Paul believes in threat of North American superhighway

LA TIMES ^ | 30 Nov 07 | Stephen Braun

[elhombrelibre]

The GOP presidential candidate says U.S. sovereignty is at risk. Highway and trade officials and transportation consultants say there are no plans for such a project.

WASHINGTON -- The man from Arlington, Texas, could barely contain his smirk as he looked into a computer video camera to pose a question of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.

[elhombrelibre]

Maybe someone should introduce legislation against Martian body-snatching and see who all co-signs it.

[antinomian]

Texas is funding a super highway to Mexico?

Hey! That's more or less exactly what a lot of legislators said before opposing it.

[Ragnar704]

How is this news supposed to help Hunter?

The article states that Hunter (among 42 others in the House) signed “a resolution expressing opposition to a NAFTA superhighway.”

In the effort to smear Paul, they’ve just smeared your guy, too.

[elhombrelibre]

Did it get funded?

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

"[Ron Paul] believes in threat of North American superhighway"

A North American Union is a threat to American sovereignty, but the highway is just a conduit for trade. That might be bad for domestic business, but it isn't a direct threat on sovereignty, and isn't much of an indirect threat either.

(The picture was unnecessary; just used it to inaugurate the use of [faces] to help express comments to help reduce the odds that they'll be misconstrued).

[Ragnar704]

If you’re concerned about Martian body-snatching, please contact your Congressman immediately.

[elhombrelibre]

Do you know if Texas funded the road?

[JennysCool]

We already have the super-highway, the Pan-American. Look it up. It’s been a work in progress since the 1920s.

[tlb]

There are a lot of limited access mega-roads that run north/south and east/west ignoring state borders. They are called interstates. Most people think they are a good thing.

I’ve had some difficulty getting too excited by one more beginning (or terminating, depending on your point of view) in Texas.

[Cvengr]

You're right. It isn't just one road, it'f four corridors from Mexico through the US to Canada and in one area to Alaska.

[roamer_1]

Do you know if Texas funded the road?

AFAIR, the road is privately funded.

[elhombrelibre]

I’m not, but I expect that if there a people to be scared into voting for him, Run Paul will make it a part of his platform. Run Paul: Not Afraid to Defend America’s Sovereignty from Martian Body-Snatchers. He and Kucinich could put that on their bumper stickers together.

[End Times Crusader]

More proof that Paul is a nut. Next he’ll be saying the American government carried out the 9/11 attacks, oh wait....

[elhombrelibre]

I know that. I’ve driven on it, but where was Run Paul when they started that breach of our sovereignty?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1803916/posts

Firm Advises Cintra in First Privatization of Toll Road in Texas
Bracewell & Giuliani | 03/01/2007

Posted on 03/20/2007 3:00:07 PM CDT by Calpernia
DALLAS (March 1, 2007) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP advised
Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte,
S.A., a Spanish transportation company, in its
successful bid to develop State Highway 121 into a toll
road through Collin and Denton�counties.

The award to Cintra, approved by the Texas Transportation Commission, is the first privatization of a Texas toll road.

Bracewell is acting as project counsel to Cintra with
respect to the 50-year concession from the Texas
Department of Transportation.
Cintra will pay a $2.1 billion upfront and annual lease
payments totaling $700 million.

"Cintra was awarded this project because of its proven
expertise and competitive proposal," said Thomas O.
Moore, partner with Bracewell & Giuliani.
"This is the largest transportation deal of 2007.
This is one of only five deals in the country."

[Ragnar704]

Sounds like a good project for you to head. Good luck with it.

[antinomian]

A North American Union is a threat to American sovereignty, but the highway is just a conduit for trade. That might be bad for domestic business, but it isn't a direct threat on sovereignty, and isn't much of an indirect threat either.

Well it means the seizure of one heck of a lot of land. They are not planning a mere road. The Texas segment of the project is called the "Trans Texas Corridor" and is proposed to include a wide strip land on either side which will be used for economic development along the road.

It's a huge vanity project for the Govenor. I don't know if any other states have bought into this NAFT superhighway idea (which was supposed to create a corridor all the way to Canada). Texas has a political faction that has bought into it in a big way though.

[Hunterite]

How is this news supposed to help Hunter?

The article states that Hunter (among 42 others in the House) signed “a resolution expressing opposition to a NAFTA superhighway.”

In the effort to smear Paul, they’ve just smeared your guy, too.

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Hunter doesn’t talk about the “NAFTA superhighway” he talks about NAFTA. He’s politically smarter then most realize.

[elhombrelibre]

No thanks. I don’t believe there are any Martians. If you think there are, you can take that up and I wish you luck. I’m sure you can get Run Paul to get involved too.

[JennysCool]

Just a guess: having his decoder ring calibrated?