The purpose of this article is to inform the Citizens of the United States of America of a bureaucratic system which is draining our National treasure without our knowledge or informed consent.

Reading this work, and coming to understand its implications, is not a pleasant journey but it is one that must be taken if we are to protect our nation, our families, our homes and our freedoms. Knowledge is power and in order to effect change, we must be willing to hear the truth even if that truth is difficult to accept.

As a veteran, I have sworn an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America from all enemies both foreign and domestic. Though I no longer serve my nation in its defense militarily, that oath still rings true in my heart. It is therefore my obligation as a citizen and a veteran to inform my fellow citizens of governmental activities you, most likely, have not been made aware of, but should have been.

For our government officials to fund activities without fully informing the taxpaying public and ensuring our understanding and approval, is a lie of omission, as is allowing our citizens to remain unaware of national treasure being directed, not for the use and aide of our citizens, but to further an unconstitutional anti-American agenda. An agenda whose aspirations promote the dissolution of our borders and our sovereignty.

The following information that I intend to share with you is not hidden. It is out there in plain sight but you must be aware of the program in order to seek the information out. That is what I am doing now, bringing it to your attention in the hopes that you will take proactive steps to end this national travesty.

Have our government officials tried in earnest to make sure we were aware of these extensive, enormously costly projects? A simple question we might ponder; why did our Congress and our President prepare and sign legislation to build a border fence along our southern border, if they knew full well they were funding the buildup of infrastructure there?

Is it then safe to assume, the long awaited, slowly built, much maligned border fence is nothing more than a temporary pacifier to quell the outrage of a fed up public?

So many of us have trusted our government to obey the oaths that they have sworn to uphold and to do the job that they were elected to do; following the Constitution of the United States of America in the protection of our nation. But we as citizens have an obligation and a responsibility to our nation as well. We must oversee the functioning of government and be assured they they are acting in our best interest and the best interest of our nation at all times.

Most of us have been remiss in not following closely enough the actions being taken in our names and that is a practice we must end if we are to remain a free people.

Did you willingly vote for representatives who you knew would approve funding to federal agencies that were allocating funds for the build up infrastructure on the USA/Mexico border?

The first question you must ask is this; Why would our government be building infrastructure on our Southern border when so many American Citizens have made it quite clear we want our border secured and even fenced?

This article will provide you with information you need to answer this question. First, let us consider a few important lines from the farewell address of President George Washington on September 17, 1796.

http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/washbye.shtml

As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent Patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practise the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the Public Councils! Such an attachment of a small or weak, towards a great and powerful nation, dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government. The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.

And so, having pondered these wise words from one of our founding fathers, let us go forward and learn how the exact opposite is being carried out without our notification, permission or approval.

http://www.iadb.org/intal/aplicaciones/uploads/publicaciones/i_intal_iyt_21_2004_bustamante.pdf

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THE BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COMMISSION (COCEF):

A CASE OF INTERNATIONAL FEDERALISM

By Jorge A. Bustamante

Published by the Inter American Bank

As globalism has spread, so federalism has come to involve groups of players with an increasing number of members and greater organizational complexity. This process has crossed the micro-dimensional level of a relationship between communities that had certain autonomy and has begun to include a macro dimension with independent nations surrendering part of their sovereignty by allowing multinational organizations to represent their interests.

http://al.nd.edu/resources-for/faculty-and-staff/faculty-list/bio/jbustama/

(Jorge A. Bustamante is a staff member with the University Of Notre Dame-Sociology Dept.)

Let us take a look at some of the government organizations that are working to betray the sovereignty of our great nation.

http://www.nadb.org/

NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

http://www.nadb.org/Reports1/Press_Releases/english/2008/060308.htm

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PRESS RELEASE

Certification and approval of US$16.56 million in funding for water and wastewater improvements to benefit 93,000 residents in the municipality of Bravo, Tamaulipas

NADB funding will cover approximately 56 percent of the total cost of the project and consists of a US$3.8 million loan, as well as a US$12.76 million grant from its Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF), which is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

On both sides of the border, BECC has certified 138 environmental infrastructure projects that are estimated to cost US$2.95 million to build and will benefit approximately 12 million residents. NADB is providing a total of US$975 million in loans and grants to partially finance 119 of those projects.

http://www.nadb.org/Reports1/Press_Releases/english/2008/051408.htm

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San Antonio, Texas – The North American Development Bank (NADB) is providing an US$18.95 million loan to the local water utility in Mexicali, Baja California—Comisión Estatal de Servicios Públicos de Mexicali (CESPM)—for the construction of the Mexicali IV wastewater collection system to serve more than 26,000 residents in nine subdivisions on the east side of the city.

The total cost of the project is estimated at US$46.96 million, and NADB is financing approximately 38 percent of the cost with a 15-year, market-rate loan.

To date, NADB has helped fund 118 environmental infrastructure projects throughout the U.S.-Mexico border region with a total of $958.5 million in loans and grants.

You will, of course, recognize the names of two of the members of the Board of Directors for the NADB, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

http://www.nadb.org/about/organization.html

http://www.nadb.org/board.html#USsectreas

How much money are we really talking about? Can you handle the truth? You will have to, if you wish to become fully informed and make the necessary changes.

http://www.nadb.org/about/capitalization.html

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CAPITALIZATION OF THE NADB

The total authorized capital of NADB is $3 billion with equal commitments from the United States and Mexico. Each country has authorized the subscription of 150,000 shares of the bank’s capital stock with a par value of $10,000 per share. Fifteen percent of the authorized capital is in the form of paid-in capital to be provided in scheduled installments as agreed by the two governments, and the remaining 85 percent is in the form of callable capital.

And what has this NADB been doing while we were busy paying our taxes, mortgages and struggling to put food on our tables and if we are lucky, our children through college? Here are a few examples of their good works and their offshoot organizations.

Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (BECC)

http://www.cocef.org/bd.htm

(Two board members of the BECC are Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice)

Below is a joint statement that will give you a pretty good idea of the real reasons your local streets are riddled with cracks and your bridges are collapsing with decay. Our government complains it doesn’t have the funding to repair our infrastructure. In fact, foreign entities such as Cintra are being sought out to maintain our roads by charging our citizens tolls. Our representatives certainly found a way to build infrastructure on the border. I guess that speaks volumes about their priorities.

http://www.nadb.org/pdfs/status_eng.pdf

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BECC AND NADB JOINT STATUS REPORT

Assistance Programs

• More than US$34.43 million has been allocated by BECC’s Technical Assistance Program to aid in the development of 260 environmental infrastructure projects related to water, sewage, and municipal waste in 144 communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
• Through its technical assistance programs, the NADB has authorized US$22.59 million in grant funding to carry out 225 institutional strengthening and project development studies for 103 border communities.

Project Certification and Financing

• To date, the BECC has certified 137 environmental infrastructure projects which will cost an estimated US$2.92 billion to build.
• Of the projects certified, 75 are located in the United States and 62 in Mexico.
• The sponsors of 118 certified projects have requested financial assistance from NADB and as of March 31, 2008, NADB had approved funding commitments for all 118 projects.
• To date, NADB has contracted a total of US$808 million in loans and/or grant resources to support 108 of those projects, with approximately 44% going to projects in the U.S. and 56% to projects in Mexico

G. BECC’s Participation in the Border 2012 Program. The BECC is playing a key partnership role in the Border 2012 Program developed by EPA and its Mexican counterpart, Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT). This ten-year plan is aimed at addressing existing environmental and public health needs in the U.S.-Mexico border.

http://www.cocef.org/files/Analisis_Final/White%20Paper%20Analysis%20of%20US-MEX%20Border%20Program.pdf

United States-Mexico Border Program

Budgeted by Environmental Protection Agency State and Tribal Assistance Grants: Healthy Community and Ecosystems1

As of Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, the PDAP and BEIF have received approximately $613 million from the US-Mexico Border Program. These critical resources have accomplished a significant human health and environmental impact in and beyond the border region.

This bureaucratic nightmare is enormous and deeply embedded in much of our appropriations legislation. I have included only a few of the sister organizations. Below are some of the more egregious examples of the misappropriations of our national wealth.

http://www.cocef.org/ppipeline.cfm

BECC PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE:

http://www.nadbank.org/programs/descriptions/beif.html

BORDER ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND (BEIF)

The North American Development Bank (NADB) established the Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF) to administer grant resources provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help finance the construction of water and wastewater projects in the U.S.-Mexico border region

http://www.nadbank.org/programs/descriptions/swep.html

SOLID WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM (SWEP)

The North American Development Bank (NADB) was established by the governments of the United States and Mexico in a joint effort to provide a cleaner and healthier environment along the two countries’ shared border. One of its main areas of activity is the development of affordable, self-sustaining infrastructure that provides for the safe disposal of municipal solid waste in compliance with established environmental regulations.

WATER CONSERVATION INVESTMENT FUND (WCIF)

http://www.nadb.org/programs/descriptions/wcif.html

In August 2002, the NADB Board of Directors authorized the creation of the Water Conservation Investment Fund (WCIF) to provide financing for the implementation of water conservation projects aimed at saving, using and transferring water more efficiently. A total of US$80 million in NADB retained earnings was allocated to the program, with US$40 million specifically reserved for projects in each country.

Still think they intend to secure the border and build a fence?

In order to give you the tools you will need to address this situation, I have included a list of links. I encourage you to do your own research so that when you attend that town hall meeting or that appointment with your congressman, or when you call talk radio to inform other citizens, you will have the information you need to back up your claims.

Now that you know what has been going on while we were dutifully paying our taxes and trying to survive job loss, mortgage foreclosures and inflation, please do everything that you can to spread the word to the rest of our citizens. We have a right to know this information and we have a responsibility as citizens to act to correct this.

Now that you have a better understanding of WHAT our government is doing, please read the following articles and learn WHY they are doing it.

The Colonias Gateway Initiative: Why John McCain Must Never Be President.

http://www.theamericanpresident.org/2008/05/22/the-gateway-colonias-initiative-why-john-mccain-must-never-be-president/

Demise of our Unique American Identity

http://www.theamericanpresident.org/2008/05/07/the-demise-of-our-unique-american-identity/

As our Towers Fell

http://www.theamericanpresident.org/2008/05/10/as-our-towers-fell/

 

It is truly time for the Citizens of this country to stand up, speak out and demand a return to a constitutional government that seeks to do the will of the Citizen of this country and not to enslave us to the Gods of Globalism.

Please do not assume that others will pick up the banner and demand change for you. This is your country, your home, your sovereignty, your tax burden and your freedom. It will take all of us, doing all that we can to make our legislators hear us, and turn this process of an integrated western hemisphere around.

You can choose to do nothing, but you may someday bitterly regret that choice. Or, you can choose to become outspoken and informed. Speaking out is empowering and you have every right as a Citizen of the United States of America to be a part of your own governance.

Write your local state representatives. Ask them to request, in writing, answers from the State Department explaining how these programs are being funded and if these appropriations were approved knowingly by our Congress. Require your state representative to respond to you in writing. This will ensure you get a response. Follow up. Become familiar with your representatives and make sure they become familiar with you! Remember, they work for YOU!

You can be assured that there are plenty of organizations with agendas that do not match your own who are lobbying your representatives. Be a voice for balance. Remind them who has the power of the vote. This is your home, your future and your sovereignty!

Stand up for it!

Godspeed and God Bless the United States of America

Email CJ at

cjgraham2008@gmail.com

Additional information and references:

President Bush signs NADB-BECC reform legislation

Executive Order: Implementing Amendments to Agreement on Border Environment Cooperation Commission and North American Development Bank

http://www.nadb.org/Reports1/Connections/Vol-II/Edition-II/Content/1-En.htm

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050617-1.html

McCain and Obama Speak on Latin American Issues

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13306

McCain co-sponsors Colonias Gateway Initiative S 532

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s108-532

Clinton Signs Executive Order for Environmental Justice

http://www.epa.gov/region2/ej/exec_order_12898.pdf

Clinton signing agreement on NAFTA

http://www.multied.com/Documents/Clinton/SigningNaFTA.html

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