U.S. Citizens No Longer In Control -(April 24, 2009. New Moon. Issue 4)

United Nations Placed in Charge of National Parks, Monuments

by Larry Goldman and Jim Parks

It is only reasonable that an American citizen would believe that the people of the United States have the ultimate authority over the nation's national parks and historic sites - places such as the Statue of Liberty and Independence Hall, Yellowstone Park and Death Valley.

Those who notice are shocked to see the bronze plaques in the place where the Congressional delegation signed the Declaration of Independence, framed the Constitution, and began the experiment of self rule in a new Republic.

They proclaim that this building in downtown Philadelphia is the common inheritance of humanity at large and has been placed under the control of the United Nations' agency, UNESCO. The same goes for the Statue of Liberty and dozens of other national parks, monuments and historic places.

What's more shocking is that the internation control extends to the areas contiguous to their boundaries. For instance, a Montana gold mine has been shut down because it is deemed a hazard to the ecologically sensitive area of Yellowstone National Park - though it is far outside the borders of that national treasure.

Why?

It all goes back to a treaty President Richard M. Nixon signed in 1973. The Biosphere Treaty proclaims these sites are to be protected in the name and the interest of the world's people. Later, a broader interpretation has been added, the provision that if any industrial process threatens the natural ecology of the site, that mine, fabrication or manufacturing plant, ranch or farming facility must be shut down and the property acquired by the powers that be - the United Nations.

Altogether, there are more than 49,433,229 acres affected.

How will that authority be maintained? By troops from more than twenty other nations that signed and ratified the treaty.

How did all this become the law of the land? Through Executive Order. A president need only publish his order in the Federal Register, then wait for thirty days, and his word becomes law. What part did Congress play in the changes? Well, the Senate would have had to advise and give consent to the original treaty Nixon signed back in 1973, a year before he left Washington, D.C., forever - in total disgrace.

President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12919 on June 3, 1994, a measure that encompassed nine previous Executive Orders that span the decades from the Truman years through the present - orders intended to be used in times of national crisis or emergency.

They provide for:

#10995 - Seizure of all communications media in the United States;
#10997 - Seizure of all electric power fuels and minerals, public and private;
#10999 - Seizure of all means of transportation, including personal cars, tucks or vehicles of any kind and total control of highways, seaports and waterways;
#11000 - Seizure of all health, education and welfare faciities, public and private;
#11002 - The empowerment of the Postmaster General to register all men, women and children in the U.S.;
#11003 - Seizure of all airports and aircraft;
#11004 - Seizure of all housing and finance authorities to establish forced Relocation Designated Areas, to be abandoned as "unsafe";
#11005 - Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways and storage facilities, public and private.

The "Biosphere Reserves" designated under the control of the UN are: