Media Coverage is LOST

[stephanie]

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.
FrontPageMagazine.com | Tuesday, October 30, 2007

In over 30 years of working in and watching the ways of Washington, I must say, I have never seen anything quite like it.


According to Senator Jon Kyl, the entire Senate Republican leadership is now opposed to a controversial treaty supported by the president and an implausible alliance of special interests – from the U.S. Navy to Greenpeace. At a joint press conference last Wednesday, he was one of several Senators to declare that, as a result, supporters would be unable to muster the necessary 67 votes for ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). Yet, it seems not one of the “establishment” media organs felt moved to report these momentous political developments.


More extraordinary still is the apparent news-blackout concerning the fact that virtually every Republican presidential candidate (with the surprising, and hopefully ephemeral, exception of Rudy Giuliani) has announced either outright opposition to the Treaty or deep misgivings about its inevitable effect: conferring more power on international organizations at the expense of U.S. sovereignty. Apart from a front-page article in the Washington Times last Friday and postings by an array of on-line news outlets, bloggers and a couple of newsletters, the so-called “mainstream media” have denied the American people virtually any information about LOST’s growing difficulties.


The seemingly deliberate suppression of bad news concerning an accord favored by the elite is being compounded by a similar lack of transparency on the part of the Senate itself. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has scheduled a panel vote on LOST for Wednesday – ignoring a request from one of his colleagues, Sen. David Vitter, for additional hearings and additional testimony from those opposed to the Treaty.

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[April15]

As the United States breaks any convention or treaty it pleases why not go for the Law of the Seas Treaty. It would just be another piece of paper for Bush!

[darin]

Wow Ape - just wow. Does 15 mean you're 15 years old? Twood seem about right.

[retiredman]

Stephanie: can you enumerate the specific provisions of LOST that cause YOU trouble?

Or is the fact that it bothers republican senators all you really need to know?



p.s. anyone from the GOP care to weigh in?

[April15]

Wow Ape - just wow. Does 15 mean you're 15 years old? Twood seem about right.

Musta struck a nerve to get such an insult. I do have a grand daughter that is 13 and she can come up with better stuff than you.

[Gaffer]

LOST is a good name for that treaty. It is an attempt by the un to take away our sovereignty. They are turning into a dangerous entity unto themselves.

[retiredman]

LOST is a good name for that treaty. It is an attempt by the un to take away our sovereignty. They are turning into a dangerous entity unto themselves.

Gaff...why not pretend that post #4 was directed to you?

[Gaffer]

Gaff...why not pretend that post #4 was directed to you?

Ok

http://hallindsey.org/index.php?opti...=100&Itemid=52

The Law of the Sea Treaty, or, appropriately enough, LOST, would effectively turn control of seven-tenths of the earth's surface to the United Nations. Ratifying LOST would empower the U.N. to collect royalties on seabed mining and regulate exploration and commercial development anywhere in any of the world's oceans.

And the amazing thing is Bush is all for this. He wants it ratified. So hopefully the senate will tear it up and throw it in his face. Just like his amnesty bill. Are you on Bushes side here?

[retiredman]

has America ever, in the past, claimed jurisdiction of the sea or sea bottom outside its exclusive economic zone or continental shelf?

I am on the Navy's side and on the DoD's side. Don't YOU support our troops? lol

[avatar4321]

has America ever, in the past, claimed jurisdiction of the sea or sea bottom outside its exclusive economic zone or continental shelf?

I am on the Navy's side and on the DoD's side. Don't YOU support our troops? lol

You seem to be taking for granted this nations sovereignty. You may live to regret that. All of us may. But then again, maybe we won't.

[retiredman]

You seem to be taking for granted this nations sovereignty. You may live to regret that. All of us may. But then again, maybe we won't.

why did you avoid my question?