Copyright 2007 The Tulsa World
Tulsa World (Oklahoma) // September 29, 2007
Senator: NAFTA Superhighway is nearly a reality
RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
State Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, said Friday that the so-called
"NAFTA Superhighway" is "close to reality" and is being built for
"transporting goods and people from Mexico and China."
Brogdon made the remarks during a news conference at Tulsa
International Airport for the Oklahomans for Sovereignty and Free
Enterprise conference being held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at
the Renaissance Hotel, 6808 S. 107th East Ave.
The organization, which uses the acronym OK-SAFE, believes that the
Bush administration and business interests are conspiring to
effectively merge the United States, Mexico and Canada by lowering or
eliminating trade barriers and national borders.
"I have recognized over the last couple of years a concerted effort
to undermine the nation's sovereignty -- not only the nation's, but
the state's sovereignty, as well," Brogdon said.
Of particular interest are the North American Super Corridor
Organization and the Security and Prosperity Partnership.
OK-SAFE and similar organizations say NASCO is planning an
internationally con- trolled multimodal transportation system from
Mexico to Canada that would be financed in the United States by
"public-private partnerships."
They say a series of toll roads and railroads being built across
Texas in partnership with the Spanish company Cintra foreshadows the
coming of a nationwide network of privately owned transportation
systems.
They also warn of a NASCO pilot project to place tracking monitors on
cargo, saying the equipment is being made by the Chinese.
The company building the trackers is Savi Networks, a joint venture
of the American electronics firm Savi, a subsidiary of Lockheed
Martin, and Hong Kong-based management company Hutchison Port Holdings.
NASCO's Web site says it is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
economic development and multimodal infrastructure, security and
technology improvements along Interstates 35, 29 and 94 and their
connecting routes in Mexico and Canada.
It says it is not building or encouraging the creation of a "NAFTA
Superhighway" and does not advocate the elimination of international
borders.
OK-SAFE says the Security and Prosperity Partnership, created two
years ago to discuss trade and security issues common to Mexico,
Canada and the U.S., is an unconstitutional alliance forged by the
Bush administration to lay the groundwork for a North American Union.
A U.S. government Web site says the partnership is "a dialogue to
increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries.
The SPP is not an agreement, nor is it a treaty."
Randy Krehbiel 581-8365 randy.krehbiel@tulsaworld.com
