THE NORTH AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

O.K., let’s file this one under …

THE CONSPIRACY OF THE NAU

You know their names.

Conspiracy theorists have assured that you would.

The Trilateral Commission

The Council on Foreign Relations.

The Bilderberg Group

These and any one of a number of other secret groups are out there trying to slowly move the nations of the world into a single unified government, to be run by a group of powerful and wealthy elite.

This morning, over Starbucks, Jeff went down a new path, though with Jeff all roads tend to lead toward Rome.

The first step though will not be a one world government, but a series of smaller combination of countries.

Jeff:  The consequences of the Federal Reserve, the IMF, and the World Bank has reached critical mass.  Listen to me, Canada, the United States, and Mexico will soon be fused into a single economic, political and military unit. They will have the power to nullify the laws of its member states including the Constitution. The Dollar, the Canadian Dollar, and with the Peso, will be phased out and replaced by a North American currency.

I paid for my Starbucks with a good old fashioned American greenback.

But welcome to the world of The Amero – A single unified currency for the entire North American continent in anticipation of Canada, the United States and Mexico becoming an entity akin to the European Union.

Conspiracy theorists assure us that borders will eventually fall, and the currency will not only be devalued, but the cheap labor force will decimate the American economy.

To be fair, the theory does have its precedence in the Euro, and therefore deserves serious investigation.

In 2005, President Bush, President Vicente Fox of Mexico, and Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada, held a summit in Waco, Texas, and announced the creation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, a framework for greater continental cooperation on trade and security issues among the three nations.

However, the fact that the United States had entered into the arrangement without congressional approval, and a lack of public detail about the meetings, was a huge red flag to conspiracy theorists.

According to Jeff, this was the beginning of a secret plan to dissolve the three nations into one continental unit, with open borders and a single currency. 

A proposed flag even showed up on the internet.

NAU Flag -

Two months later, a working group at the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank long viewed with suspicion by the conspiratorial fringe, published a report called "Building a North American Community."  The report recommended the establishment of a common North American security perimeter, the development of biometric North American border passes, and the adoption of a common North American tariff.

All of this in secret.

In reality the public doesn't know about all of this because it doesn't exist. Government officials say a continental union is out of the question, and economists and political analysts overwhelmingly agree that there will not be a North American Union in our lifetime, and that the Amero remains purely theoretical. Herbert Grubel, the Canadian economist who first proposed the idea of the Amero, freely admits "There wouldn't be very much benefit for the United States."

However this didn’t help the paranoia being capitalized upon.  A coin designer even designed an Amero dollar, the image of which is in free circulation in the imaginary banking system of the minds of conspiracy theorists.  The coin itself does not exist in any more that a land of monopoly money, made by someone trying to make a quick Amero – sorry, buck.

The Amero -

Daniel Carr who designed the fictitious Amero   has been quoted as saying, “My goal with these coins is not to endorse a Union of North America or a common Amero currency.  I fully support the United States Constitution, and I would not welcome (in any form) a diminishment of its provisions.  I expect that these coins will help make more people aware of the issue and the possible ramifications.  I leave it up to others to decide if they are in favor of, or against a North American Union.  And I encourage citizens to voice their approval or disapproval of government plans that impact them.

Selling a few coins and starting a little controversy, that’s the American way.

But there are some real parts to this puzzle that deserve connecting with.

The Security and Prosperity Partnership really does exist, and its tri-national task forces continue to meet, but its members consider it a way for the United States, Canada, and Mexico to collaborate on issues such as customs, environmental and safety regulations, narcotics smuggling, and terrorism. 

But the partnership doesn’t advocate open borders or a massive superhighway, for an increase in trade among the three nations, which the conspiracy theorists call the NAFTA Superhighway.

A nonprofit organization, called the North America's Supercorridor Coalition, or NASCO, whose mission is to ensure the efficiency and safety of some of the country's major truck trade routes, has had a map on it’s website, and conspiracy sites have been falsely labeling it the blueprint for the NAFTA Superhighway.  In reality it is Interstate 35.

The Supercorridor -

Frank Conde, the director of communications for NASCO, says "that making economic relations among the three nations more efficient is no more than responsible stewardship. The worst damage that (conspiracy theorists) are doing with their unfounded fears are distracting political leaders at all levels, and preventing us from putting together that policy."

At the core of this type of conspiracy theory is the perception that that those in power “simply can’t be trusted.” 

But all one has to do is look to Europe to see what has happened in practicality.  Countries still exist, much as before, despite the adoption of the Euro.

Though there seems no reality in the Amero, even if more open trade and borders became a reality, there would be no reason to believe that this is part of any kind of conspiracy to take away any individual freedoms.  In practicality, it would open up greater freedom of trade and travel

So Jeff, in the interest of keeping score, this one looks as paper thin as the paper upon which the Amero is printed. 

I’ll bet my future Amero penny on it. 

Should the penny even still exist at that point… which means will have to connect the Amero nickels, dimes and quarters.

As always, until then, e-mails are always welcome.