The Iowa Independent: King ‘connects dots’ in conspiracy theory of North American Union
primus
· 1 year ago
God what a crackpot.
Peggy2
· 1 year ago
I agree - Burns is really out there.
Peggy2
· 1 year ago
What is this, the fifth or sixth story Burns has written based on King's August 19 town hall meeting?
I feel compelled to send Doug some AAA batteries for his hand-held audio recorder - he must lull himself to sleep every night with Steve King's voice, conjuring up visions of his next hatchet piece.
PatriotFlag
· 1 year ago
What is this guy doing. Looks like he is going to drop in columns against Rep. King at various times over the next month and a half. If Rep. King says he has those notes in his brief case you better believe him. For some reason Doug Burns dislikes Rep. King and I can only believe it is because Doug Burns is a left wing Liberal which I know he hates to be labeled as he feels he is a good non-biased reporter but we all know better.
daddysteve
· 1 year ago
Plans for a "superhighway" didn't exist? Then what land appropriation did the locals vote down in Texas? What was the Canadian Parliament debating this year? Better dig a little deeper, Doug.
riverdog9
· 1 year ago
Call it what it is.
It a crackpot conspiracy theory promoted by the John Birch Society, Jerome "Swiftboat" Corsi, Ron Paul, and the militia movement. That Steve King believes it says that he is truly on the delusional far right fringe of American politics. There is no basis in fact whatsoever for this theory, but white supremacists and their camp followers, like Michelle Malkin and Lou Dobbs, use this to get their ignorant and bigoted fans all worked up.
I am no one's webmaster. The only things I try to master are facts.
I notice that you tend to take aim at the messenger rather than engage on the message in your comments here. Today is no exception. You have attacked Burns, but are silent on what, exactly, is inaccurate in what he wrote. Did he quote King accurately, so far as you know? Did you read at any of the links he included? Do you share King's beliefs, as quoted here? If so, why?
Here is an excerpt from the SPLC article that I cited. You might want to read the whole thing, then encourage Congressman King to focus his attention on real problems next time you see him.
"The 'North American Union' Since 2005, the dominant conspiracy theory animating the anti-immigration movement has been the so-called "North American Union," described as a plot to surrender American sovereignty in a planned merger with Canada and Mexico. The plotters are typically said to be various foreign leaders, President George W. Bush and his "neo-conservative" allies, and an array of leading American liberals.
If the John Birch Society (JBS) and others pushing this theory are to be believed, President Bush began ceding American sovereignty on March 23, 2005, at a meeting in Waco, Texas, with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mexican President Vicente Fox. The meeting ended with the signing of what was called the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), which set up a series of working groups to study cooperation in transportation, energy, aviation, the environment and more.
Most people familiar with the SPP understand that it is a benign and slow-moving attempt to coordinate trade and security policies in a bid to improve the lives of citizens in all three countries. But to the conspiracy theorists, it is a plot that will end with Mexico sending millions more of its citizens to the United States, international courts that overrule American justice, hate crime laws that will send anti-gay Christian preachers to prison, and more. The plotters are said to include the militia bogeyman of the Council of Foreign Relations and are supposedly directed by American University Professor Robert Pastor.
Lately, the paranoia about the SPP process has become so intense that a proposed highway linking Canada, Mexico and the United States is seen as part of evil machinations that will end with the Mexican government seizing control of the key Missouri River port in Kansas City. Other conspiracy theorists fear that a new currency, the "Amero," will displace good, old-fashioned American dollars.
The leader in "educating" the public about the North American Union (NAU) plot has been the [John Birch Society], which says "politicians and internationalists" in America are "effectively destroying the United States." In fact, the long dormant group has been reanimated by the theory, assigning writer Mary Benoit to cover it relentlessly in the JBS magazine The New American. JBS has allied itself on this issue with Howard Phillips, leader of the anti-immigrant Constitution Party, and added nativist leader Chris Simcox of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps to its speakers bureau."
There is also the Google if you would like to add to your knowledge.
Peggy2
· 1 year ago
Burns has proven himself to be a biased journalist time and time again. I have no use for his trumped up articles.
riverdog9
· 1 year ago
Translation: I got nuthin'.
Peggy2
· 1 year ago
Correction: I don't care. And neither does anybody else in the Fifth District.
daddysteve
· 1 year ago
riverdog9, I reiterate. What was going on in Canada? What was going on in Texas? Dig deeper. Get away from the neocon rags you get your news from.
riverdog9
· 1 year ago
No, you dig deeper. If you have any facts to back up your theories, post links to reputable sources that support what you are saying, which is what Doug Burns did.
You and Peggy have been flinging accusations of bias at a reporter who took the trouble to write about what King said, then investigate the underlying facts and report on those, with sources that he disclosed. So far, all I have read here is a lot of empty nonsense about how terrible Burns is, but not one word to contradict any fact he cited.
It reminds me of the Steven Colbert line about how "the facts have a well-known liberal bias." Or the anonymous administration official who declared to Ron Suskind that there was something called "the reality-based community," which would witness them making up their own reality.
The game's up, folks. Bush is leaving, finally. And taking his Cheney and his torture and his eavesdropping on Americans with him. We will see whether the Fifth District of Iowa "doesn't care," and retains one of Bush's loyal footsoldiers to represent their very pressing and serious economic interests in the Congress of the United States.
daddysteve
· 1 year ago
riverdog9- I agree, you won't find any official using the term " North American Union" . Of course they don't use the words torture and kidnapping either. It's called "extraordinary rendition". I guess torture doesn't exist. I guess corporate welfare doesn't exist because they call it "lobbying" . The Consumer Price Index and GDP aren't manipulated, they're "adjusted heuristically" . The military is never guilty of murder, it's only collateral damage. Politicians don't pander, they "move to the center" . If you really want to get your tin-foil in a bunch then check out "chemtrails". There's a conspiracy I've been observing in the sky for months.now.
watcher68
· 1 year ago
Ladies and gentlemen, the corridor plans are not fiction. Please look at www dot Canamex dot org. Spelled out here just in case there are link blockers on this comment site.
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I feel compelled to send Doug some AAA batteries for his hand-held audio recorder - he must lull himself to sleep every night with Steve King's voice, conjuring up visions of his next hatchet piece.
over the next month and a half. If Rep. King says he has those notes in his brief case you better believe
him. For some reason Doug Burns dislikes Rep. King and I can only believe it is because Doug Burns
is a left wing Liberal which I know he hates to be labeled as he feels he is a good non-biased reporter but we all know better.
It a crackpot conspiracy theory promoted by the John Birch Society, Jerome "Swiftboat" Corsi, Ron Paul, and the militia movement. That Steve King believes it says that he is truly on the delusional far right fringe of American politics. There is no basis in fact whatsoever for this theory, but white supremacists and their camp followers, like Michelle Malkin and Lou Dobbs, use this to get their ignorant and bigoted fans all worked up.
The Southern Poverty Law Center discusses these wackos here: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/arti...
I notice that you tend to take aim at the messenger rather than engage on the message in your comments here. Today is no exception. You have attacked Burns, but are silent on what, exactly, is inaccurate in what he wrote. Did he quote King accurately, so far as you know? Did you read at any of the links he included? Do you share King's beliefs, as quoted here? If so, why?
Here is an excerpt from the SPLC article that I cited. You might want to read the whole thing, then encourage Congressman King to focus his attention on real problems next time you see him.
"The 'North American Union'
Since 2005, the dominant conspiracy theory animating the anti-immigration movement has been the so-called "North American Union," described as a plot to surrender American sovereignty in a planned merger with Canada and Mexico. The plotters are typically said to be various foreign leaders, President George W. Bush and his "neo-conservative" allies, and an array of leading American liberals.
If the John Birch Society (JBS) and others pushing this theory are to be believed, President Bush began ceding American sovereignty on March 23, 2005, at a meeting in Waco, Texas, with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mexican President Vicente Fox. The meeting ended with the signing of what was called the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), which set up a series of working groups to study cooperation in transportation, energy, aviation, the environment and more.
Most people familiar with the SPP understand that it is a benign and slow-moving attempt to coordinate trade and security policies in a bid to improve the lives of citizens in all three countries. But to the conspiracy theorists, it is a plot that will end with Mexico sending millions more of its citizens to the United States, international courts that overrule American justice, hate crime laws that will send anti-gay Christian preachers to prison, and more. The plotters are said to include the militia bogeyman of the Council of Foreign Relations and are supposedly directed by American University Professor Robert Pastor.
Lately, the paranoia about the SPP process has become so intense that a proposed highway linking Canada, Mexico and the United States is seen as part of evil machinations that will end with the Mexican government seizing control of the key Missouri River port in Kansas City. Other conspiracy theorists fear that a new currency, the "Amero," will displace good, old-fashioned American dollars.
The leader in "educating" the public about the North American Union (NAU) plot has been the [John Birch Society], which says "politicians and internationalists" in America are "effectively destroying the United States." In fact, the long dormant group has been reanimated by the theory, assigning writer Mary Benoit to cover it relentlessly in the JBS magazine The New American. JBS has allied itself on this issue with Howard Phillips, leader of the anti-immigrant Constitution Party, and added nativist leader Chris Simcox of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps to its speakers bureau."
There is also the Google if you would like to add to your knowledge.
You and Peggy have been flinging accusations of bias at a reporter who took the trouble to write about what King said, then investigate the underlying facts and report on those, with sources that he disclosed. So far, all I have read here is a lot of empty nonsense about how terrible Burns is, but not one word to contradict any fact he cited.
It reminds me of the Steven Colbert line about how "the facts have a well-known liberal bias." Or the anonymous administration official who declared to Ron Suskind that there was something called "the reality-based community," which would witness them making up their own reality.
The game's up, folks. Bush is leaving, finally. And taking his Cheney and his torture and his eavesdropping on Americans with him. We will see whether the Fifth District of Iowa "doesn't care," and retains one of Bush's loyal footsoldiers to represent their very pressing and serious economic interests in the Congress of the United States.