Posted on 06/16/2007 3:08:21 PM PDT by jedward
“Never give up, never surrender.”
Could just be me, but I’m seeing multiple threads out right now that are trying to convince people that there’s a “North American Union”, with various additional comments, etc.. Feel free to ping them and tell them to revert the OAS to the orignal name in 1890, and as currently funded and structured...they’ve already got their NAU right now, right out in the open. Nothing to uncover, nothing to “connect”. Just simply go back to using the original name.
I also noticed that one has to wade though a few "No such thing" posts before any discussion can be found but there is generally pretty good info to be had later in the threads.
Mostly the poster's message is just "looky here" whats happening.
This is a good thread.
I’ll bump that!
The State Department is the “foreign diplomacy” part of the U.S. Government. Since the U.S.A. is not a foreign entity, but the OAS is, it stands to reason that the State Department would have information about the OAS and not the USA.
Sorry this escapes you. But luckily we will still allow you to vote, so Ron Paul gets a vote in your county!
Ron who? Oh, you must think this is political (lol) I see your reasoning skills are in line with others who have posted here.
“The State Department is the “foreign diplomacy” part of the U.S. Government”
Send them my regards for funding Fatah as announced a little bit ago.
Ok, I will explain this as simply as I can.
The Organization of American States is an organization that the U.S.A. has diplomatic ties to.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an organization that the U.S.A. has diplomatic ties to.
The U.S.A. is not a nation that the U.S.A. has diplomatic ties to.
Thus:
The State Department has a page for the OAS, a page for NATO, but no page for the U.S.A.
So this has to do with Fatah funding?
I thought it was amnesty?
Wasn't it originally how the OAS was going to take over the U.S.A.?
I think it boils down to the fact that you don't know what the State Department's website should and should not have pages for.
Ok, I understand. Thank you.
Thanks for posting, now I don't have to try to explain this.
“So this has to do with Fatah funding?”
No, I was just trying to get you to reply. I see you did, thank you.
“I thought it was amnesty?”
It appears you haven’t read the thread.
“Wasn’t it originally how the OAS was going to take over the U.S.A.?”
No, I’m not sure where you would get that from, unless your just making it up.
“I think it boils down to the fact that you don’t know what the State Department’s website should and should not have pages for.”
I understand that you think that. And you are free to do so.
No,,,the links work fine,,,maybe better words would be,,,
When the sheeple realize it...
I’d say that’s a lot more like it. Thanks for the note :)
Perhaps not. There are a lot of people out there who look for things to be outraged about.
In response to "It is not the purpose of the State Department website to educate people about the US", you reply,
Then why bother having it?
Because the original post starts off with the improbable straw man, Where's one of the best places to learn about the United States?, and then preposterously offers up the State Department's Web site!
No, no, no. If I want to go to one of the best places to learn about the United States, I'd go to www.usa.gov. Why would I go to the government's foreign policy site for that information? That would be akin to searching for the Yankees on Broadway because you'd once heard of the play, "Damn Yankees". You may learn a little something about the Yankees there, but really nothing much that will help you.
If you're looking for sites that contain information about this country, look for sites that deal with this country, not how it interfaces with and relates to other countries.
Are you a product of the public school system or something? You've (and the original poster, jenward) already amply demonstrated that logic and clear thinking are not part of your repertoire.
The Left doesn't even have to do anything but laugh when threads like this pop up!
CA....
Just 2 or 3 will suffice. We want to more closely examine your thought processes...
CA....
Congrats! Dumbest post this week!
In response to "It is not the purpose of the State Department website to educate people about the US", you reply, Then why bother having it?
I was pointing out to the respondee, who claims to be a State Department employee, the silliness of his remark that the purpose of the State Department's web site was not to educate people about the US. Think about it for a moment. If the web site isn't intended to educate people about the US then why does it have huge amounts of content to do just that? Why does it explain how the State Department works, who its leaders are, how to get a visa to the United States, how to find travel information about the United States, and so on? What would be the point of the United States government having a web site which didn't convey information about our country?
If you look around the State Department web site you will see that it in fact is designed to teach people about our country -- including among other things the names of our ambassadors around the world, and the locations of our embassies. Adding a few kbytes of content to lead visitors, many foreign, to more information about our country seems like a pretty reasonable enhancement to me.
My comments are only peripherally related to the original posting -- I suggested a solution for the kind of perception the original post implies -- namely just making a simple page in the set of country pages that points to exactly the same kind of informative web sites you cited. I don't see why suggesting an enhancement to the State Department web site to avoid the kind of mis-perception evidenced by some of the other posts is so radical an idea.
You're not going to find anything about agriculture in the US on that site. Nor information on mining within the 50 states. And don't expect to find anything about City Hall office hours in Peoria, because that's not what they do!
You guys think you've found the Mother Lode here, when in actuality all you're doing is mining Fool's Gold.
The State Department deals in US governmental relations with foreign entities. If you're looking for stuff in that vein, yeah, it's pretty good. I mean, in the sense of, say, the Encyclopedia Britannica being good for looking up something on Brazilian exports. It won't be the real thing, but for you, safely tucked away in your den, it's close enough.
CA....
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