Stephen Colbert Warning To America: Beware The North American Union!!
By Logan Murphy Monday Aug 06, 2007 1:58pm
On Monday's "Colbert Report" Stephen puts out an all points bulletin to America, warning of the impending superhighway being planned by the North American Union that will run from Mexico, through the heart of America and end in Canada. Colbert proves that he's no conspiracy theorist because he can back up his claims with data he found on the internets and false reports from The New York Times.
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"Ok, nation. They don't want you to know about this Superhighway. Who are THEY? You might know them by a different name -- THEM."
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Is it reruns this week? Colbert ran this last week. I tape them during the week and watch them on the weekend.
How will it get throught the wall between the US and Mexico?
re:1
Yes, they are reruns.
They'll put a wall on each side of the superhighway so that the inmates can't interfere with precious cargoes going to Canada.
Or just turn the highway on its side. Then at least it'll block half of the terrorists in the US from interfering with it.
If they turn it upside down, then only Australians will be able to drive on it.
check out some of the folks who own the land near this super highway..denny hastert owns a bunch of the land in illinois...other repubs own land along the way as well..and the best part is the superhighway will be a super toll road to boot, operated by a foreign company-forget who, maybe the Aussies? it's just more and more for the rich and richer..
I'm glad SC has his own show -- he kills me!! rofl
too bad as #6 stated, some if not many will never see it for what it is.
We have to remember... It is obvious that Congress certainly is not briefed on EVERYTHING.
THEM ( The Bush Criminals and US Traitors ) are most likely are working with THEM2 (OTHER Countries criminals)
Make no mistake.. while Congress and the People were distracted in Iraq...
We dont know and who knows what THEY fully are up to.
Make no mistake.. Any Administration that works directly in secret with Pat Robertson and
BlackWater "christian" GLOBAL criminals gone wild..
Who knows what will happen next..
And what is China Man.. & Savings and Loan family crash boy - NEIL BUSH been up to...?
Someone should setup a wiretap on HIM...
"...Described as China's "nuclear option" in the state media, such action could trigger a dollar crash at a time when the US currency is already breaking down through historic support levels.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/08/07/bcnchi...
Oh boy, first Gay Unions and now The North American Union.
What's next?
I suppose this means boosh is a uniter.
Weaseldog @ 4:
Or it will be a one-way highway going from Canada to the U.S. to transport all of Canada's resources, including oil, water, and diamonds... what fun!!!
Remember, ROADS are the enemy. They're everywhere!
Colbert did too good a job mocking this. I think he only went a bit too far with the Da Vinci joke.
#6 and #8
Hahaha yeah...HAHAHAHHA...
Those nutters said there was going to be a European Union too and they were going to have a currency called a Euro
A EURO?
HAHHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHA
I'm glad I'm not a nutter
HAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Great Comedy, BUT. Texas Gov. Rick Perry IS going to build a superhighway next to Rt 35. It is planned right now to start from the border, through San Antonio, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, and north. By the way just a month ago, he vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to bring the state to court if they felt their land was worth more when Texas seized it by eminent domain. Perry was Lt. Gov. under Bush.
Is colbert gay?
[Why does it matter? Sitemonitor]
WW I, attempted League of Nations=failed
WW II, United Nations=success
W on Terra= North American Union= ?
If we sit on our colelctive asses, it will succeed
If we DON'T, we may still have a sovereign nation.
LOL.
I've been scratching my head for a couple of years about this NAFTA Superhighway crap. As Colbert usefully points out, the Evil Freeway was planned and built approximately 50 years ago - it's called the Interstate Highway System.
Curse you, Dwight D. Eisenhower!!
Don't worry, Peak Oil will end NAFTA after all of our assets have fled our shores.
Yeah, I'm conflicted here.
I thought that was great comedy--Colbert had a paranoid edge there that was just beyond his usual "crazy conservative" stuff. He hit comic surrealism.
But, on the other hand, I'm not quick to believe the denials.
I certainly wouldn't believe anything a Bush-run federal department said. I mean, they have some departments saying Global Warming doesn't exist and Noah's Flood created the grand canyon.
Why wouldn't they lie about this too? Especially knowing how their base would respond?
I would've like to have seen the Ark hitting the white water in the Colorado River.
Salmineo @ 15:
Is Salmineo the name of an STD?
Salmineo @ 15:
On second inspection I see that he's wearing a wedding ring. I answered my own question.
Colbert is NOT gay.
Salmineo @ 24:
Well how did he break his wrist then?
Weaseldog @ 25:
Irrational exuberance? Exceedingly happy? This is an issue that will always matter.
lucid fiction @ 26:
I remember Dick Armey signing away our jobs and remarking how the American people where going to hate them for selling us out.
In a town hall meeting he said, "I'd rather do the wrong thing for the right reasons, than the right thing, for the wrong reasons." Then he moved to Hawaii as 20,000 IT Engineers got laid off in my area.
Not a conspiracy theory.
Salmineo @ 28:
Oh, that type of gay?!!!
Nevermind.
Thank God Crooks and Liars is posting this stuff. Too bad they didn't post the one where Colbert talks about the Illuminati and the depopulation program.
What better way to discredit the truth than by mocking and belittling it. Old tactic, but still works on some. I do not find colbert funny. He mocks serious issues, whether one agrees with them or not, and his audience just shows their ignorance and uncaring attitude by laughing about something which is not funny, but is something that should be under serious discussion. Super highway?, If true, not something to laugh about. North American Union?, If true, also something not to laugh about. These are issues which should be seriously studied about and not dismissed just because people like colbert make thoughs who discuss such issues seem to be crackpots. Its like labeling someone a racist because they do not want illegal aliens getting amnesty. Just label people as crazy, racist or homophobic if what they say you do not want others to hear and more than likely they will shut up rather than be labeled thus. And if labeled such, most people dismiss what you say on that issue because of that. Best to investigate the issue for oneself and then decide what one believes and leave the colberts to do whatever they do. Which is to sidetrack and entertain thoughs who watch him.
lucid fiction @ 26:
Oh, I see.
So the SPP isn't real?
ok.
lucid fiction @ 33:
Shore patrol plotz?
Bush installed as president?
hahaha
No you guys have to see the interview he did after this segment with some guy talking about the SPP. He's just making light of the situation. But he made it clear that he knows it's real.
I wonder if Canadians also saw that Colbert piece..
Since we dont get ANY real news here... You have to wonder how their investigative journalists are doing up there. I am sure they have some good journalists too..
Yesterday while we were all watching our Constitution being decimated..
Canada Pride week wrapped up Aug 6 with a massive Pride Parade drawing a record 300,000-person estimated turnout.
http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=4&STORY_ID=1996&PUB_TE...
I am sure all the good people from Canada are looking at the U.S. in SHOCK, as we are,
as we have ALL seen what has happened to the United States of America and Our Constitution ... since the "Bush and Cheney Presidential security team" could not stop "15 men armed with Box Cutters". The ones who completely "faked out" the most secure defense systems in the world.
Speaking of the good people from Canada..
Soon we will be hearing from Joni Mitchell. "Shine," her first album of new compositions since 1998, will be released on Sept. 25. ....Earlier this year, Mitchell was co-director of "The Fiddle and the Drum," a ballet based on her music that debuted in Canada. She is also planning an exhibit of her paintings in New York this fall.
"Shine," her first album of new compositions since 1998, will be released on Sept. 25.
My apologies to the Sitemonitor. Yes, I was mocking the conspiracy theorists. However, I will shortly be investing in Alcoa and other manufacturers of tin foil. It would seem to be in great demand as a fashion statement.
I don't understand why I should be afraid of a North American Union. It seems to be working just fine for the European Union. Protectionism is a short-term fix. Getting environmental and labor protections in Mexico is a good idea for all of us. The multi-national corporations already operate without regard to borders except when they wish to exploit them for their own advantage.
Yesterday was the aniversary of the United States deploying a new weapon of mass destruction upon a city inhabited by 99% civilians.
There will always be a place for "conspiracy therories".
Always.
Uh....ya....um.....something very much like this is indeed being built right now. Are you kidding me Colbert? There is a HUGE highway just like he described being built up thru TX, thru eastern NM and CO north into Canada. The land has been bought in most places, in NM I have seen where they are laying the flag and have done some initial bulldozer work, the town of Raton has just negotiated for a spur to be constructed from the superhighway to that town because I-25 runs thru it. Guys, while the route doesnt follow the one on the clip, this HUGE superhighway is a real thing.
This may look funny, but like most of the effects of NAFTA on those who get touched by it, it is very, very serious. This is a public-private superhighway to bring goods to American consumers while at the same time avoiding paying US wages for transportation and storage. All the corporations get US dollars from American consumers, but never have to pay any out to American workers. Sounds fair, no? Yeah, you're right, just Free (as in your children will work for free).
Most things that are going wrong with this country have no relationship to Iraq or the politics of Washington. No, they are merely the circus for the masses. Thank you for shopping at WalMart
environmentalist @ 44:
We know that. You See, Colbert is not very bright.
environmentalist @ 44:
Here in Kansas City MO, there will be on of the major 'ports'.
They've printed it in the newspaper, several stories on it.
Containers shipped from Mexico will be inspected here.
The land will be treated like that of embessies making it
vitually Mexican territory.
Gregory @ 39:
Its not a theory if its true
Whatever, Peanut.
Peanut,
I would seem that what the site "fears" is that the comment threads become clogged with conspiracy "enthusiasts", each shouting down the other's competing theory. I've seen it in the past.
You haven't uncovered a grand conspiracy here by having your comments edited. Sorry.
"He mocks serious issues, whether one agrees with them or not, and his audience just shows their ignorance and uncaring attitude by laughing about something which is not funny..."
Um, TCR is a comedy show on COMEDY Central, Peanut.
Here's a nickel go buy yourself a sense of humor or perhaps a clue.
This isn't a laughing matter in the slightest.
50 years ago in Europe the idea of a European union was mocked also. 2 years ago, Europe rejected the constitution in France and Denmark, only for them to rename it as a treaty and pass it without a referendum.
There's no North American union though. If you buy that i'll give you an Amero, sorry.. dollar.
Well in my humble opinion, Colbert is simply not funny and has never performed a particular insight into political or current event issues with any noticeable talent, whether he is spoofing so called "Conspiracy Theories" or not.
lucid fiction @ 16:
The NAU was pretty much conceived right after NAFTA was signed in the mid-90's. I remember there were talks of going to a single currency almost ten years ago, so this idea has been around a little longer than W's been in office.
Salmineo @ 59:
BUZZ, wrong:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879
I am a vet and an ex-reporter with Pacifica (KPFA) in Berkeley. In 1980 I covered a gathering of 15,000 people from all around the world. We camped out on donated pasture land near Ellis Air Force Base in South Dakota.
One morning I had breakfast with Holly Sklar and discussed a book she released a book that year titled Trilateralism: the Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management.
Other sessions 27 years ago taught about the inline, harmonic amplification spying done using one's phone after it was hung up; the eshelon spy satellite; the genocide of making Native American women be sterilized to receive any Fed aid; and more.
Now this all would be and was called "Conspiracy theory" or paranoid thinking during those pre-internet days. I'm not sure what is getting "site-monitored" into oblivion here, but these are the facts, not theories and it is important that we get away from the beltway-speak and see that our nation truly is in peril...
A conservative viewpoint:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14965
Global elite research center
http://www.augustreview.com/
Jerome R. Corsi:
http://tinyurl.com/2nm35f
A rich source of info on the NAU and proposed Highway
http://www.eagleforum.org/topics/NAU/
That's my nickel...
Those stories about the NAFTA Superhighway are probably due to internet postings like this:
http://commerce.senate.gov/0619new.pdf
http://nascocorridor.com/pages/federal/special_projects.htm
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:YLCk453_OrwJ:www.asu.edu/clas/nacts...
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/trans/hpw104-15.000/hpw104-15_5.HTM
The following transcript is a portion of the official hearing record of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1995
U.S. House of Representatives,
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation,
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Mr. Green: I think this NAFTA superhighway is a very important step in the right direction.
If you look at the map over there, I think it is self-evident what it means to the whole country, not just to Texas. And if you look at the NAFTA corridor as the trunk of a tree, one that hooks up Mexico and all those markets down there with the industrial heartland of our country, as well as the most important economic centers in Canada.
Then, there was the Mexican truck driver pilot program that got temporarily squashed this year. Currently, goods from Mexico are unloaded from Mexican trucks and reloaded onto American trucks for transportation within the U.S. There was a proposed pilot program that was to have started this year that would have abolished the unloading and reloading of goods on select trucks and just have allowed those Mexican trucks and drivers to deliver goods directly into the U.S.:
http://www.teamster.org/action/political/NAFTA/nafta.asp
Here is NASCO's official website... apparently they've been planning this for at least 13 years.
The Smiths Go To Washington @ 38:
News Flash to all you Evil North American Union conspiracy theorists:
It ain't gonna happen as far as Canada is concerned. There's just no way in hell a common North American currency will fly north of the border. Why would we tie the Canadian dollar to the US$ (much less the peso) when our economy, our balance of trade, and government debt are all performing better than the US?
Canada had it's own big political fight over Free Trade back in 1988/89. An election was fought over free trade, and the free traders won. The Liberal Party of the day opposed it, but quickly fell in line when it turned out that free trade with the US was good for the economy and did NOT lead to the erosion/death knell of Canadian sovereignty.
Almost 20 years later, Canada's social safety net is intact, public health insurance is alive and well (if underfunded, but that is being remedied with higher spending), our political sovereignty is secure, and our currency is rapidly headed to parity with the US$.
The US has trade issues with China, not with Canada. China is the rising superpower from which you borrow $2 billion every day to subsidize your insane, tax break-driven deficits. That's the ticking time bomb, not some bogus Superhighway fairy tale.
NAU? Okay everyone, altogether now....
{{{One world, one life, let's get together and feel alright}}}
Postscript to post 65 above:
PS - We aren't going to divert Canadian rivers to the US, either. If Americans want to build mega-cities in the southwestern desert (L.A., Vegas, Pheonix, etc) in defiance of logic and geography, you'll have to solve out the inevitable water shortage yourselves.
Old Billy @ 40:
Well, in Europe, you do have a more even playing field, wouldn't you agree?
iburl @ 61:
No, sorry Colbert is nothing but a hack's answer to Comedy Central.
Period.
The wingnuts will hit the sreets on this one but the dems would cave.
Lou Dobbs is reporting this but the rest call it a conspiracy theory.
Three cons can make it happen.
Annoyed Canuck @ 67:
Are you saying you do not want to merge with us and Mexico? LOL.
Around three years ago here in Indiana there was a proposal to extend I-65 southwest and it was supposed to link from Flint, MI down to Mexico. And it was to be called the NAFTA super highway.
It was called somethng different in Indiana and I recently saw a sign protesting against it.
There were meetings and farmers and environmentalists were against it, because of where it would run.
Colbert did a great spoof of the Vdare crowd
http://www.i69tour.org/cost_estimate.pdf
We're trying to hide something?
The following links are to a U.S. House site, a U.S. Senate site and a Teamsters' site. (No conspiracy theories - just some mainstream sites that may give some info on how the story about the NAFTA Superhighway got started.)
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/trans/hpw104-15.000/hpw104-15_5.HTM
The following transcript is a portion of the official hearing record of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1995
U.S. House of Representatives,
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation,
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Mr. Green: I think this NAFTA superhighway is a very important step in the right direction.
If you look at the map over there, I think it is self-evident what it means to the whole country, not just to Texas. And if you look at the NAFTA corridor as the trunk of a tree, one that hooks up Mexico and all those markets down there with the industrial heartland of our country, as well as the most important economic centers in Canada.
Then, there was the Mexican truck driver pilot program that got temporarily squashed this year with help of a bill that was passed by the House with a vote of 411-3. Currently, goods from Mexico are unloaded from Mexican trucks and reloaded onto American trucks for transportation within the U.S. There was a proposed pilot program that was to have started this year that would have abolished the unloading and reloading of goods on select trucks and just have allowed those Mexican trucks and drivers to deliver goods directly into the U.S.:
http://www.teamster.org/action/political/NAFTA/nafta.asp
Here is the link to the Senate site that I omitted on my previous comment:
http://commerce.senate.gov/0619new.pdf
I reposted because my first comment was deleted. Now it's back.
I could give a care about some NAU and I found Colberts piece funny but this highway is a major big deal. Environmentally, it will be a catastrophe.
yeah, some wackos got together in 1996/97 and wrote a paper called The PNAC. --- They said some pretty wacky stuff in that paper. I bet they are the laughing stock of the country and are probably working some dead-end janitorial job. Good things we dont let wacky people like this call the shots around here...
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Is colbert complicit? --- The SPP is real, the threat of using nukes is real (we're already dumping tons of Depleted Uranium on the Iraqis) -- the dollar may very well take a quick nose dive.
And colbert makes light of this?
bill maher, colbert, = decoys
86: "With that said I do find it hard to believe that our government will build a superhighway 4-8 football fields wide when they can’t even afford to maintain our bridges and other highways."
True, but in the grand tradition of the Republican party and Globalists in general, the Trans Texas Corridor portion of this highway is being built by a Spanish consortium.
I have no clue as to what comments, or links have been deleted, however, I followed a link through DK that seems to suggest that there is something going on. One refrence is, NAFTA on steroids. It is an interesting piece. I think it is at the very least, healthy to have an open mind, FISA anyone?
A progressive group, The Council of Canadians* was trying to get some residence for the SPP meeting, 6 miles away[1], and were told by the US Army, RCMP, and Quebec police that this was not allowed........theres more info....
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/3/04427/32869
http://www.canadians.org/
Weird how a post of Colbert spoofing the conspiracy theorists has resulted in a thread full of conspiracy theory.
Hmmm . . . There's a lesson in there somewhere.
I'll have to do some thinking about that, just as soon as I finish reading all about the murder of Vince Foster by the Trilateral Commission.
How many coincidences does it take before you realize they were not coincidences at all?
Annoyed Canuck @ 103:
Out of curiosity, have you read anything on either link I provided?
First off I have to state Corbert has always appealed to myself being on the left. Of all the Corbert videos that I have viewed this one is troubling to me.
Though I may be blowing this out of proportion, The real threat of a North American Union is for real.
The intended highway is to run from Mexico, through the heart of Texas, through Missouri, where at Kansas City, there will be a hub where all trucks will be searched and then be routed to Canada.
I don't know about you folks but I don't want foreign truckers running their trucks on my roads.
SPP is the Security and Prosperity Partnership Of North America.
“The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) was launched in March of 2005 as a trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the United States, Canada and Mexico through greater cooperation and information sharing.”
The SPP is the biggest boondagle for State and Federal Government since 911.
The released documents affirm that counterparts from official governmental agencies in Mexico and Canada are combined with the U.S. administrative branch to form new trilateral “working groups” that actively rewrite U.S. administrative law to “harmonize” or “integrate” with administrative law in Mexico and Canada.
“What we have here amounts to an administrative coup d’etat,” Corsi told WND. “Where does the Bush administration get the congressional authorization to invite two foreign nations to the table to rewrite U.S. law?”
Coming to a state near you.
Troubled Texan
Get ready for the AMERO...
being brought to you by the (new and improved) federal reserve corp.
same as the old.
Hilarious! Colbert nails it again. What is it with Texas and conspiracy theories? They seem to breed like rabbits there.
Steven gets a lot of his material reading comments here.
I think it would be cool to have a bike path running right down the middle of the NAFTA Superhighway!
I don't think the superhighway would be such a bad idea if it also included rail in addition to truck transportation, maybe a dedicated truck-only section. Don't forget the bike path!
I am glad Colbert brought attention to this, even if in jest.
[snip]
The highest elected officials within the US, Canadian and Mexican governments are meeting together (Montebello, Quebec, Canada August 20, 21 2007) with advisory bodies staffed by senior private sector representatives yet the public are being forcibly denied any access to the event in addition to a pathetic blackout on behalf of the corporate media which still ridicules anyone who suggests the North American Union plan even exists.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6424
and... we will not be allowed within 25 kilometers of where the meeting is. It will be guarded by -get this- the US military.
[snip]
""The US military is on Canadian soil forbidding the Municipality of Papineauville from renting a hall to the Council of Canadians who planned a public meeting to be held the day before the Three Amigos meet in Montebello, Quebec, Canada August 20, 21 2007 to plan their next moves in the dismantling of their respective countries of
Canada, USA and Mexico."
http://verbena19.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/press-release-on-the-us-milita...
Colbert did bring it to light. He made light of it like any Neocon CFR member would. "Have not heard about!! So what, a road is just a road. WE need more of em, and btw, trade is good. Trade is even better with open borders, and well, trade is even the best when we have no borders at all, you see?" "And this should in no way effect the middle class." As we all know the middle class is bridging the socio-economic gap between themselves and the Elite ruling class day by day, hour by hour, second by second, We all know this to be the case. And since that is all true and we all know the elite have our best interests at heart I am for the SPP, as should every red blooded American be.
Peanut @ 27:
I agree with you 100%!
But I think you maybe looking at this the wrong way.
That is Colbert's whole stick! It mocks something that is a serious issue to bring it out into the open. He always takes the opposite side of what his agenda is in a mocking way to prove a point.
I'd say 85% of America hasn't even heard of The North American Union or the NAFTA superhighway. Savvy?
Colbert is wrong on this one. It is not the sort of conspiracy he is mocking, but it is the old-fashioned business-congress pork-barrel type of conspiracy. In the first step it is a boondoggle to fill the pockets of big corporations in building it and in the second step it is, as has been mentioned, designed to further fill their pockets by bypassing American ports and workers in using cheaper Mexican ports and labor. More outsourcing in other words.
What is funny is that wingnuts are the ones opposing this. The AFL-CIO should be pressuring the Dems to oppose this. NAFTA was a disastrous idea and this will make it worse.
I would not be opposed to a North American Union, if it were really a union and not just a trade zone. A Union would mean that people from all the countries would be free to travel and work without restriction in the countries involved. Today, and in the foreseeable future, it is only the goods, services, and commodities that can cross borders "freely". Also, a single currency would not be necessary. Several members of the EU are not in the Euro-zone.
Applying "free" to things and not to people is some sort of orwellian speak. For a bit on the official plans. First, the Trans-Texas Corridor. It is long, but read the fine print.
http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/05jul/07.htm
"For the TTC-35 corridor, FHWA is partnering with Texas to plan and develop the route through an innovative contracting agreement. This corridor qualified Texas for a special experimental project (SEP-14/SEP-15), allowing the State to reach a comprehensive development agreement with a developer before the environmental analysis—Tier 1 of the environmental impact statement (EIS) —is completed.
SEP-14 permits States to evaluate project-specific innovative contracting practices that have the potential to reduce the life-cycle cost of projects while maintaining product quality. The objective of SEP-15 is to evaluate and document public-private partnership approaches that advance the efficient delivery of transportation projects while protecting the environment and taxpayers."
NASCO has already been mentioned, so here is the Security and Prosperity Partnership(SPP). Rather reminiscent of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere". Once again it is necessary to read the fine print.
http://www.spp.gov/
"The SPP provides the framework to ensure that North America is the safest and best place to live and do business. It includes ambitious security and prosperity programs to keep our borders closed to terrorism yet open to trade.
The SPP builds upon, but is separate from, our long-standing trade and economic relationships. It energizes other aspects of our cooperative relations, such as the protection of our environment, our food supply, and our public health."
PS. NASCO says,
"As of late, there have been many media references to a "new, proposed NAFTA Superhighway.”
While NASCO and the cities, counties, states and provinces along our existing Interstate
Highways 35/29/94 (the NASCO Corridor) have referred for years to I-35 and key branches as
'the NAFTA Superhighway,' the reference solely acknowledged and recognized I-35’s major role
in carrying a remarkable portion of international trade with Mexico, the United States and
Canada. In actual fact, there are no plans to build “a new NAFTA Superhighway.” It already
exists today as I-35 and branches."
http://www.nascocorridor.com/new_home_page/NASCO%20Op-Ed%20Melvin.pdf
This directly contradicts what the Trans-Texas Corridor says it is planning. Further,
"NASCO’s aim is to continuously, diligently upgrade the efficiency and security of our
transportation systems to sharply increase the efficiency of our transportation infrastructure on
the Corridor to drive down the cost of doing business and enhance our ability to do internationaltrade in the central U.S. Our future quality of life and prosperity depend upon ever-greater
efficiencies and competitiveness enhancements in the heartland of North America."
In other words, drive down wages.
NASCO does not encourage the elimination of international borders.s
NASCO does not focus on or have any intent to effect Federal immigration policy.y
And that is the problem.
Colbert and the daily show are not as good as people make out, they go after easy targets, an 8 year old could take the piss out of Bush and co, ...and conspiracy theorists ? come on, who writes for these clowns ?.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Ghandi
SPP myths & facts:
http://www.spp.gov/myths_vs_facts.asp
Thank you bdm. There were several amusing justifications at your "myths" link.
"Myth: The U.S section of the SPP is headed by the Department of Commerce.
Fact: The SPP is a White House-driven initiative. In the United States, the Department of Commerce coordinates the ‘Prosperity’ component, while the Department of Homeland Security coordinates the ‘Security’ component. The Department of State ensures the two components are coordinated and are consistent with U.S. foreign policy."
Oh, that makes me feel so much better that is is a White House-driven initiative. Thank Zeus there is no worry there.
"Myth: The U.S. Government, through the Department of Transportation, is funding secretive highway projects to become part of a “NAFTA Super Highway”.
Fact: Many States in the American Midwest are proposing or undertaking highway projects to improve or build roads as Federal-aid and State or private sector revenue becomes available. All projects involving Federal-aid funds or approvals are subject to normal Federal-aid requirements, such as review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including public involvement. This public involvement, the common thread among all these activities, makes them anything but “secret.” In addition, Congress directs Department of Transportation funding for specific highway projects. "
Oh Boy! it is state initiatives so that makes everything much better. But whoever said anything about a "secret" program in the first place? As I already pointed out, the TTC obviously isn't a NAFTA project, is it?
"Myth: U.S. Government officials sponsored a secret SPP planning meeting in Banff, Alberta in September 2006.
Fact: The U.S. Government did not sponsor the meeting in Banff. The North American Forum, a private initiative that is separate from the U.S. Government, hosted the September 12-14, 2006 conference “Continental Prosperity in the New Security Environment.” Academics, businesspersons, private citizens, and government officials from the U.S., Mexican, and Canadian governments attended the conference. The North American Forum is not a product of the SPP."
Of course the USG didn't sponsor it, would could think such a thing? Everyone knows that such "private initiatives" are always completely separate from the USG. But the odd government official did attend even so.
I could go on and on about the double language used there, but probably most of you can recognize it yourselves.
Tim @ 26:
I missed those. What are his views on these things really? Anybody know?
Anyone with a mind as wildly smart as he is has got to have a tradeoff somewhere...
could it be...paranoia? C'mon Steve tell us!
andy @ 83:
Over here! A greenish whiff of jealousy from somebody can only WISH the repubs had the gene for humor. Well, they don't. Just accept it.
[...] I hate all the news channels. Hates them, my precious, hates them! Meanwhile, there’s still no such thing as global warming. She says, as she sits in her air conditioned house, hiding from one of the most humid, miserable, Michigan summers in her memory. Oh, and here’s a hefty dose of “charming” for the day: Kevin Drum has a great piece about figuring out the FISA bill(s), neatly followed by Magpie’s explanation of why the six-month sunset clause included in the recent bill doesn’t count for shit. And, if that wasn’t enough to bring your blood to a rolling boil, the President would like blanket immunity for all the crap that’s been done illegally by his administration and others, since 9/11/2001. No, seriously. In response to the previous links, may I direct your attention to the new Special Section of the site store? And, while I’m thinking of it, Thank-you, Stephen Colbert. [...]
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