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1st Mexican Truck Rolls Across Border Under Cover of Darkness(You can thank GWB.)
worldnetdaily.com ^ | September 8, 2007 | Jerome R. Corsi

Posted on 09/09/2007 2:17:11 PM PDT by kellynla

The first Mexican truck authorized by a Bush administration program opening U.S. highways to trucking companies from south of the border crossed into the U.S. this morning at approximately 1:50 a.m. EDT at Laredo, Texas, headed for North Carolina, according to a report from Trucker.com.

WND research indicates Transportes Olympic, the Mexican trucking firm sending this morning's tractor trailer north, was actually selected to be the first across the border nearly six months ago, despite the administration's "last-minute" announcement of the carrier earlier this week – a revelation that has been described as an example of "stealth."

The designation of Transportes Olympic actually was made at a Feb. 22, 2007, ceremony held in Apodaca, a municipality of the city of Monterrey in the Mexican state Nuevo Leon, the headquarters location of Transportes Olympic.

The government ceremony in Mexico went virtually unreported in the U.S. media.

In attendance were Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, together with her Mexican counterpart, Luis Téllez, secretary of communications and transportation, and José Natividad Gonzáles Parás, governor of Nuevo Leon.

There Peters officially blessed Transportes Olympic as the first Mexican trucking company that would be allowed to operate freely in the U.S. under NAFTA.

Gov. Gonzales Paras and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters at Transportes Olympic in February 2007.

That Transportes Olympic had been selected months earlier was not disclosed last Thursday when John Hill, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, announced Transportes Olympic to the U.S. public.

Hill's announcement came in a dramatic, surprise late-night telephone conference held with selected members of the U.S. media at 9:00 p.m. EDT, after many deadlines had past for filing Friday morning stories.

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To: 4yearlurker

Yea , Bush really cares about terrorism , sureeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Any Muzzie with a handful of $$$ could buy his way on to one of those trucks easily.How friggin stupid can this country get ?


101 posted on 09/09/2007 8:50:17 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: kellynla

Another example how George does not want to seal the borders. If he was really serious about this war on terrorism, the first thing he should have done was to secure our borders.


102 posted on 09/09/2007 8:51:08 PM PDT by hodaka (')
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To: AuntB

LOL


103 posted on 09/09/2007 8:54:37 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.")
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To: Fitzcarraldo

No.


104 posted on 09/09/2007 9:05:37 PM PDT by Ajnin (Neca Eos Omnes. Deus Suos Agnoset.)
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To: Eaker

Wolfinator:

“This account has been banned or suspended.”


105 posted on 09/09/2007 9:28:45 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Illegals: representation without taxation--Citizens: taxation without representation)
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To: TexKat

we are so screwed as a nation.


106 posted on 09/09/2007 9:30:36 PM PDT by television is just wrong (deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END Welfare)
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To: wolfinator

these elected reps don’t represent us but the majority of the people don’t really care, even those few that vote. but if you think it’s ok to have jobs taken from americans if a foreigner can do it cheaper then what do you say when your job is up to bid to the lowest bidder? and where does this stop? when wages are brought down to have parity with mexico, then it’s o.k. to bring in haitians or brazilians that will do it cheaper? the big boys sure protect their territory. e.g. bill gates and the pharmaceuticals... no free trade there


107 posted on 09/10/2007 5:16:08 AM PDT by equipop60
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To: kellynla
>>"Unfortunately, I'm not surprised," Spencer told WND. "This confirms what we have long believed. You have to read what the Mexican government says in Spanish to know what the Bush administration is doing with Mexican trucks, or for that matter, anything else that affects Mexico and the United States."<<

While I am appalled at the Bush admin, for ramming this down our throats, I think WND is a little less than honest about this. It was announced on the DOT website 2 days before the first truck rolled.

US DOT official website

I'm going to watch Lou Dobbs today....
108 posted on 09/10/2007 5:31:16 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Illegals: representation without taxation--Citizens: taxation without representation)
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To: B4Ranch

All 1.4 million?


109 posted on 09/10/2007 7:28:24 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: RightWhale; AuntB

The talk from DC is 100 companies. Then the talk on the news is 25 trucks per company. That’s 2500 trucks being approved this 1st year.

We aren’t keeping track of the actual number crossing our borders, why, because we do not have a system in place to count them. What makes anyone think that they will limit themselves to a shabby count of 2500 rigs?

When you look at the trucks coming across that are supposed to limit themselves to 20 miles of the border and then mix in the longline rigs, it would be almost impossible to keep count.

As quick as they can line up return loads, they will be bringing their rigs across the border heading for 48 states and 10 provinces.

These days loads come out of Canada and the US headed for South America and stops in between. Canadian and American drivers bring the load to the US Mexican border. A (20 mile) Mexican truck hauls the trailer across the border, unloads the it and brings back either a loaded or empty trailer.

Then the Canadian and American drivers continue on their way. These are the men and women who will be losing their jobs first


110 posted on 09/10/2007 9:05:32 AM PDT by B4Ranch ("Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.")
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