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| North American Union Not Enough. Now Conspiring For North Atlantic Union |
| 2008-01-16 |
| Six U.S. senators and 49 House members are advisers for a group working toward a Transatlantic Common Market between the U.S. and the European Union by 2015. The Transatlantic Policy Network – a non-governmental organization headquartered in Washington and Brussels – is advised by the bi-partisan congressional TPN policy group, chaired by Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah. The plan – currently being implemented by the Bush administration with the formation of the Transatlantic Economic Council in April 2007 – appears to be following a plan written in 1939 by a world-government advocate who sought to create a Transatlantic Union as an international governing body. An economist from the World Bank has argued in print that the formation of the Transatlantic Common Market is designed to follow the blueprint of Jean Monnet, a key intellectual architect of the European Union, recognizing that economic integration must inevitably lead to political integration. As WND previously reported, a key step in advancing this goal was the creation of the Transatlantic Economic Council by the U.S. and the EU through an agreement signed by President Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel – the current president of the European Council – and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at a White House summit meeting last April. Writing in the Fall 2007 issue of the Streit Council journal "Freedom and Union," Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., a member of the TPN advisory group, affirmed the target date of 2015 for the creation of a Transatlantic Common Market. Costa said the Transatlantic Economic Council is tasked with creating the Transatlantic Common Market regulatory infrastructure. The infrastructure would not require congressional approval, like a new free-trade agreement would. Writing in the same issue of the Streit Council publication, Bennett also confirmed that what has become known as the "Merkel initiative" would allow the Transatlantic Economic Council to integrate and harmonize administrative rules and regulations between the U.S. and the EU "in a very quiet way," without introducing a new free trade agreement to Congress. No document on the TEC website suggests that any of the regulatory changes resulting from the process of integrating with the EU will be posted in the Federal Register or submitted to Congress as new free-trade agreements or as modifications to existing trade agreements. In addition to Bennett, the advisers to the Transatlantic Policy Network includes the following senators: Thad Cochran, R-Miss.; Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.; Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.; Pat Roberts, R-Kan.; and Gordon Smith, R-Ore. Among the 49 U.S. congressmen on the TPN's Congressional Group are John Boehner, R-Ohio; John Dingell, D-Mich.; Kenny Marchant, R-Texas; and F. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #18 GUARDIAN > MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX'S BIOMETRIC SURVEILLIANCE CONTROL GRID REVEALING ITSELF - "Server in the Sky" Global Reaction Database calmly announced. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-16 21:30 |
| #17 WAFF.com > THEREGISTER.co.uk > SENTIENT WORLD [Simulation]: WAR GAMES ON THE GRANDEST SCALE. SKYNET + RISE OF THE MACHINES cometh. D *** NG IT, OWG > TAKE YOUR NONCONSENSUAL + PDENIABLE BODY IMPLANTS AND MIND CONTROL CHIPS, ETC, LIKE A MAN, D *** YOU - ITS FOR THE CHILDREN! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-16 20:34 |
| #16 I would happily accept Provinces of Canada and States of Mexico to become Territories of the USA if they accept our constitution. When they accept English and everything (talking about Quebec and Mexico) they can even decide if they want to become states or not. My offer extends to Greenland, Iceland and sections of Europe. I don't mind a North Atlantic Union as long as it's an extension of the USA and not a reduction in our sovereignty. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-01-16 18:20 |
| #15 It took the corpse of the HRE a thousand years to rot. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-16 18:10 |
| #14 I don't have a problem with it as long as they accept the English system of weights and measures for commerce. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-01-16 17:11 |
| #13 The United States of Islam has a nice ring to it..not. |
| Posted by: tipper 2008-01-16 17:09 |
| #12 Over my dead, mouldering corpse. |
| Posted by: Hupoluck Forkbeard9817 2008-01-16 17:06 |
| #11 Oh, come on. Those of us in the know have expected this for years, under the name New Anglian Confederation. There are even troops and ships. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-01-16 16:32 |
| #10 Oh, come on. Those of us in the know have expected this for years, under the name New Anglian Confederation. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-01-16 16:31 |
| #9 Stall em off. The EU will go under and it will be moot then. Of course we have to watch our six here in Congress. Rat Ba$tards. They are not greedy; they just want it all. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-01-16 16:21 |
| #8 Maybe, but there will be so many dead by then. No, no. Carbon neutral. Use the correct terminology please. |
| Posted by: PC Police 2008-01-16 15:20 |
| #7 Let's call it the North Atlantic Caliphate. Maybe, but there will be so many dead by then. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-16 15:15 |
| #6 Let's call it the North Atlantic Caliphate. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-16 14:01 |
| #5 Wait'll Mendiola sees this. I'm hiding... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-01-16 13:25 |
| #4 North Atlantic Union? Couldn't we just have a single world government? Because I really admire the efficiency and effectiveness of the United Nations. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-01-16 13:23 |
| #3 In addition to Bennett, the advisers to the Transatlantic Policy Network includes the following senators: Thad Cochran, R-Miss.; Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.; Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.; Pat Roberts, R-Kan.; and Gordon Smith, R-Ore. Among the 49 U.S. congressmen on the TPN's Congressional Group are John Boehner, R-Ohio; John Dingell, D-Mich.; Kenny Marchant, R-Texas; and F. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc. Dear God, please give us term limits. Amen. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-16 13:10 |
| #2 I think "New Jerusalem" are a better two words. There are some people out there who just *have* to believe that the world will be heavenly if everybody just does what they want them to do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jerusalem |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-16 12:45 |
| #1 Two words - "Black Helicopters". |
| Posted by: Jack Phaviger7685 2008-01-16 11:37 |