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	<title>Comments on: Dobbs Crumbles When Pressed On His &#8216;NAFTA Super Highway&#8217; Myth: &#8216;I Reject You!&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: deBeer</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-5008990</link>
		<dc:creator>deBeer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Want more education boys and girls?

http://www.kcsmartport.com/sec_corridors/flash_cont/cont_maps.htm

http://www.kcsouthern.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/system_map.pdf

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_6_22/ai_n24984155

There is plenty more...but I sure don&#039;t want to shock you doubters with anymore facts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Want more education boys and girls?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kcsmartport.com/sec_corridors/flash_cont/cont_maps.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.kcsmartport.com/sec_corridors/flash_cont/cont_maps.htm</a></p>
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<p>There is plenty more&#8230;but I sure don&#8217;t want to shock you doubters with anymore facts.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5008990', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: deBeer</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-5008974</link>
		<dc:creator>deBeer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lou responds loud and clear

http://www.rightsidenews.com/200806091147/border-and-sovereignty/lou-dobbs-reports-on-the-nafta-superhighway.html

For your education..oh head in the sand ones....

http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lou responds loud and clear</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rightsidenews.com/200806091147/border-and-sovereignty/lou-dobbs-reports-on-the-nafta-superhighway.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rightsidenews.com/200806091147/border-and-sovereignty/lou-dobbs-reports-on-the-nafta-superhighway.html</a></p>
<p>For your education..oh head in the sand ones&#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5008974', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JC4CvlRts</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4991428</link>
		<dc:creator>JC4CvlRts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Judyinnm:
I was reading your statement (below) and at first I didn&#039;t catch the &quot;IN DOBBS&#039; WORLD&quot;  and I said &quot;OMG!! the arrogance of this F...&quot;   until I re-read.  :-)

but you are right some people in the US have that extreme level or arrogance and self-entitlement BEYOND BELIEF!!!

Dobbs is a DAVID DUKE who actually succeded in getting into a public pulpit (at an International level no-less!)to push his racist agenda, which benefits NO-ONE! included the intended beneficiaries. (US white people)

&quot;judyinnm Says: 
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Erroll - In Dobbs’ world, the Iraq war is a noble cause - the more Iraqis we kill the better (after all, they are occupying the country where OUR oil is). The ONLY people in this world with an actual RIGHT to exist are native-born, English speaking, white Americans - everyone else, be damned.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Judyinnm:<br />
I was reading your statement (below) and at first I didn&#8217;t catch the &#8220;IN DOBBS&#8217; WORLD&#8221;  and I said &#8220;OMG!! the arrogance of this F&#8230;&#8221;   until I re-read.  :-)</p>
<p>but you are right some people in the US have that extreme level or arrogance and self-entitlement BEYOND BELIEF!!!</p>
<p>Dobbs is a DAVID DUKE who actually succeded in getting into a public pulpit (at an International level no-less!)to push his racist agenda, which benefits NO-ONE! included the intended beneficiaries. (US white people)</p>
<p>&#8220;judyinnm Says:<br />
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<p>Erroll &#8211; In Dobbs’ world, the Iraq war is a noble cause &#8211; the more Iraqis we kill the better (after all, they are occupying the country where OUR oil is). The ONLY people in this world with an actual RIGHT to exist are native-born, English speaking, white Americans &#8211; everyone else, be damned.<br />
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4988604</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 12:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ford Motor Co. announced a $3 billion plant in Mexico City.  They plan to build the Fiesta, their subcompact fuel efficient car.  The BBC article stated:

&lt;em&gt;The new factory, and other changes to Ford&#039;s Mexican operations, are likely to create an estimated 4,500 jobs in Mexico, where car workers earn substantially less than their American counterparts. 

It will be located near Mexico City and the plant is expected to start delivering the Fiesta to the US market in 2010&lt;/em&gt;.

They&#039;ll need good roads or rails for U.S. delivery.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ford Motor Co. announced a $3 billion plant in Mexico City.  They plan to build the Fiesta, their subcompact fuel efficient car.  The BBC article stated:</p>
<p><em>The new factory, and other changes to Ford&#8217;s Mexican operations, are likely to create an estimated 4,500 jobs in Mexico, where car workers earn substantially less than their American counterparts. </p>
<p>It will be located near Mexico City and the plant is expected to start delivering the Fiesta to the US market in 2010</em>.</p>
<p>They&#8217;ll need good roads or rails for U.S. delivery.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4988604', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: baron73</title>
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		<dc:creator>baron73</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can find documentation for a merger of North America on a U.S. Department of State website with an article explaining  &quot;the establishment by 2010 (behind schedule) of a security and economic community of North America, which is an ambitious but achievable goal that is consistent with this principle and...buttresses the goals and values of citizens of North America.&quot; (Secretary Rice is a minister of the SPP)

Also, &quot;the key recommendation was for the three nations (Canada, Mexico and the United States) to move toward establishing a common security perimeter (around North America) by 2010.&quot; 

This would open up the internal borders to the free flow of people and commerce throughtout the continent. It would also make it easy for deeper integration of North America.

All the immigration bills over the last two years have wording that mandates a common security perimeter around North America. John McCain (CFR) is responsible for the security portions on some of these comprehensive immigration bills.

At the bottom of the State Department article, click on &quot;full text), a link to the CFR site, which contains the blueprint for the SPP. It&#039;s called the CFR Task Force plan for Building a North American Community, which includes governing institutions. http://usinfo.state.gov/wh/Archive/2005/May/18-799399.html 

Or go to the homepage at http://thesigintreport.com and check out the resources on the right side of the page. And read the blog. You will find plenty of documentation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can find documentation for a merger of North America on a U.S. Department of State website with an article explaining  &#8220;the establishment by 2010 (behind schedule) of a security and economic community of North America, which is an ambitious but achievable goal that is consistent with this principle and&#8230;buttresses the goals and values of citizens of North America.&#8221; (Secretary Rice is a minister of the SPP)</p>
<p>Also, &#8220;the key recommendation was for the three nations (Canada, Mexico and the United States) to move toward establishing a common security perimeter (around North America) by 2010.&#8221; </p>
<p>This would open up the internal borders to the free flow of people and commerce throughtout the continent. It would also make it easy for deeper integration of North America.</p>
<p>All the immigration bills over the last two years have wording that mandates a common security perimeter around North America. John McCain (CFR) is responsible for the security portions on some of these comprehensive immigration bills.</p>
<p>At the bottom of the State Department article, click on &#8220;full text), a link to the CFR site, which contains the blueprint for the SPP. It&#8217;s called the CFR Task Force plan for Building a North American Community, which includes governing institutions. <a href="http://usinfo.state.gov/wh/Archive/2005/May/18-799399.html" rel="nofollow">http://usinfo.state.gov/wh/Archive/2005/May/18-799399.html</a> </p>
<p>Or go to the homepage at <a href="http://thesigintreport.com" rel="nofollow">http://thesigintreport.com</a> and check out the resources on the right side of the page. And read the blog. You will find plenty of documentation.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4983014', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: theagitator</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4982196</link>
		<dc:creator>theagitator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 16:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The globalists and corporatists are rushing the working Americans to the bottom the economic heap while escalating CEO compensation and advantages for the rich.   

They use illegal immigration as a tool to break unions, lower wages, cut benefits and divide v.  The only voice in the MSM that even talks about it is Lou Dobbs.  Dobbs has fought it and the idiots crucify him for being racist.   Globalists such as the ADL try and make him the villain, when it is they who are part and parcel of the problem by encouraging illegal immigration.

Make no mistake ...it is no figment of imagination that the financial elitists and bankers want to increase their power by merging the interests of USA, Mexico and Canada via trade pacts and then total loss of sovereignty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The globalists and corporatists are rushing the working Americans to the bottom the economic heap while escalating CEO compensation and advantages for the rich.   </p>
<p>They use illegal immigration as a tool to break unions, lower wages, cut benefits and divide v.  The only voice in the MSM that even talks about it is Lou Dobbs.  Dobbs has fought it and the idiots crucify him for being racist.   Globalists such as the ADL try and make him the villain, when it is they who are part and parcel of the problem by encouraging illegal immigration.</p>
<p>Make no mistake &#8230;it is no figment of imagination that the financial elitists and bankers want to increase their power by merging the interests of USA, Mexico and Canada via trade pacts and then total loss of sovereignty.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4982196', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DJAN</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4981902</link>
		<dc:creator>DJAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;
Lou Dobbs is one of the most unpleasant people on TV--the louder he yells each night the worse he becomes.  He is a right wing nut.  CNN should fire him.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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Lou Dobbs is one of the most unpleasant people on TV&#8211;the louder he yells each night the worse he becomes.  He is a right wing nut.  CNN should fire him.</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4981902', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: josephjsalas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4980864</link>
		<dc:creator>josephjsalas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 22:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The NAU will lead to a National Drivers Licence/verichip...
PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!   And I&#039;ve already got mine!
It&#039;s no secret that the Rockefeller&#039;s (bilderbergers) want
to keep these topics away from the spotlight.
Which is precisely why i keep them in the spotlight!!!!!!!!!
Cockaroaches hate the light...I love the light.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The NAU will lead to a National Drivers Licence/verichip&#8230;<br />
PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!   And I&#8217;ve already got mine!<br />
It&#8217;s no secret that the Rockefeller&#8217;s (bilderbergers) want<br />
to keep these topics away from the spotlight.<br />
Which is precisely why i keep them in the spotlight!!!!!!!!!<br />
Cockaroaches hate the light&#8230;I love the light.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4980864', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: brokekid</title>
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		<dc:creator>brokekid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 20:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TShPYA-OuPs</description>
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		<title>By: sicnarfe</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4979458</link>
		<dc:creator>sicnarfe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 03:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why in heaven&#039;s name do people waste their precious time watching the antics of a bobble-head blowhard like Dobbs, and the other ratings-crave lunatics.  CNN is not what it used to be, the most trusted name in broadcasting has been reduced to a content empty, Contemptuous News Network.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why in heaven&#8217;s name do people waste their precious time watching the antics of a bobble-head blowhard like Dobbs, and the other ratings-crave lunatics.  CNN is not what it used to be, the most trusted name in broadcasting has been reduced to a content empty, Contemptuous News Network.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4979458', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jordan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4978898</link>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 18:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I urge everyone to please do your homework regarding NAFTA and the North American Union. Its not about immigration. Its about the destruction of your country and what we believe in. If this North American Union is formed, and that Canada, USA, and Mexico is merged into one great union, variously liberties will be gone and our true identity a free nation will disappear. 

This is a corporate sponsored bill that will make it easier for government to gain more control of your life and to take away your freedom. Canada and Mexico does not have a social security system. To alleviate this issue our government is thinking of implanting RFID chips into each baby born. This will eventually happen once the North American Union is in place. 

Our Constitution, our rights to privacy, our identity as a free nation is at stake once NAFTA and the North American Union is formalized. We as patriots of our country need to look into this more before we all decide that its just an &quot;anti-immigration&quot; issue because its not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I urge everyone to please do your homework regarding NAFTA and the North American Union. Its not about immigration. Its about the destruction of your country and what we believe in. If this North American Union is formed, and that Canada, USA, and Mexico is merged into one great union, variously liberties will be gone and our true identity a free nation will disappear. </p>
<p>This is a corporate sponsored bill that will make it easier for government to gain more control of your life and to take away your freedom. Canada and Mexico does not have a social security system. To alleviate this issue our government is thinking of implanting RFID chips into each baby born. This will eventually happen once the North American Union is in place. </p>
<p>Our Constitution, our rights to privacy, our identity as a free nation is at stake once NAFTA and the North American Union is formalized. We as patriots of our country need to look into this more before we all decide that its just an &#8220;anti-immigration&#8221; issue because its not.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4978898', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dr Jon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4978436</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 13:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dobbs thinks that the Ho Chi Minh trail was a superhighway too!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dobbs thinks that the Ho Chi Minh trail was a superhighway too!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4978436', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: searcherboy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4978200</link>
		<dc:creator>searcherboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 02:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HEY, FOLKS, ASK A CANADIAN ABOUT THIS. 

Because this &#039;NAFTA Superhighway&#039; thingy is supposed to be some sort of 3-nation trans-border customs union. Ask almost any Canadian - WE DON&#039;T WANT a CUSTOMS UNION, LET ALONE A CURRENCY UNION. 

Dobbs is nuts. Why would we erase our border and unite our healthy, rising, growing economy to the debt-ridden, recessionary USA?? Why would we unite our strong Canadian dollar (up more than 50% against the US buck in the past 5 years or so) to the falling US$??

Think about it, Mr. Dobbs, why the hell would Canada do such a stupid thing?? 

We produce in abundance the two things the world has become desperate for: oil and grains. Not to mention the world&#039;s largest production by far of potash fertilizer, vast amounts of base and precious metals, iron ore, aluminum, wood products, coal, etc. Demand for these commodities has enabled governments, provincial and federal, to generate huge surpluses. Individual incomes in Canada are way up and the housing market is stable (and continues to grow in the West). 

We don&#039;t need your stinkin&#039; NAFTA Superhighway. It&#039;s about as relevant to Canada as &#039;Freedom Fries&#039; were to the French. 

We&#039;ve had NAFTA for 20 years. If Dobbs knew the first thing about trade issues, which he seems totally ignorant of, he would know that free trade with Canada has worked to the advantage of both countries, created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the US, and has guaranteed equal access for Canadian energy supplies. That&#039;s right, under the terms of NAFTA, Canada, which is now the biggest supplier of oil and gas to the US, can NEVER restrict oil imports to America. 

The only place where NAFTA has failed is where it has allowed American protectionists to claim unfair trade, as with softwood lumber. Canada has proven its softwood case repeatedly in international courts and dispute panels, to no avail. This is not a sexy issue in the US, so Dobbs probably knows nothing about Canada&#039;s legitimate trade conflicts with the US gov&#039;t. Or he does, and he&#039;s a liar and a flake. 

Tell you what, Dobbs. Put your money where your mouth is. Get yourself elected to Congress or the Senate, and cancel NAFTA. The result will be the biggest energy crisis in history, because the Chinese will be very happy to lock up our energy resources.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HEY, FOLKS, ASK A CANADIAN ABOUT THIS. </p>
<p>Because this &#8216;NAFTA Superhighway&#8217; thingy is supposed to be some sort of 3-nation trans-border customs union. Ask almost any Canadian &#8211; WE DON&#8217;T WANT a CUSTOMS UNION, LET ALONE A CURRENCY UNION. </p>
<p>Dobbs is nuts. Why would we erase our border and unite our healthy, rising, growing economy to the debt-ridden, recessionary USA?? Why would we unite our strong Canadian dollar (up more than 50% against the US buck in the past 5 years or so) to the falling US$??</p>
<p>Think about it, Mr. Dobbs, why the hell would Canada do such a stupid thing?? </p>
<p>We produce in abundance the two things the world has become desperate for: oil and grains. Not to mention the world&#8217;s largest production by far of potash fertilizer, vast amounts of base and precious metals, iron ore, aluminum, wood products, coal, etc. Demand for these commodities has enabled governments, provincial and federal, to generate huge surpluses. Individual incomes in Canada are way up and the housing market is stable (and continues to grow in the West). </p>
<p>We don&#8217;t need your stinkin&#8217; NAFTA Superhighway. It&#8217;s about as relevant to Canada as &#8216;Freedom Fries&#8217; were to the French. </p>
<p>We&#8217;ve had NAFTA for 20 years. If Dobbs knew the first thing about trade issues, which he seems totally ignorant of, he would know that free trade with Canada has worked to the advantage of both countries, created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the US, and has guaranteed equal access for Canadian energy supplies. That&#8217;s right, under the terms of NAFTA, Canada, which is now the biggest supplier of oil and gas to the US, can NEVER restrict oil imports to America. </p>
<p>The only place where NAFTA has failed is where it has allowed American protectionists to claim unfair trade, as with softwood lumber. Canada has proven its softwood case repeatedly in international courts and dispute panels, to no avail. This is not a sexy issue in the US, so Dobbs probably knows nothing about Canada&#8217;s legitimate trade conflicts with the US gov&#8217;t. Or he does, and he&#8217;s a liar and a flake. </p>
<p>Tell you what, Dobbs. Put your money where your mouth is. Get yourself elected to Congress or the Senate, and cancel NAFTA. The result will be the biggest energy crisis in history, because the Chinese will be very happy to lock up our energy resources.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4978200', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: High Traveller</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4978126</link>
		<dc:creator>High Traveller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 01:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not being familiar with the details, I did a search on the topic and got a couple of hundred hits, most having to do with the Trans Texas Corridor, which is called the first leg of the NAFTA Super Highway. The fact Lou Dobbs could not/chose not to recite all this back hardly suggests he&#039;s lied about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not being familiar with the details, I did a search on the topic and got a couple of hundred hits, most having to do with the Trans Texas Corridor, which is called the first leg of the NAFTA Super Highway. The fact Lou Dobbs could not/chose not to recite all this back hardly suggests he&#8217;s lied about it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4978126', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: gitrdone</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4977786</link>
		<dc:creator>gitrdone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 18:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to disagree with this sites position on illegal immigration. We definitely need immigrants in this country, but they need to get in line with others if they want to enter this country. By entering lawfully, you are then protected from any abuse of a potential employer. Also, by controlling the flow of migrants into this country, you can meet the demand of industry but also allowing immigrants access to fair wages. With an influx of illegal immigrants crossing the border, you are allowing the low skilled labor pool to become diluted and hurting the lower middle class who depend on these jobs to raise their families. And there is a lot of Americans who want to do these jobs but not enough industries willing to pay fair wages, so they depend on Mexican migrants willing to work for peanuts. Thinkprogress.org really needs to take a more balanced approach to this issue based on whats fair for both migrants and low skilled Americans...we need CONTROLLED immigration reform, not the current broken system.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to disagree with this sites position on illegal immigration. We definitely need immigrants in this country, but they need to get in line with others if they want to enter this country. By entering lawfully, you are then protected from any abuse of a potential employer. Also, by controlling the flow of migrants into this country, you can meet the demand of industry but also allowing immigrants access to fair wages. With an influx of illegal immigrants crossing the border, you are allowing the low skilled labor pool to become diluted and hurting the lower middle class who depend on these jobs to raise their families. And there is a lot of Americans who want to do these jobs but not enough industries willing to pay fair wages, so they depend on Mexican migrants willing to work for peanuts. Thinkprogress.org really needs to take a more balanced approach to this issue based on whats fair for both migrants and low skilled Americans&#8230;we need CONTROLLED immigration reform, not the current broken system.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4977786', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: josephjsalas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4977676</link>
		<dc:creator>josephjsalas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 16:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lest we forget that I-69 will be foreign owned.   Just like
some of the roads in CO and PA currently under construction
or retrofit.   The entire US water supply is up for
grabs this summer..for our protection of course.
And as for NAFTA.   It&#039;s not just the jobs lost.  It&#039;s the
excise tax base we would otherwise use to pay for our own
roads and water supply.   And let&#039;s remember that 
all the manfacturing business we have left depends a lot
on water supply.   


So gas will be 5-bucks,  toll road will be a few more bucks,
And should you drive a litle too fast by a camera then
International Monetary Fund gets the $$$ (94-564) and
pretty soon will have us running arround with a 
wiretapped National Drivers License which will turn into
the implant.   Quit protesting, hand over your firearms
and pay more taxes....OR DON&#039;T DRIVE!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lest we forget that I-69 will be foreign owned.   Just like<br />
some of the roads in CO and PA currently under construction<br />
or retrofit.   The entire US water supply is up for<br />
grabs this summer..for our protection of course.<br />
And as for NAFTA.   It&#8217;s not just the jobs lost.  It&#8217;s the<br />
excise tax base we would otherwise use to pay for our own<br />
roads and water supply.   And let&#8217;s remember that<br />
all the manfacturing business we have left depends a lot<br />
on water supply.   </p>
<p>So gas will be 5-bucks,  toll road will be a few more bucks,<br />
And should you drive a litle too fast by a camera then<br />
International Monetary Fund gets the $$$ (94-564) and<br />
pretty soon will have us running arround with a<br />
wiretapped National Drivers License which will turn into<br />
the implant.   Quit protesting, hand over your firearms<br />
and pay more taxes&#8230;.OR DON&#8217;T DRIVE!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4977676', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Denee</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4977568</link>
		<dc:creator>Denee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 13:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My excuses for anything I am confronted with in the future will be an abrupt response of &quot;Were out of time! No time to explain, you lefty leftist, yucky activist!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My excuses for anything I am confronted with in the future will be an abrupt response of &#8220;Were out of time! No time to explain, you lefty leftist, yucky activist!&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4977568', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Musk</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4977514</link>
		<dc:creator>Musk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 07:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lou and Billo have identical bowling shirts, and they look adorable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lou and Billo have identical bowling shirts, and they look adorable.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4977514', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: haiku1</title>
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		<dc:creator>haiku1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 06:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I disagree with Lou Dobbs on immigration and find his manner snarly and unpleasant. It&#039;s a great pleasure to attack him on any number of issues.  However, the Super Highway seems to be a real possibility and it&#039;s an initiative that the left needs to watch carefully. There have been a bunch of good references here to the planning that has been going on to bypass the Port of Los Angeles and its labor unions for Mexico and its low wage environment. The road is to go right through the center of the country, through states deemed more sympathetic to big business than California. The Bush administration has been pushing privatized highways--their higher cost will be passed on to American drivers and consumers. And then there&#039;s the issue of Mexican and Canadian trucks on US roads--a safety issue (trucks that are longer and heavier and operate with lower inspection standards) and a labor issue again--big trucking companies want to force drivers to drive monster vehicles that are inherently harder to manage at high speeds. Truckers have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country anyway. So listen, people who run this website, while attacking Lou Dobbs is fun, that doesn&#039;t mean that everything he says is wrong--you really ought to check this issue out a bit more. This new road system is going to be rotten for union members who drive trucks and those who work in the ports and it will also be dangerous for other drivers on the road. We need to be moving away from a trucking environment, anyway, and back onto trains to carry our cargo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I disagree with Lou Dobbs on immigration and find his manner snarly and unpleasant. It&#8217;s a great pleasure to attack him on any number of issues.  However, the Super Highway seems to be a real possibility and it&#8217;s an initiative that the left needs to watch carefully. There have been a bunch of good references here to the planning that has been going on to bypass the Port of Los Angeles and its labor unions for Mexico and its low wage environment. The road is to go right through the center of the country, through states deemed more sympathetic to big business than California. The Bush administration has been pushing privatized highways&#8211;their higher cost will be passed on to American drivers and consumers. And then there&#8217;s the issue of Mexican and Canadian trucks on US roads&#8211;a safety issue (trucks that are longer and heavier and operate with lower inspection standards) and a labor issue again&#8211;big trucking companies want to force drivers to drive monster vehicles that are inherently harder to manage at high speeds. Truckers have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country anyway. So listen, people who run this website, while attacking Lou Dobbs is fun, that doesn&#8217;t mean that everything he says is wrong&#8211;you really ought to check this issue out a bit more. This new road system is going to be rotten for union members who drive trucks and those who work in the ports and it will also be dangerous for other drivers on the road. We need to be moving away from a trucking environment, anyway, and back onto trains to carry our cargo.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4977504', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bernarda</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/dobbs-waldman/comment-page-2/#comment-4977498</link>
		<dc:creator>bernarda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 06:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Related to the superhighway issue is larger access given to Mexican trucking companies.

&quot;WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is going ahead with a controversial pilot program giving Mexican trucks greater access to U.S. highways despite a new law by Congress against it.

The decision to proceed with the four-month-old program, which allows participating Mexican trucking companies to send loads throughout the United States, comes despite language in the recently signed catchall spending bill aimed at blocking it.

The Department of Transportation is taking advantage of a loophole in the new law, which prohibits the government from spending any money to &quot;establish&quot; the program. The government says the new rules don&#039;t apply to the current program since it was started in September.&quot;

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22507319/

Of course Labor opposes it. 100 Mexican trucking companies are to be authorized at first go.

&quot;The news that Mexican trucks will be allowed to haul freight deeper into the United States drew an angry reaction Friday from labor leaders, safety advocates and members of Congress.

They said Mexico has substandard trucks and low-paid drivers that will threaten national security, cost thousands of jobs and endanger motorists on the northern side of the Mexican border.&quot;

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/02/26/77196.htm

Both safety and wages are at risk.

&quot;National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman questioned how the U.S. could spare sending inspectors to Mexico when only a tiny percentage of the hundreds of thousands of U.S. truck companies are inspected every year.

&quot;They lack the inspectors to conduct safety reviews of at-risk domestic carriers,&#039;&#039; Hersman said. &quot;That situation only gets worse if resources are diverted to the border.&#039;&#039;&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Related to the superhighway issue is larger access given to Mexican trucking companies.</p>
<p>&#8220;WASHINGTON &#8211; The Bush administration is going ahead with a controversial pilot program giving Mexican trucks greater access to U.S. highways despite a new law by Congress against it.</p>
<p>The decision to proceed with the four-month-old program, which allows participating Mexican trucking companies to send loads throughout the United States, comes despite language in the recently signed catchall spending bill aimed at blocking it.</p>
<p>The Department of Transportation is taking advantage of a loophole in the new law, which prohibits the government from spending any money to &#8220;establish&#8221; the program. The government says the new rules don&#8217;t apply to the current program since it was started in September.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22507319/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22507319/</a></p>
<p>Of course Labor opposes it. 100 Mexican trucking companies are to be authorized at first go.</p>
<p>&#8220;The news that Mexican trucks will be allowed to haul freight deeper into the United States drew an angry reaction Friday from labor leaders, safety advocates and members of Congress.</p>
<p>They said Mexico has substandard trucks and low-paid drivers that will threaten national security, cost thousands of jobs and endanger motorists on the northern side of the Mexican border.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/02/26/77196.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/02/26/77196.htm</a></p>
<p>Both safety and wages are at risk.</p>
<p>&#8220;National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman questioned how the U.S. could spare sending inspectors to Mexico when only a tiny percentage of the hundreds of thousands of U.S. truck companies are inspected every year.</p>
<p>&#8220;They lack the inspectors to conduct safety reviews of at-risk domestic carriers,&#8221; Hersman said. &#8220;That situation only gets worse if resources are diverted to the border.&#8221;&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4977498', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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