Posted on 09/26/2006 11:10:53 PM PDT by mukraker
Government documents released by a Freedom of Information Act request reveal the Bush administration is running a "shadow government" with Mexico and Canada in which the U.S. is crafting a broad range of policy in conjunction with its neighbors to the north and south, asserts WND columnist and author Jerome R. Corsi.
The documents, a total of about 1,000 pages, are among the first to be released to Corsi through his FOIA request to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP, which describes itself as an initiative "to increase security and to enhance prosperity among the three countries through greater cooperation."
"The documents clearly reveal that SPP, working within the U.S. Department of Commerce, is far advanced in putting together a new regional infrastructure, creating a 'shadow' trilateral bureaucracy with Mexico and Canada that is aggressively rewriting a wide range of U.S. administrative law, all without congressional oversight or public disclosure," Corsi said.
Among the initial discoveries, said Corsi, is the existence of an internal Intranet website that never has been revealed to Congress or the public.
"This private internal website undoubtedly contains a wealth of documentation that the FOIA request has so far intentionally excluded."
Corsi told WND the documents reveal hundreds of internal meetings, memoranda of understanding and other referenced agreements that have not been disclosed.
"We have here the beginnings of a whitewash in which SPP evidently thinks the public will be hoodwinked by a 'Myths vs. Facts' document posted for public relations purposes on their public website."
Among the documents is an organizational chart accompanied by a listing of trilateral Mexican, Canadian and U.S. administrative officers who report on multiple cabinet level "working groups."
The government watchdog Judicial Watch announced today it has received some of the same documents, including the organizational chart, which can be seen in this pdf file, on page seven.
"There is no specific authorization for this massive administrative-branch integration with Mexico and Canada other than what amounts to a press conference jointly issued by President Bush, Mexico's President Vicente Fox, and Canada's then-Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 23, 2005, at the end of their summit in Waco, Texas," Corsi said.
"Even the "Myth vs. Facts" blurb on the SPP.gov website admits the SPP is neither a treaty nor a law."
"The Bush administration is trying to create the infrastructure of a new regional North American government in stealth fashion, under the radar and out of public view. Where is Congress, asleep at the wheel?"
The SPP organizational chart shows 13 working groups covering a wide range of public policy issues, including Manufactured Goods; Energy, Food & Agriculture; Rules of Origin' Health; E-Commerce; Transportation; Environment; Financial Services; Business Facilitation; External Threats to North America; Streamlined & Secured Shared Borders; and Prevention/Response within North America.
U.S. administrative-branch officers participating in these working groups are drawn from the U.S. departments of State, Homeland Security, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Health and Human Services, and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
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?"
Quit your BS. Demonstrate to me that Robert Pastor is more of a threat to our Republic than any (big-league) professor identified in Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education.
You don't want to get into a discussion of the English language here. Trust me.
You don't want to get into a discussion of the English language here.
I'm scairt now!
Trust me.
Why? You've given me no reason to trust you so far.
Bring on your discussion. From what you've evidenced so far it should be interesting.
Do you not disrespect yourself in the process or does that only apply to others?
I was long out of college by 1981. And you were in what grade, again?
I'd rather everybody lived in "small-r" republican societies (liberty, separation of powers, representation for provincial governments (like the U.S. Senate pre-17th Amendment), electoral colleges, and basically U.S.-like Constitutions and Bills of Rights). However, if we attempt to impose that on the world, we'll never be free of higher taxes and loss of human treasure.
Something I don't particularly agree with. We have enough trouble policing ourselves, so how can we be trusted with policing other countries' affairs?
Meanwhile, in other parts of the hemisphere hear the "Partnership, discipline and productivity for a transformed country” lecture. Partnership being public/private, productivity being outsourcing production and a transformed country--- well, the NAU first the FTAA next.
Dr. Byron to present PM’s independence lecture today
Thursday September 14 2006
Senior lecturer in international relations at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, Dr. Jessica Byron, will present the 2006 Prime Minister’s Independence Lecture today.
Dr. Byron, a citizen of the Federation of St. Kitts/ Nevis, is co-ordinator of the department’s graduate programme for eight years.
The theme is “Partnership, discipline and productivity for a transformed country.”
The lecture at the Basseterre High School Auditorium, is the eighth in the series and marks the 23rd anniversary of the independence of St. Kitts/Nevis.
Chairperson of the event is Crois R. Freeman, who will give the welcome remarks, the guest speaker will be introduced by Dr. Ana Terwesa Romero and the response and vote of thanks will be done by Delcia Bradley-King.
Dr. Byron’s undergraduate and initial post graduate training was done at the Cave Hill and St. Augustine Campuses of the University of the West Indies.
She holds a Ph.D. from the Graduate Institute of International Studies and the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Her research interests include hemispheric integration, European-Caribbean relations, small states and the multilateral system. She is a member of the Globalisation Studies Network, a member of the Caribbean Studies Association, the Latin American Studies and the International Studies Association.
http://sunstkitts.com/paper/?asknw=view&asknw=view,view&sun=154819128609152006&an=232303097709142006&ac=Local
"Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I apologize for the delay in my response. I value the correspondence I get from people back home in Wisconsin, and I would like to take this opportunity to address your concerns.
There are no plans to merge the sovereign nations of the United States, Canada, and Mexico into a new state. Further, no legislation that would create such an organization has come before Congress.
The idea of a North American Union has been widely attributed to the trilateral initiative between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, called the "Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America."
The SPP was announced in March of 2005 by President George W. Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin as an effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries.
Soon after the March 2005 meeting of the SPP the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) published a report titled Building a North American Community, which had been labeled by some as the "blueprint" for a North American Union. Its central recommendation is the establishment of a North American economic and security community by 2010.
The CFR is an independent think tank and has no affiliation with the U.S. government; therefore the proposals are CFR's own recommendations.
Again, thank you for contacting me. I appreciate knowing your thoughts on this issue."
Sincerely,
Herb Kohl
U.S. Senator
That's what makes these threads so funny. Somebody simply has to whisper, "Pastor," and folks like you fall on your hands and knees and start yelping like tiny dogs.
As for your English lesson, you won't get one. I thought about it, but then realized that it would be fruitless to discuss language with someone who gets his definitions from Wikipedia. I mean, that is just bone-jarring stupid.
I thought about it....
I'll bet you did. And then you thought you better not, IMO of course.
...but then realized that it would be fruitless to discuss language with someone who gets his definitions from Wikipedia. I mean, that is just bone-jarring stupid.
I was simplifying things for your benefit, not mine.
You're response, overall, is childish, petulant and rather pathetic.
Have you no stability in thought such that you've got to constantly change your "motto"?
No, I don't think his job position carries much weight, nor do I fear him as deeply as you do. No, I haven't changed my homepage for years. And finally, I reply to you at my convenience, not yours.
...wasn't on your FR homepage today?
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