This website is blocked

I'm not a fan of wonkette, but every once in a while somebody links to something I find interesting there. Today, it's this that is taking place out of Iraq.

Just to let you know, the US Marines have blocked access to “Wonkette” along with numerous other sites such as personal email (i.e. Yahoo, AT&T, Hotmail, etc), blogs that don't agree with the government point of view, personal websites, and some news organizatons. This has taken effect as of the beginning of February. I have no problem with them blocking porn sites (after all it is a government network), but cutting off access to our email and possibly -not -toeing -the -government -line websites is a bit much.

I'm sure this was done on a blanket basis, block everything that contains the f-word for instance, but in order to get a website reopened, a soldier has to make a specific request to the USMC Network Operations Center in Quantico, VA.

If you were a soldier, would you really want that request in your file?

But in example, this website would be blocked because I have used the f-word a half dozen times, SEVERAL IN QUOTING THE VICE PRESIDENT.