Over at The Elephant Bar, my friend WHIT speaks of Transnational Progressivism. Capitalism is the best system humans have come up with yet. It spreads and shares wealth and engenders entrepreneurship so well that it makes debunked communists blush. While all good free traders love and adore making money, it can come with a heavy price. If we're not careful, the North American Union and the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America could be a freedom-destroying boondoggle.
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This is why we do not get any meaningful immigration reform:
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: Next Steps
The three leaders of North America agreed to advance the agenda of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) by focusing on five high priority initiatives:
1. The North American Competitiveness Council.
2. Advancing Cooperation on Avian and Pandemic Influenza.
3. North American Energy Security Initiative.
4. North American Emergency Management.
and 5.
Smart, Secure Borders. Leaders agreed to complete the following activities, to contribute to smart and secure borders, over the next twenty-four months:
# Collaborate to establish risk-based screening standards for goods and people that rely on technology, information sharing and biometrics.
# Develop and implement compatible electronic processes for supply chain security that use advanced electronic cargo information to analyze risk and ensure quick and efficient processing at the border;
# Develop standards and options for secure documents to facilitate cross-border travel;
# Exchange additional law enforcement liaison officers to assist in criminal and security investigations; and,
Develop coordinated business resumption plans at border crossings to ensure legitimate trade continues.To address border violence, United States and Mexico signed an Action Plan to Combat Border Violence and Improve Public Safety. Officials of the two countries in Nogales, AZ- Nogales, Sonora and Laredo, TX- Nuevo Laredo completed protocols on border security and public safety.
Obviously, it would be very insulting to Mexico to discuss anything so crass as a fence or a wall or even a problem with the border. President Bush agreed to all this and there isn't word here about immigration or control of borders. Congress huffs and puffs about immigration reform but the real work is being done behind the scenes. I'm all for business but not at the cost of my country as I know it. It's time to wake up America.
Good post tiger, Your thoughts and posts are welcome at The Elephant.
Thanks guys ...
you're both swell!
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