Palin Supports Law of the Sea Treaty (Palin's Greatest Hits 2008)

For those who don't know, the Law of the Sea Treaty was rejected by Ronald Reagan, but revived by GW Bush. It constitutes a HUGE grant of power over most of the earth's surface to the United Nations. It also creates the first global taxing authority, with power vested in an unelected bunch of international bureaucrats.

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Lost-and-found Detectives Find Owners of Strange Items Left on Planes, Trains, Buses

They work at airports and public transit agencies, but the employees of lost-and-found offices say their jobs require them to think like detectives.Washington, D.C. - A samurai sword, an FBI badge, hundreds of eyeglasses and pieces of jewelry, and a Transportation Security Administration employee's handgun. The Lost and Found Office at Dulles International Airport is every child's fantasy dress-up closet. Joyce Bergin has collected many other strange items - a ceramic toilet and a hermit crab - during her five years as office manager. "One thing I think is hilarious was the playbook for the Redskins when they were playing...

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Obama Places U.S. Under UN's LOST Treaty with Executive Order for "National Council Of Oceans"

Thirty states will be encroached upon by Obama's Executive Order establishing the National Ocean Council for control over America's oceans, coastlines and the Great Lakes. Under this new council, states' coastal jurisdictions will be subject to the United Nations' Law Of Sea Treaty (LOST) in this UN Agenda 21 program. America'a oceans and coastlines will be broken into 9 regions that include the North East, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, the Gulf Coast, West Coast, the Great Lakes, Alaska, the Pacific Islands (including Hawaii) and the Caribbean.... Because of the decades of difficulty that the collectivists have had trying to ratify the...

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ABCBSNBC Lost One Million Viewers Last Quarter

The big three nightly news broadcasts, NBC Nightly, CBS Evening and ABC World, lost a combined one million viewers in the second quarter of 2010, according to TVNewser. These numbers are comparable to the first quarter, which saw Evening News and World News get their lowest average viewers ever, while NBC's Winter Olympics coverage helped it get their highest average viewers since 2005. (Snip) Polls going back to 1997 displayed a continued public distrust with the news media.

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LOST ratification would sacrifice sovereignty, weaken military

For nearly 30 years, the United Nations has sought US ratification of the onerous Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). Although numerous presidents have supported LOST - formally known as the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea - fortunately, the Senate has never managed to ratify the treaty. What is LOST and why should it concern the American voter? We ask Cliff Kincaid, editor of the Accuracy in Media Report and president of America's Survival, Inc. . Kincaid has led a national education campaign about LOST. Chris Carter: How does LOST threaten American sovereignty? Cliff Kincaid: This treaty...

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Solo Sailor Sunderland Safe at Sea

Abby Sunderland, the 16 year old attempting to sail around the world, was feared missing at sea yesterday, but has now been found alive and well. Sunderland had sent out numerous distress signals after her yacht, “Wild Eyes”, was pounded by huge waves in the Indian Ocean some 2,000 miles off the south African coast enroute to Australia. Word of Abby’s rescue was first posted on her blog by her parents: We have just heard from the Australian Search and Rescue. The plane arrived on the scene moments ago. Wild Eyes is upright but her rigging is down. The weather...

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Emergency rescue effort is launched for teen sailor Abby Sunderland

A rescue effort has been launched in hope of finding Abby Sunderland, 16, who set off her emergency beacon locating devices from the southern Indian Ocean early this morning. Sunderland, who had been attempting to sail around the world alone, endured multiple knockdowns in 60-knot winds Thursday before conditions briefly abated. snip Abby is hundreds of miles from land. The nearest ship was about 400 miles away. The rescue effort is being coordinated by the French-controlled Reunion Islands and Australia. Sunderland had been sailing in 50- to 60-foot seas and it was dark when the EPIRB devices were activated. snip...

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Emergency Rescue Effort is Launched for Teen Sailor Abby Sunderland (16 years Old and Alone)

A rescue effort has been launched in hope of finding Abby Sunderland, 16, who set off her emergency beacon locating devices from the southern Indian Ocean early this morning. Sunderland, who had been attempting to sail around the world alone, endured multiple knockdowns in 60-knot winds Thursday before conditions briefly abated. However, her parents lost satellite phone contact early this morning and an hour later were notified by the Australian Coast Guard that both of Sunderland's EPIRB satellite devices had been activated. One is apparently is attached to a survival suit or a life raft and meant to be...

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Navy loses four underwater unmanned vehicles off Norfolk

Four underwater unmanned vehicles went missing Sunday during training to conduct search, classify and map missions. The Navy, Coast Guard and local authorities were searching for the missing vehicles in the Thimble Shoals Channel between the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, a Navy news release said. Communication was lost with four of the 13 unmanned vehicles Sunday about 1 p.m. while the vehicles were using bottom-mapping sonar to look for mine-like contacts in the water as part of the training. Search and recovery operations began immediately. Efforts continued Monday using small-craft, shore-based teams, air assets and marine...

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Fond memories return with lost wallet after nearly 70 years

Sometimes, good things are worth waiting for. Even almost 70 years. Just ask Robert Judson Bell. The 88-year-old World War II Navy veteran was reunited this week with the wallet he lost way back in 1941 while undergoing naval training in Chicago. It may not have contained any money, but its value to Bell and his family can't be understated. Inside were two photographs of his first wife, who had died in a 1948 car crash. "I'm just overwhelmed at everything that's happened," said Bell in an interview with CNN Radio. Bell lost the wallet while getting training for hydraulics...

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