The new article by Phyllis Shafley appeared today on www.freedom.org:

Scholars Explain Bush's SPP

By Phyllis Schlafly

October 10, 2007

Those who seek to understand what's behind the chatter about Bush's Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) as a possible prelude to a North American Union (NAU), similar to the European Union (EU), should read the 35-page White Paper published recently by the prestigious Hudson Institute called "Negotiating North America: The Security and Prosperity Partnership." This Washington, DC think tank is blunt and detailed in describing where SPP is heading.

Here's how Hudson defines SPP's goal: "The SPP process is the vehicle for the discussion of future arrangements for economic integration to create a single market for goods and services in North America." The key words are "economic integration" (a phrase used again and again) into a North American "single market" (another phrase used repeatedly).

"Integration" with Mexico and Canada is exactly what North American Union means, but there's a big problem with this goal. "We the people" of the United States were never asked if we want to be "integrated" with Mexico and Canada, two countries of enormously different laws, culture, concept of government's role, economic system, and standard of living.

Here's how Hudson explains SPP's process:

"The most important feature of the SPP design is that it is neither intended to produce a treaty nor an executive agreement like the NAFTA that would require congressional ratification or the passage of implementing legislation in the United States. The SPP was designed to function within existing administrative authority of the executive branch."

Hudson explains further:

"The design of the SPP is innovative, eschewing the more traditional diplomatic and trade negotiation models in favor of talks among civil service professionals and subject matter experts with each government. This design places the negotiation fully within the authority of the executive branch in the United States."

Indeed, SPP is very "innovative." The arrogance of SPP's "design" to give the executive branch full "authority" to "enforce and execute" whatever is decided by a three-nation agreement of "civil service professionals," as though it were "law," is exceeded only by its unconstitutionality.

The Hudson White Paper admits the problem that SPP completely lacks "transparency and accountability." Hudson freely admits "the exclusion of Congress from the process"; constituents who contact their Congressmen discover that Members know practically nothing about SPP.

Hudson states that, under SPP, one of the U.S. challenges is "managing Congress." Is Congress now to be "managed," either by executive-branch "authority" or by "dozens of regulators, rule makers, and officials working with their counterparts" from Mexico and Canada?

The Hudson White Paper reminds us that the 2005 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) document called "Building a North American Community" bragged that its recommendations are "explicitly linked" to SPP. The CFR document called for establishing a "common perimeter" around North America by 2010.

Hudson praises the CFR document for "raising public expectations" about what SPP can accomplish. Hudson explains that, while immigration is not an explicit SPP agenda item, "mobility across the border is central to the idea of an integrated North American economic space."

"Harmonization" with other countries is another frequently used word. One of SPP's Signature Initiatives is "Liberalizing Rules of Origin."

The Hudson Paper reveals SPP's cozy collaboration with "some interest groups and not others." Translated, that means collaboration with multinational corporations, but not with small business or citizen groups.

After the heads of state of the United States, Mexico, and Canada met in Waco in March 2005 and announced the creation of SPP by press release, the North American Competitiveness Council emerged as "a private sector forum for business input" to SPP working groups. But, according to Hudson, it wasn't merely "private" because it was "given official sanction."

After the three amigos met in Cancun in 2006, Bush provided taxpayer funding for a think tank called the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to meet secretly and produce a report called "The Future of North America." That document's favorite catchword is "North American labor mobility," which is a euphemism for admitting unlimited cheap labor from Mexico.

The Hudson White Paper states that "SPP combines an agenda with a political commitment." That's exactly why those who want to protect American sovereignty don't like SPP.

Among the people who take SPP seriously are Representative Virgil Goode (R-VA) who introduced H.Con.Res. 40 opposing a North American Union and a NAFTA Superhighway, similar resolutions introduced into the state legislatures of 14 states, and Representative Duncan Hunter's (R-CA) amendment to prohibit the use of federal funds for SPP working groups, which passed the House by the remarkable bipartisan vote of 362 to 63 on July 24, 2007.

The Hudson White Paper suggests that it might be "necessary" for SPP to change its name and acronym. It is unlikely that a change of name will silence the American people who are outraged by the SPP's goals and process.

There are still those on this forum who, somehow, despite all warnings to the contrary, see no danger in the SPP, who somehow just can't quite buy into the fact that the CFR is really who runs things around here.  How many warnings is it going to take?

The Hudson White Paper admits the problem that SPP completely lacks "transparency and accountability." Hudson freely admits "the exclusion of Congress from the process"; constituents who contact their Congressmen discover that Members know practically nothing about SPP.

Not only is America, asleep, Congress is asleep as well.  Listen up, folks......there is - NO Congressional oversight with the SPP!. 

Indeed, SPP is very "innovative." The arrogance of SPP's "design" to give the executive branch full "authority" to "enforce and execute" whatever is decided by a three-nation agreement of "civil service professionals," as though it were "law," is exceeded only by its unconstitutionality.

Hey, who cares about constitutionality anymore?  Do we maybe see a pattern here with the executive branch?  Is there just maybe some connection between this and the infringement of our 1st and 2nd amendment rights?  There were just recent threads on "Martial Law" and the "Real ID".  It is beyond me why some just can't comprehend that this is all going in the same direction.

Mammaw said: It's not that we don't care about constitutionality but what can we as citizens do if Congress can't do anything?  This is W's big plan for the U.S. and his friends in Mexico and he is going to do everything he can to implement it before his term is up.  I don't see how in the world he can get away with this but apparently he is.  I guarantee you that McCain, O'Bama or Hillary won't do a thing to stop it either.  It's all about the elite.  I'm telling you that sooner or later we are going to have to take up arms against our own government.  The bottom line is that it is all about greed.  All those involved are doing nothing but looking out for their own pocketbooks and the hell with the rest of America.

And another thing!

Who is constantly trying to pass Amnesty which is part and parcel of the first step toward the NAU?

CONGRESS!

Don't be their fools!  Congress IS THE PROBLEM!

 Remember in the movie "The Patriot"  Remember Benjamin Martin at the Townhall meeting regarding the "levy" and voting on whether the State should go to war with the rest of the colonies?

Benjamin Martin: Why should I agree to trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?

The SPP is planning another summit meeting next month (I believe in New Orleans)-----I just found this old article in my e-mail - do you think possibly we could contact the representatives listed below who originally had concerns and ask them to monitor the New Orleans meeting?

My congressman did not know about "Building a North American Community" until I had his intern read it and he said he would. I received a letter from him that indicates he did because of what he told me about what is driving illegal immigration. He, Ed Royce, R CA, is not on the list of congressman above, but Rep. Gary Miller is. Miller's district include part of my very zip code and his district office is about a mile from my home. But Ed Royce is my congressman. I spent a significant amount of time talking to him about my concerns. He even said he would go on FireSociety.

The upshot is that he wrote me a letter in which it is evident that he has now awakened. Letter from a Congressman (posted by msbobbie) is on FireSociety to read. It is up to us to awaken our politicians one at a time. They are patriotic, but far too many do not have a clue. Although this is hiding in plain sight, it is still hidden from most Americans including those we assume are informed. Talk to your congressman personally whenever you are given the chance. Take a copy of "Building a North American Community" and give it to him with a list of passages that are of particular concern. Provide the page numbers and underline or highlight. We can increase the numbers of the informed in Congress significantly by taking this into our own hands.

In the past Congress has ignored these meeting. Fast Track gave them a reason for saying that they were not involved. The CFR and the executive branch were  given a free rein. The authorizarion for Fast Track expired some time ago, and to my knowledge has not been renewed.

The American people have every reason to demand that their Senators get involved. It is their duty to bring any agreements between foreign nations before Congress. The power to write and administer treaty agreements is delegated to Congress by the Constitution. The fact that these meeting are still taking place and action is being taken on what is discussed without the oversight of Congress should be unconstitutional.

Mammaw said: I posted on another thread that we all need to contact our senators and representatives with our concerns about the NAU.  We need to do this before the next meeting.  And Capt. Karl you are wrong that illegal immigration is the first step towards the NAU.  It is the other way around.  When the NAU becomes a fact no one who enters this country will be illegal because we will be one big happy union. 

I see your point.  My main point is The Federal Reserve needs to tax more people and bring them into the fold of direct control in the reign of their Matrix domain.  I have read articles that Amnesty was a lead up to the NAU.  But I see your point.  Makes sense.

Labrador said: Good Post, John, but how sad is this when we have to do their work! 

Actually, we are doing the work we are supposed to be doing and that is holding them accountable and educating them as necessary.

The problem is they have been able to get away with murder because no one was watching the house. Therefore, it is reasonable to argue that we are the problem for being apathetic.

The more all of you get in their faces the better.

Keep it up. And drag others into the fray. And fast.

Greg Badger said:

Labrador said: Good Post, John, but how sad is this when we have to do their work! 

Actually, we are doing the work we are supposed to be doing and that is holding them accountable and educating them as necessary.

The problem is they have been able to get away with murder because no one was watching the house. Therefore, it is reasonable to argue that we are the problem for being apathetic.

The more all of you get in their faces the better.

Keep it up. And drag others into the fray. And fast.

Well, Greg - you are absolutely correct!  At least about the accountability part.  We are the ones responsible for the mess we're in - we have no one to blame but ourselves!  We've been in this mess for longer than most of us have been alive and it just keeps accelerating!

But how can these clowns NOT know about matters of government?  And now we have to point it out to them, hi-light it in yellow and draw funny faces on the documents so they can understand it?

Capt. Karl, did you know this came from Stephen Yates? ...

Neo has long suspected that something is amiss without being able to put his finger on it. It was this something that drew him into hacking and into the world of computers generally. His presence became known to Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), leader of a band of rebels fighting to free the human race from bondage to the artificial intelligence. Of course, Neo’s nocturnal computer explorations have also become known to the “agents,” living programs who service the artificial intelligence. The first half-hour or so of the film is a race to see which side can get to him first.

One of the rebels, Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), hacks into his computer and lures him to a Gothic nightclub. There she confronts him with his unease:

“I know why you’re here, Neo. I know what you’ve been doing. I know why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night you sit at your computer. You’re looking for him. I know, because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me I wasn’t really looking for him. I was looking for an answer. It’s the question that drives us, Neo. It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question just as I did.”

Neo: “What is the Matrix?”

Trinity: “The answer is out there, Neo. It’s looking for you. And it will find you, if you want it to.”

Labrador said, "But how can these clowns NOT know about matters of government?  And now we have to point it out to them, hi-light it in yellow and draw funny faces on the documents so they can understand it?"

I'm trying to figure this out. I'll report back mid-April.

In the meantime, keep the pressure on...

Greg Badger said:

Capt. Karl, did you know this came from Stephen Yates? ...

Neo has long suspected that something is amiss without being able to put his finger on it. It was this something that drew him into hacking and into the world of computers generally. His presence became known to Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), leader of a band of rebels fighting to free the human race from bondage to the artificial intelligence. Of course, Neo’s nocturnal computer explorations have also become known to the “agents,” living programs who service the artificial intelligence. The first half-hour or so of the film is a race to see which side can get to him first.

One of the rebels, Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), hacks into his computer and lures him to a Gothic nightclub. There she confronts him with his unease:

“I know why you’re here, Neo. I know what you’ve been doing. I know why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night you sit at your computer. You’re looking for him. I know, because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me I wasn’t really looking for him. I was looking for an answer. It’s the question that drives us, Neo. It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question just as I did.”

Neo: “What is the Matrix?”

Trinity: “The answer is out there, Neo. It’s looking for you. And it will find you, if you want it to.”

Yes,  I use the movie as an anology all the time.  It is hard to get people to understand how these things could happen, in a way they can fully grasp it.

It is absolutely extraordinary how exacting the movie line matches reality, a world that only exists in our minds, programmed by the ultimate Matrix System ---  The Federal Reserve System complete with (IRS) "AGENTS" 

But actually Greg,  This is what I have to say to "The Matrix"  The Federal Reserve System:

I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this post, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries for "Americans". A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.