This story has all the makings of a best-seller, perhaps that is why so many people are paying attention.
Heroes: Hard-working, God-fearing, law-abiding, nation-loving people who feel marginalized and betrayed by a government that has grown too large and unresponsive, and a by a community whose core values have eroded.
Villains: Government workers who are too over-whelmed, too under-motivated, or too bent on holding undeserved positions of power to care about the concerns of ordinary people.
Plot: Government workers implement local sustainable development plans devised by an United Nations’ agenda (Agenda 21) to weaken America’s power, destroy capitalism, spread socialism, and create a new world order. Local government agencies get enticed by money from national grant programs, but these programs are steered by Agenda 21 advocates. Local governments get hooked on these federal funds and thereafter must comply with federal (and UN) mandates, all of which weakens local control and individual liberties. So-called “public hearings” are held to engage local citizens, but attendance is minimal or selective. Tea Party patriots discover the conspiracy and organize to regain control of their local government.
Storylines and subplots: Brave Tea Party members resist sustainable development planning efforts that will …
- … weaken private property rights and individual liberties through zoning and smart growth.
- … prevent rural lifestyles and herd people into concentrated, crime infested urban growth boundaries.
- … redistribute infrastructure projects and tax incentives from deserving real American’s to undeserving others (who tend to congregate in urban areas).
- … promote nature worship and other non-Christian values in American children through environmental education programs.
- …take away citizens ability to grow food and force people to become dependent upon government “food-sheds”.
- …destroy economic development by preserving wilderness for biodiversity and open space for nature lovers.
Props: UN Agenda 21, Green Infrastructure, local food systems, smart growth,…