Out of Touch

I can tell I'm out of touch with mainstream sentiments, because this ad against the Law of the Sea Treaty makes it seem like a good idea to me:

I mean, what's not to like? -- you've got the UN, Jimmy Carter, higher taxes, and making Ronald Reagan's ghost mad. I like all of those things. Unfortunately, I don't have any other information about the Treaty, so my support will need to remain somewhat provisional.

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Where did this come from? Did we recently sign the treaty or something?

Posted by Random Dude | October 11, 2007 8:26 AM

Yes, the Law of the Sea treaty is an evil liberal plot, which is why Dick Lugar is one of its biggest advocates.

Steve Clemons has done a lot of blogging on this. It's a good treaty that would further our national interest, but it taps into that issue of how we never ever want to join any international organizations because that would involve us acknowledging that there are other countries in the world, or something.

Posted by Steve | October 11, 2007 8:36 AM

Meanwhile, back at the North Pole, European countries are busy making oil and mineral rights claims that we'll have no standing to object to because we aren't signatories.

"Sovereignty" doesn't mean a lot to a country that cut its teeth on The Monroe Doctrine. (The word they want is "advantage".)

Posted by Jeffrey Davis | October 11, 2007 9:24 AM

You know who's against it -- you know enough

I spent most of my voting life registered in the great state of Louisiana. As you might imagine, I often found myself with no one in particular to vote for, but never lacked for eminently worthy characters to vote against.

Who's against something like this treaty is much more informative and reliable than the case cited in a later post about being misled by the Dem leadership's being initially for the invasion of Iraq. The Dem leadership is often wrong. But the Republican machine is always wrong.

Posted by Glen Tomkins | October 11, 2007 10:22 AM

What Mr Steve said about Steve Clemons. He's at 'Washington Note'. There's lots of good stuff there but for the 'Law of the Sea' 101, check out:

http.//www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002402.php

Posted by JohnMcC | October 11, 2007 12:18 PM