New Harper/Obama Border Deal about Corporate Power - Not Security and Trade

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New Harper/Obama Border Deal about Corporate Power - Not Security and Trade (http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1-/8006-new-harperobama-border-deal-about-corporate-power-not-security-and-trade.html)



The agreeement signed in Washington on Friday February 4 will put a new border - A Security Perimeter - AROUND Canada and the United States. And it will begin the work of REMOVING the border between us in order to give Big Business more control of Canada's resources and people.

This is being done without the involvement of our Parliament, or the people of Canada or the United States. It is an undemocratic betrayal of all of us.

The Corporations behind this deal own the politicians who signed it, and the media that are telling us 'how good it is'.

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Also in the Border Deal: A new 'Council' will 'harmonize' regulations between Canada and the United States (google: Regulatory Cooperation Council):

The Corporations want ONE SET of business-friendly rules for Canada and the United States, they want control of the rules and regulations that govern us, and that is what this deal is largely about.

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The border deal will 'protect us' from terror. That's how it's being 'sold', but in fact we are getting in bed with the number one terrorist nation in the world today, the United States of America; a nation that is also bankrupt and may be nearing social upheaval. Even worse, this deal gives more power to Corporations which have neither heart nor soul and who will happily see us ruined if it means increased Profit for them; we know this because it is what they do everywhere in the world. Why is Stephen Harper signing us into secret deals with these lunatics?

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Just another indicator of how late the hour truly is before the Hammer Falls


Better dubble down on whatever preps and comfort items you can locate.


Its going to get really nasty around here when the friggen kid gloves come off.


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canada.com/business/Mulroney+Harper+Stick+guns+continental+security+tr ade+negotiations/ (http://www.canada.com/business/Mulroney+Harper+Stick+guns+continental+security+tr ade+negotiations/4268444/story.html)

BY SHELDON ALBERTS, POSTMEDIA NEWS FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney applauds Stephen Harper for persuing a continental security and trade perimeter with the U.S.

WASHINGTON — Surrounded by a small gaggle of reporters in the ballroom of the National Press Club on Friday, former prime minister Brian Mulroney insisted he is no longer in the business of "giving advice" on Canadian politics.

For a moment, but only a moment, it almost seemed as if he meant it.

But when asked Friday about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's efforts to negotiate a comprehensive perimeter security and trade deal with the United States, Mulroney simply couldn't resist the chance to throw some verbal darts at opposition parties that claim the plan threatens Canadian sovereignty.

"This is like a rerun of 1988, when I had the NDP and the Liberals on the other side of free trade," said Mulroney, who was in Washington for a speech marking this month's celebration of Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday.

"I was delighted with the opposition. I thought they were just too kind to me, they should have attacked me more forcefully. Every time they did I got a few more votes. So I think if Mr. Harper is able to do this, he may wind up in a very enviable political situation. It's possible. I'd rather be on his side on this than the other side."

Mulroney confessed he was "not as au courant as I should be" about the declaration signed last Friday at the White House by Harper and President Barack Obama. The two leaders committed the Canadian and U.S. governments to broad-based talks aimed at integrating continental security and harmonizing trade rules.

But Mulroney applauded Harper for his ambition in pursuing a "big idea," saying it was comparable to the Canada-U.S. free trade deal he struck with Reagan.

"I think if he succeeds with this, he will have accomplished something very significant," Mulroney said.

"Canadians know that the thickening of the border hurts them enormously, you know, these lineups at the bridge everywhere are debilitating for our manufacturers. So much of our prosperity depends on it."

While it is "easy to whip up anti-American sentiment" in Canada, Mulroney said the Liberals and New Democrats will make a mistake if they bet their political future on opposition to a border deal.

"At the end of the day a full-blown anti-American campaign in Canada couldn't elect a dog catcher," he said. "You put out a big idea and ask Canadians to choose between a big idea and this trivia and trash that goes on on the other side, they will choose the big idea 10 times out of 10."

The combative talk was vintage Mulroney. In his National Press Club speech honouring Reagan, Mulroney contrasted his own fondness for a good political scrap and his longtime friend's approach to the U.S. presidency.

Mulroney recalled asking Reagan, over lunch during a summit in Tokyo, to name someone he "really disliked" in American politics.

"He thought for a moment, looked at me quizzically and said, 'You know, Brian, I just can't think of one at the moment. I'm fixated on what looks like an eel in my soup,' " Mulroney said.

"This was very disconcerting for any Canadian prime minister who, on his best days, has more adversaries than friends — and who can clearly remember every insult or slight from any opponent since his 14th birthday."

Reagan had an "absence of malice" that Mulroney said inspired him whenever he became uncertain amid "the hostile battering and the unremitting personal attacks" that he faced in Ottawa.

"President Reagan's judgments were unaffected by the pettiness and mean-spiritedness that tend to make good intentions bad and tough situations worse."

Reagan's "mature attitude" was the reason he could respond to almost any controversy — whether it was firing air traffic controllers or labelling the Soviet Union an evil empire — "without changing course or missing a nap," Mulroney said.

"He could care less what the Washington Post or New York Times or anyone else said. He was 70 years old and had seen it all before."

Mulroney, who delivered an eulogy at Reagan's funeral in 2004, has always cast his close relationship with Reagan as the template for how Canadian prime ministers and U.S. presidents should get along.

"If you don't have a friendly and constructive personal relationship with the president of the United States, nothing is going to happen," he said.

"What I hear in Washington and elsewhere is that Prime Minister Harper has an excellent relationship with President Obama."

Still, Mulroney said Harper faces more challenges than he did during free trade negotiations — in large part because of America's post-9/11 emphasis on security.

Harper faces "one hell of a difficult situation," Mulroney said. "To get the Americans to negotiate this kind of agreement, in these circumstances, is not easy."

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Its going to get really nasty around here when the friggen kid gloves come off.

An interesting watch. Lots of references to 'modern' events. As if "Family Guy" remade Dudley Do-Right. Probably says all that needs to be said about Reagan too. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFyAJhueDJA

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Isn't CANADA a subcorporation of the UNITED STATES?

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Patience. Mulroney still has time.
And even then there is Benedict Martin Paul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mulroney).

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_the_Egyptians_take_to_build_the_pyramid