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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 8:48 pm    Post subject: North American Union to Replace USA? (by Jerome R. Corsi) Reply with quote

Human Events Online

by Jerome R. Corsi
Posted May 19, 2006


President Bush is pursuing a globalist agenda to create a North American Union, effectively erasing our borders with both Mexico and Canada. This was the hidden agenda behind the Bush administration's true open borders policy.

Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA to include Canada, setting the stage for North American Union designed to encompass the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. What the Bush administration truly wants is the free, unimpeded movement of people across open borders with Mexico and Canada.

President Bush intends to abrogate U.S. sovereignty to the North American Union, a new economic and political entity which the President is quietly forming, much as the European Union has formed.

The whole article here
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=14965

Isn't this in opposition to his sworn oath to uphold the Constitution of The United States? And, if true, is it not a valid impeachable offense?
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is an unbelievable story. So far, Corsi has only provided us with a report from a left-center organization without documentation to prove his point. I agree that this is scary and beyond comprehension but I need more than speculation.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to be like Navy Wife on this one. Mainly because it's not up to G.W.
There are a lot of people that would have to sign off on something like this. Senators, Representatives, the American people just to name a few.
Now I could see breaking Canada and Mexico up into several states and possibly making them part of the USA but who want's em? Not me.
They have more internal problems than I would like to take on.
I would say that idea has about as much chance of happening as the one Mr. Corsi postulates.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll reserve the right to change my mind if I'm presented with some facts, but this kind of unfounded assertion is going on all over the right wing world on the subject of the immigration "debate" (which it ceased to be a long time ago).

I'm disappointed.
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Granting due respect to a co-author of "Unfit For Command": the claims being advanced in the quoted text are, shall we say, implausible.

People have made some good points - Let me add another.

The quoted text includes this claim: "Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA to include Canada..."

Note that Canada is one of the founding members of NAFTA. Canada is already in NAFTA. Canada has always been in NAFTA, as long as there has been a NAFTA - and before. NAFTA grew out of a U.S.-Canadian trade compact; NAFTA merely solidified the compact and added Mexico to the founding group of U.S. + Canada.

Further, to me it seems the phrase "globalist agenda" is poorly used, or is in direct contradiction to the idea of a NORTH AMERICAN union. If it's U.S. dominated and only North American - it ain't global.

But more important - I simply can't imagine President Bush, after all the heat he's taken for Iraq and the War on Terror and continuing to reject the Kyoto Treaty, is about to sign away our sovereignty in the dead of night. Even if he could (which, as others have pointed out, he sure can't).

U.S. immigration policy has some real problems, I agree.

But the text, as quoted, seems to contain several contradictions like the ones we've pointed out. Or maybe its points need a lot more work. In fact, I fear it's embarrassing for Mr. Corsi.
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A quote from the CFR report

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Pointing to increased competition from the European Union and rising economic powers such as India and China in the eleven years since NAFTA took effect, co-chair Pedro C. Aspe, former Finance Minister of Mexico, said, "We need a vision for North America to address the new challenges." The Task Force establishes a blueprint for a powerhouse North American trading area that allows for the seamless movement of goods, increased labor mobility, and energy security.



I think Corsi is 100% right on the money. The CFR plan is already taking shape. The CFR report calls for a huge infrastructure investment into Southern Mexico which is the poorest area of Mexico. The reason it is so poor is because there are no workable roads or basic infrastructure to support any commerce.

After reading the CFR report, I asked a few friends of mine who had family in that part of Mexico if this was true. I was suprised to have all three of them confirm that there were huge freeway projects going on in the area. They wondered how I knew about them. To me, that was confirmation enough.

Here is a link to my first post on the subject on Free Republic.

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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Posted by 03/30/2006 9:45:04 AM PST by OB1kNOb (America is the land of the free BECAUSE of the BRAVE !!)

CFR Membership List
Just a few of those listed:

BUSH GEORGE H.W,CFR '85
CARTER JIMMY E US PRES,CFR '92
CLARK WESLEY K,CFR '92
CLINTON WILLIAM JEFFERSON (BILL),CFR '92
FEINSTEIN DIANNE D-CA,CFR '92
FERRARO GERALDINE A,CFR '92, 1988 annual rpt
FORD GERALD R US PRES,CFR '84, 1988 annual rpt
GORBACHEV MIKHAIL S,CFR '92
GRAHAM BOB D-FL,CFR '92, 1988 annual rpt ,,TC '92
HAIG ALEXANDER M JR,CFR '92
JACKSON JESSE L,CFR '92,
KIRKPATRICK JEANE J,CFR '85
LEHRER JIM,CFR '85
LIEBERMAN JOSEPH I D-CT,CFR '92
RICE CONDOLEEZZA,CFR '92, 1988 annual rpt ,,TC '92
ROCKEFELLER DAVID JR,CFR '92, 1988 annual rpt ,,TC '92
ROCKEFELLER DAVID SR,CFR '92,,,TC '92
ROCKEFELLER JOHN D IV JAY D-WV,CFR '92,,,
ROCKEFELLER RODMAN CLARK,CFR '84, 1988 annual rpt ,,
ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND,, 1988 annual rpt ,,
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION,CFR '92, 1988 annual rpt ,,
SAWYER DIANE,CFR '92,,,
SCOWCROFT BRENT,CFR '92,,,
WALTERS BARBARA,CFR '84, 1988 annual rpt
WEINBERGER CASPAR W,CFR '92,
YOUNG ANDREW,CFR '92


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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry, but the excerpted information from the "CFR Report" is just that, excerpted, and slightly out of context (in my opinion). For a full reading go to: http://www.cfr.org/publication/8104/

Please note that this was a paper written by an independent panel - which if you study it's membership, looks considerably more like a socialist group, and does not contain any names that I can recognize that have anything to do with the Bush administration. The Council on Foreign Relations, by the way, is all over the map - literally and figuratively - on topics and relations that relate to foreign policy. People of all stripes who have interests in foreign policy and relations - retired government people, academians, social activists, big business representatives, etc., etc. - utilize their forums to write papers to advance their own political, social and business agendas.

It is NOT, as one might prematurely conclude by the name, an official function of the US Government, nor is it officially sanctioned. If you go to their site's main page you will probably find as many topics and positions you like as those you don't like.

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Members of the Independent Task Force on North America

Minister Pedro Aspe
(Mexican co-chair)
Protego

Mr. Thomas S. Axworthy
Queen's University

Ms. Heidi S. Cruz
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Mr. Nelson W. Cunningham
Kissinger McLarty Associates

Mr. Thomas P. d'Aquino
(Canadian co-vice chair)
Canadian Council of Chief Executives

Mr. Alfonso de Angoitia
Grupo Televisa, S.A.

Dr. Luis de La Calle Pardo
De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera, S.C.

Professor Wendy K. Dobson
University of Toronto

Dr. Robert A. Pastor (U.S. co-vice chair)
American University

Mr. Andrés Rozental
(Mexican co-vice chair)
Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales

Dr. Richard A. Falkenrath
The Brookings Institution

Dr. Rafael Fernandez de Castro
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Mr. Ramón Alberto Garza
Montemedia

The Honorable Gordon D. Giffin
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Mr. Allan Gotlieb
Donner Canadian Foundation

Mr. Michael Hart
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs

Mr. Carlos Heredia
Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales

The Honorable Carla A. Hills
Hills & Company

Dr. Gary C. Hufbauer
Institute for International Economics

Dr. Luis Rubio
CIDAC

Dr. Jeffrey J. Schott
Institute for International Economics

Mr. Pierre Marc Johnson
Heenan Blaikie

The Honorable James R. Jones
Manatt Jones Global Strategies

Dr. Chappell H. Lawson (Task Force Director)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Honourable John P. Manley (Canadian co-chair)
McCarthy Tetrault

Mr. David McD. Mann
Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson

Ms. Doris M. Meissner
Migration Policy Institute

The Honorable Thomas M.T. Niles
Institute for International Economics

The Honorable William F. Weld (U.S. co-chair)
Leeds Weld & Co.

Mr. Raul H. Yzaguirre
Arizona State University


OK, so some independent panel/task force went off and came up with this piece of junk under the auspices of the CFR. So someone please tell me why this panel suddenly is speaking for the Government of the United States, and why one is left to conclude that:

Quote:
President Bush intends to abrogate U.S. sovereignty to the North American Union, a new economic and political entity which the President is quietly forming - Corsi


???

This is ridiculous! It smacks of the same kind of conspiracy theories we see coming from the far-left, and the same kind of misinformation, distortion and mis-reporting that we see from MSM. The far right, in my opinion, is becoming as unhinged as the far-left, on this immigration issue. Please, let's not go down that road.
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anker-Klanker wrote:
This is ridiculous! It smacks of the same kind of conspiracy theories we see coming from the far-left, and the same kind of misinformation, distortion and mis-reporting that we see from MSM. The far right, in my opinion, is becoming as unhinged as the far-left, on this immigration issue. Please, let's not go down that road.


Well stated AK and I must concur. Regretfully, it appears that Dr. Corsi can be counted among them, at least on this issue.
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are too many level headed Americans to ever allow something like this to happen.
This has got to be another internet-driven conspiracy theory (like there isn't enough of them.)
The only thing it's missing is Grey-Aliens.
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FINAL REPORT MAY 2005

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The Task Force offers a detailed and ambitious set of proposals that build on the recommendations adopted by the three governments at the Texas summit of March 2005. The Task Force’s central recommendation is establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter.


Quote:
At their meeting in Waco, Texas, at the end of March 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin committed their governments to a path of cooperation and joint action. We welcome this important development and offer this report to add urgency and specific recommendations to strengthen their efforts.


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In March 2005, the leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States adopted a Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), establishing ministerial-level working groups to address key security and economic issues facing North America and setting a short deadline for reporting progress back to their governments. President Bush described the significance of the SPP as putting forward a common commitment ‘‘to markets and democracy, freedom and trade, and mutual prosperity and security.’’ The policy framework articulated by the three leaders is a significant commitment that will benefit from broad discussion and advice. The Task Force is pleased to provide specific advice on how the partnership can be pursued and realized.


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To that end, the Task Force proposes the creation by 2010 of a North American community to enhance security, prosperity, and opportunity. We propose a community based on the principle affirmed in the March 2005 Joint Statement of the three leaders that ‘‘our security and prosperity are mutually dependent and complementary.’’ Its boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter within which the movement of people, products, and capital will be legal, orderly, and safe. Its goal will be to guarantee a free, secure, just, and prosperous North America.


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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can anyone get to the recently taken down site http://www.spp.gov website

Here is the Google Cache of Site

Quote:

President George Bush, President Vicente Fox of Mexico, and Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada unveiled a blueprint for a safer and more prosperous North America when they announced the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) on March 23 in Waco, TX. They agreed on ambitious security and prosperity agendas to keep our borders closed to terrorism and open to trade. The SPP is based on the premise that security and our economic prosperity are mutually reinforcing, and recognizes that our three great nations are bound by a shared belief in freedom, economic opportunity, and strong democratic institutions.


Link to Security Annex Cached Page of PDF
Quote:
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION: IDENTIFY, DEVELOP AND DEPLOY NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO ADVANCE OUR SHARED SECURITY GOALS AND PROMOTE THE LEGITIMATE FLOW OF PEOPLE AND GOODS ACROSS OUR BORDERS INITIATIVE


KEY MILESTONES
Continue incorporating hi-tech equipment along the U.S.- Mexico border for the efficient and secure flow of people and goods, and continue identifying appropriate sites for its deployment.


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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you explore the included links on the CFR task force page I previously sent the task force met before and after the meeting of George Bush, Vincent Fox, and Paul Martin, probably to leech whatever respectability and stature they (the CFR people) could from the meeting of three heads of state. There is no official connection between the two (or three) events, as the statement from the chairman of the independent task force makes clear. So, the coupling of the CFR independent task force with the meeting of the three heads of state was a unilateral "set-up" to make the task force's output look more legitimate (my opinion, and it is very interesting the "officious" language being used).

No, I cannot invoke either the link or the cached link to the SPP Home page. I guess that could sound onerous if you believe there's a huge conspiracy being born, but then again, and if you don't believe it's a conspiracy, then you could believe that whoever put up the SPP page ran out of funds, folded, or otherwise ran out of "juice."

What I did find were two links to Canadian sites that discussed the SPP from a Canadian perspective.

The first one is very recent and very benign (I think) and if the US, Mexico, and Canada are working on what is discussed here, I have no problem.

http://www.chfa.ca/default.asp?action=article&ID=147

The second link is an official Canadian Government paper (beware: PDF format) which discusses the defense and security implications of SPP, and in my view, it sounds very similar to what I think may have been said when NORAD was first proposed and implemented. I haven't studied this thoroughly looking for hidden meanings, etc., but it at first glance seems to be all above-board, focusing on Canadian military people's concerns, with NOTHING (that I can see) suggesting that each country's security or sovereignty was to be compromised.
link - report on the national security policy for Canada



(Moderator, please fix that long link) fixed/kate

For what it's worth.

Update: If you do an advanced Google search for the phrase:

"Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America"

You will find a TON of information from this search term, including the offical US government site, and the President's own statement on the agreement, as well as official sites for Mexico and Canada. It will take several hours to go through all these. But I can already see that if you are suspicious of Bush's and the Governments motives you can find words might be interpreted to support your suspicions. Since I'm not so suspicious, and think there are Constitutional safeguards in place, I read them differently.
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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2006 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To say that Bush, Canada and Mexico have publicly "announced the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) on March 23 in Waco, TX" and raise accurate questions about it... is different from saying crazy stuff like "Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA to include Canada". (when NAFTA already includes Canada, publicly)

As I suggested earlier: Mr. Corsi MAY have a valid point somewhere, but he needs to work on it. A lot. What he put out so far, in the Human Events Online article, is embarassing (to him).
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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2006 2:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Agree that Corsi is off base with what he states, and how he states it in the article, but the premise of the PTB behind the North American Union is not just a conspiracy theory. Considering the Council on Foreign Relations, their sister org the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderbergers...the membership of those 3 orgs is the rich and powerful of the world, who commision those independant panels to do their studies and position papers on their behalf. I have a very close friend that works for that group -- it is real. This is not new stuff from these New World Order powerbrokers.

this from the
North American Regional Meeting of the Trilateral Commission, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 2002 report pdf
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We also lack a vision of an inclusive identity that would inspire citizens of all three countries to think of themselves also as North Americans. Indeed, NAFTA is little more than two bilateral relationships that rely on old habits and too often an unproductive paternalism by the United States
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Is a North American Community Desirable? Feasible?

Is any of this feasible? Are North Americans prepared to give up their sovereignty? The term “sovereignty” is one of the most widely used, abused, and least understood in the diplomatic lexicon. Within the last two decades, the three countries have so completely redefined the term that one wonders whether any serious policy-maker could use it to defend any position. In 1980, Canada used sovereignty as a defense to prevent foreign investment in its energy resources, and Mexico used it maintain high tariffs and discourage foreign investment. Within a decade, both countries reversed their policies. In 1990, Mexico defended its sovereignty by rejecting international election observers; four years later, it invited them. Sovereignty, in brief, is not the issue.

The question is whether the people of the three countries are ready for a different relationship, and public opinion surveys suggest that the answer is "yes" and, indeed, that the people are way ahead of their leaders. A survey of the attitudes of people in the three countries during the past twenty years demonstrate an extraordinary convergence of values – on personal and family issues as well as public policy. Each nation has very positive feelings about their neighbors. In all three countries, the public's views on NAFTA shifted in the 1990s. There is now modest net support, but a neat consensus: each nation agrees that the others benefited more than they have!

The most interesting surveys, however, show that a majority of the public in all three countries is prepared to join a larger North American country if they thought it would improve their standard of living and environment and not threaten their culture. Mexicans and Canadians do not want to be incorporated into the United States, and they are ambivalent about adopting the American dollar, but they are more willing to become part of a single country of North America and of a unified currency, like the “Amero,” proposed by Herbert Grubel.

much more garbage stuff in the report
(wonder who this dude surveyed)

Some good followup on SBD's FReeRepublic thread
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