Thread: Kirk-Obama's Trade Representative-Supported NAFTA Freeway

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From Lonewacko
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(Ron Kirk is a former Mayor of Dallas, Texas. I-35 runs from South Texas through Dallas and continues on north. He since has accepted Obama's nomination as U.S. Trade Representative.)

Ron Kirk, Obama's U.S. Trade Representive? (supported "NAFTA freeway")

Barack Obama is apparently considering naming former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as U.S. Trade Representative. Kirk is a strong NAFTA booster while Obama has only pretended not to be one. During the campaign, Obama played a cute game: pretending to want to "renegotiate" NAFTA, only to later admit that he'd been misleading. With Kirk, at least what they want to do is a bit more out in the open.

Around March 12, 2001, Dino Chiecci of the Associated Press included this in "Meeting of Minds/Governors agree on Dallas trade center" (PDF link):

Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk said “75 percent of goods that move between Mexico and the United States by truck move come through our community on Interstate 35. This is our effort to make that corridor designated the 'NAFTA Freeway' the true river of trade between our communities."

Yes, you read that right: Obama's choice supported a "NAFTA Freeway", nowadays called the TransTexas Corridor. While the latter is a real plan in the late planning stages in Texas, endless hacks have claimed that its Mexico to Canada version - the NAFTA Superhighway is just tin foil hat talk. Accordingly, expect fun word games ahead, as Obama's supporters try to explain that that isn't the same as a "NAFTA Superhighway", something that those supporters have said isn't a plan despite Obama describing something that sounds an awful like it and despite Obama supporting a secretive Bush scheme (the SPP.gov) to "harmonize" regulations between the three countries.

Note also that Obama's choice to be Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, doesn't really oppose "free trade"; she simply supports "fair trade", i.e., "free trade" with fluffed pillows to make things a little more comfortable for those negatively affected.

(PDF link):

http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/lmtbusines ... /jrnl6.pdf

The following letter from "Government Guide" includes Jerome Corsi's 2006 article "Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Superhighway".

Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC 10th)
2nd-term Republican from North Carolina.
Letters To Leaders

All messages are published with permission of the sender. The general topic of this message is Foreign Affairs:

Subject:
immigration

To:
Sen. Elizabeth Dole
Rep. Patrick McHenry
Sen. Richard Burr

June 14, 2006

Dear Elected Officials:
I read the following information on a website. I found it interesting and it certainly explains the schizophrenic behavior of our president on immigration issues. Is this true? If so, we must bring an end to it immediately.

BUSH'S SUPER HIGHWAY TO THE END OF U.S.A.
EVERY ONE PLEASE READ AND GET IN TOUCH WITH CONGRESS

DO YOU GUYS(SENATE & REPS.) FEEL LEFT OUT OF THE LOOP???? OR HAVE YOU KNOWN ABOUT IT ALL ALONG AND DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THERE WILL BE AN ACCOUNTING AT THE POLLS IF NOT SOONER!!

Immigration & Foreign Affairs

Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Super Highway

by Jerome R. Corsi Posted Jun 12, 2006

Quietly but systematically, the Bush Administration is advancing the plan to build a huge NAFTA Super Highway, four football-fields-wide, through the heart of the U.S. along Interstate 35, from the Mexican border at Laredo, Tex., to the Canadian border north of Duluth, Minn.

Once complete, the new road will allow containers from the Far East to enter the United States through the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas, bypassing the Longshoreman’s Union in the process. The Mexican trucks, without the involvement of the Teamsters Union, will drive on what will be the nation’s most modern highway straight into the heart of America. The Mexican trucks will cross border in FAST lanes, checked only electronically by the new “SENTRIâ€

Please see source for links to video and transcript.

Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- December 19
Ron Kirk, Obama's Trade Representative

Bill Tucker (CNN): Ron Kirk is President-elect Obama's pick to be his front man on trade. Kirk made his name in politics serving as mayor of Dallas, where he was known as a staunch supporter of free trade agreements, NAFTA in particular. He was a big proponent of a trade corridor for Mexico up through Texas. A road he once referred to as a NAFTA freeway. His nomination was welcomed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers. Advocates for a change in trade policy are not so happy.

Lori Wallach, Global Trade Watch: There's clearly been a gap between president-elect Obama's pledges to the American public, to truly transform our failed trade policy and some of the very important economic appointments he's made who represent people who helped implement or at least support the failed status quo.

Tucker: Congressman Phil Hare, a Democrat from Obama's home state of Illinois issued a statement expressing his disappointment saying quote, "I have concerns about Mayor Kirk's vocal support for NAFTA and unfair trade with China. Mayor Kirk previously has said he wants to make Dallas the capital city of NAFTA. But for every Dallas, there are dozens of Galesburgs, a place President-elect Obama knows well."

Watch: NAU & Ron Kirk / Hilda Solis Transcript

From:American Patrol Report
http://www.americanpatrol.com/

he wasnt exactly liked that much in dallas for supporting all this free trade stuff.