“The dissolution of US sovereignty into a NAU that (they hope) will someday encompass the entire western hemisphere?”
I might try to post an article that substantiates that some time today. Pretty much from the horses mouth too, no fog, no grey areas, undeniable if people will simply accept that they’ve been “had” on a national scale for too long. It won’t be news to people like you and I but many, and I mean many will likely of had no idea :)
If this were just about votes and cheap labor, both parties would win by letting this bill die . They already HAVE open borders and a de facto amnesty, so why this bill? Is it just GWB’s stubbornness? If the bill dies, the Democrats and (presumably) the Republicans who want it (ie, GWB) get the credit for trying, Big Business still has what it wants, the aliens can continue to enter and not leave, and the 80% of Americans who are against this bill would be placated (or so they think) . But he insists on pushing this bill! And the only reason I can see (besides stubbornness to the point of mental illness) is to send a signal to those heads of state who were afraid of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, because they feared DC would dominate such a union, and manipulate it in favor of Americans at every turn. After all, if a monstrous bill like this can be passed over the objections of 80% of Americans, then plainly we’re already nothing but a peasant class to be taxed, sent off to wars when needed, and otherwise ignored. Therefore the prospective members of the FTAA/AU have nothing to fear re: US favoritism towards its own citizenry.