Carbon Tax

Making sense of the bizarre and dangerous

A tweet about a carbon tax elicited these responses:

• "I'm Opposed to handing soverignty over to the Pope's United Nations..."
• "How profitable does Carbon Tax need to be to justify treason thru loss of sovereignty?..."
• "Its called treason/sedition, its in our law. Our soverign is the rightful heir of UK not the UN..."
• "TREASON is rewarded with a noose from a tall tree. Careful , Australia is alot bigger than your Canberra herd..."

Curious about the introduction of the concepts "sovereignty", "Pope's United Nations", "treason" and "noose", some research identified a number of extremist websites promoting these within conspiracy theories. Read some extracts of these dangerous websites on Agenda 21.

The earliest discussion of these bizarre ideas is in a 1993 Los Angeles Times article on the beliefs of a group called The John Birch Society. It expressed fears including:

"Birchers preach that the United Nations wants socialism to rule the world and that global warming caused by pollution is a hoax foisted on gullible Americans to gain control over their land and businesses."

"Our feeling is that over a long period of time, they (communists) have taken control of the federal government of the United States," said Mark Walsh

Fred Koch founded the Koch Oil Corporation and was an early member of The John Birch Society's National Council, an advisory group to JBS founder Robert Welch.

Earlier this year The John Birch Society said it was pleased to announce that Nelson Bunker Hunt of Texas will again serve as a member of its National Council. Nelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive.

This is the list of tweets exchanged:

9:40 PM - 7 Jan 12 via web

@Askgerbil @carbonbirdman @BULMKT oh dear,spoken like a man who llives off the corporate teat

— The PropheticKleenex (@PropheticKleenx) January 7, 2012

9:52 PM - 7 Jan 12 via web

@Askgerbil @carbonbirdman @BULMKT Government intervention increases productivity? That will be a first. Carbon tax is INSANE

— The PropheticKleenex (@PropheticKleenx) January 7, 2012

9:54 PM - 7 Jan 12 via web

@MiltonFriedman1 @Askgerbil @carbonbirdman @BULMKT Why are people from Canberra experts at what drives free enterprise? #auspol

— The PropheticKleenex (@PropheticKleenx) January 7, 2012

9:57 PM - 7 Jan 12 via web

@Askgerbil I'm Opposed to handing soverignty over to the Pope's United Nations regardless of profit or chicken little fears#auspol

— The PropheticKleenex (@PropheticKleenx) January 7, 2012

10:03 PM - 7 Jan 12 via web

@Askgerbil @carbonbirdman @BULMKT How profitable does Carbon Tax need to be to justify treason thru loss of sovereignty? #auspol

— The PropheticKleenex (@PropheticKleenx) January 7, 2012

10:23 PM - 7 Jan 12 via web

@Askgerbil @MiltonFriedman1 @carbonbirdman Its called treason/sedition, its in our law. Our soverign is the rightful heir of UK not the UN

— The PropheticKleenex (@PropheticKleenx) January 7, 2012

10:34 PM - 7 Jan 12 via web

@Askgerbil TREASON is rewarded with a noose from a tall tree. Careful , Australia is alot bigger than your Canberra herd #auspol #carbontax

— The PropheticKleenex (@PropheticKleenx) January 7, 2012