
	by Daniel Taylor
	August 14, 2007
	
	from 
	
	OldThinkerNews Website
	
		
			
		
	
	
	


	
	In 1954, 
	
	the Bilderberg group held its first meeting at the 
	Hotel de Bilderberg in the Netherlands. 
	
	 
	
	It was during this meeting that the first 
	discussions of European integration were held. Thanks to BBC radio 4 
	(listen below), 
	documents were discovered which detailed what went on inside the extremely 
	secretive conference. 
	
	 
	
	
	 
	
	The host of the BBC radio program reads from the 1954 
	document, which states, 
	
		
		"Some sort of European Union has long been a 
		utopian dream, but the conference has agreed that it is now a necessity 
		of our time."
	
	
	Since 1954, the European Union has become a 
	reality. 
	
	 
	
	Will
	the global elite continue to divide the world?
	Today, the creation of an African Union is underway. As with the European 
	Union, the African Union is to have a common currency, along with a unified 
	military. 
	
	 
	
	As 
	 
	Jerome Corsi reports,
	
		
		"Advancing the movement toward economic and 
		political globalism, the African Union is moving down the path of 
		regional economic integration, with the expected end result of 
		continental economic and political integration."
		
		"And while the AU is still in a formative state, it's already officially 
		designated by an emblem, a flag, an anthem, a central bank, and unified 
		continental military force."
		
		"The goal of the African Central Bank is to create an African Single 
		Currency. African Union planners are currently calling the African 
		continental currency the 'Gold Mandela.'"
	
	
	The creation of regional currencies, and the 
	removal of "unwanted currencies" is necessary, according to Benn Steil. 
	
	
	 
	
	Writing in the 
	Council on Foreign Relations publication,
	
	
	Foreign Affairs, Steil states that, 
	
		
		"The world needs to abandon unwanted 
		currencies, replacing them with dollars, euros, and multinational 
		currencies as yet unborn." 
		 
		
		"Countries should abandon monetary 
		nationalism," says Steil.
	
	
	Members of the Council on Foreign Relations have 
	made statements regarding the goals of the Council, which mirror current 
	agendas of the group.
	
		
		"The Council on Foreign Relations is the 
		American Branch of a society which originated in England... (and) 
		...believes national boundaries should be obliterated and one-world rule 
		established."
		- Carroll Quigley
		
		member of 
		Council on Foreign Relations, mentor to Bill Clinton
 
		
		"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the 
		disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and 
		submergence into an all powerful, one world government."
		- Admiral Chester Ward
		
		former CFR 
		member and Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy
	
	
	In 1999, the Bilderberg group met in Sintra, 
	Portugal, where they discussed plans for a new economic world order. Thanks 
	to Jim Tucker's infiltration of the secretive group, we are able to get an 
	idea of what was talked about inside the meeting. 
	
	 
	
	Writing in his book, 
	
	Bilderberg Diary, Tucker 
	says,
	
		
		"Kenneth Clarke, a member of the British 
		Parliament and former chancellor for the exchequer , had called for a 
		new 'international financial architecture' at the 1999 meeting of Bilderberg. The world should have three major regional currencies, 
		Clarke told his Bilderberg colleagues. The first is already on the world 
		scene: The European Euro. 
		 
		
		And Britain will join in the European common 
		currency, he said. Clarke said he would like to see the pound grow 
		weaker to facilitate Britain's entry into the common currency... The 
		next step is toward a second great regional currency in the Western 
		Hemisphere, Clarke said. 
		
		 
		
		The 'amerijo' will come about by the 'dollarization' 
		of Latin America."
	
	
	Tucker continues,
	
		
		"Bilderberg colleagues agreed that the 
		emerging regional currencies, which will be identified with no specific 
		country, will do much to eliminate "nationalism" and the "antiquated 
		notions of sovereignty."
	
	
	The elite's plans have changed slightly over the 
	years, but at their core they remain the same. The "amerijo" discussed by 
	Bilderberg in 1999 appears to have transformed into the common currency for 
	North America called 
	
	the "Amero," as coined by
	Herbert Grubel, and supported 
	by Robert Pastor.
	
	Steve Previs spoke of the Amero and its far reaching implications for 
	Canada, Mexico and the United States on CNBC. 
	
	 
	
	Watch the clip below:
	
	 
	
	 
	
	
	
	CNBC Interview with Stephen Previs about the Amero
	
	 
	
	 
	
	The proposed North American Union has not been 
	popular among informed Americans and Canadians. 
	
	 
	
	This has not gone un-noticed 
	to the elite. As reported here last week (see below report), a conference was held in 2002 
	during which recommendations were given by CFR members on how to best 
	propagandize Americans into a "North American Consciousness."
	
	The ultimate goal?
	
	
	
	In 1973 the 
	
	Club of Rome issued a report titled the "Regionalized and 
	Adaptive Model of the Global World System." In this report a map is shown 
	which divides the world into 10 political/economic regions.
	
	
	Will the North American Union fall in line with the elite's ultimate goal? 
	Only time will tell. 
	
	 
	
	Until then, 
	
	there is still time to resist.
	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	
	
	
	Globalist Think Tank seeks "North American 
	Consciousness"
	
	
	
	Panelists See America as The "Greatest Obstacle" to 
	"North American Integration"
	by Daniel Taylor
	
	Aug 4, 2007
	
	from 
	
	OldThinkerNews Website
	
		
			
			"This is how we will create a North 
			American consciousness and a true North American Community. It will 
			be forged in the heat of conflict, not through a rational 
			discussion, as painful as that may be. It really cannot happen any 
			other way." 
			
			- Bruce Stokes
			
			CFR Senior Fellow, speaking at the 
			"Toward a North American Community?" conference, June 11, 2002
		
	
	
	In reading a little noticed June 11, 2002 
	document etailing a conference held by the 
	
	Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 
	shocking revelations are made regarding the elite's plans to create a North 
	American Union between Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America.
	
	The "Toward a North American Community?" conference focused on the social 
	and ideological aspects of the creation of a "North American Community", and 
	prescribes ways to deal with nationalism and a belief in the sovereignty of 
	ones own country; both obstacles to their plans. 
	
	 
	
	A "North 
	American Consciousness" - an outlook absent of traditional 
	beliefs in sovereignty, replaced by an international view favorable to 
	globalism - is needed, the panelists conclude, that would support the 
	"...economic, political, and social integration..." of Canada, Mexico, and 
	the United States.
	
	
	
	The title "Toward a North American Community" 
	may sound familiar to some. This was the title that Robert Pastor, one of 
	the main proponents of a North American Community, gave to his book that was 
	published just a year before the Woodrow Wilson conference.
	
	The "Toward a North American Community?" conference is described in the 
	document,
	
		
		"This conference was a departure from many 
		recent events on North America. Instead of looking exclusively at trade 
		and investment, the panelists were asked to focus on relationships in 
		North America and to examine identity, sovereignty, and political 
		practices in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Further economic, 
		political, and social integration will depend on how citizens of the 
		three countries define their national identities and the degree to which 
		they are willing to cede some of their countries’ sovereignty to a 
		larger entity."
	
	
	The document continues, reiterating the same 
	theme from above,
	
		
		"The first panel of the conference brought 
		together scholars from the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Panelists 
		looked at American, Mexican, and Canadian attitudes on identity and 
		sovereignty in the context of North America. Trade, political 
		integration, and the nature of agreements among the three countries will 
		depend largely on the way people in these countries define their 
		interests, and the extent to which they feel there is something to be 
		gained from a North American Community."
	
	
	Presentations were given by representatives from 
	Mexico, Canada, and the United States respectively. 
	
	 
	
	The task of each was to present the political 
	and social atmosphere of each country with respect to "North American 
	integration." 
	
		
			- 
			
			Stephanie R. Golob of Baruch College and 
			member of the Council on Foreign Relations represented the United 
			States 
- 
			
			Alejandro Moreno, director of research 
			for Reforma, and professor at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de 
			México represented Mexico 
- 
			
			Laura Macdonald of Carleton University 
			represented Canada 
	
	Stephanie Golob expressed concerns that 
	negative American reactions to NAFTA remain a major obstacle to North 
	American integration.
	
		
		"...Golob indicated that despite this 
		perception that the United States is driving integration, related 
		concerns in the United States about popular sovereignty and national 
		integrity drove the highly emotional NAFTA debate back in 1993, and 
		continue to form a key obstacle to North American Community."
	
	
	Because of this, Golob states that North 
	American integration will have to come "...from the top down." 
	
	 
	
	Golob's analysis concluded that, 
	
		
		"Many bottom-up linkages such as migration 
		and the spread of the Spanish language demonstrate community among the 
		three countries."
	
	
	Another recommendation given by Golob is that,
	
		
		"...the President and his inner circle could 
		fuel its development from the top down by demonstrating to Congress and 
		the media that the expansion of North American integration is in the 
		national interest."
	
	
	It appears that the President has not followed 
	this strategy just yet, as secrecy still surrounds NAU plans. Outright 
	denial of plans for a North American Union have come from the White House 
	press secretary, Tony Snow. He was asked by World Net Daily 
	about the Security and Prosperity Partnership and the progress towards a 
	North American Union. Snow flatly denied any involvement.
	
	As 
	
	World Net Daily reports,
	
		
		"WND asked Snow about the criticism, 
		stating, 'As WorldNetDaily's lead story pointed out yesterday, critics 
		are expressing concerns about the president's cooperative efforts with 
		Mexico and Canada regarding the Security and Prosperity Partnership. And 
		my question: Will the president categorically deny any interest in 
		building a European Union-style superstate in North America?'"
	
	
	Responded Snow: 
	
		
		"Of course, no. We're not interested. There 
		is not going to be an EU in the U.S."
	
	
	The document elaborates on Golob's proposal 
	stating that her research showed that forming a "North American identity" 
	from a "foreign policy perspective" may aid in the shaping of public 
	opinion. 
	
	 
	
	According to Golob, redefining the word "we" 
	would also help in the formation of a North American identity.
	
		
		"Foreign policy, she asserted, provides 
		three things for a nation’s citizens: sovereignty, security, and 
		identity. Sovereignty dictates that the state’s citizens and government 
		(“we”) decide policy, identity defines “who we are” as a nation, and 
		security protects a nation’s sovereignty and identity. Governments must 
		convince citizens that the regional project is consistent with these 
		three values by expanding the definition of the “we.”'
	
	
	The document continues, describing Golob's 
	findings on America's stance with regards to a North American Community.
	
		
		"Golob suggested that the United States, 
		ironically, may prove the greatest obstacle to this process."
	
	
	Golob is correct in viewing America as an 
	obstacle to a North American Union. 
	
	 
	
	While there remains a large section of the 
	population that is oblivious of its existence, there is an aware and 
	motivated group of Americans that is. Lou Dobbs, who has been the 
	only prominent mainstream media figure to raise awareness of the North 
	American Union,
	
	conducted a poll in early 2007 asking 
	viewers if they would support legislation to prohibit the creation of a 
	North American Union. 
	
	 
	
	82% of respondents stated that "Yes" they would 
	support efforts to stop the NAU.
	
	
	
	
	Golob's proposal goes further, suggesting that 
	North American integration should be framed in a "non-threatening" manner by 
	binding in the public's mind the protection of U.S. industries and North 
	American integration. 
	
	 
	
	Also discussed is the possibility of creating 
	the false perception that the people are demanding integration.
	
		
		"She suggested, however, that future 
		decisions on greater integration would most likely come about via 
		'integration through protectionism,' where agreements to integrate the 
		three countries further are coupled with measures that protect specific 
		U.S. industries. 
		 
		
		This would be an incremental approach to 
		integration in which North American identity is deepened in sectors 
		already integrating and is framed as non-threatening to those sectors 
		which see themselves outside of regional flows. This approach would be 
		driven by Congress and require the building of constituencies so that 
		the issue could be framed as a 'winner at the polls.'"
	
	
	The document also contains a transcript of a 
	speech that Bruce Stokes gave at the conference. Stokes is a Council on 
	Foreign Relations Senior Fellow, commentator for National Public Radio, and 
	writer for the National Journal.
	
	Stokes states that,
	
		
		"...we can agree that people are not at the 
		point of believing in a North American Community yet. They still think 
		and act as three separate entities. But they engage in their daily lives 
		in new and different ways in issues that are really North American 
		issues. Our challenge, as people that view the North American Community, 
		is that we need to find issues that people are engaged in—whether they 
		are trivial or dangerously provocative— and use them to move toward a 
		broader North American consciousness."
	
	
	The president of the Council on Foreign 
	Relations, Richard Haass, focused on one such provocative issue 
	in his article "State 
	sovereignty must be altered in globalized era." 
	
	 
	
	Among other issues, Haass states that climate 
	change, or global warming, should give an incentive to cede sovereignty,
	
	
		
		"...to world bodies..." He states that, 
		"Globalization thus implies that sovereignty is not only becoming weaker 
		in reality, but that it needs to become weaker. States would be wise to 
		weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves..."
	
	
	Stokes concludes his speech by saying that,
	
		
		"This is how we will create a North American 
		consciousness and a true North American Community. It will be forged in 
		the heat of conflict, not through a rational discussion, as painful as 
		that may be. It really cannot happen any other way."
	
	
	The American people, as well as our neighbors to 
	the north and south, have been totally alienated as the North American Union 
	marches forward. The "Toward a North American Community?" conference 
	panelists do want to include you in the integration process - but apparently 
	only to manipulate you. 
	
	 
	
	A casual observation of the actions of the 
	individuals and organizations involved in the creation of the North American 
	Union seems to show that the predominant strategy in recent years has been
	
	to shun the public. 
	
	 
	
	This chosen path of secrecy may be in response 
	to the findings of the Woodrow Wilson conference that, 
	
		
		"...people are not at the point of believing 
		in a North American Community yet." 
	
	
	In the event the NAU becomes much more open to 
	the public - perhaps due to the exposure of the plans thanks to individuals 
	like
	
	Jerome R. Corsi, Dr.
	
	Daneen G. Peterson and others - we may in 
	fact see the strategies outlined during this 2002 conference put to use.
 
	
	 
	
	
	More important 
	information
	
	
	Globalist organizations such as the
	
	Council on Foreign Relations and the
	
	Trilateral Commission have a structure that serves to maximize 
	their influence and effectiveness. Members in the Corporate, Academic, and 
	Political realms work towards a common goal. 
	
	 
	
	As Patrick Wood of the August Review 
	writes,
	
		
		"The global elite march in three essential 
		columns: Corporate, Political and Academic. For the sake of clarity, 
		these names will be used herein to refer to these three groups.
		
		In general, the goals for globalism are created by Corporate. Academic 
		then provides studies and white papers that justify Corporate's goals. 
		Political sells Academic's arguments to the public and if necessary, 
		changes laws to accommodate and facilitate Corporate in getting what it 
		wants."
	
	
	While Robert Pastor has been given the 
	majority of media attention, other individuals in the Academic realm from 
	across the country have written papers regarding North American integration.
	
	The following is a list of several papers written by these individuals.