Posted on 08/31/2007 6:32:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program to allow as many as 100 Mexican trucking companies to freely haul their cargo anywhere within the U.S. for the next year, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request made by the Teamsters union, the Sierra Club and the nonprofit Public Citizen to halt the program.
The appeals court ruled the groups have not satisfied the legal requirements to immediately stop what the government is calling a "demonstration project," but can continue to argue their case.
The trucking program is scheduled to begin Thursday.
In court papers filed earlier this week, the Teamsters and Sierra Club argued there won't be enough oversight of the drivers coming into the U.S. from Mexico.
They also argued that public safety would be endangered in a hasty attempt by the government to comply with parts of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The trade agreement requires that all roads in the United States, Mexico and Canada to be opened to carriers from all three countries.
Canadian trucking companies have full access to U.S. roads, but Mexican trucks can only travel about 20 miles inside the country at certain border crossings such as ones in San Diego and El Paso, Texas.
No, but I can only imagine the foot dragging if we had actually said "um, could we have our tables back?". No one made a move to move!
Nice people, right?
The Ninth Circuit ruled against the Sierra Club?????? There’s only one group the Ninth Circuit loves more than the Sierra Club, and that is Mexico.
“All of this will collapse like a house of cards if it continues.”
Oh, but we’ve put our chips on the Chinese growing old and not pulling the rug out from underneath us. Uhh hughhhh...
Can they even read??!!!
“Time to lock & load. AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!”
Unfortunately, it is coming to that.
(open trade-ness)=(trade open-ness)
I dunno - you do alright.
“Yep. We are being betrayed by our leaders right before our eyes. They don’t even care if we know anymore.”
That’s a fact.
True but irrelevant - Bush is the President and HE fully intends to have an open border before he leaves office - he wants them in even more than the left wants them in.
Everything else is posturing and teaching us a lesson - they can and will do what they want, and 'they' includes our elected president as well as the court system.
You too...
“Oh, but we’ve put our chips on the Chinese growing old and not pulling the rug out from underneath us.”
We are helping them grow rich, and they will use it against us. I know those people.
...’There is a demographic tidal wave headed towards us and if we are going to survive we will need our neighbors to the south.’
I just had to come back to this one (I know it’s not your quote) for humor’s sake.
Does the question not defy demographic logic, or are the Canadians preparing an advance that we’re not not aware not expecting? (lol) It makes for a nice sound bit, but makes no sense whatsoever...
“and they will use it against us.”
The already are too. They’ve got us begging other countries to join up with us on the Global Warming Scam to counter the fact that China has taken over the top spot in Global Trade Dominance. 2 weeks ago I believe...I think you know the thread I’m thinking of.
Great story, really illustrates how the world works in a microcosm.
If any group isn’t willing to violently enforce their property rights.. some other group will come and take over the land. Its human nature to expand, and appropriate.
I once read a philosopher who said there is no stasis.. among the great civilizations you either are expanding or shrinking. It was interestingly an anti-conservative argument.
Can you imagine the Chinese government subordinating itself & its strategic interests to Chinese industry as our government does?
Does any other government on the planet do it to the extent the US does?
You nailed it!
Also, China is one of the biggest polluters in the world, if not the biggest. The air is foul!
“Can you imagine the Chinese government subordinating itself & its strategic interests to Chinese industry as our government does?”
Never!!
“Does any other government on the planet do it to the extent the US does?”
No.
LMBO!!
“If any group isn’t willing to violently enforce their property rights.. some other group will come and take over the land. Its human nature to expand, and appropriate.”
Correct!
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