[Tailgunner Joe]

[DoughtyOne]

Another gem to keep our eyes on.

[Treader]

41's "New World Order" speech is becoming a reality. This is truly an abomination to US sovereignty.

[muleskinner]

Really, you guy's ought to find something else to worry about alert. (!?!)

[OK]

They'll get us into world government by hook or crook.

NAFTA and CAFTA are planned to get us into an EU type governmental arrangement, then we will be in the America's Region of the UN World Government. It will be the EU, The Asian Region, The African Region, and the Americas Region. There will be a one world currency developed to go along with it.

[penowa]

Kincaid is not looking on the bright side of things. Once we have signed on to this treaty, we can close the navy shipyards because we won't need anything bigger than a row boat to maneuver in our 7 mi. waters, plus we can sell our naval ships to China because we'll have no use for anything seaworthy. Think of the $ this will save the taxpayers. /s

I fail to believe that the president, the military brass, and our elected officials don't know exactly what this treaty is intended to do to us. Even if I accept that they have all been "duped," why in the world would anybody in our gov't want to sign on to ANOTHER treaty brought to us and run by the same people who have brought us OfF, and all those wonderful child-raping "peacekeeping" operations?

[gobucks]

I know your heart is in the right place. But this battle is .... lost.

[Graymatter]

And once we're suckered in, we'll be honorable and try to play by the rules. Some other country will not, and will thereby gain an advantage---and keep it. Uncle Sam will be Uncle Ben Dover.

[hedgetrimmer]

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[longtermmemmory]

all admiralty law has been accused of causing one world government at one time or another.

At certain levels, the use of forum selection clauses has allowed corporations to essentially create defacto world governance via private contracts.

It IS worth watching this, we need to be very cautious because there is no substantive US merchant marine. Even the US military has to contract out some private shipping to non-US providers.

[B4Ranch]

The Bush Administration has been backing the treaty since February 7, 2002.

[Happy2BMe]

Law of the Sea pings.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Any "treaty" that interferes with or diminishes US sovereignty needs to be vigorously opposed, and that includes these so-called free trade scams.

[satchmodog9]

To say that Bush and the joint chiefs are being fooled is a silly statement. They are part of the world gov movement.

[RightWhale]

Why would the US be party to a treaty that constrains mainly the US? Whether the restrictions on deep sea development or deep space, the US is so far ahead in technology that the treaties serve only to give the vast group of second-placers a chance to catch up. As if they actually have the ability and desire to catch up.

[SauronOfMordor]

The federal government prior to 1913 was a very small entity compared to today. Its primary funding sources were customs duties on exports and excise taxes on alcohol. If it wanted additional funds, its only Constitutional option was to levy an assessment on the states in proportion to their populations ("direct taxes"), which wouldn't go over well with the state legislators unless it was a critical and very temporary need. The feds could not support a large standing army, nor legions of "enforcement" troops, and so had little power to enforce their power on individuals

Then the income tax opened the door by handing independent funding to the feds. Conveniently, the feds got to exercise that funding authority almost immediately by getting us into WWI (which lead directly to the Bolshivek Revolution and indirectly to WW-2).

Giving the UN an independent funding source will lead directly to a UN military