Texas Eagle Forum president: Fight Trans-Texas Corridor, North American Union

MyWestTexas.com ^ | September 27, 2006 | Ruth Campbell, Midland Reporter-Telegram

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

This just goes to show you how whacked out a given interpretation of actual events can be...

[Southack]

It's sad to see a good group get sidetracked into UFO conspiracy theories...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Tinfoil Corridor PING!

[jf55510]

Good to see Kathy Adams advocating tax increases for roads. You go girl...

[Orange1998]

The first customs stop is Kansas City SmartPort Inc., which is to become sovereign Mexican territory, Adams wrote

REALLY? This will never ever ever happen. I can't even imagine someone would write such nonsense much less believe it.

[Wallace T.]

Cathy Adams is correct in opposing NAFTA and any other proposed treaty that would compromise American sovereignty under a trinational confederation. We have enough corruption and socialism without importing more from Mexico and Canada. The Trans-Texas Corridor may be a sound solution for transportation problems and international trade, but it should be funded entirely with private funds and the state should not use its powers of eminent domain to force confiscation of privately owned lands.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

You're welcome.

[1rudeboy]

In all fairness, that information did appear on the KC SmartPort website. It's never been clear whether it is correct.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

REALLY? This will never ever ever happen.

I know it won't happen, but that doesn't stop some people from repeating this urban legend as fact.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

From what I've read in articles debunking the whole NAU scenario, the KC SmartPort will NOT be Mexican territory, but there will be a Mexican customs office to clear traffic heading south into Mexico.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[1rudeboy]

My opinion (complete speculation) is that the offending passage was written by someone who didn't understand the difference between an office on sovereign U.S. territory operated by Mexican officials, and an office on U.S. territory operated by Mexican officials and thus sovereign Mexican territory.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

bump.

[wolfcreek]

This just goes to show you how whacked out a given interpretation of actual events can be...


Which parts of her statement did you find 'whacked'?

[demkicker]

I don't understand why the Mexican government is supposed to operate it in the first place. What's up with that?

[1rudeboy]

Speaking generally, countries that have a lot of cross-border movement (goods and people) allow the destination country to "pre-screen" before the physical border is actually crossed.

If you've ever traveled overseas, you might have noticed that it's usually more time-consuming to enter a country rather than leave it. Pre-screening makes the process more efficient.

For this reason I tend to believe that this Mexican Customs facility primarily is to pre-screen shipments to/through Mexico. Frankly, at this stage it's not completely clear.

[1rudeboy]

Here is some material on a similar U.S. program:

Container Security Initiative.

[demkicker]

Thanks

[Wallace T.]

My guess would be that a customs facility in Kansas City would enable Mexican officials to clear truck and rail shipments to Mexico hundreds of miles north of border crossings like Nuevo Laredo or Matamoras, thereby lessening delays at those crossings. Presumably the United States would have a reciprocal arrangement at some place like Monterrey or San Luis Potosi. From an American standpoint, our concern should be whether an inland clearance of goods from Mexico would provide adequate security against drug smuggling and other illicit activity.