I haven't posted anything about this treaty because I must admit, I don't know much about it. That said, Snooper over at Take Our Country Back has put together a great piece...
Why, you ask? Because Ronald Wilson Reagan did and here is why he totally rejected the premise.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - commonly known at the Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST - is the darling project of the transnational progressives, or "transies." Their goal is nothing less than the establishment of world government at the expense of traditional sovereignty.Any questions?Another U.N. Power Grabby William P. Clark and Edwin Meese, 10-8-07
Don't give U.N. keys to Earth's treasuresby Tom Marzullo, 5-18-07
The thing won't die! by Henry Lamb, 5-17-07
How Americans lose under LOSTby Rebecca Hagelin, 5-17-07
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The Risks Outweigh the Benefitsby Edwin Meese III, Baker Spring and Brett D. Schaefer, 5-16-07
A L.O.S.T. Presidencyby Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., 5-14-07
Bush to pressure Senate to revive U.N. sea treaty5-13-07
Reagan Would Still Oppose Law of the Sea Treaty by Edwin Meese III, 4-25-05
Law of the Sea Treatyby Doug Bandow, 3-16-05
Out to SeaEd Feulner commentary, 3-08-05
Skeptical Senate eyes sea treatyThe Washington Times, 3-07-05
Should the U.N. be lord of the oceans?Pat Buchanan column, 2-28-05
Conservatives denounce GOP support of treatyThe Washington Times, 2-19-05
Letter (signed by Phyllis Schlafly and others) to Sen. Richard Lugar (PDF), chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2-18-05
Protect U.S. Sovereignty: Sink the Law of the Sea TreatyHuman Events, 1-28-05
Center for Security Policy
The Institute for Trade, Standards and Sustainable Development The Liberty Committee
Ronald Reagan's concerns with LOST
LOST poses fundamental threats to U.S. sovereignty
LOST empowers the United Nations
LOST demands damaging technology transfer
LOST is a mechanism for international taxation
LOST will restrains the operations of the U.S. military
LOST will subject the U.S. to dangerous litigation and regulation
LOST creates rigged-game decision mechanisms
LOST provides a backdoor for U.S. accession to the Kyoto Protocol
LOST creates dangerous precedents for other "international commons"
LOST creates mandatory dispute settlement mechanisms
China can use LOST to undermine U.S. interests in Asia
Russia can use LOST to support its aggressive territorial claimsAbsolutely amazingCPASEverything you ever needed to know about the United Nations take over of American Soil. Sink The Law Of The Sea AgainPhyllis Schlafly Column, 9-26-2007
Time To Stand Up for AmericaPhyllis Schlafly Report, June 2007
Deep-Six The Law Of The SeaPhyllis Schlafly Column, 5-23-2007
Defeat the UN Law of the Sea Treaty!Phyllis Schlafly Report, Feb. 2005
Opportunity Knocking: Defeat Law Of The Sea Treaty Phyllis Schlafly Column, 2-09-2005
We Should Drown Law Of The SeaPhyllis Schlafly Column, 3-17-2004
(10/9/07) Frank Gaffney, "A Navy LOST?" Washington Times
(10/5/07) William Scally, "Law of the Sea Treaty is Being 'Rubber Stamped,' Critics Charge," Congressional Quarterly
(10/5/07) Adm. James Lyons, "U.S. LOST at Sea?" The Washington Times
(10/4/07) Coalition to Preserve American Sovereignty, "Two Witnesses, Fifteen Minutes of Fame," CPAS Press Release
(10/04/07) Frank Gaffney, "Ronald Reagan Was Right: The Law of the Sea Treaty Was And Remains Unacceptable," Submitted Testimony to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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I totally agree with everything you said, i wrote about it in my blog, and then sent a letter to the senate on why we souldnt pass it.
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