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tannybogus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-26-08 11:26 AM
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Bush and cronies up to more in our own backyard
SPP has been discussed before, but there is a lot of movement now. Calderone, Harper and Bush...talk about an axis of evil.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has proposed sweeping reforms to its state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX). He denies that his reforms constitute privatization and claims they will serve to make PEMEX stronger. Many view his proposals as a threat to Mexican sovereignty and nothing more then an energy grab. It is through NAFTA and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) that the U.S. is further securing access and control to Canadian and Mexican resources.
The SPP is designed to consolidate U.S. control over North American energy supplies by expanding oil production in Canada and Mexico. This includes gaining more access by further deregulating energy markets. Under NAFTA, Mexico refused to privatize its state-owned oil industry. The SPP is being used to bypass the Mexican constitution, and privatization of North American energy resources is at the very core of its agenda.
Since Calderon came to power, he has aggressively promoted NAFTA, free trade, the SPP, and the further privatization of Mexican institutions. All represent steps toward a North American Union. Last year, former Mexican President Vincente Fox, made some amazing revelations on the Larry King and Daily Show. He discussed how he had been working with President Bush towards the creation of a single currency for North America. He also argued in favor of a North American Union, using the EU as its model.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Privatization-of-Mexican-O-by-Dana-Gabriel-080723-659.html

That is the modus operandi of the Conservative Harper government - discuss matters of exceeding import to Canadians behind closed doors, then downplay, distract, deride and dismiss the importance of the SPP, in the hope that the electorate will overlook the real content until same is a done deal; and we become a junior partner in a North American Union.

Are Canadians going to get ‘continental integration’ -- the destruction of our sovereignty, access to our oil and water by the United States and Mexico, the privatization of our resources, increased foreign ownership, the right to decide our own destiny - with absolutely NO public consultation or debate on the biggest issue since Confederation? Let all that business be decided by the bankers, Wall Street and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, by executive order of Prime Minister Harper, without reference and debate by Parliament or a referendum of the people? Tom d’Aquino and the Council on Foreign Relations would certainly like that.
Bush/Harper/Calderone summit in Montebello, Quebec in August. The following is quoted from Info/news - ‘A reporter addresses all three, reminds them that many people are showing concern about the progress of talks on the Security and Prosperity Partnership, and asks directly, “(1) Can you say that the SPP is not a prelude to a North American Union similar to the European Union and (2) are there plans to build some sort of superhighway connecting the three countries?”

All three leaders outright mocked the questions. Prime Minister Harper was the first to reply. He admitted, with a smirk, that he may have heard some of his opposition leaders speculating on massive water diversion and “some sort of super highway between the countries on the continent - maybe even an interplanetary highway - I’m not sure’ he jokes derisively - and the press gang echoes his laughter.

President Bush follows in his own inimitable nit-wit style: “I’m amused by some of the speculation… I’m amused by the differences between what actually takes place in the meetings and what some are trying to say takes place… it’s quite comical actually.”

And with those clever sidetracking spins the two of them never come close to answering the reporter’s two questions or telling us what they really ‘think’ and believe. Bush finishes with a smile and assures us: “The United States is a force for good.” ‘

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/12/14/01996.html

:spank: Wake Up!

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