Posted on 10/01/2007 4:32:28 AM PDT by Man50D
"The NAFTA Superhighway stops here, at the border with Oklahoma," Randy Brogdon, a Republican state senator who has championed the fight to keep the Trans-Texas Corridor out of Oklahoma, told a packed 300-person audience at the first public meeting of OK-SAFE in Tulsa on Saturday.
Oklahomans for Sovereignty and Free Enterprise, Inc. is a non-profit, Oklahoma corporation set up to oppose the NAFTA Superhighway and the North American Union, as threats to the sovereignty of the United States.
Brogdon objected to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America www.spp.gov, arguing that President Bush had entered the agreement after secret discussions with Mexico's then-president Vicente Fox and Canada's then-prime minister Paul Martin in Waco, Texas, on March 23, 2005.
"President Bush has proven that he is more than willing to over-step his executive authority when it came to trade policy," Brogdon told the group.
"Ariticle 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution says, 'Congress shall have the Power to Regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States,' not the president," Brogdon pointed out. "Yet President Bush has entered into an agreement with Mexico and Canada called SPP that seeks to eliminate our trade and security borders and he has failed to get the explicit approval of Congress
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This is a true statement; it's also irrelevant. The problem is that there is "the Law", and then there is reality. The States may indeed have nominal authority over the highways, but when the feds crack the whip and threaten to punish them by withholding those "federal funds" to which they've become addicted they'll fall right in line.
You keep arguing theory if it amuses you, but the rest of us will get on with dealing with reality. The sad truth is that the laws in this country don't mean squat and will be ignored when they interfere with certain agendas.
You must admit that anyone who thinks someone who gets into a fender-bender on the Interstate needs to go before an international tribunal doesn’t need much discrediting.
Because of the speed of our ridicule? Slower ridicule is more believable? Why?
You two go ahead and laugh & yuck yourselves along life’s roadway.....have at it.
We’re pointing at you and laughing.
Life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think.
Do you have a clue as to how much money members of ILWU make?
How much does it cost to buy a house/car? Raise a family and educate your children?
--and every time he sees a middle working class American he mutters "I just hate those guys".
And they kept voting for him!
About 100-150K with overtime.
Do you have a problem with that?
The US retail industry is going to find a way around you $200,000/year union boys.
... 1 rudeboy, I find your comment profoundly sad.
I feel sorry for State Sen. Brogdon as well . . . a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
“The NAFTA Superhighway stops here, at the border with Oklahoma,”
100k/year equal $50/hr. Got a clink, seeing is believing.
Let’s get to brass tacks: any word on what BA-level will be legal, or do I need to consult with The Hague?
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