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The Trans-Texas Corridor and Its Implications for the Rest of the US Road System


Business  (tags: Trans-Texas Corridor, private roads, NAFTA, Mexico, toll roads, eminent domain )

RC
- 656 days ago - nytimes.com
Most people in Texas are not happy about the proposed private toll road, known as the Trans-Texas Corridor, being planned under the auspices of NAFTA. Learn about it and what i might mean for the rest of the roads we drive every day.
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RC deWinter (418)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 4:56 am
More evidence of how our country is being sold to private business interests and foreigners. The following article lays it all out very well too:

NAFTA Corridor Update

It's important for us all to learn about this project and protest, IMHO. We will be captive on our own highways to business interests forever if we don't. And- they won't be "our" highways anymore. We'll be subsidizing roads that serve business and other governments.
 

charles mclachlan (856)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 5:35 am
hi thanks cate noted
 

Kathy C. (260)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 5:43 am
Welcome to Indiana, we've been there done that. What are they up to?
The entire system seems to be corrupt. Hoosiers hired lawyers to fight this and after spending tons of money, suddenly their argument is thrown out of court? Something is very wrong here in the States.
New World Order has taken over in my opinion
 

Joycey B. (693)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 6:18 am
Noted with anger. Thanks Cate.
 

Carolyn T. (244)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 6:27 am
Noted. This is another smoke alarm and I people in Texas (my home state) are rousing themselves to take notice and organize for action. In Bush country it is hard to wake up Rip Van Winkles. Thank you, Cate!
 

Pam W. (289)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 6:43 am
Noted Cate,
 

Past Member (0)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 7:09 am
Noted
 

Sandra K. (57)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 7:49 am
Thank you Cate..noted
 

Stephen Hannon (216)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 7:54 am
The NAFTA Super highway is part of the plan to create a North American Union enjoining Canada, Mexico and the US and a new currency called the Amero. The new Security Prosperity Partnership would effectively do away with having a passport, and a Birth Certificate to enter either country. As it is now Americans need to show a Birth Certiicate in order to cross the border into Canada for the time being that is. Later on sometime either at the end of this year or the beginning of the next year we will be required to show a passport with RFID codes to prove who we are, and we are who we say we are. It is easy to render the RFID useless. All one has to do is either sit on the passport or the Real ID or put it on the floor and stomp all over it to break up the RFID code, and the RFID code readers will not be able to read your biological information contained in the code.

Oddly enough when you visit thte web site www.urbanlegendsandfolklore.com or www.snopes.com and type in the seach bar North American Union it comes up as being FALSE. And we know it isn't false. I attempted to send Snopes the web site to let them know that they were reporting something FALSE that would have rufiated their claim. My message was not allowed to be posted. Hmm, makes me wonder whose side their on. They claim they received the information regarding the North American Union in an e-mail in January. Apparently they never really bothered to check the Internet resources to prove the e-mail was TRUE, and not FALSE.
Thanks Cate. Noted
 

Laurie W. (161)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 8:26 am
Noted.
 

Tsandi Crew (95)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 8:27 am
Our country is becoming less free everyday. Our freedom of movement is being controlled more and more by Republicans. . . big business. The one with the info has the most power. Power hungry sick asses.

Think that's a stretch? We are becoming more and more like Europe. Less and less like the United States we are supposed be. We are separated in to parties instead of principals. We vote for parties instead of men/woman with abilities. We are in deep deep doo doo.

This is just one more way to introduce more terrorists so there will be more excuses to have war here on our own turf. And I foresee more armchair petitions that go to armchair congresspeople who reply that they are not on the "committee" so they won't do anything about it.
 

Past Member (0)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 8:34 am
Tsandi-AMEN-AMEN-AMEN.......................And right on.

If we last long enough in about ten years this will be another country all together............Lord, I'm so p*ssed off!

PLANT LIFE......PLANT TREES..........OR HAVE A BREATHING TAX THROWN AT YOU!!!
 

Dave Kane (144)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 10:28 am
Snopes is a business first, a source of info second

Usually helpful, but biz comes first with snopes
 

nasale M. (53)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 10:34 am
Every time I hear nafta agreement, I want to string Brian Mulroney up! This is going to start a revolution before its done. People DO have a tolerance level. I think we are hitting ours.
 

Karenbee B. (257)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 10:45 am
Sigh. . . .Sigh. . . .Sigh Noted Cate and Tsandi and Carolyn. . . .Agree. . . .Agree. . . .Agree
 

Gail L. (16)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 11:21 am
Noted
 

O O O O (107)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 2:30 pm
Stephen:You needed to floow that link a bit fertuer to find it itself declares it is TRUE,just not from orginal sorce as noted,but it also does note the proper sorces to find it in writeing,which screws those saying this si not happening.
 

Marcy S. (70)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 3:15 pm
That's the plan, but the real question is, what and when are we going to do something about it!
 

O O O O (107)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 3:53 pm
Private Marcy,S.-"Report"&"Fall In!"
 

Judy L. (114)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 4:00 pm
Thanks, Cate. Noted with anger!
 

Black T. (228)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 5:46 pm
Thankx Cate, and Stephen, you are totally right! Security,Partnership, and Prosperity, are just that and involves, the North American Union. As long as we'll LET the guys and girls in power do their thing without input of the taxpayers, this will continue.
 

Marcy S. (70)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 7:40 pm
It’s going to be the width of four football fields, will make American ports unneccesary for importing goods, will split America in half, and is funded with your tax dollars. Oh yeah, and you’ll have to pay tolls to use it.

This is being done without congressional approval or public voting. It’s been in motion for a few years now hidden behind closed doors. Don’t you find that people usually only keep secrets about things they shouldn’t be doing?

 

Scott Shaubel (816)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 7:56 pm

....you can go and see it with you own eyes,...just not on tv...it doesn't exist on tv..
 

Past Member (0)
Monday February 11, 2008, 1:43 am
I live right by it and it sucks another one of Bushes private deals and our Gov. Made 100,000$ off the tollroad called 130 they put in and is up and running chris
 

Black T. (228)
Monday February 11, 2008, 3:54 am
At least now we have the HARD proof to throw at the desenters and show them they arn't so smart after all, we were right and it's happening, unless we all stand up and say NO!!! There are many small fellows that will think they will benefit from this, from the truck manufacturers to the laborers on the road, pipeline, etc.
 

Linda R. (65)
Monday February 11, 2008, 8:36 am
noted and thanks Cate but this is old news to me ! I have known about the North American Union for some time now and I got my original information out of Canada as they seemed to know this long before we did here in the US.
 

O O O O (107)
Monday February 11, 2008, 11:48 am
Jus how much emmissions will this casue that you all get to breathe& we all know big bussness gets the breaks on inspections or follow thrus abiding regulations.
Quite conveant to be cutting the country in 1/2& placeing a militart super highway just next to states that have most recently showen they are quite willing to openly defiy this gov with arms as is needed& shall again need to be. This gov.'s Big Problem-IF the people WAKE UP.& are knowelgeable & willing to openly excersize their Rights-There are more Americans,than there are of gov.,no matter how well trained those may be-Red Dawn is Riseing,just not exactly the way it was portrade,but thelessons within are the same& accurate&DO ABLE by YOU,the American people-do it,or lose it-your own choice&no,Hillary is NOT the answer,she is part of the problem& is another divde to conquor part of what is going on in the US today.
Since when do most all the candadates drop out within days of 20 out of 50 states haveing any say as to what their hard copy by vote of people status is-&no,cost to stay in Race is not going to cut it as an answer,as they well know all that before starting,this election,this Country is fixed/Broken. Wake up-you do not matter,unless you make yourself matter. Force is not nice-neither are "they"& what is going on& they-ONLY respect-Force-force,they neither belive,you have,you know of,or how to use,or your own physical willingness to use it as reqired,if required.
Should,America not be available,to the rest of the world,for being self involved in an attempt at self preservation-look out for China-with it's size& abilities& willing to use them. At this time,country distance is no barrier.
 

Sandra M Z. (91)
Tuesday February 12, 2008, 12:02 am
Noted, thanks Cate.
 

Elle J. (236)
Tuesday February 12, 2008, 1:39 am
Noted! This tells me that the "New World Order" is alive and well and progressing. That scares the hell out of me. We are well on our way to being a facist nation in fact we already have 14 points of that government right here right now. When I can find them in the chaos I live in, I will post them on my profile page for all of you to see. Thanks Cate for the story.
 
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