It's been far too long since I dug deep and let my conspiratorial freak-flag fly. So tonight, incensed by an aggressively bad baseball game in which the Sox were thumped by the Indians 13-6 in 11 innings, and inspired by a fresh cup of reheated coffee, rapid dissent is gonna earn some of that black-background conspiracy blog cred.


In his radio address this week President Bush took our nation down yet another rabbit hole. While the world adjusted to the idea of Al Gore as a Nobel Laureate, and the Democratic led Congress dabbled in foreign policy by indelicately putting a thumb in the eye of our most significant material and logistic ally in the Middle East, and the American people on both sides of the aisle silently cursed the veto of the SCHIP bill, President Bush was kicking off a media blitz for support of a suite of Latin American trade pacts.

The trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama will “strengthen our ties with our friends,” Bush said, and “will help counter the false populism promoted by hostile nations”; a direct stab at Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Representative Sander Levin (D-MI), Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee went one further, "It is only the beginning of a necessary, active grappling with the challenges and opportunities of globalization," he said.

Only the beginning...That's the operative phrase here, because this week's radio address comes on the heels of former Mexican President Vincente Fox's book tour during which he told CNN's Larry King that he and George W. Bush had agreed to long term plans for our nations to extend and strengthen the provisions of the NAFTA treaty and ultimately establish a pan-American, Euro-like currency.


The concept of the Amero has been around for a while now, but it seems as if George W. Bush is actually laying the foundations for a single, hemispheric currency (can we call it the Hemi?). While most reports state the proposed Amero would encompass Canada, Mexico and the United States, it seems apparent from Bush's address that the leaders of our nations also intend on inviting the countries of Latin and South America into the dark brotherhood.


Who'da thunk it? George Bush really does want one ring to rule them all. One thing is for sure, any idea that can draw the combined ire of both the John Birch Society and the Sierra Club has got to be awesome! Didn't he say he was a uniter?

Labels: amero, economy