Comments on: Blocking the World on Cue http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/26/blocking-the-world/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:44:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: nick http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/26/blocking-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3536 nick Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:34:25 +0000 /?p=541#comment-3536 From looking at the stories, it seems that our Canadian allies have always been granted access to Bush's website. But he forgot Poland. From looking at the stories, it seems that our Canadian allies have always been granted access to Bush’s website. But he forgot Poland.

]]> By: Randy Adams http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/26/blocking-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Randy Adams Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:47:56 +0000 /?p=541#comment-3521 Hi folks, I live in Canada, on Vancouver Island, and the Bush site is still accessible here. It loads very slowly. [ The southern portion of the island is below the 49th parallel, so maybe this makes a difference ;-] Cheers, Randy. Hi folks,

I live in Canada, on Vancouver Island, and the Bush site is still accessible here. It loads very slowly. [ The southern portion of the island is below the 49th parallel, so maybe this makes a difference ;-]

Cheers,

Randy.

]]> By: mark http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/26/blocking-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3068 mark Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:01:30 +0000 /?p=541#comment-3068 According to some Canadians I know, the site is still accessible there. Perhaps Bush is not aware that they aren't part of the United States... According to some Canadians I know, the site is still accessible there. Perhaps Bush is not aware that they aren’t part of the United States…

]]> By: join-the-dots http://grandtextauto.org/2004/10/26/blocking-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2697 join-the-dots Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:30:44 +0000 /?p=541#comment-2697 bush bans overseas visitors
Since Monday, George Bush’s official presidential re-election site has been blocking all requests from outside the US. More on BBC News…

Update: Nick has some more links to stories about this over at GTxA. He, quite rightly, points out that:

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