark.

All these lies have been refuted.

So Mark took the opportunity to have dissuasions with as many people as possible on this matter.

Other opposed organizations in attendance were EPIC and 5-11 whom also was not allowed to testify.

This hearing was billed as a revaluation of REAL ID but it was more of an affirmation and the further agreement that the Federal Government should interfere in State Sovereignty and set standards for drivers licenses AKA your ID because that is what it is really all about, who are you and everything about you, right down to your body.

L-1 Identity Solutions, the Corporation that stands to gain from this acted as if they owned the place. But our Coalition is hopeful this will change as things said to be impossible in the past have happened in regard to this issue like the ACLU and ACLJ coming together and people from both sides of the aisle once they see all the facts coming to the conclusion that this is a bad idea if they have any patriotic, liberty minded sense left in them. More people are becoming aware of REAL ID.

Mark was informed a written testimony would be accepted; however, that is viewed as a waste of precious time, it will not be read and it will garner little to most likely no attention by the media unlike an actual testimony in a hearing.

There was NOT A VOTE TODAY and there are to be more hearings. So, there is still a chance Mark could testify.

We need to make calls to Sen. Lieberman at 202-224-4041and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs line at 202-224-2627

Ask that Mark Lerner from the Stop REAL ID Coalition be allowed to testify in opposing to S 1261 the PASS ACT.

* REAL ID/PASS ID IS
* A VIOLATION OF STATE SOVERIGNTY
* AN UNFUNDED MANDATE
* A VIOLATION OF THE 1ST, & 4TH AMENDMENTS
* HAS BIOMETRICS
* WILL LEAD TO A SURVIELANCE SOCIETY
* IS INTERNATIONAL AS A UN AGENCY WILL REGULATE THIS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REAL ID/PASS ID GO TO: WWW.STOPREALIDCOALITION.COM

To check out the testimony that was given today go to: http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=3d9a52cd-c442-4dee-9a1f-b02ed3b38000

I know this is not an easy issue to understand and may not seem important because until Sunday by and large the media was ignoring it except for a mention by Charles Key of Oklahoma, the author of the popularized Sovereignty Resolution on Huckabee about a month ago as they discussed it.

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!!!!!!

10th Annual Freedom21 National Conference

Celebrating 10 Years of Advancing and Protecting the Principles of Freedom!

You are invited to the 10th Annual Freedom21 National Conference in Oklahoma City, August 13 – 15, 2009

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American Land Foundation | Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow
Constitutional Alliance | Eagle Forum | EdWatch | Freedom Advocates
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National Center for Constitutional Studies | OK-SAFE, Inc.
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Conference Information

Those who have attended our Conferences in the past know it is a tradition to present to our attendees the leaders and speakers who are at the forefront of the issues that threaten our freedoms. This year will be no different, and promises to be even better!

The Conference this year will include discussions on international policies and treaties like the U.N.’s Agenda 21 and its policy of Sustainable Development – a top down control that stamps out private property, limited government, and free enterprise. Other topics will include the assault on Health Freedom; the threat of an International ID system through Real ID; the scam called Climate Change; the new state Sovereignty movement; how private property can end poverty; gun rights; doing away with the Federal Reserve; the real reasons children aren’t learning in the public classrooms; how the Trans Texas Corridor is being defeated on the local level; and much, much more.
There will also be training sessions, breakout sessions, and opportunities to interact with the speakers. And, you will not want to miss the Awards Banquet when the coveted “Freedom’s Heroes Award” is presented.

Some of the guest speakers and their topics that you will have an opportunity to hear at this Conference include:

	Chuck Baldwin -2008 Presidential Candidate “Attacks on the Freedom Movement”
	Catherine Bleish – Liberty Restoration Project “The grassroots in Action: Achieving quantifiable results”
	Sen. Randy Brogdon – Oklahoma State Senator “NASCO”
	Dan Byfield – American Land Foundation “How Coordination is Protecting People Locally – the TTC Fight”
	Michael Chapman – EdWatch “President Obama and the U.N. Agenda to Control American Education”
	Dr. Michael Coffman – Sovereignty International “Global Governance”
	Tom DeWeese – American Policy Center “Globally-acceptable Truth and the Crime of Thinking”
	G. Edward Griffin – Freedom Force International “The Creature from Jekyll Island”
	Rep. Charles Key -Oklahoma State Representative The State Sovereignty Movement – Taking Back the Constitutional Power of the States
	Mark Lerner – Constitutional Alliance “International ID, Sharing Global Information, Fusion Centers, Federal Control of State Driver’s Licenses”
	Dr. Jeff Marrongelle “How the Feds are Stealing Your Health Care Choices”
	Judith McGeary – Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance Liberty Ark Coalition“NAIS and HR 875″
	Marc Morano – Communications Director for Senator Inholfe’s Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works “Climate Change”
	Dr. Jane Orient – Association of American Physicians and Surgeons “Caps, Quotas, and Czars: the Plan to Wreck American Medicine”
	Larry Pratt – Gun Owners of America “Real ID and Gun Control”
	Allen Quist – EdWatch “Censored History in the Classrooms”
	Jim Robinson - “How to be a Paul Revere in your precinct, district, or city”
	Rep. Sam Rohrer – Pennsylvania State Representative “International ID, Sharing Global Information, Fusion Centers, Federal Control of State Driver’s Licenses”
	Bob Schulz – We The People Foundation “Continental Congress 2009″
	Michael Shaw – Freedom Advocates “Fiat Money and the Sustainable Action Plan”
	Amanda Teegarden – OK-SAFE, Inc. “The Story of OK-SAFE, Inc. and how to Start Your Own to Affect State Legislatures”
	Scott Tips, JD – National Health Federation “Codex Alimentarius”
	Patrick Wood – The August Review “Dark Moon Rising – The Technetronic Era”
	Jim Worthing – Master Entertainer

If you have not had the opportunity to attend one of our Conferences, we invite you to click here and review the programs from the past nine years.

This year’s Conference promises to be one of the best! Check back daily as the Program develops and make your plans to attend today!

H.R.1207
Title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/26/2009) Cosponsors (232)
Related Bills: S.604
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Ted Kennedy Bill Could Send Your Gun Info Into A Massive Federal Database

Editor’s Note: Rider Warren Woodward has been debunking popular mythology since at least 1960 when, after staying up all night Christmas Eve, he stood before his second grade class and announced there was no Santa Claus.