Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot

Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot | Grist

grist.org 07 Feb '12, 11am

Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot

Put your U.N.-proof thinking caps on. (Photo by Arden.) Things at GOP headquarters are even more crazytown than we could have imagined. The Republican National Committee — the group that shapes the national GOP political platform, devises campaign strategies, promotes candidates, and bashes all things Obama — passed a resolution in January warning Americans of a sinister plot hidden in a United Nations report called Agenda 21. Short of suggesting that we all wear tinfoil hats and keep an eye out for contrails, the RNC would have been hard-pressed to put itself further on the wacko fringe. Here’s the windup to the resolution, unearthed by the New York Times this weekend: WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control … and, WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is being covertly pus...

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@samrye_enspiral » 16 Feb '12, 8am
Bahaha 'Sustainability is a plot' - Republicans [link]
@rkyletodd » 14 Feb '12, 9pm
Hey @REtroCYCLEd - here's another angle to their transportation hatin' madness: [link]
@er0tikka » 13 Feb '12, 3pm
RT @NoBigGovDuh: Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link] via @grist
@dentay85 » 13 Feb '12, 7am
Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes 'dangerous' U.N. sustainability ...: Things at GOP headquarters are even more... [link]
@pamelahathaway » 11 Feb '12, 6pm
oh good grief, STOP already! Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link] via @grist
@thegreengod » 10 Feb '12, 3pm
Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes 'dangerous' U.N. sustainability ...: WHEREAS, this United Nations Agenda 21 p... [link]
@drk75 » 10 Feb '12, 7am
neocon paranoia broadening from climate to sustainability, with ICLEI as the devil's headquarter: [link] #warforsustainability
@urthman_03 » 09 Feb '12, 9pm
Republicans ... even more insane than what I thought they were [link]
@featherjackJWB » 09 Feb '12, 1pm
Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes 20-year-old "dangerous U.N. sustainability" plot: [link]
@moment_um » 09 Feb '12, 1pm
Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link] via @grist 2/7/12
@4589roger » 09 Feb '12, 12pm
[link] My mind boggles! #GOP #climate #ows
@lloydalter » 08 Feb '12, 11pm
@camerontw loved your comment on Grist [link] on #agenda21, quoting it tomorrow on TreeHugger. Mine today:...
@LJRoRo » 08 Feb '12, 9pm
Fear mongering & paranoia about #sustainability, of all things! From @grist: [link] via @sktalati @whitneyrae_
@ProfPaquin » 08 Feb '12, 8pm
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@SteveBaric1 » 08 Feb '12, 8pm
@ChantelleHeld this borders on hilarious: [link]
@JimSabataso » 08 Feb '12, 7pm
This is nonsense. Dangerous nonsense. - "GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot | Grist [link] via @addthis
@Stphn_Lacey » 08 Feb '12, 4pm
Awesome piece on why the GOP sees "sustainability" as a liberal conspiracy to suppress America, by @ghanscom [link]
@DeltaWhisky713 » 08 Feb '12, 1pm
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@Craig_Hubley » 08 Feb '12, 1pm
[Excellent accurate picture +1] Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link] via @grist
@Lgpguin » 08 Feb '12, 7am
Now I see where those wackos speaking at #MslaCouncil got the idea of Bike lanes as UN plot.// Via @drgrist [link]
@drgrist » 08 Feb '12, 6am
Shocking: a party that thinks bike lanes are a UN plot - [link] - can't come up w/ a credible presidential candidate.
@nowurbanism » 08 Feb '12, 6am
At first you think this is funny and then it is not...GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link] via @grist
@LooTina » 08 Feb '12, 5am
This would be funny if it weren't so scary! Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link]
@efrainquiros » 08 Feb '12, 4am
As per usual, politics over policy RT @grist: Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link]
@adri_quiros » 08 Feb '12, 4am
#Green seems to be the new red. RT @grist: Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link]
@jmagreen » 08 Feb '12, 4am
Es increíble la ignorancia de Republicanos de EEUU con el tema de Desarrollo Sostenible y Naciones Unidas [link] via @grist
@grist » 08 Feb '12, 4am
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@The_Don_Salem » 08 Feb '12, 1am
Ok I'm afraid very afraid for us. Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link] via @grist
@WhitePinesArt » 08 Feb '12, 12am
Bat-shit craziness like this is why I'm no longer a registered Republican | #whatiswrongwiththesepeople #sustainability [link]
@Oli_mar » 07 Feb '12, 10pm
I love this: Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes dangerous U.N. sustainability plot.. You should too [link] #RioPlus20
@nonnydee » 07 Feb '12, 9pm
Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot | Grist [link] via @addthis
@joshhostels » 07 Feb '12, 9pm
Get out your tin foil hat, LOL: "GOP exposes 'dangerous' U.N. sustainability plot" [link]
@camerontw » 07 Feb '12, 8pm
just confessed to being in on conspiracy in comments RT @drgrist GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link]
@TTBedford » 07 Feb '12, 8pm
RT @TTWycombe: Exposed: dangerous plot to bring resilience to your community: [link] scary. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. #resilience
@TTWycombe » 07 Feb '12, 7pm
Exposed: dangerous plot to bring resilience to your community: [link] scary. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. #resilience
@ethicaloil » 07 Feb '12, 7pm
GOP exposes dangerous UN plot. Thank God! [link]
@steadystater » 07 Feb '12, 7pm
Paranoia strikes deep: #GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. #sustainability plot [link] These people are nuts!! #politics #climate
@lavardera » 07 Feb '12, 7pm
Paranoid GOP gets ready to officially villify broad range of sustainable initiatives [link] [link]
@LongStone » 07 Feb '12, 7pm
RT @A_ThinkingGirl: Paranoia strikes deep: GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot | Grist [link] #p2 #environment #UN
@lightninglandon » 07 Feb '12, 6pm
@grist: The new Repub bogeymen? Smart meters! Bike paths! Trains! (Wait, trains?) Yes, people, it’s all a evil UN plot: [link]
@alibranscombe » 07 Feb '12, 6pm
RT: The new Republican bogeymen? Smart meters! Bike paths! Trains! Yes, people, it’s all an evil UN plot: [link] via @grist
@grist » 07 Feb '12, 6pm
The new Republican bogeymen? Smart meters! Bike paths! Trains! (Wait, trains?) Yes, people, it’s all a evil UN plot: [link]
@dkchickenmomma » 07 Feb '12, 6pm
Goons Opposing Progress. [link]
@lowkell » 07 Feb '12, 6pm
RT @drgrist GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link] No firewall b/t nutjob base & mainstream on the right.
@drgrist » 07 Feb '12, 6pm
GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. sustainability plot [link] No firewall b/t nutjob base & mainstream on the right.
@jgailus » 07 Feb '12, 6pm
Just when you thought the GOP couldn't get any crazier. Let's hope Obama wins the next election. [link] [link]
@danielBingham » 07 Feb '12, 5pm
My head smacked my desk so hard they were probably able to hear the sound two streets over: [link]
@UrbanDryad » 07 Feb '12, 5pm
cheerful morning reading #headforthehills @SylvainMartel2 RT @lloydalter [link] [link]
@RatanaSopha » 07 Feb '12, 5pm
WTF?!? Paranoia strikes deep: #GOP exposes ‘dangerous’ U.N. %sustainability plot [link] via @grist
@jeffreznik » 07 Feb '12, 5pm
Paranoia strikes: GOP exposes "dangerous" UN sustainability plot [link] |Nothing like a little clean energy talk 2scare repubs