Thread: BAD NEWS! The Senate FRC has just passed LOST!

UPDATE: Wednesday, October 31, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to send L.O.S.T. to the Senate floor for consideration by a vote of 17 to 4. Senators Coleman, Isakson, Vitter, and DeMint voted the remaining Senators voted yes. Eagleforum update

Originally Posted by sippy

Originally Posted by NOamNASTY

The ONE WORLD ORDER is soon to be at hand .

Not only is this almost impossible to comprehend but it is being accepted by the citizens of two of the greatest empires on earth .

And the majority of the people will continue to act as though nothing is happening .

If this is true then soon it will be revolution time.

The majority of Americans are probably oblivious to this. This needs mega exposure.

It was a bi-partisan sell out:

YEA - 17

Biden (D - DE)
Lugar (R-IN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Kerry (D-MA)
Feingold (D-WI)
Boxer 9D-CA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Cardin (D-MD)
Casey (D-PA)
Webb (D-VA)
Hagel (R-NE)
Corker (R-TN)
Sununu (R-NH)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Murkowski (R-AK)

NAY - 4

Vitter (R-LA)
Demint (R-SC)
Isakson (R-GA)
Coleman (R-MN)

Should we give these Republicans H*** ??

Corker (R-TN)
Sununu (R-NH)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Murkowski (R-AK)

The majority of Americans are totally oblivious to this treaty. I stood up in a room of citizen leaders the other evening to announce that this disaster was looming on the horizon, what it would do to the United States and to say that if you cared about America and if you cared about sovereignty, you had better make some calls and send some emails.

Keep calling, emailing and faxing.

Psalm 91

Originally Posted by zeezil

It was a bi-partisan sell out:

YEA - 17

Biden (D - DE)
Lugar (R-IN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Kerry (D-MA)
Feingold (D-WI)
Boxer 9D-CA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Cardin (D-MD)
Casey (D-PA)
Webb (D-VA)
Hagel (R-NE)
Corker (R-TN)
Sununu (R-NH)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Murkowski (R-AK)

NAY - 4

Vitter (R-LA)
Demint (R-SC)
Isakson (R-GA)
Coleman (R-MN)

Maybe I should have told Boxer I was for this. She takes great pride in voting opposite to my wishes.

Will United State Sovergnity be LOST?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuEwdOAsaLw

Senator Bob Corker voted for LOST.

Psalm 91

Senate Panel Backs Sea Treaty
By JIM ABRAMS – 45 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Reagan-era "Law of the Sea" treaty was primed for its first-ever Senate vote, boosted by strong support from the Bush administration and an emphatic vote of approval Wednesday by the Foreign Relations Committee.

With Senate ratification, the United States would join 155 nations that are party to a convention that sets rules and settles disputes over navigation, fishing and economic development of the open seas and establishes environmental standards.

Treaty supporters, after making little headway for years, have gained momentum recently with concerns that the melting of the global ice cap will trigger a rush of claims by Arctic countries, including Russia, to previously iced-in resources.

Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden, D-Del., said the international pact, first proposed by Richard Nixon in 1970, offered the United States a simple choice. "Do we join a treaty that establishes a framework to advance the rule of law ... or do we remain on the outside, to the detriment of our national interests."

"If we fail to ratify this treaty, we are allowing decisions that will affect our Navy, our ship operators, our offshore industries and other maritime interests to be made without U.S. representation," said Sen. Dick Lugar, the panel's top Republican. "We will also be forced to rely on other nations to oppose excessive claims to Arctic territory by Russia and perhaps others."

The committee vote was 17-4.

The White House has urged the Senate to approve the treaty, and senior Pentagon officials have endorsed it, saying it would give legal clarity to U.S. naval operations. The oil and gas industry says failure to ratify could put it at a disadvantage in sovereignty disputes over Arctic continental shelf areas that may hold one quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and natural gas.

Navy commanders on Wednesday pointed to recent piracy incidents off the Somalia coast as illustrations of how the treaty would provide the U.S. Navy and its sailors with better protections.

Ratifying the treaty, said Vice Admiral John G. Morgan Jr., deputy chief of naval operations, would "give us treaty-based rights to restore order in the maritime realm." The Navy assisted the crew of a North Korean cargo ship after they clashed with Somali pirates this week.

But the convention still faces stiff opposition from Senate Republicans who contend it would subject U.S. military and economic interests to a hostile international bureaucracy.

"I am absolutely convinced it undermines U.S. sovereignty," Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., told a recent news conference of GOP opponents. "This treaty will not be adopted," said Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. "There aren't the votes to pass it." Treaties must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Senate.

The Law of the Sea Convention was concluded in 1982 and went into force in 1994. President Reagan opposed U.S. participation because of one provision dealing with deep seabed mining. That provision was amended in 1994 to satisfy U.S. concerns and signed by President Clinton, but the Senate ignored it.

Three years ago, the Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously in favor of the treaty but the full Senate, then in Republican hands, did not take it up.

The treaty recognizes sovereign rights over a country's continental shelf out to 200 nautical miles and beyond if the country can provide evidence to substantiate its claims. It gives Arctic countries 10 years after they ratify the treaty to prove their claims under the polar ice cap. The United States, with its Alaskan coast, is the only Arctic nation not party to the treaty.

On the Net:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee: http://foreign.senate.gov/

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKBS ... wD8SKD6P80

UN Law Of The Sea Treaty Will Go To Full Senate
By Ken Taylor Posted in Archived — Comments (2) / Email this page » /

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17 - 4 this morning, (October 31), in favor of sending The United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty to the Senate floor for ratification. At this writing the roll call was not available but three Senators who have been on the fore front against LOST during Committee hearings were Senator Jim DeMint, (R SC), Senator Norm Coleman, (R, MINN), and Senator David Vitter, (R LA).

The date for debate and vote before the full Senate has not been set yet. Senator Mitch McConnel Senate Minority Leader has stated his opposition to the treaty as have a large number of Republican Senators. If LOST is to be defeated it will take a strong effort by the minority GOP to do so in opposition of Democrat leadership and President Bush who is urging ratification of the treaty.

Currently the 2/3 majority required by the Constitution to ratify any treaty is in doubt because of GOP opposition. That opposition according to the office of Senator DeMint is gaining. It is believed that GOP opposition could very well be the final death blow to the treaty so it is imperative for each of us continue to contact Senators urging them to vote NO in giving The United Nations jurisdiction over US sovereignty and the earths oceans through the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Ken Taylor http://theliberalslies.blogspot.com
http://www.redstate.com/blogs/ken_taylo ... ull_senate