The Fight For Freedom

However, US Marines in Iraq don't have freedom to surf the web. As you can see below, they may only access internets sites that spout Bush's party line. Very 1984.

This via Boing Boing.

Snip from an email sent by an anonymous US Marine to Wonkette:

Unfortunately anonomizers don't work out here (never have). Anyway, I had a few minutes today and thought I'd look and see what else was banned on the Marine web here. I think the results speak for themselves:

* Wonkette – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.wonkette.com/) is categorized as: Forum/Bulletin Boards, Politics/Opinion.”
* Bill O’Reilly (www.billoreilly.com) – OK
* Air America (www.airamericaradio.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.airamericaradio.com/) is categorized as: Internet Radio/TV, Politics/Opinion.”
* Rush Limbaugh (www.rushlimbaugh.com) – OK
* ABC News “The Note” – OK
* Website of the Al Franken Show (www.alfrankenshow.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.airamericaradio.com/) is categorized as: Internet Radio/TV, Politics/Opinion.”
* G. Gordon Liddy Show (www.liddyshow.us) – OK
* Don & Mike Show (www.donandmikewebsite.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.donandmikewebsite.com/) is categorized as: Profanity, Entertainment/Recreation/Hobbies [emphasis mine].”

Well, just in case their filters don't realise I post progressive ideas and often rage over that idiot Bush and his corrupt, vicious and uncaring administration, I'd better add some profanity.

What the fuck is going on? This is the US Marine Corp. These aren't the damn Boy Scouts. If these Marines don't use profanity themselves, highly unlikely, then they certainly can handle reading it. If not, they don't have to visit sites with profanity. As for the other, progressive sites, let them have access. These guys and gals are risking their fucking lives to fight Bush's immoral, shitty war and have every right to read what the folks back home are talking about.