31 October 2004

George W. blocks the world

Did you know that George W. Bush actually blocks access to his homepage http://www.georgewbush.com for a lot of european and asian based web users? Well he does, according to the danish ComputerWorld webusers from Norway, Great Britain, Austria and Taipei is effectively blocked and receives a 403 Forbidden error. Dubya seemingly uses Akamai technology for this less-open-information-approach.

Well, I can read it anyways through this link:

http://proxy.guardster.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/010100A/687474702f7777772e67656f72676577627573682e636f6d2f

Way to go W! Wonder how you would describe muslim homepages doing the same thing? Hopefully noone will bother reading your homepage when Kerry takes your job in a couple of days.

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Comments

# Jesse Ezell said:

Bush is ahead in the latest polls by quite a bit. I would be suprised if Kerry takes his job. Unfortunately, Kerry's lower IQ is getting him in

Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:53 PM
# Jesse Ezell said:

a lot of trouble. :-)

Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:54 PM
# Paschal said:

You are going to get some troubles posting stuff like politics here in this blog :-)

Be careful they're watching us !

Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:25 PM
# Scott Galloway said:

Apparently it's for 'Security Reasons' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3961557.stm)
So, can't secure even a website...just fills you with confidence ;-)

Sunday, October 31, 2004 3:10 PM
# Robert McLaws said:

I'm not sure that it matters. It's his re-election site. I think most Europeans forget that they're not able to vote in our elections. And I'd like to ask anyone who thinks otherwise the last time I was allowed to vote in an EU election, or a Russian election, etc.

If you want to know abour him, he has another page. It's called www.WhiteHouse.gov.

Sunday, October 31, 2004 3:53 PM
# Jesse Ezell said:

Yes Robert, kind of like Microsoft asking Sun to appoint their next CEO after Gates. It is just rediculous. The EU sucks big time. Why we would want the people that let the EU run their lives giving us advice on our presidential elections is beyond me.

Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:26 PM
# Jesse Ezell said:

Or, rather, after that puppet CEO Balmer that does Gate's bidding to be technically correct :-).

Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:29 PM
# Paschal said:

I warned abou the troubles you got into ;-)

Now wish you good luck with Robert. Expect being flamed now foolish anti american :-)))

He just forgot that some fellow americans are living abroad !

Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:30 PM
# Mads said:

I welcome people to disagree with my opinions. If people start to fear speaking their mind it is a serious problem and a sign of sickness in a society.

I would not agree with Jesses analogy in ths comment thread, and I find it funny that americans of all people are against openness. I would like to point out that the election of an american president is very much a matter for all people around the world, because it very much affects our lives.

We are entitled to an opinion, and we are definately entitled to insight so that we can form an opinion whether we have a right to vote or not.

Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:46 PM
# Lars said:

Way to go Mads!!! Nice to see you speak up

Sunday, October 31, 2004 11:40 PM
# Mike Walsh Helsinki said:

Same goes for Finland too. I get a 403 from here.

Monday, November 01, 2004 2:12 AM
# Eric Newton said:

Wouldnt this be the webmaster's and Akamai's fault and not "Mr W Himself"?

You people are just amazing. ANYTHING to get back into the top seat.

A vote for Kerry isn't a vote because you believe in Kerry's policies, because half the time even Kerry doesn't believe in his OWN policies.

People voting for Kerry are only doing it because they HATE W. In contrast, people voting for W are voting because they believe in a man and know what they'll get.

Monday, November 01, 2004 2:49 AM
# Lars said:

Well cant really agree with you there. This issue has been all over the press in both Europe and in Australia that the site si blocked from several countries outside the US. I find it a little strange that if it was the webmasters fault that "mr W himself" hasn't orderd it to be fixed...

And what about voting for Kerry because you disagree with how things are run today?? Shouldnt that be a valid reason?

Monday, November 01, 2004 4:08 AM
# Daryl said:

Why does it matter to Europeans?

People, Europeans in particular, seem to like to call America arrogant. Perhaps they are ashamed of their own arrogance in allowing tyrants rule rather than take a stand.

As John Kerry put it today, America pushed everyone away from the table at the UN. America didn't push them away. France and Germany skipped out when it came time to pay for the meal, because it's better to coddle a tyrant that serves their own interests than make a stand and help someone. And once again, when it comes to paying the bill, the US gets shafted with the check.

Monday, November 01, 2004 10:24 PM
# Greg said:

Not everyone believes that brute force is the right path to take in every case. Also I think what the Europeans means is that it would have been beter if the UN stod togheter behind the iraq thing. And even further...would we americans even care if iraq didnt have oil??

Tuesday, November 02, 2004 1:52 AM
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