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Lott said that he
no longer believes the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
— also known as the Law of the Sea Treaty — would “cede our
national sovereignty, both militarily and economically,” as he said
five years ago when the issue was last brought before the Senate.
The treaty would
grant the United Nations unprecedented taxing authority over American
companies by transferring permitting and royalty payments currently
made to the U.S. government for offshore drilling to
the International Seabed Authority, a U.N.-created agency that
would have the power to redistribute billions
of dollars to other countries.
It would also
commit the United States to accept international arbitration of
maritime disputes.
For three
decades, the United States has declined to sign on.
What?
A hypocrite for lobbying in favor of a treaty he emphatically denounced
as recently as 2007? Why no, he
argues. Eighty large from Shell Oil
made him do it.
What's the best word to describe this Mississippi carbuncle?
Smarmy? Unctuous? Walking douche bag?
*spit*
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