Articles – Page 29 – Freedom Advocates

It’s Time to Snuff out the “Let it Burn” Idea

November 24, 2003 M. David Stirling Comments Off

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11/24/2003 – Pacific Legal Foundation Vice-President M. David Stirling explains how the Endangered Species Act is anti-environment and therefore anti-human. The devastation caused by the recent California fires exemplifies how such policies undermine life for humans, plants and wildlife. The "Let it Burn" attitude is more than disturbing when it emanates from a group called the "Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics".

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Congressman Farr Makes the Rules

November 24, 2003 David R. Henderson Comments Off

11/24/2003 – SUMMARY:
"…your proposal doesn’t make it affordable. It just benefits a lucky few and raises prices for the many. Your restrictions hurt the people you want to help, Sam."

Naval Post Graduate Professor and Hoover Institute Fellow David Henderson has a revealing discussion with Congressman Sam Farr over housing at Fort Ord, in Monterey, California.

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Smart Growth Rolls Into Town On A Trolley

November 23, 2003 Michael Park Comments Off

By Michael Park, 11/23/2003 –

Plans for Recreational Rail in Santa Cruz County raise a number of issues for the community, and with future plans for a full-blown Smart Growth project, authorities have not disclosed all of the details – nor the consequences to the lives of county residents.

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Judging Janice Rogers Brown

November 23, 2003 Harold Johnson and Timothy Sandefur Comments Off

By Harold Johnson and Timothy Sandefur, 11/23/2003 –

The credentials and character of Janice Brown are beyond dispute. In her jurisprudence, courts should function, first and last, as defenders of freedom, say Johnson and Sandefur in this article published during her judicial nomination hearings.

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Social Predation 101: Now showing in classrooms near you

November 23, 2003 Freedom Advocates Staff Comments Off

By Freedom Advocates Staff, 11/23/2003 –

In a tutorial showing teachers how to recruit and use students as activists, a former high school social studies teacher unwittingly exposes a model for social predation that is instituted in K-12 and college campuses across the USA. This is a must-read for anyone who has or knows children in a government school.

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Do We Need Another Entity Telling Us How, Where to Live?

November 19, 2003 Don Lively Comments Off

By Don Lively, 11/19/2003 –

Ask 100 people about “smart growth” and likely 99 will look blank or reply, “Sounds great!” — the desired response of proponents of this regional land use control measure. The following comments reflect concerns of smart growth-savvy citizens from both sides of the Bay — and portray implications every Contra Costa County resident should understand about the county-wide project called “Shaping Our Future-Contra Costa County” (SOF-CCC), generically labeled “smart growth.”

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Sustainable Indoctrination: Local U.N. Agenda 21-Santa Cruz: Education (Excerpts)

November 17, 2003 pwood Comments Off

SUMMARY: Excerpts from "An Agenda 21 Report for Santa Cruz County Local Agenda 21-Santa Cruz: Education". Includes: Your child is the prime target; Enlisting the government education system for indoctrination of your children; All subjects ripe for environmental indoctrination; Coming to your schools: all sustainable indocrintation all the time; Get with the program; The "Desired State" of education: getting along; Indoctrinational goals for your children; Sustainable indoctrination. [Note Headlines are editorial comments, emphasis added.]

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Local Agenda 21-Santa Cruz: Transportation (Excerpts)

November 12, 2003 pwood Comments Off

SUMMARY: Unedited excerpts from "An Agenda 21 Report for Santa Cruz County Local Agenda 21-Santa Cruz: Transportation". The headlines are editorial comments, includes: Your car, enemy of the people; Desired state: rebuild your neighborhood sans car; Plans for taxing your car, somebody has to pay for the unused government transportation system; A metropolitan transportation vision for rural Santa Cruz County.

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Patriot Act: Global Connections

August 18, 2003 Joan Peros Comments Off

8/18/2003 – SUMMARY: Geopolitical Journalist Joan Peros shares what she’s learned at press conferences and meetings on the global stage, and exposes a connection between homeland security to an agenda for global governance.

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Water District Educational Programs Promoting Behavior Modification

August 15, 2003 pwood Comments Off

SUMMARY: Something seemed fishy in the San Lorenzo Water District when its Board of Directors introduced plans for using ratepayer fees to fund indoctrination programs. In this commentary, Lisa Rudnick presents the opposition to the Board’s actions, and exposes how the program may not only be a questionable use of ratepayer funds, but that it may be illegal.

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