# 94 Bush pushes LOST treaty again.
He tried last year to get us LOST and was rebuffed. He tried again last month to get us LOST and failed again (#44 http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2004/Dec/17-588638.html). But Bush is persistent, and he's trying again while his supporters are still drunk from the inauguration. If only he had this kind of persistence to try to make abortion and the sodomite agenda illegal, he would probably be successful.
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42528
THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
Sovereignty-sapping U.N. accord gets new life
Rice says Bush 'would like to see' Law of the Sea Treaty passed in Senate
January 25, 2005 By Ron Strom
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
The Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST, a U.N. agreement decried by U.S. sovereignty advocates who were able to prevent consideration by the United States Senate last year, appears to have new life after comments made by Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice at her confirmation hearings.
The international treaty, which gives a U.N. agency called the Seabed Authority control of over 70 percent of the earth's surface and natural resources, was thought to be a slam-dunk for approval in the Senate last year, but opponents pressured members of the body, including Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and no vote was held.
Bush administration officials have pushed for the treaty's passage, as has Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. Lugar held hearings on the legislation in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year, but failed to allow opponents of the treaty to testify.
According to an e-mail alert from the American Conservative Union, Lugar then "exerted pressure on Majority Leader Bill Frist to bring the matter to the full Senate – without debate and without a recorded vote." Besides giving the U.N. power over seven-tenths of the earth's surface, the treaty would have authority to tax by requiring a permit to engage in any activity affecting the seabed, such as oil drilling or mining. The permit would cost $250,000.
The Seabed Authority could also require royalty payments for minerals extracted.
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42528
THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
Sovereignty-sapping U.N. accord gets new life
Rice says Bush 'would like to see' Law of the Sea Treaty passed in Senate
January 25, 2005 By Ron Strom
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
The Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST, a U.N. agreement decried by U.S. sovereignty advocates who were able to prevent consideration by the United States Senate last year, appears to have new life after comments made by Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice at her confirmation hearings.
The international treaty, which gives a U.N. agency called the Seabed Authority control of over 70 percent of the earth's surface and natural resources, was thought to be a slam-dunk for approval in the Senate last year, but opponents pressured members of the body, including Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and no vote was held.
Bush administration officials have pushed for the treaty's passage, as has Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. Lugar held hearings on the legislation in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year, but failed to allow opponents of the treaty to testify.
According to an e-mail alert from the American Conservative Union, Lugar then "exerted pressure on Majority Leader Bill Frist to bring the matter to the full Senate – without debate and without a recorded vote." Besides giving the U.N. power over seven-tenths of the earth's surface, the treaty would have authority to tax by requiring a permit to engage in any activity affecting the seabed, such as oil drilling or mining. The permit would cost $250,000.
The Seabed Authority could also require royalty payments for minerals extracted.
posted by T.G. at 9:09 PM
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