NHeerDesign,

Sorry, perhaps I wasn't as clear as I should have been.

Evidently, Change.gov, Obama's site while campaigning, had a massive agenda he was promising for his first term. Now, gone from Change.gov are the promises on how an Obama administration would handle 25 agenda items...from Iraq, taxes and immigration, to name some.

The area that's under question is the "Economy". Instead of transparency, we get deletion....and Grover Norquist, pres. of AMericans for Tax Reform, blasted him for having his transition team delete these 25 items.

Why? Doesn't Obama want to make good on his campaign promises on the economy?  

Doc I think your wasting your breath on the youth. They think US rights apply to the world and just don't realize how fortunate they really are (and how easily it can be taken away).

I wonder why the third geneva convention exists if POW have no rights.

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm 

The whole reason to have those "unlawful combatants" is to distinguish "lawful" from "unlawful" combatants. "unlawful combatants" are still under the protection of the 4th geneva convention when some conditions are fulfilled. The Geneva Convention also says that a potentially "unlawful combatant" must be treated as POW as long as a qualified tribunal didn't judge on his case, while in guantanamo they were treated as "unlawful combatants" before a tribunal judged on them.

If this is the way people prefer it in the USA its their right to do, but they should officially say that the convention is void then.

Please reread my response.  POWS have rights.  No where did I state otherwise.

RIght - which have not been fulfilled. I am glad you agree.  And you must also agree (since you seem to have actually read the document) that what Obama is proposing doing is illegal based upon a ratified treaty the US is a signatory to.

Really? How many times have you visited China? I'm not disagreeing with your statement mind  you, there is no place like home here in the US. I do feel that using China is a bad example I've been there a few times and it is very much like walking down a street in the US, capitalism is everywhere. Sure they don't vote or have much of a say in government affairs, but many there are not bothered by that in the least. They have a middle class, my wife (a Chinese national from PRC) falls into that category. She even owns a condo. People do tend to stare at westerners with curiosity, especially in small towns, but are generally friendly.

Being a former cold warrior, I don't have much love for communism, but I'll tell you of all the places that felt like what you might have seen in pre-1980's spy movies, was Croatia. I was there about 8 years after their independence. From the laminate wood seats on the buses, to the poor selection in shops, and stoic architecture, you'd think you were in the USSR during the 60's. The people were very friendly though and I'm sure some things have changed since then. BTW Both China (not the big cities) and Croatia are great places to vacation, very inexpensive.