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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Fiscally Conservative who wrote (25016)	6/30/2008 10:58:20 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

finally there:" That is good. AS long has higher costs can be absorbed by all then inflation can be managed. The problem arises when wages intially do not readily keep up with products. Wages tend to lag although they eventually rise in form. I am expecting the next 5 years to be inflationary." Many do not think wages will keep up this time. People on fixed incomes get slaughtered with inflation. The rich can find vehicles to float with inflation. The poor get hurt the worst.

To: Fiscally Conservative who wrote (25016)	2/28/2009 1:13:11 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 149317

The torture must have been a serious issue and was widely known worldwide requiring Obama to act that quickly after assuming office. ========================== Foreign agents violated human rights at Guantanamo February 28, 2009 BERLIN: A United Nations special investigator has concluded that foreign intelligence agents sent to question US-held terrorism suspects in Guantanamo Bay had violated international human rights laws. The report, to be released today by Martin Scheinin, a Finnish diplomat and the UN special investigator for human rights, said foreign agents visiting Guantanamo or secret US jails overseas committed "an internationally wrongful act" even if they were merely observing interrogations. "They were acting in breach of their legal obligations in regard to the prohibition on torture and arbitrary detention." The US military has let intelligence and law enforcement agents from at least 18 countries interrogate Guantanamo inmates since the centre opened in 2002, says the Centre for Constitutional Rights in New York. A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on the UN report or Mr Scheinin's comments. Mr Scheinin said countries that sent agents to Guantanamo should hold them legally accountable. He said investigations should be conducted at the national level, instead of creating an international tribunal. In his report, Mr Scheinin said intelligence agents were also complicit in human rights violations if they participated in interrogations in other countries where the suspects were abused. For example, he cited evidence that US, British and Australian agents questioned prisoners in Pakistan who were being held "incommunicado" and tortured by the Pakistani services. Some of the prisoners were later transferred to Guantanamo. "We still have to ask: How much did they engage in interrogations that relied on torture or other unacceptable methods?" he said in the interview. "I think we have seen the tip of the iceberg." The UN report recommended countries strengthen oversight of intelligence agencies by giving legislatures and other official watchdogs more power to conduct investigations and compel spies to divulge information. smh.com.au