Things The White House wants to hide

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The robots.txt file for any site will tell search engines what directories or files to ignore on a website. Usually this is used to hide directories that are still under construction, or that have been moved or changed.
Check out the robots.txt file for the white house website to see a list of things that the White House has either removed from the site, or no longer wants the public to access.

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Massachusetts strikes down ban on equal marriage rights for gay people

The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that the ban on equal marriage rights for gay people was unconstituational, but didn’t go so far as to grant marriage licenses to the gay couples who filed the suit. Instead, it sent the issue back to the Massachusetts legislature, who will have 180 days to remedy the inequality of the law. What will probably happen is what happened in Vermont; a civil union law will be created that guarantees the protections of a marriage, without having the same status as marriage. So basically, we get out own water fountains and bathrooms.

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Chasing Bush: A Different Kind of Flash Mob

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A group experienced with building Flash Mobs in the U.K. is taking on a new project: protesting George Bush’s upcoming visit to the UK. Basically, they are going to follow the president around, record images of his protestors, images of how his visit and the security measures surrounding it cause chaos and difficulties for London citizens and businesses, and do everything they can to ensure that there are no “free speech zones” where protestors are kept out of sight and sound of the president so he doesn’t feel uncomfortable.

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Questions to Ask Bush at his Next (if ever) Press Conference

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Strategic-planning question: �Sir, now that you�’ve acknowledged that there was never any evidence of Iraqi involvement in the September 11th attacks by Al Qaeda, does it remain your policy that in the event of any future Al Qaeda attack against this country we would still retaliate against Iraq, and, if so, how would you avoid hitting our own troops?�
Coalition question: �Is Bulgaria still part of the coalition, and, if so, what have they done for us lately?�
Somewhat off-the-wall question: �Speaking of Iraq and Al Qaeda, sir, do you think it�s fair that Arabs don�t have to use a �u� after a �q�?�
Follow-up to somewhat off-the-wall question if answer is no:� Then would that justify having gone to war with Iraq?�

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Holy Mother of God: Veterans Kicked Out of Veteran’s Day Parade

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TALLAHASSEE — A group of 30 military veterans critical of the war in Iraq hoped to use Tuesday’s Veterans Day parade to call attention to the increasingly deadly conflict but instead found themselves fighting for something much more fundamental.
Members of Veterans For Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War were yanked off a downtown Tallahassee street, directly in front of the Old Capitol, while marching in the holiday parade they had legitimately registered in.
As organizers allowed the parade to roll on — including veterans from various wars, several high school marching bands and even a group of young women from the local Hooters restaurant — the anti-war veterans were ordered onto sidewalks where they passed out leaflets and displayed a banner reading, “Honor the Warrior, Not the War.”

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Mom Finds Out About Blog

In a turn of events the 30-year-old characterized as “horrifying,” Kevin Widmar announced Tuesday that his mother Lillian has discovered his weblog. “Apparently, Mom typed [Widmar’s employer] Dean Healthcare into Google along with my name and, lo and behold, PlanetKevin popped up,” Widmar said. “I’m so fucked.”
If Widmar starts a blog at a new address, without his full name this time, he said he risks losing “close to 100” regular readers. As of press time, Widmar had not decided whether to shut PlanetKevin down.

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