Senator: NAFTA Superhighway is nearly a reality

by: RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
9/29/2007

State Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, said Friday that the so-called "NAFTA Superhighway" is "close to reality" and is being built for "transporting goods and people from Mexico and China."

Brogdon made the remarks during a news conference at Tulsa International Airport for the Oklahomans for Sovereignty and Free Enterprise conference being held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Renaissance Hotel, 6808 S. 107th East Ave.

The organization, which uses the acronym OK-SAFE, believes that the Bush administration and business interests are conspiring to effectively merge the United States, Mexico and Canada by lowering or eliminating trade barriers and national borders.

"I have recognized over the last couple of years a concerted effort to undermine the nation's sovereignty -- not only the nation's, but the state's sovereignty, as well," Brogdon said.

Of particular interest are the North American Super Corridor Organization and the Security and Prosperity Partnership.

OK-SAFE and similar organizations say NASCO is planning an internationally con- trolled multimodal transportation system from Mexico to Canada that would be financed in the United States by "public-private partnerships."

They say a series of toll roads and railroads being built across Texas in partnership with the Spanish company Cintra foreshadows the coming of a nationwide network of privately owned transportation systems.

They also warn of a NASCO pilot project to place tracking monitors on cargo, saying the equipment is being made by the Chinese.

The company building the trackers is Savi Networks, a joint venture of the American electronics firm Savi, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, and Hong Kong-based management company Hutchison Port Holdings.

NASCO's Web site says it is a nonprofit organization dedicated to economic development and multimodal infrastructure, security and technology improvements along Interstates 35, 29 and 94 and their connecting routes in Mexico and Canada.

It says it is not building or encouraging the creation of a "NAFTA Superhighway" and does not advocate the elimination of international borders.

OK-SAFE says the Security and Prosperity Partnership, created two years ago to discuss trade and security issues common to Mexico, Canada and the U.S., is an unconstitutional alliance forged by the Bush administration to lay the groundwork for a North American Union.

A U.S. government Web site says the partnership is "a dialogue to increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries. The SPP is not an agreement, nor is it a treaty."

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