Exclusive: Shocking finding on US Department of State Website

To make it a little easier, I’d suspect that taking the current “U.S. and Organization of the Americas” link and doing either of the following is something that they won’t ever do.

— Remove the “U.S.” from the link (the majority of posters on this thread have already shown how silly it is...at least to them)

— Separate the “U.S.” from the OAS and provides its own link.

The majority of posters thought it absurd to even have the U.S. listed, so the case is already made to perform the first of the two suggestions. To do anything, they have to acknowledge them being together to begin with.

They do educate the people about the US - as it relates to the State Department! 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!

OK then CA, can you explain to me why the State Department site links directly to http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Travel.shtml which has topics like:

Historic preservation, National Register of Historic Places, White House, historic landmarks.

and

Gas prices, National Scenic Byways, road closure and traffic information, Amtrak, rail travel information

I hope we both agree that the State Department doesn't have much to do with road closures or historic landmarks. My point is that they link to that information because it would be helpful to visitors or others who arrive at their site. And my suggestion was simply that they set up a place-holder country page for the USA and have the exact same kind of links and information there. Why not, it would be handy for site visitors just like their links to usa.gov elsewhere on the site.

And by the way, I'm not "you guys", at least in normal English.I haven't ever even suggested I even remotely agree with the originator of the thread, or any of the other posters.

Apparently you just don't get the point of my comments. I simply suggested that the best way to allay the kind of concerns expressed by the initiator of the thread, and to provide a useful service was for the State Department site to have a country page for the USA -- if for no other reason than to provide a useful reference for people who ended up there and wanted general information and links to related resources. No doubt it would not be of great utility to people doing in depth research, but it would, among other things, provide users of the country pages with a benchmark to compare against the other countries.

What is interesting to me is the extent of your opposition, and that of the State Dept. employee. To me it seemed like a pretty innocuous suggestion -- to have a country page for the USA on the State Department web site -- since it would just contain information already present on other parts of the same website. Why is it such a big deal to you?

Sorry to be venting towards you on this thread. You’re a victim of timing and circumstances. It was nothing personal. I should have taken it out earlier on the original post.

My apologies if I’ve upset you.

It’s late, so if you like, I’ll address your concerns in your last post in the morning. If you’d rather I not, we can just let the thread die. That might be the most diplomatic course to take.

You’ve undoubtedly turned in by this hour, so I’ll end by wishing you a good day tomorrow.

CA....

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