[cripplecreek]

A couple of years ago Vincente Fox was in Canada for some sort of economic summit. While there he made some comment to the effect that sometimes governments must do things for the good of the people eve if the people don't like it.


You have your orders, you know what to do. Bend over and take it.

[hedgetrimmer]

Canada, the United States and Mexico are committing to much broader and deeper economic and security integration to eliminate what Industry Minister David Emerson calls the "tyranny of small differences." The sheer scope of the plan, released Monday by senior ministers from the three trading partners, defies easy description.

The proposals range from the mundane to the highly controversial: finding common specifications for dangerous goods containers, for example; and developing common biometric travel documents and visa requirements.

Only four questions were fielded during the hour-long event.

"Does anybody representing the public interest get anywhere near the process?"

http://www.canada.com/nanaimo/story.html?id=aed4d016-c7c0-4dba-a779-5ef06ab0dc79

Does the United State Constitution represent one of those tyrannical "small differences" that must be eliminated?

[TLI]

You have your orders, you know what to do. Bend over and take it.

The only thing I'm gonna be bending over is a field-expedient bench rest.

[La Enchiladita]

"Trusted Traveler" = an icky euphemism that translates into the "toe in the door" to the North American Union or whatever other euphemism they have for it.