Here Come the Black Helicopters!

PART ONE

1. “fly-overs”: Heather Johnson, “Feedlot Flyovers Draw Ire in Nebraska,” NP Telegraph, June 2, 2012, http://www.nptelegraph.com/news/feedlot-flyovers-draw-ire-in-neb/article_55c22a61-4610-5c17-b8a5-5092454be7d0.html.

2. “chided critics”: Nicole Gaouette, “Clinton Hits ‘Black Helicopters’ Crowd to Push Sea Treaty,” Bloomberg News, May 24, 2012, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/clinton-hits-black-helicopters-crowd-to-push-sea-treaty.html.

3. “This just in”: Eric Pfanner, “Debunking Rumors of an Internet Takeover,” nytimes.com, June 11, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/technology/debunking-rumors-of-an-internet-takeover.html?pagewanted=all/.

4. “Our global neighborhood”: Commission on Global Governance, “Our Global Neighborhood,” sovereignty.net, 1995, http://www.sovereignty.net/p/gov/gganalysis.htm.

5. “Acknowledging responsibility”: Report of the Commission of Global Governance, “Our Global Neighborhood,” gdrc.org, 1995, http://www.gdrc.org/u-gov/global-neighbourhood/chap7.htm.

6. “And as for”: George Russell, “Exclusive: Godfather of Global Green Thinking Steps Out of Shadows at Rio+20,” FoxNews.com, June 20, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/20/godfather-global-green-thinking-steps-out-shadows-at-rio-20/.

7. “Sovereignty has been”: Commission on Global Governance, “Our Global Neighborhood,” sovereignty.net, 1995, http://www.sovereignty.net/p/gov/gganalysis.htm.

8. “For the first”: Marc Morano, “Flashback: Gore: U.S. Climate Bill Will Help Bring About ‘Global Governance,’” climatedepot.com, July 10, 2009, http://climatedepot.com/a/1893/Gore-US-Climate-Bill-Will-Help-Bring-About-Global-Governance.

9. “will drive the”: Bob Unruh, “Global Governance Coming With Carbon Tax, Says Gore,” wnd.com, July 10, 2009, http://www.wnd.com/2009/07/103634/.

10. “individual states will”: Joseph S. Nye Jr., “Global Governance,” washingtonpost.com, January 27, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012402329.html.

11. “the very idea”: Jeffery Sachs, “Common Wealth,” theglobalist.com, July 14, 2008, http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=7121.

12. “godfather”: George Russell, “EXCLUSIVE: Godfather of Global Green Thinking Steps Out of Shadows at Rio+20,” FoxNews.com, June 20, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/20/godfather-global-green-thinking-steps-out-shadows-at-rio-20/.

13. “developed and benefitted”: Maurice Strong, Stockholm to Rio: A Journey Down a Generation, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992; quoted at http://sovereignty.net/p/sd/strong.html#8#8.

14. “Evidence procured”: Claudia Roset, “The U.N.’s Man of Mystery: Is the godfather of the Kyoto treaty a public servant or a profiteer?,” Wall Street Journal, October 11,2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122368007369524679.html.

15. “stepped aside”: Warren Hoge, “Annan Failed to Curb Corruption in Iraq’s Oil-for-Food Program, Investigators Report,” New York Times, September 7, 2005.

16. “The concept of”: Ibid.

17. “We have seen”: F. A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007), p. 166.

18. “What is called”: Ibid.

19. “The movement for”: Ibid.

20. The organization path: ABC News, abc.net.au, June 5, 2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-06-05/club-of-rome-member-warns-against-council/58734.

21. “an informal association”: Club of Rome, clubofrome.org, http://www.clubofrome.org/?p=324.

22. “a common adversary”: Ibid.

23. “either a real”: Alexander King and Bertrand Schneider, The First Global Revolution (Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1993), p. 85.

24. “In searching for”: Ibid.

25. “For more than”: David Rockefeller, Memoirs (New York: Random House, 2002), p. 405.

26. “Sacrilegious though this”: Club of Rome, clubofrome.org, http://www.clubofrome.org/?p=324.

27. “deliberate disparagement of”: F. A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007), p. 155.

28. “our concepts of”: Howard Green,” “BNN Canada Interviews Maurice Strong,” Maurice strong.net, http://www.mauricestrong.net/index.php/videos/141-bnn-canada-text-maurice-strong.

29. “[A] tax of $25”: Michelle Nichols, “UN urges countries to impose global taxes to boos aid,” Reuters, July 5, 2012, http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/05/entertainment-us-global-tax-un-idINBRE8640XP20120705.

30. “The prevailing unilateralism”: Jeffery Sachs, “Common Wealth,” theglobalist.com, July 14, 2008, http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=7121.

31. “Globalization, despite some”: Vatican Today, news.va, October 24, 2011, http://www.news.va/en/news/full-text-note-on-financial-reform-from-the-pontif.

32. “citizen of the world”: Barack Obama, Speech, Berlin, Germany, huffingontpost.com, July 24, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html.

33. “I speak as”: Ibid.

34. “vaporous global-governance notion”: David Brooks, “Loudly, With a Big Stick,” nytimes.com, April 14, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/14/opinion/14brooks.html.

35. “We’ll never”: Ibid.

36. Email from Frank Gaffney to Dick Morris on July 1, 2012.

PART TWO

1. “cling to their guns”: “Editorials: Democrats Cling to their Guns,” WashingtonTimes.com, October 27, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/27/democrats-cling-to-their-guns/.

2. “I just want”: “Obama: We’re Working on Gun Control ‘Under the Radar,’” FoxNews.com, May 25, 2011, http://nation.foxnews.com/guns/2011/05/25/obama-were-working-gun-control-under-radar.

3. “Reversed the policies”: Sara Noble, “Small Arms Treaty of 2012—Elimination of the Second Amendment,” independentsentinel.com, May 17, 2012, http://www.independentsentinel.com/2012/05/small-arms-treaty-of-2012-elimination-of-the-second-amendment/.

4. “governments must resist”: “US joins Arms Trade Treaty talks, but at high price,” Oxfam.org, October 15, 2009, http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2009-10-15/us-joins-arms-trade-treaty-talks-high-price.

5. “[S]mall arms are”: “Small Arms,” UN.org, http://www.un.org/disarmament/convarms/SALW/.

6. “But, in the”: United States Crime Rates 1960–2010, disastercenter.com, http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm.

7. “Of these”: “Law enforcement, courts, prisons,” census.gov, http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/12statab/law.pdf.

8. US is the source of: Louis Charbonneau, “Arms trade treaty negotiations begin, Syria casts shadow,” NewsDaily.com, July 2, 2012, http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre861077-us-arms-treaty/.

9. “We do not want”: Ron DePasquale, “Talks Begin at UN on Global Arms Trade Treaty,” ABCnews.go.com, July 3, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/talks-begin-global-arms-trade-treaty-16705286#.T_XnqRx-E3U.

10. “signed off on”: Sara Noble, “Small Arms Treaty of 2012—Elimination of the Second Amendment,” independentsentinel.com, May 17, 2012, http://www.independentsentinel.com/2012/05/small-arms-treaty-of-2012-elimination-of-the-second-amendment/.

11. “disguised as”: Larry Bell, “U.N. Agreement Should Have All Gun Owners Up in Arms,” forbes.com, June 7, 2011, http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2011/06/07/u-n-agreement-should-have-all-gun-owners-up-in-arms/.

12. “After the treaty”: Sara Noble, “Small Arms Treaty of 2012—Elimination of the Second Amendment,” independentsentinel.com, May 17, 2012, http://www.independentsentinel.com/2012/05/small-arms-treaty-of-2012-elimination-of-the-second-amendment/.

13. “The treaty is”: Ibid.

14. “parties shall take”: Maxim Lott, “Proposed U.N. Treaty to Regulate Global Firearms Trade Raising Concern for U.S. Gun Makers,” FoxNews.com, August 5, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/05/proposed-un-treaty-to-regulate-global-firearms-trade-raising-concerns-for-us/.

15. “The UN’s actions”: Julian Pecquet, “Opposition to UN arms treaty heats up,” thehill.com, July 2, 2012, http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/235999-opposition-to-un-arms-trade-treaty-heats-up.

16. “Any international Arms”: Chris Cox quoted in Julian Pecquet, “Opposition to UN arms treaty heats up,” The Hill, July 2, 2012, http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/235999-opposition-to-un-arms-trade-treaty-heats-up.

17. “on behalf of”: NRA, “Beware Gun Owners, U.N. Moves Forward on Arms Trade Treaty,” July 12, 2012, http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/nra-fights-second-amendment-un-moves-forward-arms-trade-treaty.

18. “Americans should realize”: Ted R. Bromund, “The Risks the Arms Trade Treaty Poses to the Sovereignty of the United States,” Heritage Foundation, June 4, 2012, http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/ib3622.pdf.

19. “This is a fantasy”: Ibid.

20. “like the plague”: Peter Brookes, “A Bad UN Idea on Arms Deals,” nypost.com, July 1, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/bad_un_idea_on_arms_deals_7lTtoMqhmKFD2UnyGLf5qO.

21. “The treaty will”: Ibid.

22. “[W]ho really expects”: Ibid.

PART THREE

1. “thirty years ago, President Ronald Reagan”: Donald Rumsfeld, “Why the U.N. Shouldn’t Own the Seas,” http://online.wsj.com/home-page, June 12, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577460890850883780.html.

2. “What this treaty proposes is nothing”: Ibid.

3. “But isn’t that what”: Ibid.

4. “no national interest”: Dr. Harold Pease, “Treaty to Give the Oceans to the United Nations, Now Before the Senate,” http://www.libertyunderfire.org/, June 11, 2012, http://www.libertyunderfire.org/2012/06/treaty-to-give-the-oceans-to-the-united-nations-now-before-the-senate/.

5. “The treaty’s provisions were”: Edwin Meese III, “Still lost on the Law of the Sea Treaty,” http://www.latimes.com/, June 5, 2012, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meese-law-of-the-sea-20120605,0,6473043.story.

6. “the treaty would resurrect”: Doug Bandow, “Cato Institute Foreign Policy Briefing No. 32: Faulty Repairs: The Law of the Sea Treaty is Still Unacceptable,” Cato.org, September 12, 1994, http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb032.pdf.

7. “euphemistically called the”: Ibid.

8. http://www.filmsite.org/night.html.

9. “no fight was more important”: Doug Bandow, “Cato Institute Foreign Policy Briefing No. 32: Faulty Repairs: The Law of the Sea Treaty is Still Unacceptable,” Cato.org, September 12, 1994, http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb032.pdf.

10. “may be worth”: Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator John Cornyn, “The Law of the Sea treaty will sink America’s economy,” Foxnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/23/law-sea-treaty-will-sink-america-economy/.

11. “pursuant to the treaty’s Article 82”: Donald Rumsfeld, “Why the U.N. Shouldn’t Own the Seas,” http://online.wsj.com/home-page, June 12, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577460890850883780.html.

12. “Over time”: Ibid.

13. “This [treaty] would”: Ibid.

14. “these sizable”: Ibid.

15. “peoples who have”: UNCLOS Part XI, Section 2, UN.org, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part11-2.htm.

16. “Has more than”: Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009), Introduction.

17. “In fact”: Ibid.

18. “a kind of curse”: Ibid.

19. “nations with mining”: Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator John Cornyn, “The Law of the Sea treaty will sink America’s economy,” Foxnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/23/law-sea-treaty-will-sink-america-economy/.

20. “in other words”: Ibid.

21. “if the enterprise”: Law of the Sea Treaty, Un.org, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/agreement_part_xi/agreement_part_xi.htm.

22. “the Enterprise”: Doug Bandow, “Cato Institute Foreign Policy Briefing No. 32: Faulty Repairs: The Law of the Sea Treaty is Still Unacceptable,” Cato.org, September 12, 1994, http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb032.pdf.

23. “take measures”: Ibid.

24. “as yet undetermined”: Ibid.

25. “if any”: Ibid.

26. “who would do”: Ibid.

27. “all the more”: Ibid.

28. “nations cannot”: Ibid.

29. “why risk sacrificing”: Edwin Meese III, “Still lost on the Law of the Sea Treaty,” http://www.latimes.com/, June 5, 2012, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meese-law-of-the-sea-20120605,0,6473043.story.

30. “based in ideology”: Matt Cover, “Hillary Clinton: Opposition to Sea Treaty Based on ‘Mythology,’” cnsnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hillary-clinton-opposition-sea-treaty-based-mythology.

31. “of course”: Nicole Gaouette, “Clinton Hits ‘Black Helicopters’ Crowd To Push Sea Treaty,” Bloomberg.com, May 24, 2012, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/clinton-hits-black-helicopters-crowd-to-push-sea-treaty.html.

32. “proponents say”: Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, “Law of the Sea would usurp U.S. Navy’s authority,” politico.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76627_Page2.html.

33. “offering a new”: Wayne Ma and James Hookway, “Vietnam Spars With China Over Oil Plans,” wsj.com, June 27, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303649504577491823837421842.html.

34. “China, a LOST”: Peter Brookes, “A pathetic pact for safety on the seas,” nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.

35. “although Beijing ratified”: Gordon G. Chang, “Should the US Ratify the UN Sea Treaty Because of China?,” worldaffairsjournal.org, May 21, 2012, http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/gordon-g-chang/should-us-ratify-un-sea-treaty-because-china.

36. “supposedly need to”: Peter Brookes, “A pathetic pact for safety on the seas,” nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.

37. it is a lot: Frank Gaffney, “Common Sense on LOST,” townhall.com, June 5, 2012, http://townhall.com/columnists/frankgaffney/2012/06/05/common_sense_on_lost/page/full/.

38. “by moving off”: Gordon G. Chang, “Should the US Ratify the UN Sea Treaty Because of China?,” worldaffairsjournal.org, May 21, 2012, http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/gordon-g-chang/should-us-ratify-un-sea-treaty-because-china.

39. “This is simply”: Frank Gaffney, “Law of the Sea Treaty Is Wrong for US,” newsmax.com, June 5, 2012, http://www.newsmax.com/FrankGaffney/Law-Sea-Treaty-Senate/2012/06/05/id/441292.

40. “In fact”: Ibid.

41. “codifies navigational rights”: Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, “Hillary Tries To Neuter US Navy,” foxnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://nation.foxnews.com/us-navy/2012/05/23/hillary-tries-neuter-us-navy.

42. “The most persuasive”: Donald Rumsfeld, “Why the U.N. Shouldn’t Own the Seas,” http://online.wsj.com/home-page, June 12, 2012 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577460890850883780.html.

43. “ceding any authority”: Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, “Law of the Sea would usurp U.S. Navy’s authority,” politico.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76627_Page2.html.

44. “some fear the Navy”: Ibid.

45. “could it be that”: Ibid.

46. “outsourcing national security”: Peter Brookes, “A pathetic pact for safety on the seas,” nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.

47. “Does failure to ratify”: Edwin Meese III, “Still lost on the Law of the Sea Treaty,” http://www.latimes.com/, June 5, 2012, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meese-law-of-the-sea-20120605,0,6473043.story.

48. “Our ability to”: Ibid.

49. “States shall adopt”: David A. Ridenour, “Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty: A Not-So-Innocent Passage,” nationalcenter.org, August 2006, http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA542LawoftheSeaTreaty.html.

50. “look upstream”: Sheril Kirshenbaum, “Sea Grant Fellows Forum,” realoceans.wordpress.com, June 24, 2008, http://realoceans.wordpress.com/2008/06/page/3/.

51. Already, environmentalists have: David A. Ridenour, “Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty,” www.nationalcenter.org, August 2006, http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA542LawoftheSeaTreaty.html.

52. “LOST is a sweeping”: Ibid.

53. “If Americans have”: Michelle Malkin, “The push for the Law of the Sea Treaty,” www.michellemalkin.com, October 2 2007, http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/02/the-push-for-the-law-of-the-sea-treaty/.

54. “So why on earth”: Ibid.

55. “the UN administered”: Ibid.

56. “the predictable effect”: Ibid.

57. “We are writing”: Julian Pecquet, “Opposition to Law of the Sea Treaty heats up,” www.thehill.com, May 25, 2012, http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/229637-opposition-to-law-of-the-sea-treaty-heats-up.

58. “by its current”: Ibid.

59. “To effect the”: Ibid.

60. “If this treaty”: Ibid.

61. Here’s the list: Ibid.

PART FOUR

1. “has developed the”: David Rohde, “China’s New Export: Internet censorship,” www.reuters.com, November 7, 2011, http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/2011/11/17/chinas-newest-export-internet-censorship/.

2. “the Chinese model”: Ibid.

3. “Putin commended”: Josh Peterson, “Lawmakers move to reject proposals for U.N. Internet regulation, www.dailycaller.com, May 31, 2012, http://test.dailycaller.com/2012/05/31/lawmakers-move-to-reject-proposals-for-u-n-internet-regulation/.

4. “if we are going”: Patrick Goodenough, “Internet Regulation Returns to the International Agenda, www.cnsnews.com, May 29, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/internet-regulation-returns-international-agenda.

5. Touré, a native: “Hamadoun Touré,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadoun_Touré%C3%A9.

6. “while many US”: Josh Peterson, “Lawmakers move to reject proposals for U.N. Internet regulation,” www.dailycaller.com, May 31, 2012, http://test.dailycaller.com/2012/05/31/lawmakers-move-to-reject-proposals-for-u-n-internet-regulation/.

7. “could use the”: Gordon Crovitz, “The U.N.’s Internet Power Grab,” www.online.wsj.com, June 17, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303822204577470532859210296.html.

8. “It may be hard”: Ibid.

9. “Brazil and India”: Liza Porteus Viana, “US: New Battle Brewing At ITU Will ‘Determine The Future Of The Internet,” www.ip-watch.com, June 1, 2012, http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/06/01/us-new-battle-brewing-at-itu-will-determine-the-future-of-the-internet/.

10. “who are threatened”: Ibid.

11. “the open Internet”: Ibid.

12. “If all of us”: Matthew Ingram, “Is the UN the next big threat to Internet freedom?,” www.gigaom.com, May 31, 2012, http://gigaom.com/2012/05/31/is-the-un-the-next-big-threat-to-internet-freedom/.

13. “potentially dangerous”: Liza Porteus Viana, “US: New Battle Brewing At ITU Will ‘Determine The Future Of The Internet,” www.ip-watch.com, June 1, 2012, http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/06/01/us-new-battle-brewing-at-itu-will-determine-the-future-of-the-internet/.

14. “having the UN”: Nina Easton, “Where’s the outcry on the U.N. push to regulate the Internet?,” www.cnn.com, May 30, 2012, http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/30/united-nations-internet-regulation/.

15. “to foster greater”: Cale Guthrie Weissman, “Documents Leaked Detailing Proposals for UN Telecommunications Summit,” www.opennet.net, June 21, 2012, http://opennet.net/blog/2012/06/documents-leaked-detailing-proposals-un-telecommunications-summit.

16. “these proposals show”: Carl Franzen, “U.N. Proposals To Regulate Internet Are ‘Troubling,’ Leaked Documents Reveal,” idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com, June 16, 2012, http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/un-proposals-to-regulate-internet-are-troubling-leaked-documents-reveal.php.

17. “the broadcast proposal”: Ibid.

18. “would require member states”: Ibid.

19. “other proposals”: Ibid.

20. “[i]t must be”: Congressional Cyber Security Caucus, http://congressionalcybersecuritycaucus.langevin.house.gov/index.shtml, http://congressionalcybersecuritycaucus.langevin.house.gov/news/press-releases/2012/03/mccaul-langevin-lead-bipartisan-effort-to-prevent-international-internet-regulations.shtml.

21. “The principals stipulate”: Sorcha Faal, “U.N. Move to Make Weapon of War Sparks Global Fears,” http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/index.php, June 3, 2012, http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?&itemid=12262.

22. “politely”: “The U.N.’s Internet Power Grab,” wsj.com, June 17, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303822204577470532859210296.html.

23. “both unnecessary”: Ibid.

24. “weak responses”: Ibid.

25. “Could limit”: Doug Halonen, “House Takes First Steps to Block U.N. Regulation of Internet,” yahoo.com, May 31, 2012, http://tv.yahoo.com/news/house-takes-first-steps-block-u-n-regulation-183411710.html.

26. “direct Internet”: Ibid.

27. “Centralized control would”: Lawrence Strickling, Philip Verveer, and Daniel Weitzner, “Ensuring an Open Internet,” whitehouse.gov, May 2, 2012, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/05/02/ensuring-open-internet.

28. “promote a global”: Ibid.

29. “[t]his year, we’re”: Press Release, Bipartisan Leaders of the Committee Introduce Resolution to Preserve and Protect a Global Internet Free from Government Control, May 30, 2012, energycommerce.house.gov, http://energycommerce.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=9554.

30. “If this power grab”: Ibid.

31. “this resolution”: Ibid.

32. “Does anyone here”: Andrew Couts, “US gov’t, Web titans go to battle against UN Internet power grab: Everything you need to know,” digitaltrends.com, May 31, 2012, http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/us-govt-web-titans-go-to-battle-against-un-internet-power-grab-everything-you-need-to-know/.

33. “international regulatory intrusion”: Press Release, Bipartisan Leaders of the Committee Introduce Resolution to Preserve and Protect a Global Internet Free from Government Control, May 30, 2012, energycommerce.house.gov, http://energycommerce.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=9554.

34. “I think a”: John Peterson, “Lawmakers move to reject proposals for U.N. Internet Regulation,” yahoo.com, May 31, 2012, http://news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-move-reject-proposals-u-n-internet-regulation-142206238.html.

35. “business leaders beyond”: Nina Easton, “Where’s the outcry on the U.N. push to regulate the Internet?,” cnn.com, May 30, 2012, http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/30/united-nations-internet-regulation/.

36. “swallow the Internet’s”: Associations, “A Battle for Internet Freedom as UN Meeting Nears,” abc.com, June 22, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/battle-internet-freedom-meeting-nears-16625777?page=3#.T_XnNmA2rKx.

PART FIVE

1. “green economy in”: UNEP, “Toward a Green Economy—Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication,” grida.no, 2011, http://www.grida.no/publications/green-economy/.

2. “world leaders and”: Watts and Ford, “Rio+20 Earth Summit: campaigners decry final document,” guardian.co.uk, June 22, 2012, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/23/rio-20-earth-summit-document.

3. “agreed that such”: UNEP, “Toward a Green Economy—Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication,” grida.no, 2011, http://www.grida.no/publications/green-economy/.

4. “decision supports”: Ibid.

5. “decent employment and”: UNEP, “Inclusive Green Economy Given Go Ahead by Heads of State at Rio+20,” UNEP.org, June 2012, http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=2688&ArticleID=9195&l=en.

6. “reality that a”: “Rio+20: Green Economy, SDGs, UNEP upgrade approved,” Daily Independent, http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/07/rio20-green-economy-sdgs-unep-upgrade-approved/.

7. “the Summit also”: Ibid.

8. “mitigate the effects”: Associated Press, “Clinton urges cooperation in resource-rich Arctic,” usatoday.com, June 2, 2012, http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-06-02/clinton-arctic-circle-cooperation/55344172/1.

9. “in climate aid”: James Kanter, “A Pledge That Didn’t Meet Its Potential,” nytimes.com, November 27, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/business/global/28iht-RBOG-COP28.html.

10. “from its inception”: Ibid.

11. “for people focused” Ibid.

12. “the administration of”: Ibid.

13. “because wealthy countries”: Jonathan Watts, “Rio+20 Earth summit: Walkout at ‘green economy’ talks,” guardian.co.uk, June 14, 2012, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/15/rio-earth-summit-walkout-economy?newsfeed=true.

14. “amid a global”: Ibid.

15. “We cannot be”: Ibid.

16. “immune from legal”: George Russell, “Mammoth new green climate fund wants United Nations–style diplomatic immunity, even though it’s not part of the UN,” foxnews.com, March 22, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/22/mammoth-new-green-climate-fund-wants-un-style-diplomatic-immunity-even-though/.

17. “possible conflicts of”: George Russell, “U.N. Climate Organization Wants Immunities Against Charges of Conflict of Interest, Exceeding Mandate, Among Others,” foxnews.com, June 12, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/12/un-climate-organization-wants-immunities-against-charges-conflict-interest/.

18. “lack of transparency”: Ibid.

19. “the move to”: Ibid.

20. “1.9 trillion per”: James Helser, “Green Climate Fund Demands Diplomatic Immunity,” thenewamerican.com, March 26, 2012, http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/7052-green-climate-funddemands-diplomatic-immunity.

21. “to use international”: “Rio+20: Green Economy, SDGs, UNEP upgrade approved,” Daily Independent, July 2, 2012, http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/07/rio20-green-economy-sdgs-unep-upgrade-approved/.

22. “scaled-up and”: George Russell, “The tab for U.N.’s Rio summit: Trillions per year in taxes, transfers and price hikes,” foxnews.com, April 20, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/20/tab-for-uns-rio-summit-trillions-per-year-in-taxes-transfers-and-price-hikes/#ixzz1xzbVB8uS.

23. “Scaled-up”: Ibid.

24. “there is currently”: Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss, Only One Earth: The Long Road via Rio to Sustainable Development (London: Routledge, 2012), p. 169.

25. “help to clarify”: Ibid.

26. “an estimated 25 percent”: UNEP, “Inclusive Green Economy Given Go Ahead by Heads of State at Rio+20,” UNEP.org, June 22, 2012, http://www.unep.org/GreenEconomy/InformationMaterials/News/PressRelease/tabid/4612/language/en-US/Default.aspx?DocumentId=2688&ArticleId=9195.

27. “pension funds to”: Ibid.

28. “encourage governments to”: Ibid.

29. “so few specifics”: Mark McDonald, “U.N. Report from Rio on Environment a ‘Suicide Note,’” nytimes.com, June 24, 2012, http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/u-n-report-from-rio-on-environment-a-suicide-note/?emc=eta1.

30. “a failure of epic”: Ibid.

31. “sophisticated UN”: Ibid.

32. “affirm, recognize, underscore”: Ibid.

33. “To be sure”: Ibid.

34. “some of the”: Bradley Brooks, “Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit,” AP/The Jakarta Post, June 23, 2012, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/23/rio20-unhappy-environmental-summit.html.

35. “[W]e saw anything”: Ibid.

PART SIX

1. “After 12 years”: AMICC, “Chronology of US Actions Related to the International Criminal Court,” amicc.org, http://www.amicc.org/docs/US%20Chronology.pdf.

2. “the use of armed force”: “Delivering on the promise of a fair, effective and independent court > than the crime of aggression,” Iccnow.org, http://www,iccnow.org/?mod=aggression.

3. “Pressure [was] building”: Reuters, “Bush Cancels Visit To Switzerland Due To Threat Of Torture Prosecution, Rights Groups Say,” huffingtonpost.com, May 25, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/05/bush-switzerland-torture_n_819175.html.

4. “shall satisfy itself”: Marion Smith, “An Inconvenient Founding: America’s Principles Applied to the ICC,” Heritage Foundation, February 18, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/02/an-inconvenient-founding-americas-principles-applied-to-the-icc.

5. “our government has”: BBC News, “US to Resume Engagement with ICC,” bbc.com, November 16, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8363282.stm.

6. “so far completed”: Eric Posner, “The Absurd International Criminal Court,” wsj.com, June 12, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303753904577452122153205162.html.

7. “includes few authoritarian”: Ibid.

8. “Now… it is”: Ibid.

PART SEVEN

1. “orbital debris and”: Rose Gottemoeller, “A Code for Outer Space, as Seen From the State Dept.,” nytimes.com, March 15, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/opinion/a-code-for-outer-space-as-seen-from-the-state-dept.html.

2. “What the code would”: Taylor Dinerman, “America’s Suicidal Space Diplomacy,” Gatestone Institute, January 12, 2012, http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2751/america-suicidal-space-diplomacy.

3. “Outer space has”: John Bolton and John C. Yoo, “Hands off the Heavens,” nytimes.com, March 8, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/opinion/hands-off-the-heavens.html.

4. “a transparent”: Ibid.

5. “Obama is eroding”: Ibid.

6. “term [is] often”: Ibid.

7. “in a war”: Ibid.

8. “if the United States”: Ibid.

9. “the administration asserts”: Michael Listner, “Congressional opposition to a Code of Conduct for space,” thespacereview.com, February 6, 2012, http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2018/1.

10. “require the Department”: Ibid.

11. “require the Department”: Michael Listner, “Congressional opposition to a Code of Conduct for space,” The Space Review, February 6, 2012, http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2018/1.

12. “Imagine”: Email from Zubrin to Dick Morris, July 5, 2012.

13. “planetary protection”: Ibid.

PART EIGHT

1. “‘The European Union’”: Elisabeth Rosenthal, “U.S. and Europe Battle Over Carbon Fees for Airlines,” nytimes.com, July 27, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/business/energy-environment/us-air-carriers-brace-for-emissions-fees-in-europe.html?pagewanted=all.

2. “a group of”: UN News Centre, “UN experts call for global financial tax to offset costs of economic crisis,” UN.org, May 14, 2012, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41988&Cr=economic&Cr1=crisis.

3. “Where the world”: Ibid.

4. “it is high”: Ibid.

PART TEN

1. “97 smallest nations”: Wikipedia, “List of Countries by population,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population#List.

2. All Told: “Voting Practices in the United Nations,” 2010, www.state.gov, http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/162416.pdf.

3. In 2011, Freedom: Freedom House, “Combined Average Ratings—Independent Countries,” 2011, http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/CombinedAverageRatings%28IndependentCountries%29FIW2011.pdf.

4. “A Partly Free”: Freedom House, “Freedom in the World 2012: The Arab Uprisings and Their Global Repercussions,” 2012, http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/FIW%202012%20Booklet—Final.pdf, p. 4.

5. Here’s How Freedom: Freedom House, “Combined Average Ratings—Independent Countries,” 2011, http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/CombinedAverageRatings%28IndependentCountries%29FIW2011.pdf.

6. “Corruption is the”: “What is the Corruption Perceptions Index?,” transparency.org, http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/in_detail/.

7. They take a: Ibid.

8. “the perceived likelihood”: Ibid.

9. They issue a: Ibid.

10. “series of in-country”: Ibid.

11. “Here are the”: “Demands for Better Government Must Be Heeded,” transparency.org, http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/results/.

12. The program included: Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, Outrage (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), p. 44.

13. “Corruption of the”: “Probe: $1.8B diverted to Hussein regime,” CNN.com, October 27, 2005, http://articles.cnn.com/2005-10-27/world/oil.food.report_1_oil-for-food-program-kickbacks-volcker?_s=PM:WORLD.

14. Paul Volcker estimated: Morris and McGann, Outrage, p. 59.

15. A year later: Ibid., p. 60.

16. “Un funding arrangements”: Ibid., p. 64.

17. “As far as I am”: Robert M. Appleton, “Chairman of the United Nations Procurement Task Force, to the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs.”

18. “the most disappointing”: Ibid.

19. “The General Assembly’s”: “Internal Oversight and Procurement Controls and Processes Need Strengthening,” GAO.gov, April 27, 2006, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-06-60IT.

20. “produce a document”: George Russell, “U.N. Judges Charge Ban Ki-moon with Power Grab, Distortions of Their Rulings,” FoxNews.com, November 11, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/11/11/un-judges-charge-ban-ki-moon-with-power-grab-distortions-their-rulings/.

21. “despite a net”: Freedom House, “Freedom House Worst of the Worst,” http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/Worst%20of%20the%20Worst%202010.pdf.

22. “His government… uses”: Ibid.

23. “President Lukashenka systematically”: Ibid.

24. “The State Peace”: Ibid.

25. “The junta drastically”: Ibid.

26. “has never”: Ibid.

27. “The Chinese government”: Ibid.

28. “Freedom of the”: Ibid.

29. “is home to”: Ibid.

30. “torture remains widespread”: Ibid.

31. “one-fifth of all”: Robert Zubrin, Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism (New York: New Atlantic Books, 2012).

32. “Longtime President”: Freedom House, “Freedom House Worst of the Worst,” http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/Worst%20of%20the%20Worst%202010.pdf.

33. “of cannibalism, specifically,”: Joshua Norman, “The World’s Enduring Dictators: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea,” CBS News, May 22, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20065072-503543.html

34. “has never held”: “Freedom House Worst of the Worst.”

35. “intensified its suppression”: Ibid.

36. “corruption and abuses”: Ibid.

37. “Religion freedom is”: Ibid.

38. “protection of human”: Ibid.

39. “the political process”: Freedom House, “Freedom House Worst of the Worst.” freedomhouse.org, http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/Worst%20of%20the%20Worst%202010.pdf.

40. “the police and”: Ibid.