This is very troubling, and I had heard nothing about this. I wonder where our resident "n̶e̶w̶s̶m̶a̶n̶ asshole was for this story?
Thanks for sharing Travis! On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > BLACK-GOLD BLUES**** OBAMA'S GIVEAWAY: OIL-RICH ISLANDS TO RUSSIA**** > Exclusive: > Joe Miller sounds alarm over deal to put land in hands of Putin's Kremlin* > *** > > Published: 02/16/2012 at 7:55 PM**** > > [image: Description: Description: jmiller300]**** > > By Joe Miller**** > > The Obama administration, despite the nation’s economic woes, effectively > killed the job-producing Keystone Pipeline last month. The Arab Spring is > turning the oil production of Libya and other Arab nations over to the > Muslim Brotherhood. Iraq is distancing itself from the U.S. And everyone > recognizes that Iran, whose crude supplies are critical to the European > economy, will do anything it can to frustrate America’s strategic > interests. In the face of all of this, Obama insists on cutting back U.S. > oil potential with outrageous restrictions.**** > > Part of Obama’s apparent war against U.S. energy independence includes a > foreign-aid program that directly threatens my state’s sovereign territory. > Obama’s State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden > Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the Kremlin.* > *** > > The seven endangered islands in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea include > one the size of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. The Russians are also > to get the tens of thousands of square miles of oil-rich seabeds > surrounding the islands. The Department of Interior estimates billions of > barrels of oil are at stake.**** > > The State Department has undertaken the giveaway in the guise of a > maritime boundary agreement between Alaska and Siberia. Astoundingly, our > federal government itself drew the line to put these seven Alaskan islands > on the Russian side. But as an executive agreement, it could be reversed > with the stroke of a pen by President Obama or Secretary Clinton.**** > > The agreement was negotiated in total secrecy. The state of Alaska was not > allowed to participate in the negotiations, nor was the public given any > opportunity for comment. This is despite the fact the Alaska Legislature > has passed resolutions of opposition – but the State Department doesn’t > seem to care.**** > > The imperiled Arctic Ocean islands include Wrangel, Bennett, Jeannette and > Henrietta. Wrangel became American in 1881 with the landing of the U.S. > Revenue Marine ship Thomas Corwin. The landing party included the famed > naturalist John Muir. It is 3,000 square miles in size.**** > > Northwest of Wrangel are the DeLong Islands, named for George Washington > DeLong, the captain of USS Jeannette. Also in 1881, he discovered and > claimed these three islands for the United States. He named them for the > voyage co-sponsor, New York City newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett. > The ship’s crew received a hero’s welcome back in Washington, and Congress > awarded them gold medals.**** > > In the Bering Sea at the far west end of the Aleutian chain are Copper > Island, Sea Lion Rock and Sea Otter Rock. They were ceded to the U.S. in > Seward’s 1867 treaty with Russia.**** > > Now is the time for the Obama administration to stand up for U.S. and > Alaskan rights and invaluable resources. The State Department’s maritime > agreement is a loser – it gives us nothing in return for giving up Alaska’s > sovereign territory and invaluable resources. We won the Cold War and > should start acting like it.**** > > The Obama administration must stop the giveaway immediately.**** > > *Author’s addendum, Feb. 17, 2012:* This is not a new issue. In fact the > Bush and Clinton administrations are directly at fault for the same > inaction. A maritime agreement negotiated by the U.S. State Department set > the Russian boundary on the other side of the disputed islands, but no > treaty has ratified this action. Consequently, it is within the president’s > power to stop this giveaway. The Alaska delegation’s failure to put > pressure on the administration is inexplicable. State Department Watch, an > organization that assisted with this article, has confronted each > administration and is currently confronting the Obama administration — and > has been met by silence. I’m hoping this piece will help reinvigorate > efforts to stop this handover.**** > ------------------------------ > > *Joe Miller was the 2010 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from > Alaska. He is a West Point graduate and decorated combat veteran from the > first Gulf War. A former judge, Joe graduated from Yale Law School and was > later awarded an advanced economics degree from the University of Alaska. > He is presently chairman of **Restoring Liberty Alaska > PAC*<http://restoringlibertyalaska.us/> > * and **Restoring Liberty Action Committee* <http://joemiller.us/>*. > Follow Joe at **Facebook* <https://facebook/JoeMillerAlaska>* and ** > Twitter* <https://twitter.com/JoeWMiller>*.* > > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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