Posted on 11/25/2007 4:48:10 AM PST by 1rudeboy
SINCE HE BEGAN his presidential campaign, Republican candidate Mitt Romney has held more than 125 "Ask Mitt Anything" town hall forums, and the people who have shown up for them have done their best to make the events live up to their name. There have been questions about medical marijuana, about abolishing the income tax, about Romney's Mormonism and his potential vice president.
Of course, certain topics come up more than others. One is healthcare. Another is Iraq. A third is the North American Union.
The North American Union is a supranational organization, modeled on the European Union, that will soon fuse Canada, the United States, and Mexico into a single economic and political unit. The details are still being worked out by the countries' leaders, but the NAU's central governing body will have the power to nullify the laws of its member states. Goods and people will flow among the three countries unimpeded, aided by a network of continent-girdling superhighways. The US and Canadian dollars, along with the peso, will be phased out and replaced by a common North American currency called the amero.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
The only reason you posted this article was to agitate the extremists, kooks, malcontents, and apocalyptic minded
--and the dress code.
"The North American Union is a supranational organization, modeled on the European Union, that will soon fuse Canada, the United States, and Mexico into a single economic and political unit."
Yup. The media has this one lined up to take over from global warming when it's exposed as a hoax.
Not a bad idea. If we could get healthcare and a police force that at most was only as corrupt as our own I’d move to Mexico in a heartbeat.
Quebec won't secede anytime soon.
Even the most conservative party ever to get elected in Canada would never broach the subject of statehood.
I saw it too. What you think was hemming and hawing and clearing his throat was his attempt to keep from breaking out into hysterical laughter.
Realtors would love to expand their sales territory into Mexico. All that sun. All that sand. They could expand San Diego’s city limit almost to Panama.
Every heard of sovereignty???
What kind of question to his response is that? You might as well ask if he’s ever heard of ice cream.
of course you’re dead wrong. There is no problem with the washington times. The link is provided in the posting.
The Independent Task Force on North America is a project organized by the Council on Foreign Relations (U.S.), the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, and the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations. It was chaired by former Canadian politician John Manley and advocates a greater economic and social integration among Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
It was launched in October 2004 and published two documents: Trinational Call for a North American Economic and Security Community by 2010 (March 2005) and its final report Building a North American Community[1] (May 2005).
The final report proposed increased international cooperation between the nations of Canada, the United States, and Mexico, similar in some respects to that of the European Community that preceded the European Union. As this report states, "The Task Force's central recommendation is establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter."
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In the mid-nineteenth century, John Redpath and Louis-Joseph Papineau led a movement to merge Canada with the United States. However, the movement failed because it was massively opposed by the local constituents and by the British Empire. It had been encouraged by the Parti rouge of Rodolphe Laflamme. See also Montreal Annexation Manifesto.
At the time of the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, in which the US annexed California and New Mexico among other current states, there were supporters of the idea of annexing the whole of Mexico. This idea was finally rejected because of the higher population density in the non-annexed areas- a factor that would hinder assimilation.
In recent times, the three largest North American nation-states have increased their economic ties, further accelerating the process with the signing of 1994's North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
In response to the demands of increasing globalization and shared concerns from abroad, such as the increasing clout of other economic spheres such as the European Union and China, the leaders of the three nations agreed in 2005 to work more cooperatively on shared North American concerns. To this end, they agreed to establish the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).[2]
In reference to this summit that established SPP, this task force's final report stated, "We welcome this important development and offer this report to add urgency and specific recommendations to strengthen their efforts."[citation needed] These specific recommendations include developing a North American customs union, common market, investment fund, energy strategy, set of regulatory standards, security perimeter, border pass, and advisory council, among other common goals.[citation needed]Robert Pastor, one of this task force's vice-chairmen, has advocated such a monetary union and has suggested that North America's common currency might be called the "amero", which would be similar in concept to the EU's euro.[3]
On October 30, 2006, while speaking at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI) 2006 Annual Conference in Ottawa, former American Ambassador to Canada (2001-2005) and former Republican Governor of Massachusetts Paul Cellucci indicated that, after further economic integration, a union would exist in everything but name:
| Now I dont believe that we will ever have a, in name anyways, a common union like the Europeans have, I dont believe well have a common currency here in North America, but I believe that, incrementally, we will continue to integrate our economies because I believe it is in each of our national interests to do so. And along the way, I think well do a couple of things and I think that, well more than a couple of things, but.. I think well.. 10 years from now, or maybe 15 years from now were gonna look back and were gonna have a union in everything but name [4] |
Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints.Was there a particular passage you wanted to highlight? The Globe article claims the guy selling the Amero coins is doing so to "raise awareness" of the issue (unlike other threads on FR where people claimed the coins are proof of the conspiracy).
Gads, the dreaded Wall of Text.
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
WASHINGTON A powerful think tank chaired by former Sen. Sam Nunn and guided by trustees including Richard Armitage, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Harold Brown, William Cohen and Henry Kissinger, is in the final stages of preparing a report to the White House and U.S. Congress on the benefits of integrating the U.S., Mexico and Canada into one political, economic and security bloc.
The final report, published in English, Spanish and French, is scheduled for submission to all three governments by Sept. 30, according to the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
Let me know when you’re finished. I want to ask you if you have a point.
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