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, it’s an idea. It’s 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 I’m telling you that everything I see leads me to believe that this whole idea of the North American union, it’s not something that’s 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 who’ve signed a resolution opposed to a union or a free trade “superhighway system.”
They’re 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 won’t 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. They’re 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 Canada’s 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 there’s 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.
Just a question, if you agreed with a GOP candidate that you agreed with 85% of the time but that candidate would say "white trash" at every media opportunity, would you vote for that candidate.
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You're not really getting it.
Its not the Mexicans who are weak. They have, after all, sensible border policies.
If you read the European press you'll know that the tide is turning heavily against the Moslems. imho Moslems will all be kicked out of Europe--including places like Denmark where they made themselves particularly noxious. The Danes are tired of paying the Danegeld.
Uh President Reagan also appointed neo-democrat socialist(and porn writer), Jim Webb, as Sec. Of the Navy(although he like pat and bay buchanan were pushed out after their socialist values were made apparent).
Uh Mexicans are not muslims. 500 muslims out of a population of 100 million Mexicans is 0.005%.
If Mexico is approaching the plan in the same way as the US, "the people" will never be asked. It will just be done under the table with "memoranda of understanding".
"Yuh know you two, could you keep football discussion to football threads, instead of trying to "humanize" Tancredo's and his supporters, nutballness. "
We'll discuss what we want... it's an odd concept, kind of old, called freedom. But you, with your leftist leanings would have a problem with that.
Saying Harper buys into the concept of an American union is sliming him? You are a piece of work.
If you read the European press you'll know that the tide is turning heavily against the Moslems. imho Moslems will all be kicked out of Europe--including places like Denmark where they made themselves particularly noxious. The Danes are tired of paying the Danegeld.
Uh Mexicans are not muslims. 500 muslims out of a population of 100 million Mexicans is 0.005%.
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You're quite right. And Turkey/Algeria et al are not Mexico. The point is about foreigners--especially foreigners from disfunctional countries -- coming over the border.
In general, NAFTA irritates me. Specific authors may or may not irritate me. As to Chapter 11, I never read it.
And a country that requires an ID to vote, Mexico(BTW, miles ahead of some US states) is "dysfunctional".
These protections were put in place to protect investors from creeping regulations that latin American govts might impose as a way of taxing. A shield, so to speak.
And of course, after NAFTA was passed, the investors converted that shield into a sword to attack US regulatory law.
According to the dems, it was a big conspiracy between Reagan and the Federalist Society. They, the dems, want to replace the investor protections with protections for labor, the environment, and social justice.
If nothing else, the dems are consistent.
There are a lot on the far right who agree with the dems.
It sounds like you are comfortable with federales rule. Most americans are not. Not in the USA. Good fenses make good neighbors.
Dane you just can't help yourself, can you? 500 muslims in Mexico???
Primary Source: CIA World Factbook
Mexico 107,449,525 0.3% 322,349
http://www.ilaam.net/Intl/PopStats.html
This lists some of the Islamic Mosques in Mexico.
http://www.salatomatic.com/_region.php?region_id=114
http://www.islammexico.org.mx/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710677/posts More US Hispanics drawn to Islam
The population of Hispanic Muslims has increased 30 percent to some 200,000 since 1999, estimates Ali Khan, national director of the American Muslim Council in Chicago. Many attribute the trend to a growing interest in Islam since the 2001 terrorist attacks and also to a collision between two burgeoning minority groups. They note that Muslims ruled Spain centuries ago, leaving an imprint on Spanish food, music, and language.
... The trend has spawned Latino Islamic organizations such as the Latino American Dawah Organization, established in 1997 by Hispanic converts in New York City. Today the organization is nationwide.
The growth in the Hispanic Muslim population is especially prevalent in New York, Florida, California, and Texas, where Hispanic communities are largest. In Orlando, the area's largest mosque, which serves some 700 worshipers each week, is located in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood. A few years ago it was rare to hear Spanish spoken at the mosque, says Imam Muhammad Musri, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida. Today there is a growing demand for books in Spanish, including the Koran, and requests for appearances on Spanish-language radio stations, Mr. Musri says. The mosque offers a Spanish-language education program in Islam for women on Saturdays. "I could easily see in the next few years a mosque that will have Spanish services and a Hispanic imam who will be leading the service," he says. .... n South Central Los Angeles, a group of Muslim UCLA students a decade ago established a medical clinic in this underserved area. Today the nonreligious University Muslim Medical Association Community Clinic treats some 16,000 patients, mostly Hispanic, who see it as a safe place to seek care without fear for their illegal status
Something you've never read irritates you?
I'm not entirely sure that previous experience as the Treasurer of the U.S. qualifies one as a "political tactician."
I'm sure he can count on a fat check from Clinton's campaign chest if he does. Best move that the Democrats can make.
The most annoying thing about the border lobby is their overt attempts to defame fellow conservatives, with the non-theoretical effect of getting liberals elected. (Note: there were several causes why the Dim-RATs won; GOPers staying home to punish the GOP over the border issue was not the sole cause but was one of the factors).
I'm 100% for enforcement, but (censored) you don't GET enforcement if the liberals win!
Exactly how much influence will Tom wield over the Pelosi-led Congress on border issues. My guess is: zero.
"Well gee DD, isn't time for you and Tom tancredo to chuck Ronald Reagan, for his political "hereacy".
What do you care Dane? You're not even an American, you're a fifth columnist working for a foreign power.
Gee, smoking some of the "herbs" in your stuffing the day before you put the stuffing into Tom Turkey there, dlj.
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