The Day the Bottom Fell Out of America, or, how I came to stop fearing the end of the world and start loving the North Apocalyptic Union
*Borders, Language, Culture and Some Shit*


Will tells us that border patrol gaurds, doing the job the federal government employed them to do, are being prosecuted by the federal government for doing the job they were hired for. The United States Government, a "sovereign" nation-state, are prosecuting them on evidence levelled by another "sovereign" nation-state, Mexico.

When cameras are looking at him, President Bush tells us that Karl told him to say he'll put troops on the border. Well, sort of. The National Gaurd will not actually secure the border, but will provide logisitical support. Karl Rove's New Media fluff-girls declare a victory. Matt Sludge, to his credit, tells us a force majeure of 483 are patroling a few thousand miles of border as of June, or so. Not even a quarter of what was promised.

And speaking of armed forces, anybody remember the wrong team being in New Orleans, last year?

It's my sincere hope that sometime before the '08 elections, that rank-and-file conservatives begin to realize what a fucking joke the Republicrat party leaders are. At least once upon a time, people still gave a rat's ass enough to raise up a Goldwater to foil the Rockafeller/Eastern Establishment/Moderate wing of the Republicrats.

Now, Bush tells you 2500 = 483, and people just sigh.

It's on that note of tenacity demonstrated by my countrymen, that I harken upon the future,
kids. All this back-peddling and flip-flopping isn't coincidental. Since tersity isn't a quality I'm known for, so I'd like to thank The Glass Appearance for summing this up so well.

North American Union

The North American Union is a plan that focuses on the unity of border security and economics between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. It may have started from a Joint Statement (March 23, 2005) by President Bush, President Fox, and Prime Minister Martin announcing the establishment of a Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.

The Council on Foreign Relations document Building a North American Community describes details of how they plan to execute this plan. Steps for action include establishing a common security perimeter by 2010, developing a North American Border Pass, developing a border action plan, and expanding border infrastructure. The document advocates the use of biometric identifiers for crossing the two borders and the expansion of NORAD as part of the defense plan.

Perhaps the most massive part of the North American Union plan is NASCO (North
America's SuperCorridor Coalition) International Mid-Continent Trade and Transportation Corridor. The "corridor" would be a highway four football fields wide going from Mexico, through Texas and Kansas City, and splitting off to Winnipeg, Deluth, and Detroit-Windsor. The Kansas City SmartPort is at the center of this plan. An article by Jerome R. Corsi of Human Events Online is a good start toward learning about this project. Mexican trucks will be free to drive through the U.S. using customs-free express lane with electronic "SENTRI" technology.

The execution of the North American SuperCorridor plan is already in progress.
Governor Rich Perry of Texas has already proposed a Trans-Texas Corridor toll road, which will cause serious problems for Texas farmers whose land is in the way (the Texas Department of Transportation has releaseda map of the toll road's path). With much pressure from Governor Mitch Daniels and an okay from the State Supreme Court, the State of Indiana leased its turnpike, I-80 to Australian-Spanish consortium, Macquarie-Cintra. I-80 runs east-west across the north side of Indiana, stretching between Chicago and Ohio, where I-80 also happens to be a toll road. In Ohio, Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell is pushing very hard to privatize the Ohio Turnpike. If you examine the location of these highways (they connect Laredo to Gainsville in Texas, and Chicago to Detroit and Canada, Toledo, Cleveland, and other major cities from the Midwest to the East Coast) and compare it to the NASCO plan, it becomes obvious why politicians in Texas, Indiana and Ohio are making these seemingly stupid moves. Indiana has established a privatized toll road that will be part of the NASCO system. Ohio is pushing for the same. Texas already has plans to build one. Welcome to the North American Union.

Ah, now has does that sit with you?

Oh, and by the way, this (via Rigorous Intuiton) is a taste of what lies just beneath that thin little line on the map. A virtually meaningless line that your democratically mandatted leaders have just officially erased. Sleep tight.

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Federal officials have quietly closed a three-year inquiry into the rape-strangulation of 14 women and teenagers in the border city of Juarez, leaving relatives with little hope the killings will ever be solved.

The federal Attorney General's Office intervened in 2003, promising it would try to solve cases plagued for years by allegations of state police corruption and incompetence.

Federal prosecutors privately returned the cases to state authorities in June because they didn't find evidence of a federal crime, according to the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office. The federal Attorney General's Office didn't respond to repeated requests from The Associated Press for comment.

The victims' families weren't told the investigation had been closed; they read it in the local newspaper.