Opinion: Deconstructing Agenda 21

In his classic essay, entitled The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Richard Hofstadler, succinctly stated the following:“We are all sufferers from history, but the paranoid is a double sufferer, since he is afflicted not only by the real world, with the rest of us, but by his fantasies as well.”

As a classical conservative, I left the Nevada Republican Party when it became apparent to me, that the dominant paranoid fringe of Nevada had infected and infiltrated the modern conservative movement and the Nevada Republican Party. In short, the insane inmates had take control of the asylum.

From my perspective, it began in the early 1990’s with the emergence of the so-called “Patriot militia groups” who warned us about the United Nations “black helicopters” patrolling the skies of Nevada and
intentionally polluting our air with “mind controlling chemicals that will turn us into slaves of “The New World Order”.

When there was not a scintilla of evidence to prove this outrageous claim, the “white trash” of the extreme political right, along with their colleagues who embraced this paranoid/conspiracy and demented mindset, pivoted, and quickly created other apocalyptic scenarios, ranging from the establishment of “FEMA controlled concentration camps to enslave all Christians” to the “secret plan of the media to indoctrinate our children to kill their parents”.

This irrational thinking became accepted as factual and truth within the “true conservative” (whatever the hell that moniker means) venues and the rational had become the opposite, thanks in part, to the likes of the poorly educated Glenn Beck, the drug addicted Rush Limbaugh, and the self-appointed guardians of “our values, culture, and morality” Sean Hannity, and the ever continuous nostril flaring and pompous Bill O’ Reilly, who while defending our national morality and culture, settled out of court , his own lascivious and decadent sex scandal to the tune of an estimated 20 million dollars. However, we will never know the real story about his sexual indiscretions since the records have been sealed. So much for transparency!

And now, the new wave of hysteria and paranoia within this idiotic coterie, is the evil and nefarious “Agenda 21”, a 25-year old non-binding resolution submitted by some sub-committee of the United Nations, and presented as nothing more than an academic treatise with no enforcement powers, that in any way could impinge on any countries sovereignty, let alone the United States.

They no longer call themselves “a Patriot militia group”. They have re-invented themselves as “true conservatives” and regale themselves under the banner of “Tea Party activists”. They have done nothing more than change their names, but their paranoid fantasies have remained the same.

Tea Party favorite and newly elected, Republican Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, ran his entire campaign on the evils of Agenda 21, and I am quoting him now: “Agenda 21 attempts to abolish “unsustainable” environments, including golf courses, grazing pastures, and paved roads.”

When you empower your enemy by giving him more power than he actually possesses, you inevitably defeat yourself and validate his alleged omniscient powers by scaring yourself and constituents to death.

Apparently, even though he is Harvard trained, Mr. Cruz (and the people that elected him) have admitted that they are an obsequious herd. But, then again, he and his followers are from Texas, (the state that wants to secede from the Union, and gave us the brilliant orator Rick Perry as a Republican presidential candidate) because on November 6th they lost a national election, and still haven’t figured out why. Paranoia does run deep!

By historical review, let me remind those who believe that Agenda 21 will destroy the United States:

1.It is estimated that over 45,000 people have been slaughtered in Syria.

2.North Korea and Iran are still actively pursuing their nuclear bomb programs.

3.In less than 90 days, it is estimated that one million Hutus and Tutus in Rwanda, Africa, slaughtered themselves.

4.“Ethic cleansing” in Bosnia went unabated. A high ranking officer of the United Nations was found handcuffed to a telephone pole in a public square.

5.The United Nations failed in its mission to resolve the Korean War.

6.The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan still continue, despite UN resolutions to end the conflicts.

7.Cambodia killed over one million of their own based on paranoia and a quest for purity in an ideology.

In case you have missed the common thread in the above stated facts, the United Nations as a collective body was absolutely useless and weak and could not enforce its alleged super powers of the entire world in stopping the above mentioned atrocities, and I am to believe they will invade the United States and seize our golf courses, grazing pastures, and our paved roads?

I don’t fear the United Nations, as much as I fear the people who promote these ridiculous and absurd theories, but I must admit, I am more fearful of the people who believe in this worldview, because the inevitable enemy of the American people will be themselves.