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INTERNATIONALIZING U.S. ROADS
"Lets Roll" > wrote in message ink.net... > http://www.newswithviews.com/Spivey/phyllis3.htm > > Phyllis Spivey > June 10, 2005 > NewsWithViews.com > > Imagine this: your state government puts a transportation corridor in your > neighborhood. It's nearly a quarter-mile wide. It will serve vehicles and > trains and incorporate oil, gas, electric and water lines. Try to fight it > and you'll not only face the combined might of your local, state, and > federal governments, but foreign interests as well. The internationalization > of U.S. roads has begun. > > We're not just talking about isolated instances of privately-built toll > roads with foreign management, as we've seen in Southern California. We're > talking about networks of toll roads that may be built by foreign builders, > managed by foreign operators, function primarily to accommodate foreign > goods, and connect U.S. roads to similar networks in Canada, Mexico and, > later, Central and South America. > > Interstate 69, for example, is a planned 1600 mile national highway > connecting Mexico, the U.S., and Canada. Eight states are involved in the > project: Once completed, I-69 will extend from Port Huron, Michigan to the > Texas/Mexico border. > > In Texas, I-69 will be part of the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) project - a > 4000 mile network of existing and new toll roads - which will create the > largest private highway system in America. Interstate 35, also called the > Oklahoma to Mexico/Gulf Coast element, will be developed as part of the TTC. > > Plans call for the TTC to be 1200 feet wide with 10 vehicle lanes (three > passenger vehicle lanes in each direction), truck lanes (two in each > direction), six rail lines (three in each direction), two tracks for > high-speed passenger rail, two for commuter rail and two for freight. The > corridor will include a 200 feet right-of-way for oil, gas, electric and > water lines. > > According to Corridor Watch, a group opposing the TTC, Governor Rick Perry > announced his Corridor vision in 2002, instructed the Texas Department of > Transportation to prepare an action plan and within six-months the > Department of Transportation presented the finished product to the state > Transportation Commission. "Without any substantive discussion or debate and > without public comment," the Commission approved it, a plan projected to > cost up to $185 billion and take up to 50 years to build. > > In 2003, the Texas Department of Transportation sent representatives to > Europe to find "partners," visiting London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and > Barcelona. By December 2004, Texas had selected a Spanish firm to finance > and build the first segment of the TTC. In March 2005, Department of > Transportation officials, joined by Governor Perry and Federal Highway > Administrator Mary Peters, signed a 342-page agreement with the firm. > > Not only did the Bush Administration bless the project, but the Federal > Highway Administration announced in March 2004 that the first segment of the > TTC had been granted "experimental project status" and construction could > begin before the environmental study was complete. Work could start even > before public hearings were completed. > > Three months later, the Republican Party of Texas adopted as part of its > platform the following statement: "Because there are issues of confiscation > of private land, State and National sovereignty . . . , the Party urges the > repeal of (legislation) authorizing the Trans-Texas Corridor. Further, we > urge the removal of all authorization and powers granted the Texas > Transportation Commission and the Texas Department of Transportation for the > construction and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor." > > Corridor Watch now reports widespread and growing public opposition, > describing Texans as "extremely concerned about the state creating a > transportation, communication, utility and economic development monopoly. > They are concerned about a project that will consume 584,000 acres of land > impacting land owners, farms, ranches, wildlife, the environment, > communities, taxpayers, water rights, local economies, and more." > > Texans are also concerned about how the law authorizing the TTC grants > dictatorial powers to the Transportation Commission for the taking of > private property. The powers include purchase and condemnation of property > contiguous to an existing or planned segment of the TTC, for use in > constructing or operating the TTC, or for ancillary facilities that directly > benefit users of the TTC, e.g., businesses, and - "for virtually any revenue > generating purpose." > > "With complete disregard for public will and the citizens of Texas," > Corridor Watch says, "our government is marching forward." But Texas state > officials are not marching alone. > > Texas politicians are marching in lockstep with international trade groups > such as North America's Super Corridor Coalition ( NASCO), the North > American International Trade Corridor Partnership, (NAITCP) and the Central > North American Trade Corridor Association (CNATCA) > > Texas politicians are marching in lockstep with international trade groups > such as North America's Super Corridor Coalition ( NASCO), the North > American International Trade Corridor Partnership, (NAITCP) and the Central > North American Trade Corridor Association (CNATCA), > > NASCO (www.nasco.com) describes itself as a "public/private, non-profit > corporation seeking to create an international trade corridor system > throughout North America, secure funding for certain projects, i.e., tax > dollars, and promote the development of International Trade Processing > Centers. A lobbying group, linked to other lobbying groups, it is > "partnered" with the North America's Supercorridor Caucus in Congress and > working with Senate committees on a Multi-State International Corridor > Development Program. Tim Brown, a Bell County, Texas Commissioner is > President. > > NASCO opines that, because of "several important trade agreements, the > heartland of America enters a new era as a geographic crossroad for > international trade." They refer to the North American Free Trade Agreement > (NAFTA) nations of Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. and "those who will follow," > doubtless meaning the CAFTA and FTAA (pending trade agreements) countries of > Central and South America. NASCO's Web site links to the NAFTA Secretariat > site where you may view "the complete text of the NAFTA." > > The NAITCP (www.naitcp.org) purports to be a "partnership of cities of > Mexico, the United States and Canada linked by a trade corridor that works > to promote economic and social development in our region." NAITCP just held > its 11th annual summit in Mexico, May 11-13. It was called "Hemispheria, the > North American Convergence Summit," and featured working groups on "Trade > and Transportation Corridors in North America, Smart Borders, and Cultural > Integration." > > The CNATCA (www.cnatca.org) aims to encourage "continued economic > integration between the three North American countries and to foster greater > collective involvement in the emerging global economy." Dedicated to > "proactive global citizenship," the Association's Web site presents the > flags of Canada, the United States and Mexico both horizontally and > vertically, but as one entity, the U.S. flag between the other two. > > CNATCA's project, the Central North American Trade Corridor, extends from > Alaska through the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, > Saskatchewan and Manitoba, through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, > Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle, and Texas, and then south of the U.S. border > to Mexico City. > > No wonder Texans are frustrated. How much influence can citizens exert when > policy-making goes international? This is a question Americans everywhere > should be asking, for the next trade corridor, toll road network, or inland > port could land anywhere. > > Nearly two dozen states have passed legislation allowing their > transportation systems to operate toll roads and okaying private firms to > build and run them. The Bush Administration is easing the way for states to > convert car pool lanes to toll lanes, and to allow private investors to > build and operate highways. Converting existing roads to toll corridors - > thereby forcing taxpayers to pay each time they use roads for which they've > already paid - is a great revenue producer for big spending governments. > > California might be next. Governor Schwarzenegger reportedly favors toll > roads and last February offered a provocative glimpse of California's > futu "We're going to make an announcement really soon where we're going > to look at our whole infrastructure and transportation and we have a very > creative way of financing it. We want to approach it in a very radical way > and then look at all kinds of transportation." > > Could the governor be thinking of the TTC model, transit ways built by > foreign firms with foreign money in exchange for decades of toll revenue? > Providing political justification for such a move is the state's > near-bankrupt condition, years of diverting road monies to finance general > obligations, and a freeway system in crisis with the volume of international > cargo traffic exploding. > > Why foreign involvement? Besides cost considerations, modern trade > agreements prohibit discrimination against trading "partners", i.e., foreign > suppliers of goods and services, even in the area of government procurement. > NAFTA, for example, mandates treatment "no less favorable than the most > favorable treatment" the U.S. accords to its own goods and suppliers. > > Another NAFTA mandate - and likely the primary impetus for developing the > Texas corridor - authorizes Mexican trucks to transport international cargo > throughout the U.S.; it also allows the establishment of Mexican trucking > enterprises in the U.S. and permits Mexican bus services throughout the U.S. > > Lawsuits based on environmental issues have delayed implementation of these > provisions, but in June 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that > environmental reviews were not required. The latest holdup is an agreement > on safety standards, UPI reporting in March 2005, that Mexico would not > allow U.S. safety inspectors to check trucks on its side of the border. > > But expect Mexican trucks to roll soon and, then, look out. Trade agreements > with all of Central and South America are pending. If approved by Congress - > the North American Trade Corridor will likely be linked with transportation > corridors all the way to Tierra del Fuego. > > > > The trade agreements that have already transformed America's culture and > economy; will now slice up America's heartland - at U.S. taxpayers' > expense - decimating farmland, small communities and, of course, property > rights. Our shredded borders will open fully to trucks, busses, and people > from all points north and south, the trucks delivering products and services > once produced in the U.S.A. by Americans. > > > > President Bush is demanding Congressional approval of the Central American > Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Many legislators - even those who express > outrage over present border problems -- have already caved. Call your > Congressman toll free at 1(877)762-8762. Demand a No! vote on CAFTA. > > |
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:01:44 -0600, "Iconoclast"
> wrote: >"Lets Roll" > wrote in message link.net... >> http://www.newswithviews.com/Spivey/phyllis3.htm >> >> Phyllis Spivey >> June 10, 2005 >> NewsWithViews.com >> >> Imagine this: your state government puts a transportation corridor in your >> neighborhood. It's nearly a quarter-mile wide. It will serve vehicles and >> trains and incorporate oil, gas, electric and water lines. Try to fight it >> and you'll not only face the combined might of your local, state, and >> federal governments, but foreign interests as well. The >> internationalization of U.S. roads has begun. >> >> We're not just talking about isolated instances of privately-built toll >> roads with foreign management, as we've seen in Southern California. We're >> talking about networks of toll roads that may be built by foreign >> builders, managed by foreign operators, function primarily to accommodate >> foreign goods, and connect U.S. roads to similar networks in Canada, >> Mexico and, later, Central and South America. >> >> Interstate 69, for example, is a planned 1600 mile national highway >> connecting Mexico, the U.S., and Canada. Eight states are involved in the >> project: Once completed, I-69 will extend from Port Huron, Michigan to the >> Texas/Mexico border. >> >> In Texas, I-69 will be part of the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) project - a >> 4000 mile network of existing and new toll roads - which will create the >> largest private highway system in America. Interstate 35, also called the >> Oklahoma to Mexico/Gulf Coast element, will be developed as part of the >> TTC. >> >> Plans call for the TTC to be 1200 feet wide with 10 vehicle lanes (three >> passenger vehicle lanes in each direction), truck lanes (two in each >> direction), six rail lines (three in each direction), two tracks for >> high-speed passenger rail, two for commuter rail and two for freight. The >> corridor will include a 200 feet right-of-way for oil, gas, electric and >> water lines. >> >> According to Corridor Watch, a group opposing the TTC, Governor Rick Perry >> announced his Corridor vision in 2002, instructed the Texas Department of >> Transportation to prepare an action plan and within six-months the >> Department of Transportation presented the finished product to the state >> Transportation Commission. "Without any substantive discussion or debate >> and without public comment," the Commission approved it, a plan projected >> to cost up to $185 billion and take up to 50 years to build. >> >> In 2003, the Texas Department of Transportation sent representatives to >> Europe to find "partners," visiting London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and >> Barcelona. By December 2004, Texas had selected a Spanish firm to finance >> and build the first segment of the TTC. In March 2005, Department of >> Transportation officials, joined by Governor Perry and Federal Highway >> Administrator Mary Peters, signed a 342-page agreement with the firm. >> >> Not only did the Bush Administration bless the project, but the Federal >> Highway Administration announced in March 2004 that the first segment of >> the TTC had been granted "experimental project status" and construction >> could begin before the environmental study was complete. Work could start >> even before public hearings were completed. >> >> Three months later, the Republican Party of Texas adopted as part of its >> platform the following statement: "Because there are issues of >> confiscation of private land, State and National sovereignty . . . , the >> Party urges the repeal of (legislation) authorizing the Trans-Texas >> Corridor. Further, we urge the removal of all authorization and powers >> granted the Texas Transportation Commission and the Texas Department of >> Transportation for the construction and operation of the Trans-Texas >> Corridor." >> >> Corridor Watch now reports widespread and growing public opposition, >> describing Texans as "extremely concerned about the state creating a >> transportation, communication, utility and economic development monopoly. >> They are concerned about a project that will consume 584,000 acres of land >> impacting land owners, farms, ranches, wildlife, the environment, >> communities, taxpayers, water rights, local economies, and more." >> >> Texans are also concerned about how the law authorizing the TTC grants >> dictatorial powers to the Transportation Commission for the taking of >> private property. The powers include purchase and condemnation of property >> contiguous to an existing or planned segment of the TTC, for use in >> constructing or operating the TTC, or for ancillary facilities that >> directly benefit users of the TTC, e.g., businesses, and - "for virtually >> any revenue generating purpose." >> >> "With complete disregard for public will and the citizens of Texas," >> Corridor Watch says, "our government is marching forward." But Texas state >> officials are not marching alone. >> >> Texas politicians are marching in lockstep with international trade groups >> such as North America's Super Corridor Coalition ( NASCO), the North >> American International Trade Corridor Partnership, (NAITCP) and the >> Central North American Trade Corridor Association (CNATCA) >> >> Texas politicians are marching in lockstep with international trade groups >> such as North America's Super Corridor Coalition ( NASCO), the North >> American International Trade Corridor Partnership, (NAITCP) and the >> Central North American Trade Corridor Association (CNATCA), >> >> NASCO (www.nasco.com) describes itself as a "public/private, non-profit >> corporation seeking to create an international trade corridor system >> throughout North America, secure funding for certain projects, i.e., tax >> dollars, and promote the development of International Trade Processing >> Centers. A lobbying group, linked to other lobbying groups, it is >> "partnered" with the North America's Supercorridor Caucus in Congress and >> working with Senate committees on a Multi-State International Corridor >> Development Program. Tim Brown, a Bell County, Texas Commissioner is >> President. >> >> NASCO opines that, because of "several important trade agreements, the >> heartland of America enters a new era as a geographic crossroad for >> international trade." They refer to the North American Free Trade >> Agreement (NAFTA) nations of Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. and "those who >> will follow," doubtless meaning the CAFTA and FTAA (pending trade >> agreements) countries of Central and South America. NASCO's Web site links >> to the NAFTA Secretariat site where you may view "the complete text of the >> NAFTA." >> >> The NAITCP (www.naitcp.org) purports to be a "partnership of cities of >> Mexico, the United States and Canada linked by a trade corridor that works >> to promote economic and social development in our region." NAITCP just >> held its 11th annual summit in Mexico, May 11-13. It was called >> "Hemispheria, the North American Convergence Summit," and featured working >> groups on "Trade and Transportation Corridors in North America, Smart >> Borders, and Cultural Integration." >> >> The CNATCA (www.cnatca.org) aims to encourage "continued economic >> integration between the three North American countries and to foster >> greater collective involvement in the emerging global economy." Dedicated >> to "proactive global citizenship," the Association's Web site presents the >> flags of Canada, the United States and Mexico both horizontally and >> vertically, but as one entity, the U.S. flag between the other two. >> >> CNATCA's project, the Central North American Trade Corridor, extends from >> Alaska through the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, >> Saskatchewan and Manitoba, through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, >> Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle, and Texas, and then south of the U.S. >> border to Mexico City. >> >> No wonder Texans are frustrated. How much influence can citizens exert >> when policy-making goes international? This is a question Americans >> everywhere should be asking, for the next trade corridor, toll road >> network, or inland port could land anywhere. >> >> Nearly two dozen states have passed legislation allowing their >> transportation systems to operate toll roads and okaying private firms to >> build and run them. The Bush Administration is easing the way for states >> to convert car pool lanes to toll lanes, and to allow private investors to >> build and operate highways. Converting existing roads to toll corridors - >> thereby forcing taxpayers to pay each time they use roads for which >> they've already paid - is a great revenue producer for big spending >> governments. >> >> California might be next. Governor Schwarzenegger reportedly favors toll >> roads and last February offered a provocative glimpse of California's >> futu "We're going to make an announcement really soon where we're going >> to look at our whole infrastructure and transportation and we have a very >> creative way of financing it. We want to approach it in a very radical way >> and then look at all kinds of transportation." >> >> Could the governor be thinking of the TTC model, transit ways built by >> foreign firms with foreign money in exchange for decades of toll revenue? >> Providing political justification for such a move is the state's >> near-bankrupt condition, years of diverting road monies to finance general >> obligations, and a freeway system in crisis with the volume of >> international cargo traffic exploding. >> >> Why foreign involvement? Besides cost considerations, modern trade >> agreements prohibit discrimination against trading "partners", i.e., >> foreign suppliers of goods and services, even in the area of government >> procurement. NAFTA, for example, mandates treatment "no less favorable >> than the most favorable treatment" the U.S. accords to its own goods and >> suppliers. >> >> Another NAFTA mandate - and likely the primary impetus for developing the >> Texas corridor - authorizes Mexican trucks to transport international >> cargo throughout the U.S.; it also allows the establishment of Mexican >> trucking enterprises in the U.S. and permits Mexican bus services >> throughout the U.S. >> >> Lawsuits based on environmental issues have delayed implementation of >> these provisions, but in June 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that >> environmental reviews were not required. The latest holdup is an agreement >> on safety standards, UPI reporting in March 2005, that Mexico would not >> allow U.S. safety inspectors to check trucks on its side of the border. >> >> But expect Mexican trucks to roll soon and, then, look out. Trade >> agreements with all of Central and South America are pending. If approved >> by Congress - the North American Trade Corridor will likely be linked with >> transportation corridors all the way to Tierra del Fuego. >> >> >> >> The trade agreements that have already transformed America's culture and >> economy; will now slice up America's heartland - at U.S. taxpayers' >> expense - decimating farmland, small communities and, of course, property >> rights. Our shredded borders will open fully to trucks, busses, and people >> from all points north and south, the trucks delivering products and >> services once produced in the U.S.A. by Americans. >> >> >> >> President Bush is demanding Congressional approval of the Central American >> Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Many legislators - even those who express >> outrage over present border problems -- have already caved. Call your >> Congressman toll free at 1(877)762-8762. Demand a No! vote on CAFTA. >> >> > >Good find, LR. The same kind of private toll road is being rammed down the >throats of Coloradoans along the Front Range. The governor just vetoed a >House and Senate bill to stop the toll road. It makes me sick. We no >longer have representative government. > >http://www.hostagesofthecorridor.net/ > But the good news is that we will be able to deport the politicians along with illegals. 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"Bunn E. Rabbit" > wrote in message ... > On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:01:44 -0600, "Iconoclast" > > wrote: > >>"Lets Roll" > wrote in message hlink.net... >>> http://www.newswithviews.com/Spivey/phyllis3.htm >>> >>> Phyllis Spivey >>> June 10, 2005 >>> NewsWithViews.com >>> >>> Imagine this: your state government puts a transportation corridor in >>> your >>> neighborhood. It's nearly a quarter-mile wide. It will serve vehicles >>> and >>> trains and incorporate oil, gas, electric and water lines. Try to fight >>> it >>> and you'll not only face the combined might of your local, state, and >>> federal governments, but foreign interests as well. The >>> internationalization of U.S. roads has begun. >>> >>> We're not just talking about isolated instances of privately-built toll >>> roads with foreign management, as we've seen in Southern California. >>> We're >>> talking about networks of toll roads that may be built by foreign >>> builders, managed by foreign operators, function primarily to >>> accommodate >>> foreign goods, and connect U.S. roads to similar networks in Canada, >>> Mexico and, later, Central and South America. >>> >>> Interstate 69, for example, is a planned 1600 mile national highway >>> connecting Mexico, the U.S., and Canada. Eight states are involved in >>> the >>> project: Once completed, I-69 will extend from Port Huron, Michigan to >>> the >>> Texas/Mexico border. >>> >>> In Texas, I-69 will be part of the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) project - >>> a >>> 4000 mile network of existing and new toll roads - which will create the >>> largest private highway system in America. Interstate 35, also called >>> the >>> Oklahoma to Mexico/Gulf Coast element, will be developed as part of the >>> TTC. >>> >>> Plans call for the TTC to be 1200 feet wide with 10 vehicle lanes (three >>> passenger vehicle lanes in each direction), truck lanes (two in each >>> direction), six rail lines (three in each direction), two tracks for >>> high-speed passenger rail, two for commuter rail and two for freight. >>> The >>> corridor will include a 200 feet right-of-way for oil, gas, electric and >>> water lines. >>> >>> According to Corridor Watch, a group opposing the TTC, Governor Rick >>> Perry >>> announced his Corridor vision in 2002, instructed the Texas Department >>> of >>> Transportation to prepare an action plan and within six-months the >>> Department of Transportation presented the finished product to the state >>> Transportation Commission. "Without any substantive discussion or debate >>> and without public comment," the Commission approved it, a plan >>> projected >>> to cost up to $185 billion and take up to 50 years to build. >>> >>> In 2003, the Texas Department of Transportation sent representatives to >>> Europe to find "partners," visiting London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and >>> Barcelona. By December 2004, Texas had selected a Spanish firm to >>> finance >>> and build the first segment of the TTC. In March 2005, Department of >>> Transportation officials, joined by Governor Perry and Federal Highway >>> Administrator Mary Peters, signed a 342-page agreement with the firm. >>> >>> Not only did the Bush Administration bless the project, but the Federal >>> Highway Administration announced in March 2004 that the first segment of >>> the TTC had been granted "experimental project status" and construction >>> could begin before the environmental study was complete. Work could >>> start >>> even before public hearings were completed. >>> >>> Three months later, the Republican Party of Texas adopted as part of its >>> platform the following statement: "Because there are issues of >>> confiscation of private land, State and National sovereignty . . . , the >>> Party urges the repeal of (legislation) authorizing the Trans-Texas >>> Corridor. Further, we urge the removal of all authorization and powers >>> granted the Texas Transportation Commission and the Texas Department of >>> Transportation for the construction and operation of the Trans-Texas >>> Corridor." >>> >>> Corridor Watch now reports widespread and growing public opposition, >>> describing Texans as "extremely concerned about the state creating a >>> transportation, communication, utility and economic development >>> monopoly. >>> They are concerned about a project that will consume 584,000 acres of >>> land >>> impacting land owners, farms, ranches, wildlife, the environment, >>> communities, taxpayers, water rights, local economies, and more." >>> >>> Texans are also concerned about how the law authorizing the TTC grants >>> dictatorial powers to the Transportation Commission for the taking of >>> private property. The powers include purchase and condemnation of >>> property >>> contiguous to an existing or planned segment of the TTC, for use in >>> constructing or operating the TTC, or for ancillary facilities that >>> directly benefit users of the TTC, e.g., businesses, and - "for >>> virtually >>> any revenue generating purpose." >>> >>> "With complete disregard for public will and the citizens of Texas," >>> Corridor Watch says, "our government is marching forward." But Texas >>> state >>> officials are not marching alone. >>> >>> Texas politicians are marching in lockstep with international trade >>> groups >>> such as North America's Super Corridor Coalition ( NASCO), the North >>> American International Trade Corridor Partnership, (NAITCP) and the >>> Central North American Trade Corridor Association (CNATCA) >>> >>> Texas politicians are marching in lockstep with international trade >>> groups >>> such as North America's Super Corridor Coalition ( NASCO), the North >>> American International Trade Corridor Partnership, (NAITCP) and the >>> Central North American Trade Corridor Association (CNATCA), >>> >>> NASCO (www.nasco.com) describes itself as a "public/private, non-profit >>> corporation seeking to create an international trade corridor system >>> throughout North America, secure funding for certain projects, i.e., tax >>> dollars, and promote the development of International Trade Processing >>> Centers. A lobbying group, linked to other lobbying groups, it is >>> "partnered" with the North America's Supercorridor Caucus in Congress >>> and >>> working with Senate committees on a Multi-State International Corridor >>> Development Program. Tim Brown, a Bell County, Texas Commissioner is >>> President. >>> >>> NASCO opines that, because of "several important trade agreements, the >>> heartland of America enters a new era as a geographic crossroad for >>> international trade." They refer to the North American Free Trade >>> Agreement (NAFTA) nations of Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. and "those who >>> will follow," doubtless meaning the CAFTA and FTAA (pending trade >>> agreements) countries of Central and South America. NASCO's Web site >>> links >>> to the NAFTA Secretariat site where you may view "the complete text of >>> the >>> NAFTA." >>> >>> The NAITCP (www.naitcp.org) purports to be a "partnership of cities of >>> Mexico, the United States and Canada linked by a trade corridor that >>> works >>> to promote economic and social development in our region." NAITCP just >>> held its 11th annual summit in Mexico, May 11-13. It was called >>> "Hemispheria, the North American Convergence Summit," and featured >>> working >>> groups on "Trade and Transportation Corridors in North America, Smart >>> Borders, and Cultural Integration." >>> >>> The CNATCA (www.cnatca.org) aims to encourage "continued economic >>> integration between the three North American countries and to foster >>> greater collective involvement in the emerging global economy." >>> Dedicated >>> to "proactive global citizenship," the Association's Web site presents >>> the >>> flags of Canada, the United States and Mexico both horizontally and >>> vertically, but as one entity, the U.S. flag between the other two. >>> >>> CNATCA's project, the Central North American Trade Corridor, extends >>> from >>> Alaska through the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, >>> Saskatchewan and Manitoba, through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, >>> Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle, and Texas, and then south of the U.S. >>> border to Mexico City. >>> >>> No wonder Texans are frustrated. How much influence can citizens exert >>> when policy-making goes international? This is a question Americans >>> everywhere should be asking, for the next trade corridor, toll road >>> network, or inland port could land anywhere. >>> >>> Nearly two dozen states have passed legislation allowing their >>> transportation systems to operate toll roads and okaying private firms >>> to >>> build and run them. The Bush Administration is easing the way for states >>> to convert car pool lanes to toll lanes, and to allow private investors >>> to >>> build and operate highways. Converting existing roads to toll >>> corridors - >>> thereby forcing taxpayers to pay each time they use roads for which >>> they've already paid - is a great revenue producer for big spending >>> governments. >>> >>> California might be next. Governor Schwarzenegger reportedly favors toll >>> roads and last February offered a provocative glimpse of California's >>> futu "We're going to make an announcement really soon where we're >>> going >>> to look at our whole infrastructure and transportation and we have a >>> very >>> creative way of financing it. We want to approach it in a very radical >>> way >>> and then look at all kinds of transportation." >>> >>> Could the governor be thinking of the TTC model, transit ways built by >>> foreign firms with foreign money in exchange for decades of toll >>> revenue? >>> Providing political justification for such a move is the state's >>> near-bankrupt condition, years of diverting road monies to finance >>> general >>> obligations, and a freeway system in crisis with the volume of >>> international cargo traffic exploding. >>> >>> Why foreign involvement? Besides cost considerations, modern trade >>> agreements prohibit discrimination against trading "partners", i.e., >>> foreign suppliers of goods and services, even in the area of government >>> procurement. NAFTA, for example, mandates treatment "no less favorable >>> than the most favorable treatment" the U.S. accords to its own goods and >>> suppliers. >>> >>> Another NAFTA mandate - and likely the primary impetus for developing >>> the >>> Texas corridor - authorizes Mexican trucks to transport international >>> cargo throughout the U.S.; it also allows the establishment of Mexican >>> trucking enterprises in the U.S. and permits Mexican bus services >>> throughout the U.S. >>> >>> Lawsuits based on environmental issues have delayed implementation of >>> these provisions, but in June 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that >>> environmental reviews were not required. The latest holdup is an >>> agreement >>> on safety standards, UPI reporting in March 2005, that Mexico would not >>> allow U.S. safety inspectors to check trucks on its side of the border. >>> >>> But expect Mexican trucks to roll soon and, then, look out. Trade >>> agreements with all of Central and South America are pending. If >>> approved >>> by Congress - the North American Trade Corridor will likely be linked >>> with >>> transportation corridors all the way to Tierra del Fuego. >>> >>> >>> >>> The trade agreements that have already transformed America's culture and >>> economy; will now slice up America's heartland - at U.S. taxpayers' >>> expense - decimating farmland, small communities and, of course, >>> property >>> rights. Our shredded borders will open fully to trucks, busses, and >>> people >>> from all points north and south, the trucks delivering products and >>> services once produced in the U.S.A. by Americans. >>> >>> >>> >>> President Bush is demanding Congressional approval of the Central >>> American >>> Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Many legislators - even those who express >>> outrage over present border problems -- have already caved. Call your >>> Congressman toll free at 1(877)762-8762. Demand a No! vote on CAFTA. >>> >>> >> >>Good find, LR. The same kind of private toll road is being rammed down >>the >>throats of Coloradoans along the Front Range. The governor just vetoed a >>House and Senate bill to stop the toll road. It makes me sick. We no >>longer have representative government. >> >>http://www.hostagesofthecorridor.net/ >> > > But the good news is that we will be able to deport the politicians > along with illegals. One way. > > -- > Keith They should be deported to Devils Island and spend their "golden years" in a Brown "paradise," serving their beloved illegals as janitors, cleanup crews, and whores in the intense, muggy, buggy, tropical heat. :Iconoclast > ------------------------------------- > > Fed up with illegal immigration? > _____ > http://idexer.com > http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/listarticles.cgi?117 > http://www.saveourstate.org > http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frostyA.htm > http://www.americanpatrol.com/LINKS/LINKS.html > http://www.vdare.com/links.htm > http://www.stoptheinvasion.com/links/ > http://fairus.org/ > http://numbersusa.com/index > > > _____ > > "Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death > of a sparrow in the corner of a barn." -Anouk Aimee, French Actor > _____ > > "Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny", Aeschylus (525BC-456BC), > Agamemnon > _____ > > "I wear no Burka." - Mother Nature > > ---------- > To send mail: remove hutch |
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