Last Friday the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17-4 to surrender U.S. sovereignty to Third World countries and the corrupt United Nations! They did this by sending the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, better known as the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), to the full Senate for ratification. LOST is now on a fast track for approval, so we must act faster to torpedo it.
The Law of the Sea Treaty was largely written by World Federalists devoted to world government, under the auspices of peace advocacy. They were moved by the horrors of World War II to embrace world government; but some of the world federalist groups were infiltrated or manipulated by communists sympathetic to the Soviet Union.
Back when it proudly called itself the World Federalist Association (now the Citizens for Global Solutions), the group said that one of its main priorities was to "provide the U.N. with sustained and independent sources of funding." The WFA book, A New World Order: Can It Bring Security to the World's People? declared, "One of the most popular concepts identified as an independent source of revenue is the ocean and seabeds."
All protestations to the contrary aside, the Law of the Sea Treaty is a step toward world government and global taxation. And I can assure you, hands down, bar none, the best guarantor of world peace is the U.S. Navy, free to sail the oceans as it always has! And the best protector against taxation without representation is the U.S. Constitution and an enraged American populace determined to stand upon it!
Thanks to you, and people like you, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s initial plan to ratify LOST under cover of darkness was scuttled; indeed, your pressure helped increase opposition to the treaty within the Foreign Relations Committee itself by 300%! This reaffirms our belief that as Senators learn the truth about LOST they will oppose ratification. Your voice is being heard; the tricky part will be to educate 34 Senators before Sen. Reid calls for the vote, expected anytime this week.
Support for LOST seems to come from all Democrats, with the possible exception of Sen. Webb of Virginia (who was Secretary of the Navy under President Reagan), and most Republicans since President Bush has told the Senate he wants this treaty approved.
Senators Jim DeMint, David Vitter, Mitch McConnell, Trent Lott, Jon Kyl, Kaye Bailey Hutchison, John Ensign and Daniel Inhofe all oppose LOST. They’ve sent a message to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that he needs to hold his horses on the Law of the Sea Treaty. That means we're having an effect. But they are only 8 of the 34 needed to sink this very dangerous treaty.
Most Senators do not know much about LOST. They haven’t read it, and they’re being told the treaty was "fixed" by the Clinton Administration "Agreement" in 1994, so that it no longer contains provisions that threaten our national security, sovereignty and economic interests. A comprehensive review of the current contents of LOST has not been allowed, though; if it were these statements would be found to be outright lies! The 1994 Agreement did not, and could not, amend LOST, as the treaty (adopted in 1994) does not allow amendment for at least ten years from adoption. Neither does the 1994 Agreement require any of the LOST tribunals to abide by the Agreement.
Many believe President Reagan, who torpedoed LOST in 1984, was only concerned with restrictions the ISA would place on seabed mining. Again, this is simply not the case, and is apparently a serious effort to deceive well-meaning, but criminally ignorant lawmakers. I will list President Reagan’s profound objections to LOST under "Action to Take." These points must be conveyed to the Senate!
There is little understanding on Capitol Hill as to just how powerful and all encompassing the Law of the Sea Treaty can be. During hearings by the Senate Armed Services Committee in 2004, Chairman James Inhofe asked former UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick, "What about the air over the sea?" Does LOST have jurisdiction there? Her answer: not only the air but also the space could become subject to UN authority under this treaty.
LOST is an incredibly dangerous treaty that must be stopped. Our best tactics are twofold: 1) pressure Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to put LOST before all eight Senate committees that have oversight responsibilities; and 2) educate your Senators. The more Senators that actually read LOST the better our chances of relegating it to history’s ashcan of failed attacks.
ACTION TO TAKE
Contact Sen. McConnell, immediately! His office phone number is (202) 224-2541 and his fax is (202) 224-2499. Tell Sen. McConnell it would be incomprehensible and irresponsible were each of these eight Senate committees to fail to conduct their own hearings into LOST's implications.
Contact both your Senators! You can call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. The switchboard operator will connect you directly with the Senate office you request. Please take the time during your contact to educate on the dangers of LOST. Tell each Senator:
· The 1994 Agreement did not conform to the procedures specified by the Treaty for adopting amendments; as a result, the terms of the Treaty have not been formally altered.
· 25 of the 180 countries that have already signed on to LOST have not signed the Agreement, apparently believing the Agreement does nothing to aid dispute resolution.
· President Reagan found provisions of LOST so objectionable that they could not be fixed by relatively minor reworking of its provisions related to the International Seabed Authority.
· President Reagan objected to the lack of U.S. influence. The U.S. would have one vote out of 180, and no veto power.
· LOST creates various supranational bodies to develop and enforce its provisions, complete with an executive branch, legislature and judiciary, known as the International Seabed Authority (ISA), intended to trump the U.S. Constitution.
· The 1994 Agreement allows the ISA to amend LOST without American consent, effectively overruling our Senate’s vote at any time.
· LOST requires that states "promote the acquisition, evaluation and dissemination of marine technological knowledge and facilitate access to such information and data." Parties to a dispute are required to provide the tribunal with "all relevant documents, facilities and information." This amounts to an invitation for competitors to bring the United States and/or its companies or adversaries before a LOST tribunal to obtain sensitive data and know-how.
· LOST requires that half of each area surveyed by an American mining company must be turned over to the ISA for exploration by the "Enterprise" – with the ISA choosing which half. President Reagan correctly viewed this arrangement would force American companies to assist competitors while paying for the privilege!
· LOST mandates taxes and fees that companies and countries must pay to the ISA, notably an application fee for required permits, an annual fixed-fee and royalties payments. The ISA would then redistribute such revenues to other countries "equitably" with special emphasis on developing nations. – In other words, the kind of socialist, global wealth-redistribution scheme that Mr. Reagan viscerally opposed.
· The ISA maintains the right to adopt "appropriate rules, regulations, and procedures for…the prevention, reduction and control of pollution and other hazards to the marine environment," which would undoubtedly mean imposing the Kyoto Protocol on the American economy at the earliest opportunity.
Please remember, President Reagan was so concerned LOST endangered U.S. security and economic interests vital to our national well-being and the principles that form the foundation our Republic that he fired the U.S. team that negotiated it.
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Thought Control Alive and Well AT University of Delaware
Last week we learned a mandatory University of Delaware (UD) program requires all students living on campus to acknowledge that "all whites are racist." This school of higher learning offers white students "treatment" so they can overcome "any incorrect attitudes regarding class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality" they held when they entered the school (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58426).
According to the university’s Office of Residence Life Diversity Education Training documents, UD states "A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. 'The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination…."
The UD documents further asserts a white person cannot be a "non-racist" because "The term was created by whites to deny responsibility for systemic racism, to maintain an aura of innocence in the face of racial oppression, and to shift the responsibility for that oppression from whites to people of color (called 'blaming the victim')."
The WND article goes on to say, "The school requires its approximately 7,000 residence hall students "to adopt highly specific university-approved views on issues ranging from politics to race, sexuality, sociology, moral philosophy and environmentalism." The indoctrination program includes the order, "A researcher must document that the treatment/intervention was faithfully applied (ex: specific lesson plans were delivered to every student, etc.)" and "the school requires ‘a systemic change’ as a result of the program."
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) in an October 30th article (http://s3.amazonaws.com/thefirecache/8555.html), "The University’s views are forced on students through a comprehensive manipulation of the residence hall environment, from mandatory training sessions to "sustainability" door decorations. Students living in the university’s eight housing complexes are required to attend training sessions, floor meetings, and one-on-one meetings with their Resident Assistants (RAs). The RAs who facilitate these meetings have received their own intensive training from the university… The university suggests that at one-on-one sessions with students, RAs should ask intrusive personal questions such as ‘When did you discover your sexual identity?’"
FIRE sent a letter (http://www.thefire.org/index.php/article/8547.html) to University of Delaware President Patrick Harker pointing out the "stark contradiction between the residence life education program and the values of a free society." FIRE’s letter to President Harker also underscored the University of Delaware’s legal obligation to abide by the First Amendment. FIRE reminded Harker of the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), a case decided during World War II that remains the law of the land. Justice Robert H. Jackson, writing for the Court, declared, "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein."
FIRE further commented to Harker, citing documents from the schools' Office of Residence Life Diversity Education Training program. "Somehow, the University of Delaware seems terrifyingly unaware that a state-sponsored institution of higher education in the United States does not have the legal right to engage in a program of systematic thought reform," the letter from FIRE's director of legal and public advocacy, Samantha Harris, said. "The First Amendment protects the right to freedom of conscience – the right to keep our innermost thoughts free from governmental intrusion. It also protects the right to be free from compelled speech."
WND wrote in a subsequent article (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58475), "the university responded to WND questions about the program with an e-mail referral to a web posting, which said, ‘there is in fact a program within the residence halls that engages students in self-examination of the roles they hope to take in society.’" WND says the university posted a defense on their website, posted November 1, that said, "This effort is consistent with the mission of the university which states, 'Our graduates should know how to reason critically and independently … communicate clearly in writing and speech, and develop into informed citizens and leaders.'"
Vice President for Student Life Michael Gilbert admitted "missteps" in the program. More crap!
On November 1 Harker, said, "I believe that recent press accounts misrepresent the purpose of the residential life program at the University of Delaware (but agreed) questions about its practices (would) be addressed…" He further stated, "It is not feasible to evaluate these issues without a full and broad-based review." What crap!
This program is completely over the line, and unlikely to change. Despite any inconvenience and financial burden, U of D students should leave the college en masse, while their critical thinking faculties and strength of character are still intact.
"The fact that the university views its students as patients in need of treatment for some sort of moral sickness betrays a total lack of respect not only for students’ basic rights, but for students themselves," FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said. "The University of Delaware has both a legal and a moral obligation to immediately dismantle this program, and FIRE will not rest until it has."
In truth, racism rears its ugly head in every culture and "color" of people, and has as long as we’ve been on this earth. Programs like those at the University of Delaware only serve to further divide people into tribal-like, warring groups. Groups of people in strife rarely recognize external cause and effect, and are more compliant with "solutions" like Agenda 21 – a completely structured existence where everyone will be treated with equity. At least, so goes the lie.
ACTION TO TAKE
Programming like the University of Delaware’s will continue as long as it is permitted. Please contact the following to help ensure it stops:
Tell these people to keep up their efforts to stop this program!
· Greg Lukianoff, President, FIRE: 215-717-3473; greg_lukianoff@thefire.org
· Samantha Harris, Director of Legal and Public Advocacy, FIRE: 215-717-3473; samantha@thefire.org
Tell these people to stop their racist program!
· Patrick Harker, President, University of Delaware: 302-831-2111; president@udel.edu
· Kathleen G. Kerr, Director of Residence Life, University of Delaware: 302-831-1201; kkerr@udel.edu
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Save Us From the SAVE Act!
You may have received pleas recently to support Rep. Shuler’s "SAVE Act" and ask that your Congressman do the same. This bill was supposed to be recently endorsed by Rep. Tancredo and Rep. Sessions. A quick check in Thomas (www.thomas.gov) for the "SAVE Act" garnered the reply,
"3 bills containing your phrase exactly as entered, and
8 bills containing all your search words near each other in any order."
The first 3 are liberal bills proposing to: 1) "save" people’s assets from being considered when they apply for food stamps, SSI or SCHIP; 2) "save" local people and communities from ensuring local public schools are safe for their children; and 3) "save" both the FCC and DHS by appropriating "certain channels within the current 24 MHz band of public safety spectrum to accommodate data communications."
Of the remaining 8 likely matches one bill seems likely – the "Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007." Well, guess what – this comprehensive immigration reform bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide "increased protections and eligibility for … immigrants." This was clearly NOT a bill to support.
The "SAVE Act" that is supposed to provide salvation from the national invasion of illegal aliens, allegedly titled the "Secure America with Verification and Enforcement" does not exist, at least under that name, according to Thomas. Confused yet? I even checked for bills authored by Rep. Schuler (D-NC), as the SAVE Act is purported to be. I searched for the terms "immigration," "border," "enforcement," and "employment verification." Nothing – zip, zilch, nada.
Just think how much potential damage could have been done if you had merely called your Congressman, as instructed, and told them to support the "SAVE Act!" Anyone who’s contacted a congressional office knows all too well you often are not engaged in dialogue when you do so. Congressional staffers rarely ask why you want a specific vote; they just thank you and move on to the next call, or whatever other project they’re working on at the moment. With 435 Representatives, and 11 possible SAVE Acts we’ve covered so far, you can imagine the potential for wasted time and misdirection.
I won’t belabor the point further, except to state the obvious – it’s vital you have accurate information before you contact your elected representatives.
I did finally find the "Border Enforcement, Employment Verification, and Illegal Immigration Control Act," H.R. 4065. The bill Summary states H.R. 4065 will "amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, (and) enhance border security." But this bill was sponsored by Rep. Sensenbrenner (NOT Rep. Shuler). It was introduced in the House November 1, and has 9 co-sponsors (Bilbray, Coble, Dreier, Feeney, Gallegly, Goodlatte, Lungren, Myrick, and Porter), but not Tancredo and not Sessions.
I talked with one of Rep. Tancredo’s junior staffers. She acknowledged they’re receiving a lot of faxes on this issue, but she doesn’t know anything about the legislation, and the staffer assigned immigration issues was not available.
My initial scan of the 40 pages of text in H.R. 4065 found NO REFERENCE TO BUILDING OR FUNDING THE BORDER FENCE! With that discovery, it’s clear those supporting this proposed bill are not as serious as you and I are about defending this nation from illegal invaders.
Speaking for myself, I’m finished with the "Border Enforcement, Employment Verification, and Illegal Immigration Control Act," and any and every other proposed new legislation which will write new laws to solve a problem that could be corrected in a heartbeat if this Administration would only enforce the immigration laws we already have. And that is the message I leave with you.
ACTION TO TAKE
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Contact your Representative.
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Contact the Speaker of the House, Rep. Pelosi.
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Contact the House Minority Leader, Rep. McConnell.
You may contact any of them through the Capitol Switchboard by calling (202) 224-3121. Or you may email them by going to each member’s website at http://thomas.gov.
Tell them all:
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STOP writing immigration "reform" legislation. Our existing immigration statutes work every time they’re tried, so ensure U.S. enforcement agencies ENFORCE OUR LAWS!
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