L.O.S.T.?

L.O.S.T.?

Monday, May 14, 2007 9:57 PM

What am I missing here?  Is anyone home?  Hello?  IS this another one of those Compassionate Conservative things?  If so, I guess I am NOT a Compassionate Conservative and I pray I NEVER succumb to the adjunct thereof.

Can this be an attempt at distraction?  Let’s hope so.

WASHINGTON – In a move that has already angered some of his most ardent supporters, President Bush has asked the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate to revive a proposal for ratification of the United Nation’s Law of the Sea Treaty, an international agreement defeated two years ago by Republican leadership in the upper house.

Critics say ratification would compromise U.S. sovereignty and place 70 percent of the Earth’s surface under the control of the U.N. – even providing for a “tax” that would be paid directly to the international body by companies mining in the world’s oceans.

The battle over the Law of the Sea Treaty first began 25 years ago, eventually being torpedoed by President Reagan. It resurfaced in 2004 under the sponsorship of Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and was successfully defeated by then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.