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Posted on 03/24/2004 10:05:24 AM PST by dvan
Once again, the United Nations is trying a power grab, at the expense of the sovereignty of the United States of America -- and this time, they want to allow international bureaucrats to TAX the American people.
They MUST be stopped.
According to the American Policy Center (AmericanPolicy.org), "any day now this nation could find itself part of an international treaty that abolishes freedom on seven-tenths of the world's surface." That's because the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty that has remained dead in the water since Bill Clinton's presidency, has re-emerged as a threat to this nation's sovereignty, thanks in large part to Senate Foreign Relations Chair Richard Lugar (R-IN) and his fellow committee members. In February, this committee voted unanimously to bring the treaty to the full Senate for consideration. Thankfully, Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), who is responsible for scheduling legislation for votes, hasn't moved on this request... YET.
With no public outcry in opposition, though, the pressures of support...
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