ack in 2004, I
published The Real Matrix in seven parts (read
them here). I had little idea how the process outlined
there would accelerate in 2005 and 2006. Indeed, even those
still “plugged in” ought to be wondering why the U.S. Senate
just gave thumbs-up (62 yeas vs. 26 nays) to an immigration
bill that most of the public does not want and would clearly
be destructive of this country’s long-term best
interests—educationally, culturally, and economically. Those
of us out here in the Desert of the Real are aware that the
Senate just took us one step closer to a North American
Union. In fact, I do not believe the Senate’s action of May
25 can be understood apart from this larger scheme.
In 2005:
(1) March 14.
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) issued a Trinational
Call for a North American Economic and Security Community by
2010. Three former high-ranking government officials from
the U.S., Canada and Mexico claim this will address “shared
security threats, challenges to competitiveness, and
interest in broad-based development across the three
countries.”
(2) March 23.
President Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and then-Prime
Minister of Canada, Paul Martin, signed the
Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America (SPP). The Wall Street
Journal, long an advocate of globalism, published “North
America the Beautiful” (republished on the
CFR website). “Deepening the integration of our three
countries promises great benefits for our citizens,...” the
WSJ opined. “Working groups” were formed, with the
promise of progress reports in 90 days.
(3) April 20.
S.853, the North American Cooperative Security Act, was
introduced in the Senate (the corresponding House bill, H.R.
2672, would be introduced on May 26). This bill proposes the
deep integration of security strategies of U.S., Canada and
Mexico and the formation of a common perimeter around all
three, using the supposed threat of terrorism as a reason
for close monitoring citizens of all three nations. (At
present, this Act remains buried in committee but will
doubtless surface in the next year or so.) This bill would
call for “the development and expansion of public-private
partnerships to secure the supply chain of goods coming into
North America …” Public-private partnerships equals
corporatism equals soft fascism (as I have
argued elsewhere). It would call for “a common security
perimeter by enhancing technical assistance for programs and
systems to support advance reporting and risk management of
cargo data, improved integrity measures through automated
collection of fees, and advance technology to rapidly screen
cargo.” None of these governments have control over their
borders now. Are we really expected to believe they intend
to monitor a perimeter that would be thousands of miles
longer? The true purpose, to “promote the legitimate flow of
both people and goods across international borders.” In
other words—given that legitimate will mean whatever those
with money and power want it to mean—open borders, with
high-tech surveillance. Note that while doubtless there are
people who will believe all these combined security measures
look good—aren’t we supposed to protect ourselves from
terrorists, after all?—none are possible without a radical
internationalizing of the relevant laws and regulations and
the formation of supranational globocracies to oversee their
implementation. The new cadre of globocrats will answer to
the super-elite, not to the U.S. Constitution or to American
voters.
(4) May 17. The
CFR reported on a “Task Force Urges Measures to Strengthen
North American Competitiveness, Expand Trade, Ensure Border
Security.” The official CFR News Release stated, “We need a
vision for North America to address the new challenges. The
Task Force establishes a blueprint for a powerhouse North
American trading area that allows for the seamless movement
of goods, increased labor mobility, and energy security. We
are asking the leaders of the United States, Mexico and
Canada to be bold and adopt a vision of the future that is
bigger than, and beyond, the immediate problems of the
present… They could be the architects of a new community of
North America, not mere custodians of the status
quo.” Note that North America is being used here to name a
supranational entity, not merely a continent.
(5) May 27. The
CFR released its book-length statement
Building a North American Community: Report of the
Independent Task Force on the Future of North America.
This statement included the following: “We think that there
should be a North American border pass: a card that we can
use to enter any of the three countries without going
through the normal procedures for questioning either at
airports or at the border with biometric identification…. We
think that we should be on the fast track to complete labor
mobility in North America…. And finally, in a military
context, of course, we’re suggesting that the relationship
can also be deepened; that NORAD needs to essentially expand
beyond air defense and into other areas of defense…. It
needs to be more clearly focused on the defense needs of
North America.”
(6) June 30.
The Senate passed CAFTA-DR (NAFTA expanded to Central
America and the Dominican Republic) by a vote of 54-45. The
House would pass it 217-215—the closest vote on a trade deal
ever, and with clear evidence of arm-twisting and
deal-cutting that indicated how badly the power elite wanted
this deal. Bush would sign it on August 2. CAFTA-DR is
behind schedule in implementation because in nations like El
Salvador this situation prevails: the local politicians and
business elites want it while the common people don’t, and
are fighting it.