Comments on: Air Force Blocks Access to Many Blogs http://boingboing.net/2008/02/27/air-force-blocks-acc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Songe http://boingboing.net/2008/02/27/air-force-blocks-acc.html#comment-133460 Songe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133460 Shouldn't they be watching the airplanes?? "Frist post! lol why you do dat." tippetty tappety typity. Shouldn’t they be watching the airplanes??

“Frist post! lol why you do dat.” tippetty tappety typity.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/27/air-force-blocks-acc.html#comment-133274 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133274 first you tell them they can't talk, then you tell them they can't listen - except to you first you tell them they can’t talk, then you tell them they can’t listen – except to you

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2008/02/27/air-force-blocks-acc.html#comment-133282 efergus3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133282 Democracy: Stupidity exhibited at ALL levels of the government. Democracy: Stupidity exhibited at ALL levels of the government.

]]> By: Thinkerer http://boingboing.net/2008/02/27/air-force-blocks-acc.html#comment-133287 Thinkerer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133287 Oh c'mon -- our military bureaucracy making a self-serving and idiotic decision? No way! Oh c’mon — our military bureaucracy making a self-serving and idiotic decision? No way!

]]> By: cfpresley http://boingboing.net/2008/02/27/air-force-blocks-acc.html#comment-133546 cfpresley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133546 From someone in the Air Force, I can say that blogs have been blocked at the bases I've been at for a good while now. This is usually done through nannyware. Why some Berkeley types might be getting up in arms(if they believed in arms), there is a flip side to this. The USAF especially has been squeezed for manning severely, in order to buy shiny F-22's we've had to let people go. We've also had to send many to do traditional Army jobs in Iraq, because the Army doesn't have enough people. Now with such a limitation on the workforce, do you want US tax dollars spent on work, or Airman Snuffy reading blogs all day? What is not being reported in this posting is that everyone has free time, and there is usually somewhere they can go to read their blogs off the military network. Even if there isn't, it is still the Military, get rid of your Private Benjamin delusions. From someone in the Air Force, I can say that blogs have been blocked at the bases I’ve been at for a good while now. This is usually done through nannyware. Why some Berkeley types might be getting up in arms(if they believed in arms), there is a flip side to this. The USAF especially has been squeezed for manning severely, in order to buy shiny F-22′s we’ve had to let people go. We’ve also had to send many to do traditional Army jobs in Iraq, because the Army doesn’t have enough people.

Now with such a limitation on the workforce, do you want US tax dollars spent on work, or Airman Snuffy reading blogs all day? What is not being reported in this posting is that everyone has free time, and there is usually somewhere they can go to read their blogs off the military network. Even if there isn’t, it is still the Military, get rid of your Private Benjamin delusions.

]]> By: Battlehobo4000 http://boingboing.net/2008/02/27/air-force-blocks-acc.html#comment-133327 Battlehobo4000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133327 Look at all them chubby Airmen. -Specialist Battlehobo4000 Look at all them chubby Airmen.

-Specialist Battlehobo4000

]]> By: Wil Wheaton http://boingboing.net/2008/02/27/air-force-blocks-acc.html#comment-133367 Wil Wheaton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133367 I've heard from some members of the military who can't read my blog from Iraq or Afghanistan, because it's censored by the DoD. Brilliant move there, Pentagon. Freedom is on the march! I’ve heard from some members of the military who can’t read my blog from Iraq or Afghanistan, because it’s censored by the DoD.

Brilliant move there, Pentagon. Freedom is on the march!

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