Posted on 11/22/2006 5:29:38 AM PST by Dane
Beth Gorham, The Canadian Press Published: Tuesday, November 21, 2006
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. legislator who backs tough anti-immigrant measures and more security at the Canada-U.S. border is warning Americans that President George W. Bush is plotting to integrate the continent.
And he says Prime Minister Stephen Harper buys into it.
Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo, revered by some U.S. conservatives for his efforts to staunch the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico, said this week that Bush is a dangerous internationalist.
He is going to do what he can to create a place where the idea of America is just that, its an idea. Its not an actual place defined by borders. I mean this is where the guy is really going, he told WorldNetDaily, a controversial conservative website.
I know this is dramatic, or maybe somebody would say overly dramatic. But Im telling you that everything I see leads me to believe that this whole idea of the North American union, its not something thats just written about by right-wing fringe kooks, said Tancredo, who is considering a run at the presidency.
It is something in the head of the president of the United States, the president of Mexico, I think the prime minister of Canada buys into it...
Tancredo followed up with an interview on the conservative Fox News network, where he said the borders will lose all their significance, serving merely as speed bumps in the flow of goods, services and people.
In October, Tancredo demanded the United States suspend work on the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) signed last year by Canada, Mexico and The United States until Congress examines its goals and agreements, which include standardizing regulations and dismantling other barriers to trade.
The deal to collaborate on a wide range of trade and security issues is part of a larger plot to merge the countries in a European Union-like arrangement using a common currency, he said, with no oversight from legislators.
The congressman, who wrote a book on the border security issue called In Mortal Danger, is one of four members of Congress whove signed a resolution opposed to a union or a free trade superhighway system.
Theyre not the only ones worried about closer ties between the three countries.
A coalition of American conservatives is organizing a grassroots effort to make it an issue in the 2008 presidential race and vow to campaign against any candidate, Republican or Democrat, who wont side with them.
The movement was spearheaded in October by Howard Phillips, chairman of the public policy group Conservative Caucus, anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly and author Jerome Corsi.
The group is calling for a congressional investigation into the SPP and full disclosure of all documents when the new Congress run by Democrats begins in January. Theyre getting support from the Minuteman Project that monitors the borders to deter illegal crossings, a group Bush has called vigilantes.
Supporters of the anti-union stand point out that a prominent three-country task force backed by Canadas business elite has promoted an elaborate vision of a common economy and security perimeter.
The plan, released last year, drew fire from some Canadians who saw it as a dangerous surrender of sovereignty designed to benefit big business.
Tancredo, who has often talked about the porous Canada-U.S. border, stirred up controversy last year when he mused on a Florida radio show that America could destroy Islamic holy sites like Mecca if theres another terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
While beloved by many right-wingers and immigration hawks, Tancredo was recently labelled one of the 10 worst congressmen by Rolling Stone magazine.
The publication noted he wants to deport every undocumented worker in the United States, a proposal that would cost at least US$200 billion, and has called for halting all immigration, legal or otherwise.
BTW, Tom, for someone who is so concerned with American "sovereignty", who sure do stick your nose into international politics, by sliming Stephan Harper who won despite an even more liberla drive by media in Canada.
Tancredo will make a third party run, in my opinion. Just an observation based on his latest statements which are moving into areas other than immigration.
Tancredo will split the 3P vote! [wail]
Got too hot for ya on the other thread eh?
I doubt SERIOUSLY that the people of Mexico will go along with this...
I wouldn't doubt that especially with Tancredo's association with "brilliant"(sarcasm) political tactician, Bay Buchanan.
My idea is to trade New England to Canada for everything west of Ontario. It would be a fair trade for both sides and would leave both sides happy.
Tancredo wants to be taken as a serious candidate...and interviews with World Nut Daily?
If he does so, it's hello, Hillary!
Not at all, looks like you are the one trying to put out fires for your hero Tancredo.
Smoking that ham and turkey with Hackberry and Bois D'Arc--:) got a feeling neighbors will be attracted.
Tancredo is not, and never was my 'hero' - which shows that you're demonstrating your ignorance once again.
I hear he's been considering Art Bell as a possible running mate.
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"We live on a continent whose three countries possess the assets to make it the strongest, most prosperous and self-sufficient area on Earth. Within the borders of this North American continent are the food, resources, technology and undeveloped territory which, properly managed, could dramatically improve the quality of life of all its inhabitants."
"It is no accident that this unmatched potential for progress and prosperity exists in three countries with such long-standing heritages of free government. A developing closeness among Canada, Mexico and the United States--a North American accord--would permit achievement of that potential in each country beyond that which I believe any of them--strong as they are--could accomplish in the absence of such cooperation. In fact, the key to our own future security may lie in both Mexico and Canada becoming much stronger countries than they are today."
"No one can say at this point precisely what form future cooperation among our three countries will take. But if I am elected President, I would be willing to invite each of our neighbors to send a special representative to our government to sit in on high level planning sessions with us, as partners, mutually concerned about the future of our continent. First, I would immediately seek the views and ideas of Canadian and Mexican leaders on this issue, and work tirelessly with them to develop closer ties among our peoples. It is time we stopped thinking of our nearest neighbors as foreigners."
"By developing methods of working closely together, we will lay the foundations for future cooperation on a broader and more significant scale. We will put to rest any doubts of those cynical enough to believe that the United States would seek to dominate any relationship among our three countries, or foolish enough to think that the governments and peoples of Canada and Mexico would ever permit such domination to occur. I for one, am confident that we can show the world by example that the nations of North America are ready, within the context of an unswerving commitment to freedom, to see new forms of accommodation to meet a changing world. A developing closeness between the United States, Canada and Mexico would serve notice on friends and foe alike that we were prepared for a long haul, looking outward again and confident of our future; that together we are going to create jobs, to generate new fortunes of wealth for many and provide a legacy for the children of each of our countries. Two hundred years ago, we taught the world that a new form of government, created out of the genius of man to cope with his circumstances, could succeed in bringing a measure of quality to human life previously thought impossible."
"Now let us work toward the goal of using the assets of this continent, its resources, technology, and foodstuffs in the most efficient ways possible for the common good of all its people. It may take the next 100 years but we can dare to dream that at some future date a map of the world might show the North American continent as one in which the people's commerce of its three strong countries flow more freely across their present borders than they do today."
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Reagan is evil and must be stopped. Vote for Tom LOL!
I saw Tancredo on TV yesterday. He said that "This is not black helicopter stuff."
His point is that the people who are proposing this are doing so openly for all to see, not behind the scenes.
And yet, you don't hear too many people proposing this publicly.
So much for Tom.
I like that line," World Net Daily, a controversial conservative website...." LOL. WND regurgitates the news that's already out there. I wouldn't base my opinions or actions on anything WND had to say. What a joke.
"Now let us work toward the goal of using the assets of this continent, its resources, technology, and foodstuffs in the most efficient ways possible for the common good of all its people. It may take the next 100 years but we can dare to dream that at some future date a map of the world might show the North American continent as one in which the people's commerce of its three strong countries flow more freely across their present borders than they do today."
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Reagan is evil and must be stopped. Vote for Tom LOL!"
Careful AU, sanity is not recognized on this thread ;D!
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