Posted on 01/28/2005 8:45:46 AM PST by OPS4
ACTION ALERT
January 27, 2005
Now that the elections are over, the politicians and special interests in Washington will feel free to do what they want -- ignore public opinion -- unless we convince them otherwise.
Senator Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, wants the U.S. Senate to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) as soon as possible. Lobbyists representing multi-national corporations are busy convincing U.S. senators to vote in favor of LOST, and well-funded think tanks are holding briefings to marshal support for ratification.
Let's remember that over 20 years ago President Reagan opposed LOST. So what has changed since then? The treaty is the same. What has changed are the politicians who are now in power, and we must convince them to reject LOST.
Frank Gaffney writes, "It [LOST] was drafted more than 20 years ago at the behest of Soviet Bloc and 'nonaligned' nations as the centerpiece of their so-called 'New International Economic Order,' a scheme to transfer wealth from the industralized to the developing world.
"Ronald Reagan objected to LOST's creation of a supranational agency to govern the world's oceans at the expense of U.S. sovereignty...."
Last year, supporters of LOST tried to quietly get the treaty ratified. They were confident they could. But word got out and Americans throughout the country said "NO!" This sudden outburst of opposition caught the pro-LOST folks by surprise. They decided then, in that election year, to hold back and try again early this year.
And that is exactly what they are doing now...working to get LOST ratified once and for all.
We expect the Senate to vote on ratification of LOST within the next 60 days, maybe sooner. We must, once again, rally opposition and do so quickly.
Urge your two U.S. senators to vote against ratification of LOST. In addition, please spread the word. We will need all the help we can get this time around.
Send Your Message http://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/alert/?alertid=6868141&type=CO
Background on LOST http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/lost.htm
http://www.thelibertycommittee.org Ops4 God Bless America!
They've got to be nuts. There can't be any real money business lobbying on behalf of this misbegotten treaty except from the left wing foundations, can there? It's totally anti-business. Who would profit other than third-world basket cases?
I can see why the Republicans favor trade with China, despite all our objections, because there are import businesses that profit from this trade and pay them to support it. But who would kick in for this?
Contact your Senators bump!
Demand an actual floor debate and vote, with tabulated results. No "unanimous consent" BS, which is what Lugar is pushing.
done.
We can bitch all we want, but I feel if they want to do this it will happen whether we like it or not. I will write my letters but I am starting to feel like we are being forced into world government from the whole of our government.
marking
When the average person starts to understand that re-electing anyone is the wrong thing to do, then we'll have a new group who won't be led by a handful of corrupt power hungry sonsabitches who do not have America, the Republic, first in mind as their Oath of Office states.
Send Your Message about LOST
Background on LOST
Preserve Our Borders: Say NO to AMNESTY and the FTAA! Click Here. |
| Oppose CAFTA Click Here. |
We Lose If LOST Wins - The New American - June 14, 2004
Sovereignty-sapping treaty getting scrutiny: senators finally balking at U.N. agreement
World Net Daily: Sovereignty-sapping treaty getting scrutiny
Center for Security Policy
Bump. Again we have to fax, email and call our representatives. This LOST thing is getting to be a weekly outrage.
Dear Elected officials
JUST DROP IT! NO MORE TREATIES THAT GIVE AWAY OUR SOVEREIGNTY.
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Why isn't this sparking more outrage on Freerepublic? This is a frontal assault on our nation's sovereignty, and it's being facilitated by the Bush Administration!!
Is it that conservatives just don't care about sovereignty, or is this just another one of those issues that we're supposed to ignore, because Bush is the one who's championing it? (like, illegal immigration, government spending, etc.)
Well some of us have been mailing and calling our representatives for the last year or so. Its upwards of 3 or 4 times that they've trotted it out this year alone.
We need help here freepers! Who can we add to the pinglist?
JUst sent off a letter of opposition (again) to Senator Bond.
Those people are gonna keep trying to shove LOST down our throats unless we kill it once and for all.
Actually I think it is becuse people dont care about the oceans. This is why most fisheries around the globe are endangered and 90% of all large fish are gone.
And, remember the states bordering the oceans are blue.
See also: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/ps20050207.shtml
Opportunity knocking: defeat Law of the Sea Treaty
Phyllis Schlafly
February 7, 2005
Excerpt:
"...Conservatives are currently searching for a man of pro-American principles whom they can support for President in 2008. The Republican senator or governor who steps up to the plate can hit a home run if he leads the battle against LOST's enormous wealth transfer to the unpopular United Nations.
The LOST is grounded in such un-American and un-Republican concepts as global socialism and world government. There is not much of a constituency today for giving more power and wealth to the United Nations, whose officials just committed the biggest corruption in history (oil-for-food) and continually use the United Nations as a platform for anti-American diatribes."
Great link, Seadog. Schlafly definitely gets it.
Her full article was also posted at the following FR threads:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339205/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340751/posts
BTTT!!!!!!
"Great link, Seadog. Schlafly definitely gets it."
Hm. Schafly/Franks 08? ;)
FReepers don't know what sovereignty is.
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