To repeat, many people have seen through the deceitful rhetoric and the absence of real action, but no one has made a persuasive case for what they meant until now. I'm not a policy expert, but the actions of Bush and the Senate Republicans --two parties that represent Big Money-- seem to harmonize with the following quotations that I pulled from the think tank's report.

Quotations from
"Building a North American Community":
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf

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To that end, the Task Force proposes the creation by 2010 of a North American community to enhance security, prosperity, and opportunity. We propose a community based on the principle affirmed
in the March 2005 Joint Statement of the three leaders that ��our security and prosperity are mutually dependent and complementary.��

Its boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter within which the movement of people, products,
and capital will be legal, orderly, and safe. Its goal will be to guarantee a free, secure, just, and prosperous North America.

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WHAT WE SHOULD DO BY 2010
� Lay the groundwork for the freer flow of people within North America. The three governments should commit themselves to the long-term goal of dramatically diminishing the need for the
current intensity of the governments� physical control of cross-border traffic, travel, and trade within North America.

I really don't care where immigrants come from but I surely do care where they are going. By that I mean I expect them to come here to be a part of this nation leaving their ethnic, religious and political baggage behind. Because of the great hardships and distances immigrants faced in the past we attracted the very desperate and the very determined both of whom sought to fit in and be a part of something great and it was most assured that they came to fully participate in the American ideal. Now it is just a hop across the border or an international flight with no real attempt by many to contribute or assimilate.

If the congress is not very careful now their legacy to our children will be a situation in the southwest akin to Quebec or worse Yugoslavia.
What is being created is an unassimilated permanent lower class that does not speak the language of success, who will be impoverished, and worse yet hopeless.
This pool of outsiders will be ripe for some demagogue to stir up resentment and violence. Just listen now to some of the rhetoric by the leaders of LARAZA and MEECHA.

I will preface my comments with this. I am a legal immigrant who spent a good 16 years of my life in my pursuit of U.S. Citizenship. I am a member of the California Bar and a productive member of society. I honor my citizenship papers and can definitely appreciate the hardship one faces in the proper citizenship path.

I believe everyone should have an opportunity to achieve greatness in life however, the laws of the land must be respected. Mexico enforces their borders rights and immigration law as do majority of other countries. In fact, Mexico was just criticized for their treatment of illegal immigrants from their southern border.

A bigger problem lies in that there is no desire to assimilate. For example, in Southern California Arbitron has shown that spanish music and television stations have almost overtaken english stations. If you want to see proof positive that the millions of illegal hispanics have no desire to assimilate I welcome you to spend a day with me in Orange County, CA. Specifically where I work, Santa Ana.

Why do you think the only flags you saw during the first protest were mexican flags. I proudly wave the American flag. No public relations agency had to tell me which flag to wave.

By the way, during the day the students walked out, I endured numerous racial attacks in which I was told to get out of their land. My buildings were covered with "Mexico #1" and "Viva Mexico" grafitti.

I Have been in Santa Ana since the 80's and with the changes in the past ten years have seen what is in store for the future of America. To me, amnesty in any form is a slap in my face. I had to pay out of state tuition and was not eligible for student aid/grants because I was an foreign student even though I had resided in California since the 80's.

The Senate set to pass bill (S. 2611) the largest U.S. delegation of rights given to a single foreign country on U.S. soil, in our Nation's history... A surprise bill without American vote. -FAX Now!-...

They're serious about it.

In 1998, who thought the Project for a New American Century would become an action document?

Fixed on John 'Every word out of my mouth is a lie' Kerry

Likely, Bush is thinking for a long term solution to counter the EU, and China.

A long term solution to the EU? In the long term there will be no EU.

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It's a good idea except for the open borders part. Sovereignty is a good thing. We could use fewer regulations on North American Trade, but obviously need the necessary restrictions on migration.