Imposing Cap & Trade Through LOST
The insane LOST treaty that Obama et al. are trying to sneak through the Senate would do much more than redistribute $billions of Americans’ money to Third World dictatorships. It would cripple the economy by inflicting backdoor Cap & Trade. Unsurprisingly, the treasonous Hanoi John Kerry is behind the latest maneuver:
President Obama’s plans to pass economy killing cap and trade regulations may have died in the Senate in 2010. But, if Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., gets his way, they will be resurrected after the presidential election.
At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday, Kerry announced that he would not be submitting the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea (LOST) before the November election. Instead, Kerry intends to hold a series of hearings before the election, building the case for passage, before pushing the treaty in a lame duck session. This is the exact same game plan Kerry executed to pass the New START treaty in the 2010 lame duck.
Demorrhoids would have you believe that sacrificing American sovereignty to supranational entities will enhance our security. Obviously, it will not. The real purpose is to inflict devastatingly harmful regulations while evading responsibility in the public mind.
Here is how it would work: In much the same way that the contract you signed to get your credit card contains a binding arbitration clause, every country that signs LOST submits themselves to the jurisdiction of international tribunals for “maritime disputes” with other signatory countries.
When you hear the term “maritime dispute” you might think of something like an argument over shipping lanes. But LOST also obligates signatories to “take all measures necessary to ensure that activities under their jurisdiction or control are so conducted as not to cause damage by pollution to other States and their environment.” Carbons emissions are considered “pollution” according to most sources of international law.
So, if the Senate approves LOST this December, any country who believes they are being harmed by global warming could force the U.S. into binding arbitration, most likely in front of the Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal, LOST’s default dispute resolution forum.
Any judgment from that tribunal would not only be final, it could not be appealed, and it would be immediately enforceable in U.S. federal court. In 1982, a similar arbitration body forced Canada to set caps on their sulfur dioxide emissions causing industry to spend millions on mitigation efforts. A LOST tribunal could set similar caps on U.S. carbon emissions, triggering trillions in economic damages.
Anyone who attempts to turn over American sovereignty to hostile foreigners is a traitor by definition; it should come as no surprise that their motivations are malevolent.
On a tip from Conan.
john Kerry is already a traitor to this nation for his actions in and after the Vietnam War. He does not need to be in the Senate, he needs to be tried and punished for his treason!
Fully concern with what StaninTexas posted. John Kerry is scum of the earth vermin. I have nothing but utter and total contempt for that POS.
But he won’t dock is boat in MA to avoid the higher taxes.
It is my understanding this treaty would also turn over all US oil and mineral rights to the UN. Since the UN is largely comprised of militant anti-Americans, imagine what that would do to our energy prices. We need to overwhelm our senators with phone calls saying hell no! Any Senator that votes for this should be tried immediately for treason.
These American hating politicians need to be hung for the entire world to see, after a speedy trial of course. Like they did in the days of pirates and a sign that states “Traitors Will Be Executed”
“Anyone who attempts to turn over American sovereignty to hostile foreigners is a traitor by definition;…”
You mean like our President, who has already ceded US territory in Alaska to Russia? They are surely not our friends. Good grief.
The one speed bump to total world domination by the elites has been the USA once we are subdued due to economic collapse and strife which this present Government has been working overtime on, they will have won. We will hold this criminals responsible who sold us and children out. And their will not be any court or lawyers just a rope and a tree.
The United States fought the War of 1812 to secure the free navigation and use of international waters.
LOST makes any wrecks or lost cargo in international waters UN property. It would also affect fishermen who would have to pay “fees” for their catch. That last part may not be in the treaty NOW, but it will be.
Kerry needs to be tried for treason.
Why don’t we shoot traitors anymore?
Cap and trade is a right-wing idea. Get over yourselves. The left-wing and correct solution to the problem of CO2 causing anthropogenic climate change is a carbon tax.
God you preople are either stupid or evil or both.
project you much there John
In point of fact all this carbon BS is a watermellon campaign to take more and more money from the nation’s workers for zero benefit to the nation. CO2 is plant food and currently is at a historical LOW.
The correct ‘solution’ to CO2 is to walk away and stop obsessing about it while getting your hand off my wallet.
This and act of treason and an act of war and should be dealt with accordingly.
John Kerry, another worthless a$$hole the DemocRATS thought was worthy of being president. An excellent example of far WRONG they are! As well as anything HE supports.
John Kerry will be continuing his revenge against America and quest for world domination at the Bilderberg meeting. Here’s the guest list:
Bilderberg Meetings
Chantilly, Virginia, USA, 31 May-3 June 2012
Final List of Participants
Chairman
FRA
Castries, Henri de
Chairman and CEO, AXA Group
DEU
Ackermann, Josef
Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
GBR
Agius, Marcus
Chairman, Barclays plc
USA
Ajami, Fouad
Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
USA
Alexander, Keith B.
Commander, US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency
INT
Almunia, Joaquín
Vice-President – Commissioner for Competition, European Commission
USA
Altman, Roger C.
Chairman, Evercore Partners
PRT
Amado, Luís
Chairman, Banco Internacional do Funchal (BANIF)
NOR
Andresen, Johan H.
Owner and CEO, FERD
FIN
Apunen, Matti
Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
TUR
Babacan, Ali
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs
PRT
Balsemão, Francisco Pinto
President and CEO, Impresa; Former Prime Minister
FRA
Baverez, Nicolas
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
FRA
Béchu, Christophe
Senator, and Chairman, General Council of Maine-et-Loire
BEL
Belgium, H.R.H. Prince Philippe of
TUR
Berberoğlu, Enis
Editor-in-Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper
ITA
Bernabè, Franco
Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia
GBR
Boles, Nick
Member of Parliament
SWE
Bonnier, Jonas
President and CEO, Bonnier AB
NOR
Brandtzæg, Svein Richard
President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
AUT
Bronner, Oscar
Publisher, Der Standard Medienwelt
SWE
Carlsson, Gunilla
Minister for International Development Cooperation
CAN
Carney, Mark J.
Governor, Bank of Canada
ESP
Cebrián, Juan Luis
CEO, PRISA; Chairman, El País
AUT
Cernko, Willibald
CEO, UniCredit Bank Austria AG
FRA
Chalendar, Pierre André de
Chairman and CEO, Saint-Gobain
DNK
Christiansen, Jeppe
CEO, Maj Invest
RUS
Chubais, Anatoly B.
CEO, OJSC RUSNANO
CAN
Clark, W. Edmund
Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group
GBR
Clarke, Kenneth
Member of Parliament, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of Justice
USA
Collins, Timothy C.
CEO and Senior Managing Director, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
ITA
Conti, Fulvio
CEO and General Manager, Enel S.p.A.
USA
Daniels, Jr., Mitchell E.
Governor of Indiana
USA
DeMuth, Christopher
Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
USA
Donilon, Thomas E.
National Security Advisor, The White House
GBR
Dudley, Robert
Group Chief Executive, BP plc
ITA
Elkann, John
Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
DEU
Enders, Thomas
CEO, Airbus
USA
Evans, J. Michael
Vice Chairman, Global Head of Growth Markets, Goldman Sachs & Co.
AUT
Faymann, Werner
Federal Chancellor
DNK
Federspiel, Ulrik
Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S
USA
Ferguson, Niall
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
GBR
Flint, Douglas J.
Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
CHN
Fu, Ying
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
IRL
Gallagher, Paul
Former Attorney General; Senior Counsel
USA
Gephardt, Richard A.
President and CEO, Gephardt Group
GRC
Giannitsis, Anastasios
Former Minister of Interior; Professor of Development and International Economics, University of Athens
USA
Goolsbee, Austan D.
Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
USA
Graham, Donald E.
Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
ITA
Gruber, Lilli
Journalist – Anchorwoman, La 7 TV
INT
Gucht, Karel de
Commissioner for Trade, European Commission
NLD
Halberstadt, Victor
Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings
USA
Harris, Britt
CIO, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
USA
Hoffman, Reid
Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
CHN
Huang, Yiping
Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
USA
Huntsman, Jr., Jon M.
Chairman, Huntsman Cancer Foundation
DEU
Ischinger, Wolfgang
Chairman, Munich Security Conference; Global Head Government Relations, Allianz SE
RUS
Ivanov, Igor S.
Associate member, Russian Academy of Science; President, Russian International Affairs Council
FRA
Izraelewicz, Erik
CEO, Le Monde
USA
Jacobs, Kenneth M.
Chairman and CEO, Lazard
USA
Johnson, James A.
Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
USA
Jordan, Jr., Vernon E.
Senior Managing Director, Lazard
USA
Karp, Alexander
CEO, Palantir Technologies
USA
Karsner, Alexander
Executive Chairman, Manifest Energy, Inc
FRA
Karvar, Anousheh
Inspector, Inter-ministerial Audit and Evaluation Office for Social, Health, Employment and Labor Policies
RUS
Kasparov, Garry
Chairman, United Civil Front (of Russia)
GBR
Kerr, John
Independent Member, House of Lords
USA
Kerry, John
Senator for Massachusetts
TUR
Keyman, E. Fuat
Director, Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations, Sabanci University
USA
Kissinger, Henry A.
Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
USA
Kleinfeld, Klaus
Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
TUR
Koç, Mustafa
Chairman, Koç Holding A.Ş.
DEU
Koch, Roland
CEO, Bilfinger Berger SE
INT
Kodmani, Bassma
Member of the Executive Bureau and Head of Foreign Affairs, Syrian National Council
USA
Kravis, Henry R.
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA
Kravis, Marie-Josée
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
INT
Kroes, Neelie
Vice President, European Commission; Commissioner for Digital Agenda
USA
Krupp, Fred
President, Environmental Defense Fund
INT
Lamy, Pascal
Director-General, World Trade Organization
ITA
Letta, Enrico
Deputy Leader, Democratic Party (PD)
ISR
Levite, Ariel E.
Nonresident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
USA
Li, Cheng
Director of Research and Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
USA
Lipsky, John
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University
USA
Liveris, Andrew N.
President, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
DEU
Löscher, Peter
President and CEO, Siemens AG
USA
Lynn, William J.
Chairman and CEO, DRS Technologies, Inc.
GBR
Mandelson, Peter
Member, House of Lords; Chairman, Global Counsel
USA
Mathews, Jessica T.
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
DEN
Mchangama, Jacob
Director of Legal Affairs, Center for Political Studies (CEPOS)
CAN
McKenna, Frank
Deputy Chair, TD Bank Group
USA
Mehlman, Kenneth B.
Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
GBR
Micklethwait, John
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
FRA
Montbrial, Thierry de
President, French Institute for International Relations
PRT
Moreira da Silva, Jorge
First Vice-President, Partido Social Democrata (PSD)
USA
Mundie, Craig J.
Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
DEU
Nass, Matthias
Chief International Correspondent, Die Zeit
NLD
Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the
ESP
Nin Génova, Juan María
Deputy Chairman and CEO, Caixabank
IRL
Noonan, Michael
Minister for Finance
USA
Noonan, Peggy
Author, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
FIN
Ollila, Jorma
Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, plc
USA
Orszag, Peter R.
Vice Chairman, Citigroup
GRC
Papalexopoulos, Dimitri
Managing Director, Titan Cement Co.
NLD
Pechtold, Alexander
Parliamentary Leader, Democrats ’66 (D66)
USA
Perle, Richard N.
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
NLD
Polman, Paul
CEO, Unilever PLC
CAN
Prichard, J. Robert S.
Chair, Torys LLP
ISR
Rabinovich, Itamar
Global Distinguished Professor, New York University
GBR
Rachman, Gideon
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times
USA
Rattner, Steven
Chairman, Willett Advisors LLC
CAN
Redford, Alison M.
Premier of Alberta
CAN
Reisman, Heather M.
CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
DEU
Reitzle, Wolfgang
CEO & President, Linde AG
USA
Rogoff, Kenneth S.
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
USA
Rose, Charlie
Executive Editor and Anchor, Charlie Rose
USA
Ross, Dennis B.
Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
POL
Rostowski, Jacek
Minister of Finance
USA
Rubin, Robert E.
Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury
NLD
Rutte, Mark
Prime Minister
ESP
Sáenz de Santamaría Antón, Soraya
Vice President and Minister for the Presidency
NLD
Scheffer, Paul
Professor of European Studies, Tilburg University
USA
Schmidt, Eric E.
Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
AUT
Scholten, Rudolf
Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
FRA
Senard, Jean-Dominique
CEO, Michelin Group
USA
Shambaugh, David
Director, China Policy Program, George Washington University
INT
Sheeran, Josette
Vice Chairman, World Economic Forum
FIN
Siilasmaa, Risto
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nokia Corporation
USA
Speyer, Jerry I.
Chairman and Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer
CHE
Supino, Pietro
Chairman and Publisher, Tamedia AG
IRL
Sutherland, Peter D.
Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
USA
Thiel, Peter A.
President, Clarium Capital / Thiel Capital
TUR
Timuray, Serpil
CEO, Vodafone Turkey
DEU
Trittin, Jürgen
Parliamentary Leader, Alliance 90/The Greens
GRC
Tsoukalis, Loukas
President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
FIN
Urpilainen, Jutta
Minister of Finance
CHE
Vasella, Daniel L.
Chairman, Novartis AG
INT
Vimont, Pierre
Executive Secretary General, European External Action Service
GBR
Voser, Peter
CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
SWE
Wallenberg, Jacob
Chairman, Investor AB
USA
Warsh, Kevin
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
GBR
Wolf, Martin H.
Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
USA
Wolfensohn, James D.
Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company
CAN
Wright, Nigel S.
Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister
USA
Yergin, Daniel
Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
INT
Zoellick, Robert B.
President, The World Bank Group
Rapporteurs
GBR
Bredow, Vendeline von
Business Correspondent, The Economist
GBR
Wooldridge, Adrian D.
Foreign Correspondent, The Economist
http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-2012-the-official-list-of-participants/
Sorry, that copy and paste did not turn out well.
Yeah, not well at all.
John says:
Cap and trade is a right-wing idea.
Al Gore will be surprised to discover he’s a “right-winger”. The Gaia Messiah stood to make tens of $Millions had that ridiculous scheme succeeded, so I guess that makes him a “capitalist pig” in some quarters. No, both “cap and trade” and the “carbon tax” (I assume you are talking about carbon dioxide, but who knows with you people) are far-left environmental wacko ideas. Except you morons got them out of sequence:
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.”
How many metric tonnes of CO2 does a human being exhale in a lifetime? Will each individual have to pay a tax to keep breathing after a certain number of years?
John- You are not keeping up. Man-made global climate change has been pretty well debunked, much like phrenology was 100+ years ago.
@ John.
“You people” You people? Damn John, that sure sounds RACIST!. Liberals are all RACIST! John. God, you people are not only evil, you are RACIST!. Get over yourselves and stop wanking to Al Gore speeches.
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