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Adapting Your HOME to
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The blurred picture above was taken through a
not-so-clear glass wall in Istanbul’s harbor during the 1996
UN Conference on Human Habitats.
Yet it may
look somewhat familiar. After all, similar condominium complexes are spreading throughout the world — including America. This particular
illustration is just a miniature Chinese model among hundreds of others on display
in one of the massive piers at Istanbul’s harbor.Its small contribution to
The UN Conference on Human Habitats
(Habitat II) gives us a glimpse of the planned housing for the New
World Order. No doubt our American leaders have noticed that most old towns
and communities are fast becoming incompatible with their new rules, plans
and government education. They don’t fit the new visions of spiritual
compromise. Nor would they be welcome in the pluralistic community centers
envisioned by the leaders of
Habitat ll. After all, uncompromising Christians would disrupt the envisioned
solidarity.Obama’s view of government controlled
housing fits right into this picture of a new global solidarity. A recent article
titled “Mold? Leaky Roof? Obama Administration Says All Americans Must Have ‘Healthy Housing:“
“Under the broad banner of ‘health,’ the federal government not only is telling Americans what to eat, it’s also telling us to make our homes safer.
This week, the Obama administration released a ‘bold new vision for addressing the nation’s health and economic burdens caused by preventable hazards associated with the home.’
The project has a name: ‘Advancing Healthy Housing: A Strategy for Action.’
“‘People in the United States spend about 70% of their time in a home,’ the announcement said….
“According to the Obama administration, the health and economic burdens from preventable hazards associated with both subsidized and privately owned homes cost billions of dollars.
The new strategy ‘unifies’ federal efforts to advance healthy housing —
‘demonstrating the connection between housing conditions and residents health.’…
“Currently, millions of U.S. homes have moderate to severe
physical housing problems, including dilapidated structure; roofing problems;
heating, plumbing, and electrical deficiencies; water leaks and intrusion;
pests; damaged paint; and high radon gas levels. These conditions are associated
with a wide range of health issues, including unintentional injuries,
respiratory illnesses…. as well as lost productivity in the labor force.
“The federal partners pushing healthy
housing include the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Environmental
Protection Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Surgeon
General, and Energy Department.”[1]
Who hasn’t faced chipped paint, broken pipes
and water leaks on their property? But these problems don’t require
government interference! Besides, who would pay the huge cost of examining each
house and fixing it to comply with Obama’s new rules for home owners?Will our individual freedoms be smothered by
the bureaucratic regulations pushed by elite globalists who want to use and
control us as if we were cattle?Those are big questions with daunting and expensive “answers.” The first
step to a “government solution” might simply be to create and publish
threats that undermine the traditional American freedom to build a home and
live in it. The full scope of the costly dictatorial regulations will appear later.
The 1996
UN Conference on Human Habitats
(Habitat II)
Thinking back to that conference, I
remember a conversation I overheard at an airport back in 1996. I
was flying home from Istanbul’s Habitat
II and had just landed in New
York. I sat down to wait for my next flight.Moments later another passenger from the same
flight sat down right in front of me. Soon a second man — apparently from
the UN headquarters or Washington D.C.– came rushing in and took the
chair next to him. It didn’t take long to discover that both men were government
insiders who had planned a brief airport conference to discuss the latest
steps toward mandatory housing and community standards across America.
Apparently, they didn’t notice me.I pulled out my pen and paper and began
taking notes. (Inexperienced but eager to learn, I had attended the
conferences as a “registered reporter” representing a Christian radio
station) As the two men discussed the new plans for housing and community life, I
pondered their schemes. They certainly illustrated what I had learned during the last two weeks.They planned to replace cars (at least
for ordinary citizens) with commuter trains. This new form of rapid transit
would stop at each community center along its way. No
need for cars! The shopping area would be near the station. The walk or bicycle ride back to their
compact condominium would be
relatively short. But not too short to provide the daily exercise the new
health care system would demand.The two men made several references to “Bill” Richardson, who would soon be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Apparently, he had some useful ideas to add to the growing vision of “managed”
human habitats and transportation.
Today,
the Obama administration is building on decades-old government blueprints for transformation. For
example, our 1999 article on
The UN Plan for Your
Mental Health includes a section on “HEALTHY CITIES and COMMUNITIES.”“The Healthy Cities project was launched by
WHO [The
World Health Organization] in the early
eighties. Its web site explains its purpose: ‘The Healthy
Cities Project helps change the ways in which individuals, communities,
private and voluntary organizations and local governments think
about, understand and make decisions about health.’“Today, its guidelines are followed by leaders across America
— whether they use the label “Healthy City” or not.
Remember Dr. Satcher’s report at the 1998 Healthy People Consortium:“Healthy City and
Healthy Community‘ initiatives are being pursued throughout the
country…. Healthy People 2010 is the United States’
contribution to the World Health Organization‘s call to the
nations of the world to renew their commitment to health for all.”[3]It’s no accident that the last three words, “health for
all,” sound like
UNESCO‘s 1990
World Conference on Education
for All (EFA). The latter introduced the same
six education goals President Bush announced in 1991. EFA’s counterpart in the health
arena is WHO’s Health for All (HFA). And, like Goals 2000, the
US branch of UNESCO’s outcome-based education system, “a
Healthy City is defined in terms of process and outcome.”[4]“WHO’s Healthy Cities program works with America’s
Coalition
for Healthier Cities and Communities, whose members may or
may not use the WHO labels. But they must all follow the
Total
Quality Management process which calls for continual monitoring
of change and progress. They must also agree to:
- “measure our progress.”
- “address the root causes of problems.”
- “promote a broader definition of health that includes
physical, mental, social, and
spiritual dimensions.”- “focus on
prevention, wellness and change incentives.”[4]
Like the above message, the
recent article on “Mold? Leaky Roof?
Obama Administration Says All Americans Must Have ‘Healthy Housing”
warns us that “Healthy Housing” involves five important government steps.
And each step begs these questions: At
what personal cost for the owner? How perfect must it be? Keep in mind, most
private homes will at times face temporary challenges such as rats, mice,
heavy rain… even a broken ventilation system.
- Establish healthy homes recommendations (homes should be dry,
clean, pest-free, safe, contaminant-free, well-ventilated, and
well-maintained and thermally controlled);- Encourage adoption of healthy homes recommendations (federal,
state and local regulations);- Create and support training and workforce development to
address health hazards in housing (train people for new jobs in
green energy and construction);- Educate the public about healthy homes (advertising campaigns
telling Americans how their homes ought to be)- Support research that advances healthy housing in a
cost-effective manner (taxpayer-funded grants to study the problem).”[1]Many homeowners who have
cared for their homes through the decades are now unable to pay the
added expenses of the countless “federal, state and local
regulations!” Was this calamity planned? Does our government hide a more sinister plan that
would be carried out when multitudes fail to pay the cost of expensive new regulations?We don’t know the answers, but our Lord does!
Therefore do not worry,
saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink?… But seek first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow….” Matthew
6:31-34“And my
God shall
supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ
Jesus. Now to our God and Father be glory forever and
ever.” Philippians
4:19-2
A response from Teresa
Morris:
There are so many potentials for abusing this
law.
1. The law could
be used to destroy much (if not most) of America’s middle class.
This could be a draconian law that destroys the housing of the middle class.
If people can’t afford to make all the changes that are needed to their
homes in order to meet all of these regulations — and they can’t afford the
pay the fines incurred because they don’t meet those requirements — then we
could see multitudes lose their homes. And they wouldn’t even be able to
sell them, because in order to sell them, they would have to fix them up to
meet those “healthy” standards before a sale would be legal.
So they could lose everything. They could lose their home, wind up in a
cramped apartment, and have no income from the sale of their home.
Presumably some government agency could take over such houses. Or perhaps
the Chinese government or some other foreign investor would buy them up.
2. The law could be applied selectively.
Right now, hostile IRS audits are used as a political weapon against
political dissidents. Well, the government could also have hostile “house
audits” as a weapon against political dissidents. Either you shut up and
cooperate, or else we will find bureaucratic ways to make you lose your
home.
I am reminded of a story that my parents told me about Mayor Daly, who was
the corrupt mayor of Chicago. His daughter got married. And before she was
married, she went to one of the most exclusive stores in town and bought
thousands of dollars worth of clothing on credit (a wedding dress, brides
maids dresses, outfits to wear on her honeymoon, etc..) Naturally, the
store sent her a bill for all of those clothes. And Mayor Daly told the head
of the store, “There must be some mistake. Those clothes have been paid
for.” Well the man quite rightly said that the bill had not been paid.
The next day, an army of inspectors invaded that store, and went over it
with a microscope. They found many, many violations (probably some real,
and many either outright fabrications, or else stretching the truth to the
point where it would barely be recognizable). And the store was required to
pay a fortune in fines, and to spend a lot of money making changes to the
store. At that point, the owner of the store told Mayor Daly that the
clothing that his daughter had bought was paid in full. And immediately, all
of those “infractions” were removed from the store. It didn’t have to pay
fines or make any changes to the store.
Well, that “healthy housing” law could be used in a similar way. Political
dissidents could receive “hostile house audits” from the powers that be. In
other words, either shut up, or else we will find ways to make you lose your
home.That could provide powerful
political leverage that most people would not have enough backbone and/or
money to be able to stand up to. And it could be applied to organizations
and ministries, as well as to individuals.
Notes:
1.
Susan Jones, “Mold?
Leaky Roof? Obama Administration Says All Americans Must Have
‘Healthy Housing,'”
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mold-leaky-roof-obama-administration-says-all-americans-must-have-healthy-housing, February 8, 2013.2.
“UN
Plan for Human Settlements,” Report on the
1998 Healthy People Consortium.
3. David Satcher, National Healthy People Consortium Meeting,
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/HP2000/satchconsor.htm, 11-12-1998.
4. “The UN
Plan for Your Mental Health,” 1999.For more information see:
Brainwashing, “Mental Health” and Global
Management