America’s Border and Sovereignty in Giuliani’s Hands

As much as I like Rudy and honor what he did for our nation following 9/11, I have some very big concerns. You be the judge . . .

A few weeks ago elitist Republican Texas Governor Rick “Good Hair” Perry endorsed his Trans Texas Corridor pal, Rudy Giuliani, for the Republican Presidential nomination.

If there were any doubts as to where Giuliani stands on the NAFTA highway, those doubts have been cleared up; - much to the dismay of anti-illegal immigration conservatives. Giuliani’s law firm is the exclusive legal counsel for Cintra – the Spanish corp. that will build and control the TTC for 50+ years. (FYI - The TTC is the first leg of the NAFTA highway.)

According to Bloggernews, “When Texas legislators tried to block and slow the Trans Texas Corridor, as the folks of Texas strongly desired, Gov. Perry went against them all and vetoed it. And most recently Gov. Perry told those of us who want a border fence that what we believe is “idiocy” .

Here's the quote from the Associated Press

“MEXICO CITY (AP) - Governor Rick Perry today used a stop in Mexico to criticize the U.S. Congress for failing to make progress on immigration reform.
The Texan suggested that members of Congress lack "maturity."

Perry called the proposed construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border "idiocy. . ."

By the way, it’s been rumored that Giuliani might give Perry a vice Presidential nod.

Perry, beloved by his big money and foreign national donors, is as detested by as many conservatives as liberals in Texas. Hypocrite is a mild term to describe Perry.
According to Corridor Watch Perry is disconnected from his base and at odds with his own party!

"It is truly incredible to see a Governor who's actions are completely disconnected from the people he is sworn to represent. His actions are at odds with his own political party party platform and leadership, they are in conflict with overwhelming public opinion, they offend a wide variety of large organizations that previously supported his election, they fly in the face of the virtually unanimous will of the Legislature. Who can help but wonder who Governor Perry represents and who's interests is he protecting?

Now the stage is set for the Commission to demonstrate just how far they will go to protect their Spanish partner. Despite incredible pressure North Texas has rejected the Governor's pre-selected private business benefactor. Will the Commission continue their now routine pattern of putting what Perry wants first and the people want last? Sadly, we believe that our Governor serves the money brokers, not the people. He has demonstrated that his loyalty is not with the people of Texas, but resides exclusively with those who can provide the kind of money that can further personal and political ambition. "

Here’s a little history on the TTC/Perry/Giuliani alliance.

"...At the center of negotiations for multiple legs of the Superhighway Corridor throughout Texas, is none other than Rudolph Giuliani's law firm which landed the Comprehensive Development Agreement for a widening of Interstate-35, now referred to as the TTC-35, in addition to the Master Development Plans for State Highways 121 and 130 among other legs of the TTC. All negotiations for Cintra were and are presently handled by the law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, of which Republican Presidential candidate, Rudolph Giuliani, has been a senior executive partner since March 2005. His law firm is the exclusive legal counsel for Cintra. Bracewell & Giuliani is comprised of 400 attorneys, based in Houston, TX with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., London and Kazakhstan.

Cintra joined with San Antonio, TX-based Zachry Construction Corp. to help land the contracts, in which Zachry owns a 20% interest. The Cintra-Zachry proposal for TTC-35 includes a private investment of up to $6 billion in upfront payments for the complete construction, design and operation of a 316-mile toll road between Dallas and San Antonio, giving Cintra the right to set tolls and keep toll road profits for a period of 50 years, as it will for each road it has contracted..."
Source: http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/006620.html

Follow the campaign money to Bracepac on Giuliani. Note the very interesting list of contributors.

“Bracepac” is shorthand for the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani… The same “law firm” with ties to Cintra - the Spanish company with plans to build the Trans-Texas Corridor. I-10 (Interstate 10) in Houston is being “expanded” as another arm of this deal. For more information on Giuliani and the TTC google “Giuliani + Cintra”.
Source: http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/041007_giuliani_ttc.html

According to the primary authority on the Trans Texas Corridor, Corridor Watch, here’s why Giuliani is owned by certain Texas interests.

"AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Rudy Giuliani — thrice-married, liberal on social issues and a consummate New Yorker — seems an unlikely White House contender to be embraced by a Texas' GOP establishment rooted in the energy industry and dominated by religious conservatives.

But the former New York mayor has built a formidable political base in Texas with the help of well-connected Republican money men. He owes his advantage in part to his role as a name partner with a powerhouse, Houston-based law firm known for its impressive roster of energy-giant clients, Bracewell & Giuliani.

His partnership in the law firm has also brought Giuliani unwelcome criticism in connection with some of the firm's more controverisal clients, including a Spanish contractor involved in planning part of a Texas superhighway toll road known as the Trans-Texas Corridor."
Source: http://www.corridorwatch.org/ttc_2007/CWA0709210.htm

Another TTC authority is Sal Costello. His Muckracker claims that Giuliani is profiting from the TTC and that Giuliani might give Perry a vice Presidential nod

Here's an excerpt from Sals' The “TTC Duo” in 2008?
Perry created the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC), and Giuliani has already profited off the first leg of the TTC eminent domain land grab. Giuliani's lawfirm, Bracewell & Giuliani, represents Cintra, the Spanish Company who will be building one of the first portions of the 4,000 mile TTC toll road (Nafta Super Highway). . . .
The talk is, this early endorsement and past ties, could add up to a Vice Presidential nod for ol Gov. good hair. . ."
Source: http://salcostello.blogspot.com/2007/10/giuliani-and-mr-39-in-2008.html

A view of Guliani from the left . . .

According to the radical left rag, The Nation, the dirty money ties between Perry and Giuliani run deep. You might want to discount this rag but the fact is that there may very well be some truth here.

"As I reported in my recent article, "Rudy's Dirty Money," the ties between the Perry and Giuliani camps run deep. Giuliani's new chief fundraiser, Houston day-trader Jim Lee, bundled hundreds of thousands of dollars for Perry's campaigns and was appointed last year to the board overseeing Texas's $96 billion public school employee pension fund. Other top Giuliani fundraisers, like corporate raider Boone Pickens and Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks, have also donated generously to Perry.

Moreover, Perry has been a major booster of a controversial proposed toll superhighway, known as the Trans-Texas Corridor, which Rudy's law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, has helped represent. . ."

Source: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=243693

Some one-issue conservatives are so dim they can’t understand why Perry has endorsed Giuliani! Here’s the take from the Dallas Morning News.

"The Texas governor, who accompanied Giuliani on a campaign trip to Iowa later in the day, said, "Mayor Giuliani is not the enemy. Rudy Giuliani is a culture warrior."

Perry is the first major-state governor to endorse Giuliani. His endorsement comes just in time for a three-day "values voter summit" that begins Thursday by the Family Research Council, a religious conservative group. Giuliani and other GOP candidates plan to attend.

Perry was also to attend two later town-hall style meetings in Iowa, appearances apparently aimed at reassuring conservatives who might be leery of Giuliani because of his support of abortion rights and past stands on gay rights and gun control.

Perry's endorsement of Giuliani is a letdown for many Texas social conservatives and gun groups, who have considered Perry a reliable ally on opposing abortion and embryonic stem cell research and defending gun ownership rights.

Elizabeth Graham, director of Texas Right to Life, said Perry called her Tuesday to tell her of his planned endorsement. She said she urged him to wait.

She said she was baffled by the endorsement.

"I reminded Gov. Perry we worked so hard in Texas to pass legislation .... and those efforts will be stifled on the federal level by a pro-choice president," Graham said.

Texas land commissioner Jerry Patterson, who is a chairman of rival Fred Thompson's Texas campaign, said he was confused by Perry's endorsement.

"One of the most, if not the most, conservative governors in Texas history endorses a pro-choice, rabidly anti-Second Amendment former New York mayor, who as mayor endorsed the Democrat Mario Cuomo over the Republican George Pataki for governor of New York? . . .

Perry, now in his second full term, is seen in some circles as a possible vice presidential nominee. But for that he would have to overcome voters' "Texas fatigue" from President Bush's administration. "

Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8SBALE81.html

For a good background on NAFTA, The Tras Texas Corridor and Perry, read Anti-NAU Warriors Beginning to Move the Rock Uphill

"Desperate people are forced to get creative when dealing with a government which refuses to protect people’s rights or to even engage in dialog. Such has been the case in Texas, where Governor Rick Perry and his administration have not only vetoed any legislation aimed at slowing down the TTC process, but have refused to even discuss it. . ."

Source: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/204

Texas Toll Party video shines light on secret deal between Perry and Cintra
". . .The video was also created to shine a light on the secret deal made between Gov. Perry and Cintra behind closed doors that will result in the start of the massive evictions in order to begin construction the TTC, according to Costello.In an effort to help the public visualize the impact of the TTC, the video shows a cartoon of Perry literally kicking families out of their homes and off their farms and ranches all across Texas."Texas families getting kicked out of their homes to benefit foreign construction companies is a horrific lottery with scary odds," said Costello. "They are forcing the TTC on Texans, and depending where they draw the line on the map will determine who gets booted from their homes."

Source: http://corridornews.blogspot.com/2006/09/heat-is-on-texas-gov-rick-perry-in.html

So there you have it. Sorry Giuliani, but your involvement with Perry and the TTC is just too telling!!!





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Midland Reporter-Telegram: Hatchet Job on Giuliani and the GOP?

Is Giuliani in bed with the open borders NAFTA highway crowd??? You will have to decide.

Here’s an excerpt from the Midland Reporter-Telegram article.

Giuliani's ties to Houston law firm gives him Texas boost

Republican Rudy Giuliani -- thrice-married, liberal on social issues and a consummate New Yorker -- seems an unlikely White House contender to be embraced by a Texas' GOP establishment rooted in the energy industry and dominated by religious conservatives.

But the former New York mayor has built a formidable political base in Texas with the help of well-connected Republican money men. He owes his advantage in part to his role as a name partner with a powerhouse, Houston-based law firm known for its impressive roster of energy-giant clients, Bracewell & Giuliani.

His partnership in the law firm has also brought Giuliani unwelcome criticism in connection with some of the firm's more controverisal clients, including a Spanish contractor involved in planning part of a Texas superhighway toll road known as the Trans-Texas Corridor. . .

I would like to thank Proprietor Nation for bringing this to our attention with the article, Hatchet Job Masquerading as Political Analysis. Although PN has done an excellent job of demonstrating political bias especially in the Midland Reporter-Telegram’s characterization of the GOP, I do take issue with PN’s characterization of those thousands of Texans - mostly bi-partisan - who are fighting the Trans Texas Corridor and it’s Spanish partner, Cintra. PN hinted that Texas farmers and other landowners are being taken in by Conspiracy theorists.

“Texas farmers and other landowners are worried their property rights will be trampled to make way for the highway. Conspiracy theorists see Giuliani, because of his highway connections, as allied with a cabal of international monied interests plotting to supplant the United States with a North American Union that includes Mexico and Canada . . ."

Far from conspiracy theory!!!

The Trans Texas Corridor (part of the open border NAFTA highway) is a multi-billion dollar reality. I should know because I spoke at the TXDOT hearings on the TTC last year!

Millions of Texas land acres and thousands of Texans will be fighting a losing battle over eminent domain. And just in case you aren’t too interested, the NAFTA highway goes all the way from Mexico to Canada – so your state may be affected as well.

Here’s an excerpt from the enlightening web page devoted to bringing Texans the truth about the Trans Texas Corridor – CorridorWatch.org.

Last weekend (August 2007) Governor Perry vetoed 49 more bills.

Property protections were dashed with the veto of an eminent domain bill TxDOT didn't like. Another bill that would have required TxDOT to consider using existing highway routes for future TTC routes was struck down. A bill that called on the Attorney General to study the impact of international agreements on Texas was ridiculed by the Commission and also vetoed by the Governor.

A few more vetoes smack of retaliation dealt to those who opposed the Governor's view of the TTC, HPV, TYC or education during the session. . .

Anyone who cares to look at the maps of the upcoming NAFTA highway will note that this eminent domain issue doesn’t stop at the Texas border!

Aside from my criticisms of the PN article, it is a great read and a good primer on how to spot bias. Here’s an excerpt from the PN article: . .

Right from the get go, the article is suspect. Imagine, the shoe on another foot. One could see this sort of lead in, Democrat Hillary Clinton, scandal ridden, highly polarizing and with negatives already at or near 50%, has bucked convention and continues to lead nationwide. Let's try another... despite his Mormon background, flip flopping on key issues, and reputation for being to slick for his own good, Mitt Romney maintains a lead in Iowa.

While it is pefectly fine to lead in in such a way, if there is going to be straight analysis, we will expect to understand how he has bucked the conventional wisdom that a social liberal could lead in a social conservative party. Instead, what we get is a nebulous reason that is really just an excuse to attack Rudy in a backhanded and terribly unfair sort of a way.

But the former New York mayor has built a formidable political base in Texaswith the help of well-connected Republican money men. He owes his advantage inpart to his role as a name partner with a powerhouse, Houston-based law firmknown for its impressive roster of energy-giant clients, Bracewell &Giuliani. . .

It can’t be stated enough – all politics is local! We can complain all day long about the MSM, the NY Times, The Boston Globe, etc., but if we ignore the bias in our own local newspapers, we’ve missed the point entirely!


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Mexican Trucks Start Rolling Across America Tomorrow

This week those Mexican trucks will start rolling across our highways and all signs are that the test program will receive certification from the Department of Transportation’s inspector general today!

What a twisted web of deceit! Talk about strange political bedfellows! Let’s see . . . We have the Teamsters, the Sierra Club and Public Citizen fighting against the Bush administration's test program to allow Mexican trucks unrestricted access to U.S. highways. Most social conservatives would support this fight to halt the test program. After all, protecting America’s jobs and America’s sovereignty is important to social conservatives.

Note: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Friday denied an emergency injunction to halt the program. The union will continue its lawsuit.

And then we have Bush, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the lefty Daily Kos anarchists, and all NAFTA proponents on the other side - all for obviously different reasons. One thing these pro free trade NAFA folks do share in common with the leftist Daily Kos anarchists is a scant regard for protecting American sovereignty.

Opening the border to trucks was a key part of the North American Free Trade Agreement inked in 1994. The trucks were supposed to be delivering international cargo seven years ago. Under the trade pact, certified Mexican trucks can carry loads anywhere in the United States but can pick up loads only if they are bound for Mexico. The converse applies to U.S. trucks.

But American truckers aren’t too keen on going into Mexico. In the United States, only 14 firms have sought permits from the Mexican government. Here’s what one American trucker had to say . . .

. . .Mexican truckers are eating into our paychecks. They’re coming up here, but no American truckers are willing to go into Mexico. (American truckers) are under enough pressure, from increases in fuel prices to decreases in freight price. We don’t need any extra stress.

Here’s what one American transport company president had to say . . .

There will be major accidents with these drivers. . .

Mr. Clinton brought you NFTA. The UAW, know the number of jobs lost to NFTA. Only the Congressman from Ohio (Cleveland) now running for President has called for the repeal of NFTA. Now, the teamsters union will get the same treatment as the UAW. Nice going George.
Also, the trucks from Mexico can do door to door delivery of drugs and illegals. Just watch the flow of drugs increase and end up in our schools.

So here’s how the government says it’s all going to come down . . . yea right!

Before we spell out the faulty logic and questionable numbers, keep in mind that, “Last year, 4.5 million trucks crossed north over the border, mostly through Texas.”

We can assume that the number of Mexican trucks crossing the border this year may be similar or even greater. But this test program involves only 31 Mexican firms with a maximum of only 151 Mexican trucks!!!

So what about the rest of the 4.5 million Mexican truckers crossing our border? Are they going to be inspected or just continue to slip through that gaping hole we call the border??? And if there are only 151 Mexican trucks involved in the test program, why does the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration tout that it now has 254 inspectors on the border??? Something smells here!!!

According to the Arizona Central . . .

. . .Officials insist that a lengthy pre-inspection of Mexican firms has resulted in strict safety standards and compliance with congressional mandates. . . .

We chose to do this incrementally and cautiously," said John Hill, who runs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which regulates truck safety and is responsible for the cross-border trucking plan. "These carriers are going to be safe."

He has 254 inspectors along the border. Only 16 of the 188 firms inspected have failed. Just over 100 withdrew, signaling the inspections are rigorous, Hill said. . .

Mexican firms - with a maximum of 151 trucks - are poised for U.S. permits, and two-thirds of the firms are in Baja California. Two Mexican border states have no firms cleared to operate in the U.S. interior, including Sonora, across the border from Arizona . . .

Nothing can happen until the inspector general of the Department of Transportation blesses the one-year experiment and until the Mexican government issues permits to U.S. trucking companies.

That all could happen as early as Thursday.

The heated rhetoric has melted into obscurity the fact that very few firms on either side of the border are interested. To date, 31 Mexican firms - with a maximum of 151 trucks - are poised for U.S. permits, and two-thirds of the firms are in Baja California. Two Mexican border states have no firms cleared to operate in the U.S. interior, including Sonora, across the border from Arizona.

In the United States, only 14 firms are awaiting permits from the Mexican government, Hill said.

Teamsters accuse the government of cherry-picking Mexican firms to skew the results of the imminent experiment.

"You can't take the 151 safest trucks in Mexico and let them drive all over the United States for a year and then say your entire program is safe," Teamsters spokeswoman Leslie Miller said.

Hill says follow-up reviews by the inspector general, plus one independent technical panel that includes former Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe, will assure the results' validity.

What a bad joke - on us!

Freedom Folks has an excellent piece today featuring Mar R. Taylor who urges us all to “follow the money” on this test program.

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