Controversy Erupts Over NASCO and the NAFTA Super-Highway

Human Events Online ^ | Jun 26, 2006 | Jerome R. Corsi

[deport]

So we will wind up shipping most goods through Mexico instead of our west coast ports?

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Depending upon the route you take but one route would take you to Laredo. Also don't forget the I-69 Corridor from South Texas to Port Huron, MI. Another route[s] could be coming in from one of the Mexico's Pacific ports. Corsi keeps writing about Lazaro Cardenos [which is farther south of Topolobampa and would use Laredo] and then there is the other from Topolobampo [La-Entrada_Al-Pacifico>

La-Entrada_Al-Pacifico

Walmart has already moved a lot of it's container imports from the West Coast to Houston with a new facility that just opened. They will be shipping up to 28% of the total container imports thru the facility and use the Panama Canal with smaller ships and a longer shipping time.

All said and done there are many options being explored and which will be the viable ones is yet to be determined. But I suspect one or more will come into being as commerce isn't going to be denied, imo. The Luddites are long gone and the buggy whip isn't needed for the current transportation modes.

Now back to the paint brush/roller for a while.

[Kimberly GG]

Port Authority and Alliance to Promote Logistics Corridor in China

"Officials of the Port Authority of San Antonio (formerly Greater Kelly Development Authority), Free Trade Alliance San Antonio, Port of Lázaro Cardenas, Hutchison Port Holdings and transpacific shipping lines will travel to China the first week of April to promote a newly developed logistics corridor for Chinese imports into the U.S. market.

In January of 2006, a collaboration of several logistics entities in the U.S. and Mexico began operation of a new multimodal logistics corridor for Chinese goods entering the U.S. market.  The new corridor brings containerized goods from China on either Maersk or CP Ships transpacific service to the Mexican Port of Lázaro Cardenas.  There, the containers are off loaded by a new world class terminal operated by Hutchison Ports based in Hong Kong.  The containers are loaded onto the Kansas City Southern Railroad de Mexico where they move in-bond into the U.S.  The containers clear U.S. customs in San Antonio, Texas and are processed for distribution."

http://www.freetradealliance.org/newsletter/admin/e_nternationaldetail.asp?id=795


History of the the "NAFTA Railway" - "Two Worlds - One Route"
www.kcsmartport.com/pdf/SmtPrtOneRoute.pdf

[american spirit]

The more I look at this I'm wondering if we'll see Mexican truckers driving these loads all the way to KC or elsewhere and what will be the licensing regulations as well as who or what will monitor the increased truck traffic for safety? Every so often in the Dallas area there's some sort of horrific crash involving these trucks on I-35 and many people in the area avoid that interstate as much as possible.

[mthom]

At least you're honest about your support for the radical blurring (at least) of our borders. Most on your side will ridicule the possibility until its on the table then they will defend it.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

General and Trans-Texas Corridor SUPER-PING!

My apologies to anyone who was already pinged to this article.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

This article seems to be a good one for starters, since it includes an example of rebuttal by a NASCO officer, so you get some balance to the report. I've pinged both my lists to it.

[Ben Ficklin]

What you refer to as a "radical blurring of our borders", sane people see as being important to protect our borders.

For all the inadequacies of inpections of containers entering our ports, those containers passing thru Mexico and Canada get less scrutiny.

It is important that the US have the authority/ability to control Mexico's and Canada's ports.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

bump.

[hedgetrimmer]

New Leadership in U.S.-Canada Relations:
Leveraging Federalism to Manage North American Integration
June 27, 2006


As North American integration proceeds, there is a growing and improving amount of collaboration between the two federal governments in Washington and Ottawa with the governments of states and provinces in addressing issues of shared concern. The conference panels will explore topics of growing U.S.-Canada cooperation from provincial, bilateral, and global perspectives. Our luncheon keynote speakers will include former U.S. Ambassadors to Canada Governor Blanchard and Governor Cellucci as well as The Honorable Anne McLellan, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and The Honorable Gary Mar, Alberta Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations.

North American Integration Monitor

[nopardons]

bttt

[hedgetrimmer]

Did you know about this?

The Seven Revolutions

[Kimberly GG]

I was reading from another website and wondered if you are familiar with Lionel Sosa, the creation of MATT.org and any connection with NAU and Bush?

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=32735

[hedgetrimmer]

I hadn't seen that.

Its been noted for a very long time that nonprofit corporations are trying to undermine the country. They are integral to the plan for the NAU, because the government through unconstitutional public private partnerships use them as an arm to execute these plans. Since they are 'private' their records are not open to the public. Since they are tax exempt, they have special privileges that common citizens to not.

[Smartass]

No hadn't seen that one yet...Thank you!
I book marked it and will read it later.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Kimberly GG]

Interesting that the map you posted does not show anything into Canada, yet there are others that do. Do you know why?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Well, at least Corsi is adding more information as it is pointed out to him. This is actually a pretty good article, except for when he starts analyzing and jumps to silly conclusions. He's still looking at the sun rising in the east and setting in the west and deducing that the sun revolves around the earth, but he's dropped some of his tinfoil conclusions after being thoroughly refuted. Progress, I guess.

BTW, trains are already running from Lazaro Cardenas, but not to Kansas City. Maybe sometime in the next year, and same for Houston, but right now they are just running to Jackson, MS, and onto Atlanta (with either now or soon connecting to other eastern markets.) No big deal, surprisingly the world didn't end.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Sheesh. The Port of Long Beach (and LA, Oakland, Seattle, etc.) isn't being 'abandoned', they are booming, but are reaching buildout. They've already switched to 24 hour operation, so the ability to expand capacity is about to end. Same for all the US west coast ports, surrounded by some of the most expensive real estate and no other locations suitable for a large port. Where would you build the next port? Not many options for Canada, either, and Alaska doesn't have a rail connection (which would be amazingly expensive and an engineering challenge to build across permafrost and numerous mountain ranges.) Mexico is simpoly a natural overflow for all this trade growth.

[Smartass]

That was an existing railway map...

This is the highway map you're looking for.
With Kansas City being the location of the
Mexican Customs House, on American soil!