Ensnared by anti-commerce regs: Times Square, drought-stricken CA have common enemy

Civilization-gutting law has been on the books for decades. Over the last 10 to 20 years they have been molded into enforceable regulation that eviscerates gains made in Western living standards. This is the product of legislation that was purportedly enacted with some benevolent intent, but ambiguous language left the door open to divert the purpose for other results. In the case of environmental legislation, such as the Environmental Protection Act (1970), Endangered Species Act (1973), Clean Air Act (1970), Clean Water Act (1972) and now the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, the fruit of the open-ended laws is now taking its toll on the United States' economy and, in actuality, our way of life. Living standards are now suspect due to the "harm" brought to our environment, be it from unsightly road signs that supposedly distract drivers to how needed water to grow the produce that feeds us is distributed.

What is really under attack is the ability to make a living and improve living standards, not because they endanger the ecosystem (A.G. Tansley's term re-invented to promote the 1960s-70s agenda), but for equitable¹ distribution of worldly wealth at the expense of the industrious. Aside from the questionable definition of equity or equitable (being equal or an asset) the verbiage has been reconfigured to pit man against the rest of earth's flora and fauna, and man is weighted to lose in this sink or swim contest. One of the most recent, and odd, attacks came in the form of targeting NYC's Times Square neon canyon, the advertising mecca that draws millions of gawking tourists each year. The claim is that the crossroads of "highways," that is Broadway and 7^th Avenue, come under a 2012 transportation act that added these and other city streets to a list of national highways. Although this foolishness may appear to be inadvertent by catchall legislation that re-categorized the city arterials, it could darken the lights of the Great White Way, cutting massive dollars from flowing into the virtually bankrupt city.

Diverse assaults on commerce

What is certain is how diverse are the assaults on commerce. They come from applying vaguely worded environmental legislation (we won't go into other healthcare, trade or industry limiting laws) from every angle imaginable. In California, EPA regulations have proscribed building new reservoirs and have flushed fresh water out to sea in order to keep alive a fish that is still declining in numbers despite efforts to save it. While the water flows unimpeded to the San Francisco Bay, farmers working the rich soil of the San Joaquin Valley have left fields fallow, burned up by the drought that is as much government produced as naturally caused.

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It doesn't stop there. Dating back to the ozone hole scare that instigated the banning of flourocarbon propellants and Freon, the refrigerant industry was pressured to produce ozone-friendly products to replace those that supposedly depleted the earth's "sunscreen." However, the fluctuating ozone hole hasn't been definitely proven to be affected by these chemicals (despite the governmental claims made around the world) yet regulations based on the Montreal Protocol are still being implemented that could essentially destroy the ability to keep fresh produce fresh and frozen products frozen. Countless claims have been made against "greenhouse gasses" which are a product of invention to spur an environmental, i.e. political, agenda. CO² and other GGs were actually designated as pollutants by a 2006 Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts et al v. Environmental Protection Agency. Government intrusion gets deeper into daily life as the regulation-assisted drought in California continues. The state has instituted a mandatory 25% reduction in across-the-board water use (see how that has affected food affordability and availability) and, should there be a lack of compliance in one jurisdiction, the offender is fined and forced to attend water school.

Overseeing water rationing in California: Installation of smart meters on homes, businesses

One of the ways of overseeing water rationing in California is the installation of smart meters on homes and businesses. As the smart system uses wireless communication, it is reliant on the electrical grid to power the electronics at the receiving end and is a possible privacy sieve. The genius that recommended this idea didn't consider how vulnerable the antiquated grid already is to shutdown by vicious hacking and violent attack, the latter of which has already occurred at transmission substations. And let's not forget the disposing of dead batteries after their life runs out powering the meters. Just another lethal addition to landfills to take into account. Protecting the environment has always been a ruse to destroy commerce using both overt and less obvious methods. The Sierra Club was recently caught employing deceit to promote the agenda when an Asheville, NC reporter decided to check the signatories to a published letter calling for the closing of the regional coal-fired power plant. Numerous businesses listed as supporters disclaimed the fraudulent appearance of their names on the letter. Energy production has long been a target to minimize commerce, particularly in Western countries. In North America, the transport of oil by rail is slandered, and perhaps even assisted in its defamation, by eco-groups claiming devastation to the environment as one train after another is derailed. Whether or not derailments and other events are by accident or plan, it is a certainty that living standards will degrade if we continue down this road of yielding to the regulation avalanche based on open-ended legislation, more of which is proposed consistently in Congress. The plain truth is: no commerce, no food, no freedom.

1. A. Dru Kristenev (2012) Hierarchy of Freedom, Pages 53-54, Scripture Led Politics. ChangingWind.