Getting LOST

I briefly mentioned this one time before, but it deserves another full blog post. The Senate is contemplating the Law of the Sea (LOST) Treaty, and Senator James Inhofe (Rep, OK) has some strong words to say about it:

What if I were to tell you that at this very moment in the halls of the Senate, legislation is being considered that will govern 70 percent of the earth's surface, threaten the very sovereignty of our country and, worse, without the efforts of a select few, would have become law years ago? What if I added that our enemies are waiting in the wings for us to make this historic blunder by accepting legislation that effectively cedes our autonomy to international organizations such as the United Nations?

If you are of the small percentage of Americans who has heard of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, or simply the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), I congratulate you on being ahead of the curve. If you have not heard of LOST, you soon will, as we are gearing up in the Senate for a fight against one of the most far-reaching international challenges to American sovereignty we have ever faced.

As a member of the Armed Services Committee and ranking member if the Environment and Public Works Committee, Inhofe would know more than a little bit about this thing.

Go read the whole thing here (it will only take a minute or two), then call your Senators and let them know this treaty is an extremely bad idea.

There's my two cents.