Mexico mega-port plan key to 'NAFTA superhighways'

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | October 7, 2006

[Ben Ficklin]

And he still has no idea what NASCO is.

[Ben Ficklin]

Once again, your argument on the secrecy is based on the fact that YOU didn't know anything about it.

[texastoo]

"No, Corsi has no credibility because the feds have nothing to do with TTC 35. It is a state project, which will get some small funding from the feds."

Surely, if the project only gets "small funding" from the feds. Cintra would be paying more than $10 million up front. Try this website and see where they are going for a loan.


http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ppp/agr_tex_corr_35.htm

[1rudeboy]

Talk of expanding Punta Colomet began as a result of the strike. But all of a sudden, years later, its a threat to the nation?

I've run across this "timeline" problem before (maybe even on a Corsi thread, but I do not recall). Somebody wrote about the new biometric passports that will be required for people seeking entry to the U.S. Naturally [ahem], the article focused on Mexico, and how the passports will make it easier to cross the border. The thread was mostly NAU this and SPP that, until I pointed out that biometric passports are required by legislation passed after the events of Sept. 11th.

The thread then turned into a game of "let's change the subject."

[texastoo]

I agree that Corsi made a mistake. It was probably his first article on this subject.

There is still no excuse for our government keeping this under lock and key. FOIA my foot. I found out a lot of this crap from the Mexican newspapers. Mexicans are macho and love to brag. They have a hard time keeping anything secret. The FCC and Bureau of Land Management better not tell Mexico or V. Fox anything.

[Ben Ficklin]

Everyone already knows that

[hedgetrimmer]

I keep asking why every one else is worried about loosing majority, when Bush isn't even breaking a sweat about it

The Des Moine register posted an article yesterday about how all the candidates for president must first pass the gauntlet of the Council on Foreign Relations, before they are considered for the presidency. The Des Moine Register will not allow articles posted here. So you'll have to read it here: speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations a common rite for prospective presidential candidates

[texastoo]

Everyone already knows that

They should know it as I haves posted it many times.

[Ben Ficklin]

Whatever financial benefit that may be is certainly more than offset by federal reglatory costs.

The fact remains that Texans gets nowhere near the money that they pay in on gas tax.

[texastoo]

A keeper. These little secrets are coming out....

Read Hedgetrimmer's post #407.

[texastoo]

The fact remains that Texans gets nowhere near the money that they pay in on gas tax.

I personally favor a gas tax. This money should be kept for highways only. To heck with the arts.

[Ben Ficklin]

With all due respect, if you want to discuss the issues rationally, logically, and realisticly, please go to one of TSR's threads.

These threads in the chat section are reserved for the conspiracy kooks and those that try to torment them.

[hedgetrimmer]

There's no conspiracy here. Just common knowledge that our Congress, Judicial branch and executive branch are the most corrupt and I might add, anti-American, in history.

And those 'tormentors'? The corrupted defending the corrupt.

[texastoo]

I am beginning to like these articles being in the chat section. There must be a lot of kooks at FR, Type NAFTA in the search engine and you will see how many viewers have seen these CHAT threads. This thread alone has had almost 2,000 viewers.

[dennisw]

My guess is that up until now Texas has been nearly 100% free of large public/private partnerships. Those who have lived in old Eastern states such as Massachusetts and New York are very familiar with them . They are usually called authorities. The largest ones have to do with issuing bonds to build roads, turnpikes, bridges, and collecting tolls to pay them off. Inevitably when the 30 year bonds are paid off the road doesn't become toll free as originally promised. The tolls continue and increase along w/ inflation.

Authorities are mostly found in NE states. The Western states were run more honestly and on a low tax, small government basis. And on the rare occasion an authority was created, once the 30 year bonds were retired the authority dissolved, the road was run by the state and no more tolls collected. Authorities are favorites of hack politicians. They get relatives overpaid jobs in them and bribes can be collected from contractors

The TVA and Fannie Mae are authgorites.

[1rudeboy]

If I was hoping for greater exposure, a Chat thread with 400+ comments is preferable to a News thread with 30. As for admin policy, I've seen WND articles/editorials in News, so the move cannot be automatic.

[Larousse2]

Excellent points, Kim!

I believe any THINKING, RATIONAL person can answer your questions. Others bash.

[texastoo]

"My guess is that up until now Texas has been nearly 100% free of large public/private partnerships"

Probably all the roads in Texas have been taxpayer funded.Yes, the toll roads around Houston were done by the county and also have a Houston toll road authority. Houston had the oportunity to sell to Cintra for billions but refused saying that the toll roads were "cash cows" for the county. If we have to have toll roads, they should be modeled after Houston. American taxpayers should not be forced to fund a foreign company which will in turn have "authority" over the same people who made their good fortune possible.

Yes, sadly, there is a certain amount of graft that goes on everywhere.

Look at this example of PPP's. Do you think there is not graft going on? LOL

http://www.un.org/av/photo/unhq/disaster25apr05.htm

[texastoo]

Exposure is always perferable.

[1rudeboy]

You'd have to ask someone from Texas. My guess is that, with all the natural gas (and other) pipelines crossing the state, your comment that Texas "has been nearly 100% free of large public/private partnerships" is off the mark.