When Reality Reifies the Abstract - Granite Grok

When Reality Reifies the Abstract

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It’s often dismissed as lofty, bloated rhetoric until it’s real.  Many times, many of us have been dismissed as paranoid, sky is falling types because we see things happening and sound off.  It’s received by many with an insouciant shrug and a “meh”.  Then reality asserts itself and the once insouciant don a nonplussed grimace of concern.  As if realizing, he or she really should have paid attention, but didn’t because they didn’t want to miss the Dancing with the Stars finale,  and now find themselves wondering how to get out of the consequence caused by inattention.

I remember participating and speaking at a Merrimack Town Council meeting, along with Tom and Ken, when Granite State Futures attempted to slither into town to “help us”.  In trying to help us we just needed to cede authority to HUD.  Although the GSFers denied that and claimed that we would be able to get funds with no strings and they were simply there to help.

Fortunately, the Town Council didn’t buy it.

So, that brings us to today. With illegals spilling over our secure southern boarder and forcing the government to house them to the point of overwhelming the system (intentionally, maybe?).  The government then must transport the lawbreakers and disperse them throughout the country.  But to where? What town? Wait!!

The towns Big Gov bought and paid for of course.  From WND, New Obama Rule Could Force Cities to House Illegals emphasis mine:

The Obama administration, in July 2013, quietly introduced a new regulation that critics say will dramatically increase Washington’s power over local zoning laws in every city and town that accepts federal block grants through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

And it’s the federal grants that could be used as a hook in the nose of these cities, forcing them to house illegal immigrants against their will.

Some are calling it the “Common Core of local zoning” that has flown under the radar for nearly a year. Instead of the U.S. Department of Education dictating education standards to local school districts, this rule change would allow HUD to influence zoning laws from the biggest cities down to the tiniest towns.

Some say the new rule will lead to “racial quotas” and will be exploited by HUD to aggressively absorb the nation’s swelling population of illegal immigrants into communities that are trying to keep them out.

One word to those that bought the bat scat GSFers were selling: Suckers.  Say Hello Buenos Dias to your new neighbors

HUD’s proposed “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule” showed up in the Federal Register on July 19, 2013. The rule has the backing of special-interest groups that promote open borders. One such group, with close ties to President Obama, is the Council of La Raza, which filed a public comment in favor of the rule.

La Raza said most illegal immigrants don’t know their rights and “fear deportation,” thus making them susceptible to housing discrimination.

If La Raza is for it, you know it’s good for the country and your town right?

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., defined the proposed rule in stark terms, saying it would lead to racial quotas and amounts to an “assault on the suburbs.”

“The proposed HUD Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule is another federal government mandate forced on the American people by an ideological administration looking to design a misguided utopian vision of local communities across the country,” Gosar said.

“City and town councils are already starting to see HUD contracts related to block grants showing up in their agenda packets, most likely as part of the five-year consolidated plan for fair housing, which the feds require every city to adopt in order to keep getting the block grants….Many of the local councils will rubber stamp the agreements without ever knowing what’s in them, said Robert Romano, senior editor at Americans for Limited Government.

Go ahead,  take it.  Bite into the apple.  Nothing can go wrong.  Swear.

“It’s free money, right?” Romano said of HUD’s community development block grants. “Don’t consider what the strings attached are, don’t ask questions.”

Yes it’s free. Take it.  Take the apple.  C’mon… all your amigos are doing it.

He told WND that, starting in October, the rule will allow HUD “to come in and rezone an entire area” that doesn’t include enough affordable housing for a family that falls into any of HUD’s protected statuses based on race, religion, or national origin.

La Raza is in favor of it so it looks like a plan to move illegals into peoples’ communities, against their will,” Romano said. “It also allows (the feds) to gerrymander for political purposes. It’s a way to get around whatever Republican gerrymandering had gone on after the 2010 election cycle. If they are doing this for low-income or disadvantaged purposes, well, what does that tell you? Low income tends to vote for Democrats.”

Yeah, HUD and Granite State Futures are here to help.  Not you, not the citizen, not the country.  Help Big Government statists that demand more and more control over your life.

Bah, that’s just a paranoid right wing kook.  Pay no attention to him. There’s nothing sinister going on… is there…hombre.

 

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