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Rep Goode's HCR 40 Will
Stop NAFTA Superhighway
And NAU
United States Representative Virgil H. Goode, Jr.
(R-VA-5th District)
1-24-7
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North... (Introduced in House)
HCON 40 IH
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 40
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2007
Mr. GOODE (for himself, Mr. WAMP, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. PAUL, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. DUNCAN, and Ms. FOXX) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada.
Whereas the United States Departments of State, Commerce, and Homeland Security participated in the formation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) on March 23, 2005, representing a tri-lateral agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico designed, among other things, to facilitate common regulatory schemes between these countries;
Whereas reports issued by the SPP indicate that it has implemented regulatory changes among the three countries that circumvent United States trade, transportation, homeland security, and border security functions and that the SPP will continue to do so in the future;
Whereas the actions taken by the SPP to coordinate border security by eliminating obstacles to migration between Mexico and the United States actually makes the United States-Mexico border less secure because Mexico is the primary source country of illegal immigrants into the United States;
Whereas according to the Department of Commerce, United States trade deficits with Mexico and Canada have significantly increased since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA);
Whereas the economic and physical security of the United States is impaired by the potential loss of control of its borders attendant to the full operation of NAFTA and the SPP;
Whereas the regulatory and border security changes implemented and proposed by the SPP violate and threaten United States sovereignty;
Whereas a NAFTA Superhighway System from the west coast of Mexico through the United States and into Canada has been suggested as part of a North American Union to facilitate trade between the SPP countries;
Whereas the State of Texas has already begun planning of the Trans-Texas Corridor, a major multi-modal transportation project beginning at the United States-Mexico border, which would serve as an initial section of a NAFTA Superhighway System;
Whereas it could be particularly difficult for Americans to collect insurance from Mexican companies which employ Mexican drivers involved in accidents in the United States, which would likely increase the insurance rates for American drivers;
Whereas future unrestricted foreign trucking into the United States can pose a safety hazard due to inadequate maintenance and inspection, and can act collaterally as a conduit for the entry into the United States of illegal drugs, illegal human smuggling, and terrorist activities; and
Whereas a NAFTA Superhighway System would likely include funds from foreign consortiums and be controlled by foreign management, which threatens the sovereignty of the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That--
(1) the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System;
(2) the United States should not allow the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) to implement further regulations that would create a North American Union with Mexico and Canada; and
(3) the President of the United States should indicate strong opposition to these acts or any other proposals that threaten the sovereignty of the United States.
There is a moral to this story, but not exactly the one most of us are expecting!
In the dead of summer a fly was resting on a leaf beside a lake. The hot, dry fly who said to no one in particular, "Gosh...if I go down five inches I will feel the mist from the water and I will be refreshed."
There was a fish in the water thinking, "Gosh..if that fly goes down five inches, I can eat him. There was a bear on the shore thinking, "Gosh...if that fly goes down five inches that fish will jump for the fly...and I will grab him!"
It also happened that a hunter was farther up the bank of the lake preparing to eat a cheese sandwich.... "Gosh," he thought, "if that fly goes down five inches..and that fish leaps for it...that bear will expose himself and grab for the fish. I'll shoot the bear and have a proper lunch."
Now, you probably think this is enough activity on one bank of a lake but I can tell you there's more....
A wee mouse by the hunter's foot was thinking, "Gosh if that fly goes down five inches...and that fish jumps for that fly...and that bear grabs for that fish...the dumb hunter will shoot the bear and drop his cheese sandwich and I can grab the cheese. A cat lurking in the bushes took in this scene and thought, (as was fashionable to do on the banks of this particular lake around lunch time)' "Gosh...if that fly goes down five inches, and that fish jumps for that fly ... and that bear grabs for that fish and that hunter shoots that bear..and that mouse makes off with the cheese sandwich ...then I can have mouse for lunch."
The poor fly is finally so hot and so dry that he heads down for the cooling mist of the water The fish swallows the fly.. The bear grabs the fish... The hunter shoots the bear... The mouse grabs the cheese sandwich... The cat jumps for the mouse... The mouse ducks.... The cat falls into the water and drowns.
The moral of the story is: Whenever a fly goes down five inches, some pussy is in serious danger.
Cows, with zeal, make an appeal to not be veal. http://www.3dweb.no/galleri/stuestolbm/bilder/anim1.swf
cbfromli: I don't get it? Where's the duckie?
easymoney101: I have come to the conclusion that thinktank member, George Soros, is the planned opposition of "the left," somewhat the same as Rush Limbaugh is to "the right."
woofer: two brunette jokes that you may use.
Why are blond jokes one-liners?
A: So brunettes can get them.
Okay, so after the dust settles, you can try this one:
Why do brunettes have brown hair?
A: To match their mustache.
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Blonde's Year in Review
January - Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight
February - Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels.. Helllloooo!!!.....bottles won't fit in typewriter!!!
March - Got really excited.....finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months....
box said "2-4 years!"
April - Trapped on escalator for hours.....power went out!!!
May - Tried to make Kool-Aid.....wrong instructions....
8 cups of water won't fit into those little packets!!!
June - Tried to go water skiing.....couldn't find a lake with a slope.
July - Lost breast stroke swimming competition.....learned later, the other swimmers cheated, they used their arms!!!
August - Got locked out of my car in rain storm.....car swamped because soft-top was open.
September - The capital of California is "C".....isn't it???
October - Hate M &M's.....they are so hard to peel.
November - Baked turkey for 4 1/2 days .instructions said 1 hour per pound and I weigh 108!!!
December - Couldn't call 911....."duh".....there's no "eleven" button on the stupid phone!!!
What a year!!
easymoney101: years ago, in metro-Springfield, Massachusetts, thieves devised an elaborate plan; having ordered Diebold parts. They constructed a fake deposit box, overlaying the real one. They were caught within a day, because their get away car had a flat tire and rather than deal with it, they left it and routine detective work tracked down their orders to Diebold. Diebold's order security tightened after the incident.
JalapenoBuck: I'm probably as confused as Matt. Is Matt a pumper or a basher? Nobody seems to know. Funny, though he doesn't look Chinese, although I'm sure that Paulie could fix that.
Roadside Assistance
A blonde’s car gets a flat tire on the Interstate one day so she eases it over onto the shoulder of the road.
She carefully steps out of the car and opens the trunk. She takes out two cardboard men, unfolds them and stands them at the rear of the vehicle facing oncoming traffic. The lifelike cardboard men are in trench coats exposing their nude bodies to approaching drivers.
Not surprisingly, the traffic became snarled and backed up. It wasn’t long before a police car arrives. The Officer, clearly enraged, approaches her yelling, “What is going on here?”
“My car broke down, Officer” says the woman calmly.
“Well, what the heck are these cardboard pictures doing here by the road?!” asks the Officer.
“Oh, those are my emergency flashers!” she replied.
Vexari: I guess I am the wrong one to ask.
"And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God. (John 3: 19-21)
easymoney101: it's not really his peak oil theory; he makes note of Hubbert (a possible name confusion?).
http://www.peak-oil-news.info/
Reality doesn't necessarily dictate things; it's perception. The perception that certain geographic areas have held the key to oil supplies has proceeded "foreign policy."
Here we have our State Department and The CIA creating and bolstering radical Islamism, so they can limit political incursions into an area and then publicly proclaim radical Islam as a menace to the world. Hegel would be proud.
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light" - Plato
A quick link, as I have to run.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/011807.html
Koikaze: how is watching a lecture or reading a book not thinking for one's self? I could discuss it here, but I prefer to discuss concepts, especially advanced ones with folks that are, at least, familiar with the subject.
A few years ago, I made some posts about the unscientific pushes from the religion of evolution. I made it clear that I did not want to discuss the subject with anyone that wasn't familiar with mathematical probabilities, thermodynamics, paleontology, organic chemistry, as well as other scientific disciplines. Still posts and ridicules came forth from folks that hadn't a clue what they were talking about.
So for me to post that we are on the brink of a totalitarian state and the major thing preventing it from happening right now is The Second Amendment to The Constitution and an armed populace and that every time someone buys illicit drugs, he/she is contributing to our loss of liberties and is funding The New World Order would: probably result in a real line of communications from some souls that I know here and the rest trying to figure out what we are posting about.
Vexari: the poor soul hasn't learned a thing. All he needed was to be on the BOD of a public corporation and he would be exempt. It is all to make me look weird for declaring that I am a laissez faire capitalist.
Koikaze: please do yourself a favor and make an exception on this one. It will effect your future decision making process for selecting leaders/representatives.
Have your note pads ready. Watch this pronto, while you can. I am very serious. Stop posting and watch it NOW! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1546121267852729018
Have your note pads ready. Watch this pronto, while you can. I am very serious. Stop posting and watch it NOW! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1546121267852729018
Former Presidents Conclude that Dubaya has Set up a Tyranny
The Declaration of Independence set out the causes/reasons for separation from King George. Among them were these:
"He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:"
And this:
"For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us."
With The Patriot Act, The Department of Homeland Security, The Military Commissions Act, The NAU, numerous Executive Orders directly acting against The Constitution, and so much more, George Walker Bush has set up a tyranny according to definitions and causes that brought this nation into being.
IMPEACH, INDICT, TRY, and SENTENCE this traitor of traitors.
Former Presidents Conclude that Dubaya has Set up a Tyranny
The Declaration of Independence set out the causes/reasons for separation from King George. Among them were these:
"He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:"
And this:
"For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us."
With The Patriot Act, The Department of Homeland Security, The Military Commissions Act, The NAU, numerous Executive Orders directly acting against The Constitution, and so much more, George Walker Bush has set up a tyranny according to definitions and causes that brought this nation into being.
IMPEACH, INDICT, TRY, and SENTENCE this traitor of traitors.
I never quite figured out why the sexual urges of men and women differ so much. And I never figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women think with their heart. I have never figured out why the sexual desire gene gets thrown into a state of turmoil, when it hears the words "I do"
FOR EXAMPLE:
One evening last week, my wife and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me."
I said "WHAT???!!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every husband on the planet dreads to hear..."You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man." She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?"
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night I went to sleep. The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take so I told her we'll just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went to the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you, she was so excited, she must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck.
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all dear, lets go to the cashier." I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it."
Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled WHAT??!!!" I then said "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman."
And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"
Apparently I won't be having sex again until sometime after pigs fly over a frozen hell.
"Yeah, but it'll come calling itself anti-fascist."
- Huey Long (when asked if fascism could come to America)
Vexari: I only got a break on it about two weeks ago. It clicked because of something Ralph Epperson reported on his six hour plus video titled The New World Order. The stuff that I have been digging is in line with "America's Secret Destiny."
Has anyone deeply studied The Pilgrims Society?
A guy walks into the local welfare office, marches straight up to the counter and says, "Hi ... you know, I just hate drawing welfare......I'd really rather have a job."
The social worker behind the counter says, "Your timing is just excellent. We just got a job opening from a very wealthy old man who wants a chauffeur and bodyguard for his beautiful nymphomaniac daughter. You'll have to drive around in his Mercedes, but he'll supply all of your clothes. Because of the long hours, meals will be provided. You'll be expected to escort her on her overseas holiday trips. You will have to satisfy her sexual urges. You'll be provided a two bedroom apartment above the garage. The starting salary will be $300,000 per year." The guy, wide eyed, says, "You're bullshitting me!" The social worker says, "Yeah, well ... you started it."
"When life hands you lemons..........ask for tequila and salt!"
This is a bit off topic for this board, but with the plethora of humor with our members, you should all appreciate the funniest video to date.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=16012795
courtesy of atomicbob:
http://axiomsun.com/home/video/effects_of_drugs_and_alcohol_on_spiders.html
Phil: sorry, I misread your post. I thought you wrote "penguins." I was going to point out that using penguins wouldn't make the pot any more chillier than using polar bear steaks. Never mind.
In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world..
Now they promise to protect us from nightmares..
The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network..
But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares.. (vexari)
"Think about how stupid the average person is; now realise half of them are dumber than that." - George Carlin
From another board
"Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?" Part I
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on "THIS" side of the road before it goes after the problem on the "OTHER SIDE" of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his "CURRENT" problems before adding "NEW" problems.
OPRAH:
Well I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image . . of the chicken crossing the road...
ANDERSON COOPER - CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks. (A male chicken???)
PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American!
MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad?Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's why they call it the "other side." Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and simple as that!
GRANDPA:
In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2006, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet xplorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra... #@&&;^( C \ .... Reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE:
I invented the chicken!
COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?
chainsawparts: lowman; so watch your references to body parts.
“Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.” (Henry Kissinger) - CFR
“…And to make it a part of the New World Order. To defend the New World Order, U.S. soldiers will have to kill and to die.” (Arthur Schlesinger) - CFR
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01 Jan 2007, 01:02 PM EST
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Social Security Agreement With Mexico Released
After 3 1/2 Year Freedom of Information Act Battle
Fri Dec 29, 4:50 PM ET
Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20061229/pl_usnw/social_security_agreement_with_mexico_released_after31....
Contact: Brad Phillips, +1-202-776-0640, for TREA Senior Citizens League
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After numerous refusals over three and a half years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has released the first known public copy of the U.S.-Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement. The government was forced to make the disclosure in response to lawsuits filed under the Freedom of Information Act by TREA Senior Citizens League, a 1.2 million-member nonpartisan seniors advocacy group.
The Totalization Agreement could allow millions of illegal Mexican workers to draw billions of dollars from the U.S. Social Security Trust Fund.
The agreement between the U.S. and Mexico was signed in June 2004, and is awaiting President Bush's signature. Once President Bush approves the agreement, which would be done without Congressional vote, either House of Congress would have 60 days to disapprove the agreement by voting to reject it.
"The Social Security Administration itself warns that Social Security is within decades of bankruptcy -- yet, they seem to have no problem making agreements that hasten its demise," said Ralph McCutchen, Chairman of the TREA Senior Citizens League.
The U.S. currently has 21 similar agreements in effect with other nations, which are intended to eliminate dual taxation for persons who work outside their country of origin. All of the agreements are with developed nations with economies similar to that of the U.S.
For example, a worker who turns 62 after 1990 generally needs 40 calendar quarters of coverage to receive retirement benefits. Under totalization agreements, workers are allowed to combine earnings from both countries in order to qualify for benefits. The Agreement with Mexico, like other totalization agreements, would allow workers to qualify with just six quarters, or 18 months, of U.S. coverage.
But Mexico's retirement system is radically different than that of other participating countries. For example, only 40 percent of non-government workers participate in Mexico's system, whereas 96 percent of America's non- government workers do. In addition, the U.S. system is progressive, meaning lower wage earners get back much more than they put in; in Mexico, workers get back only what they put in, plus accrued interest.
"I applaud the persistent efforts of TREA Senior Citizens League to try to get documents from the U.S. Government about the U.S.-Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement," said Rep. Walter Jones (news, bio, voting record) (R-N.C.). "The American people are finally beginning to get some of the information regarding this Agreement that they have been seeking for so long."
According to the SSA, the Social Security Trust Fund will begin paying out more than it is taking in by 2017, and will be exhausted by the year 2040.
With 1.2 million members, TREA Senior Citizens League is one of the nation's largest nonpartisan seniors groups. Visit http://www.SeniorsLeague.org for more information or to see the Totalization Agreement documents.
SOURCE TREA Senior Citizens League:
http://www.SeniorsLeague.org
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid, cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, they were eaten by a killer whale.
Personal Ad:
Cool F, undisclosed age, looking to relocate. Prefer cozy evenings, except NO fireplaces. I like to lie around all day and manage to stay moist. Serious replies, only please.
Ancient Ice Shelf.
Vexari: excellent, my friend, excellent.
Old hat stuff for a persistent problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird