[pea-jay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'A')nyone down there in Texas seeing this 1/4 mile wide highway under construction?

They are doing a lot of road construction in the Twin Cities area, and some in Iowa (I can't remember if it was north or south of Des Moines)

[pea-jay]

Stop the SPP? Worry about it? Why bother. It isnt a treaty, it carries no weight of law and doesnt imply the construction of anything or the removal of national sovereignty.

For once the media ignorance of the subject matter is justified.

[gw]

The French (and Dutch) succeeded in stopping the proposed EU constitution, so there is reason to think people can put a stop to the SPP as well.

Here is a petition:
Petition to Stop the SPP and Deep Integration

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'A CALL TO SUSPEND THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH AMERICA (SPP) ON CONTINENTAL INTEGRATION

PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

We, the Undersigned Citizens of Canada, draw attention to the House of the following:

WHEREAS, the implementation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), further advances NAFTA’s goal of continental economic integration by pushing Canada towards establishing common policies with the United States and Mexico in key areas such as security, energy, and food and health standards, while shrinking the range of choices open to Canadian policy makers;

WHEREAS, the SPP encompasses over 300 wide-ranging initiatives, many of which reduce protection in areas such as pesticide use, food safety, air safety, and the environment to the lowest common denominator, as well as securing even greater U.S. control over Canadian resources and national standards, including energy and water;

WHEREAS, the SPP also seeks to incrementally merge our security policies and practices with those of the United States, and include measures such as a common security perimeter, with fully yielded control to the Bush administration over defence, intelligence, immigration, and refugee policies, including sharing a vast amount of personal information with the US government;

WHEREAS, under the SPP, Canada will possess less and less ability to adopt autonomous and sustainable economic, social, cultural, and environmental policies, including public programs like universal healthcare and public education;

WHEREAS, the SPP has been proceeding away from public scrutiny, with no democratic mandate from the Canadian, American, and Mexican people;

WHEREAS, the Parliament of Canada has not been allowed to review, debate, or vote on a process that will fundamentally alter the fabric of our society and challenge our existence as a sovereign nation;

THEREFORE, your petitioners call upon the Government of Canada to stop further implementation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) with the United States and Mexico until there is a democratic mandate from the people of Canada, Parliamentary oversight, and consideration of its profound consequences on Canada’s existence as a sovereign nation and its ability to adopt autonomous and sustainable economic, social, and environmental policies, and urge the Government of Canada to conduct a transparent and accountable public debate of the SPP process, involving meaningful public consultations with civil society and a full legislative review, including the work, recommendations, and reports of all SPP working groups, and a full debate and a vote in Parliament.

Name Signature Address Postal Code

')
Print out a few copies, collect signatures and send it to:

Peter Julian MP for Burnaby-New Westminster
Room 178, Confederation Building
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6

Here is a US version to send to your Representative in the House:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Dear Honorable Representative,

The implementation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), further advances NAFTA’s goal of continental economic integration by pushing United States towards establishing common policies with Canada and Mexico in key areas such as security, energy, and food and health standards, while shrinking the range of choices open to American policy makers.

The SPP encompasses over 300 wide-ranging initiatives, many of which reduce protection in areas such as pesticide use, food safety, air safety, and the environment to the lowest common denominator.

The SPP also seeks to incrementally merge our security policies and practices with those of Canada and Mexico, and include measures such as a common security perimeter, with fully yielded control to the Bush administration over defense, intelligence, immigration, and refugee policies, including sharing a vast amount of personal information with the governments of Canada and Mexico.

Under the SPP, United States will possess less and less ability to adopt autonomous and sustainable economic, social, cultural, and environmental policies, including public programs like healthcare and public education.

The SPP has been proceeding away from public scrutiny, with no democratic mandate from the Canadian, American, and Mexican people.

The United States Congress has not been allowed to review, debate, or vote on a process that will fundamentally alter the fabric of our society and challenge our existence as a sovereign nation.

I am therefore requesting that you take action to stop further implementation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) with Canada and Mexico until there is a democratic mandate from the people of United States, Congressional oversight, and consideration of its profound consequences on United States’s existence as a sovereign nation and its ability to adopt autonomous and sustainable economic, social, and environmental policies, and urge Congress to conduct a transparent and accountable public debate of the SPP process, involving meaningful public consultations with civil society and a full legislative review, including the work, recommendations, and reports of all SPP working groups, and a full debate and a vote in Congress.

Sincerely,

Your Name
City, State
')
Use the following link to contact your representative in the House.
Contact your Representative

[Ferretlover]

Tri-National Advocacy for Efficient, Secure and Environmentally Conscious Trade & Transportation For more than 13 years NASCO and its members have stood at the forefront of driving public and private sectors to unite to address strategically critical national and international trade, transportation, security and environmental issues. … entire article at: http://www.nascocorridor.com/

NASCO Spaning 2,480 miles through Canada , the central U.S. and deep into Mexico,_ the NASCO trade corridor is a multimodal transportation network that connects 71 million people and supports $1 trillion in total commerce between the three nations. [big ole ad for on the first pg Intra America Real Estate Group]
Trans-Texas Corridor of the North American Union ... entire article at: http://sixthcolumn.blogspot.com/2006/06 ... rican.html

"Check out this WND report by Jerome Corsi that describes the route for the 12-lane highway that is a part of the North American Union." … The idea is to extend the rebuilt I-35 NAFTA super-corridor highway all the way from Laredo, Texas, to Canada, with extensions in Canada to be built out to Montreal in the east and Vancouver in the west. In Mexico, the super-corridor will connect via Mexican railroads with the port at Lazaro Cardenas. … entire article at: http://www.inboundlogistics.com/digital ... ital06.pdf

[TheTurtle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('savethehumans', 'C')an someone post a link to that map of the proposed superhighway? It doesn't enlarge here, so I want to go to the source and get an enlargement.

[mmasters]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pea-jay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'A')nyone down there in Texas seeing this 1/4 mile wide highway under construction?

They are doing a lot of road construction in the Twin Cities area, and some in Iowa (I can't remember if it was north or south of Des Moines)

[wxman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'H')mm, sure that's it? I remember it being quoted many times about how this thing was 4 football fields wide with pipelines and rail, etc...

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'O')n the other hand, this road has opened up a lot of new realestate for strip malls, cookie cutter housing and the requisite megachurch.

[mmasters]

Hey that guy looks like Wilford Brimley

Makes sense though to do it in phases, that way they can show an initial phase picture and say it's just another highway, no big deal.

[Plantagenet]

There is a fair chance the government of Mexico will collapse now that Cantarell has peaked and Mexican oil production has begun a rapid decline.

The US should be planning how to respond and possibly protect itself from floods of illegal immigrants if the Mexican state implodes, not how to more fully integrate with a potential disaster on the southern border.

[Plantagenet]

Agghhhhh! Emerson...that looks horrible.


Its got to be the fabled highway to hell!!!


"I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell

No stop signs, speedin' limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me 'round
Hey Satan! Paid my dues.
Playin' in a rockin' band
Hey Mama! Look at me
I'm on my way to the promise land

I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell

Dont stop me!

Iau!Iau!yeah"

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'A')gghhhhh! Emerson...that looks horrible.

[Plantagenet]

The rail would be very nice, but they seem to have started to build more highway and not the railway.

I'm a huge rail supporter, but I think we'll have to see gas go to $7 at the pump before the priorities switch around and the railroads and light rail systems start getting built and a hold gets put on building more super-highways.

I wouldn't mind a high speed rail connection and new freight connections from Mexico to the US to Canada. You can check everybody's ID when they get on a train, and you can ID and check and track every single freight car to its destination.

[gw]

Canadians are very concerned about losing their sovereignty and having their resources plundered by the US, and all you guys can talk about is a stupid highway.

This is another example of how Americans pretend to be blissfully ignorant of the fact that the American way of life is based on pillage and plunder.

[Ferretlover]

GW, please reconsider your statement that "This is another example of how Americans pretend ..."

Not all Americans! I care very much about America losing Its sovereignty, just as you feel about your country. I think that our current administration has lost its collective mind, and I, for one, am horrified about our government's actions!!!
We have absolutely NO business trying to mind and control every other country/culture on the planet.
Ignorance is not bliss, it is death.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gw', 'C')anadians are very concerned about losing their sovereignty and having their resources plundered by the US, and all you guys can talk about is a stupid highway.

This is another example of how Americans pretend to be blissfully ignorant of the fact that the American way of life is based on pillage and plunder.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gw', 'C')anadians are very concerned about losing their sovereignty and having their resources plundered by the US, and all you guys can talk about is a stupid highway.

This is another example of how Americans pretend to be blissfully ignorant of the fact that the American way of life is based on pillage and plunder.

[MalcolmV]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'W')e also buy your lumber

[Mircea]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gw', 'C')anadians are very concerned about losing their sovereignty and having their resources plundered by the US, and all you guys can talk about is a stupid highway.

[pea-jay]

Okay the Trans Texas Cooridor does look pretty heinous at "build out"

http://www.corridorwatch.org/ttc/ttc35/ ... awings.pdf

Still with the price tag estimated at $745 Billion dollars (with a "B" mind you) even the best public private partnership is going to be unable to cough that up. Remember the Big Dig in boston cost only ! 12 billion. and that was the "most expensive public works project yet. California is toying with highspeed proposal that will cost at most 30billion. Heck we havent even spent that much fightin' turrists in the I-rack and that is a pricey war.

Three quarters of a trillion on this...come on. Find something else to worry about. Two decades from now, squatters at TxDoT building will discover these "plans" and feel lucky theyve got kindling for their fire to keep warm with. I've worked transportation planning and believe me, our shelves are littered with road plans out the wazoo.

Worry about something else.