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Rumors of expanded tariff’s to target Beef, Pork and Chicken processors

Mar 152010

15/03/2010 Posted by PMC at 19:16 on 15/03/2010 Comments Off

A new week and more misinformation coming from OOIDA as they push their lemmings to urge their Congresspeople to sign on to Rep. Peter DeFazio’s silly little letter calling for the Obama Administration to discriminate once more, against Mexico, by renegotiating the provision that allows Mexican trucks access to the United States. It’s also the eve of the first anniversary of the legal tariff’s that Mexico instituted in retaliation for the closure of the Cross Border Demonstration Project. Our sources confirm that the rumors circulating that the Mexican government may update a trade retaliation list against U.S. products is true. ….Read More

Each year, Mexico honors Irish-American Saint Patrick’s Brigade (San Patricios)

Mar 152010

15/03/2010 Posted by PMC at 06:01 on 15/03/2010 8 Responses »

From behind the bullet-scarred walls of an ancient fortress, the wail of bagpipes and a thundering bass drum echoed through a plaza in the center of Mexico City. Passers-by stopped in their tracks. Children craned for a look as a platoon of Mexican bagpipers marched through the gates in tribute to a strange and divisive chapter of Irish-American history. The bagpipers play each month in honor of the St. Patrick Battalion, a group of 600 Irish-American soldiers who switched sides to fight for Mexico in the 1846-1848 Mexican-American War. Mexico lost half its territory to the United States as a ….Read More

OOIDA stooge Peter DeFazio wants to renegotiate NAFTA, but only for Mexican trucks

Mar 112010

11/03/2010 Posted by PMC at 22:01 on 11/03/2010 4 Responses »

OOIDA stooge Peter DeFazio wants to renegotiate NAFTA, but only for Mexican trucks

On the first anniversary of the shutdown of the Cross Border Trucking program with Mexico, the job losses are mounting for American workers as American business’s continue to lose market share from the LEGAL tariff’s Mexico instituted in retaliation for our failure to comply with our obligations under NAFTA. 57 members of Congress in addition to more than 1400 trade groups have called on President Obama, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk to get the issue settled. Secretary LaHood stated in a recent interview that they were close to a resolution to the issue. The ….Read More

Move to repeal NAFTA has a snowballs chance in hell of becoming law

Mar 092010

09/03/2010 Posted by PMC at 06:02 on 09/03/2010 Comments Off

One of the nation’s oldest and most corrupt labor unions is praising new, bipartisan legislation that would withdraw the United States from NAFTA, and vanquish one of the biggest enemies of American organized labor for more than 15 years. A small but broad coalition of lawmakers from across the political spectrum came together last Thursday to sponsor a bill to repeal U.S. participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The trade agreement by the United States, Canada and Mexico, NAFTA eliminated tarrifs and other trade restrictions that had been in place. The deal was originally negotiated during the ….Read More

Bus crash in Arizona that killed 6 being used to confuse the Mexican truck issue

Mar 092010

09/03/2010 Posted by PMC at 05:44 on 09/03/2010 Comments Off

Bus crash in Arizona that killed 6 being used to confuse the Mexican truck issue

The bus belonging to TIERRA SANTA, that rolled over on a busy interstate outside Phoenix, killing six people and leaving 16 others injured early Friday, is now being used as an example by opponents of allowing Mexican trucks on our highways (although they’ve been here for decades) and in others are using it in their vile opposition to reforming immigration and as an opportunity to bash Mexicans. The bus, a late model Mercedes Benz Marcopolo, was traveling from the central Mexican state of Zacatecas to Los Angeles. It entered the United States at El Paso, Texas, and was traveling westbound ….Read More

Resolution to Mexican Truck issue may be near

Mar 042010

04/03/2010 Posted by PMC at 15:37 on 04/03/2010 1 Response »

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said this morning that the DOT was close to coming up with a proposal to allow Mexican trucks access to the United States, under the rules of NAFTA. LaHood was testifying at a hearing about the 2011 DOT budget before the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. Responding to a question by subcommittee Chairman Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who asked for an update on the Mexico truck program, LaHood said “We are finalizing a plan. The reason it is taking so long is there’s a lot of moving parts.” On March 1, ….Read More

Three years later, the underlying cause to opposition of Mexican trucks is the same

Mar 012010

01/03/2010 Posted by PMC at 20:32 on 01/03/2010 Comments Off

Three years later, the underlying cause to opposition of Mexican trucks is the same

As the opponents come out from under their rocks to oppose the Mexican trucks once again, and in their opposition, costing Americans tens of thousands of jobs, it’s interesting to go back three years and review the opinions of others interested in this issue. The following, appeared in the NEW STANDARD on March 28,2007, and the writers reasoning then resonates just as much in the renewed debate. After all, nothing is being said about the Canadians running amok in the US, breaking our cabotage rules, many who speak little or no English, and many from Muslim countries who are avowed ….Read More

You Lie Jim!!! OOIDA President Jim Johnston opines

Feb 252010

25/02/2010 Posted by PMC at 19:21 on 25/02/2010 Comments Off

You Lie Jim!!! OOIDA President Jim Johnston opines

No, we’re not referring to (D-SC) Rep. Joe Wilson’s rude and insulting behavior during President Obama’s speech before a joint session of Congress. Instead, we’re referring to the sophomoric letter to the US Trade Representatives office, by OOIDA President Jim Johnston on February 24. Similar to the press release by OOIDA’s Norita Taylor that we commented on earlier, Johnston calls on U.S. trade rep to defend American jobs Johnston made these claims:

OOIDA resumes false claims about Mexican trucks in latest press release.

Feb 232010

23/02/2010 Posted by PMC at 19:48 on 23/02/2010 Comments Off

It only took the mention of resuming talks on allowing Mexican trucks into the United States, as we’re obligated to do under the NAFTA treaty for OOIDA to begin another campaign of misinformation and preying upon the fears and prejudices of their members and the general public. Today, they issued a press release inappropriately titled, “The U.S. must challenge Mexico’s tariff bullying Highway safety and security must trump free trade ideology“ I say inappropriate because of the title and the message being sent. We should be challenges those who put protectionism and their own self interests ahead of the US ….Read More