I would think that the united states–being the wealthiest and one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world–might at least have their own homepage.
After all most other countries have a website. For instance, Togo, one of the smallest countries in the world has a homepage ( http://www.afrika.com/togo/ ) so why can’t the U.S.? Then again maybe they do.
I think that everytime you log into a porn site, you are visiting a little part of the american dream… the dream where there is a crowd of naked co-eds, and they are cheering… and throwing little pickles… hehehe
Actually, I think that http://www.whitehouse.gov might be it, but I dont’ know for sure.
Actually http://www.whitehouse.gov is the website for the President of the United States and other executive officials. (Interestingly, another very similar URL, not using the .gov extension is a porn site.)
There is a broader governmental website, http://www.firstgov.gov, which identifies itself as “the first-ever government website to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources.”
Another very useful resourse when trying to find government an other legal web resources is http://www.findlaw.com.
Tristan, That sounds like my dream of a dozen naked Mega the roos throwing around little Man Pickles … You have that one too??
Well, I don’t think so… Mega the Roo doesn’t take the form of a horde of luscious young-but-legal females, wearing grass skirts?
Ah well… mayhaps it’s time to come up with another dream… Hmmmmmmm
Out of curiosity, I checked usa.gov, unitedstates.gov and unitedstatesofamerica.gov.
The latter two came back as “unable to locate server” while
usa.gov redirected me to a site called “The US Commission on National Security/21st Century” (nssg.gov) which prominently mentions the Hart-Rudman Commission.
Hmmm…
but mega the roo is Canadian.
Build your own. http://www.northamerica.com/usa Give it a tourist angle-- cities to visit, links to major hotel chains, links to Amtrack and major airlines. A bit about our history and culture. Dude, you’d make a fortune.
On second thought, scratch that.
getting on the phone to my local webhosting service…
Whoa, I’m gonna sew up http://www.earth.com/na/usa
The way I see it, theres a good reason the US doesn’t have a homepage. We see it this way: no single entity is considered “in charge” of the United States. The US gov’t is a whole bunch of different entities that work together and balance out each other’s power. Thus, for any single unit to take charge and draft up an “official homepage” for our country would be wayyyy overstepping its boundaries. They would be defining what the United States is, rather than letting it be defined by those who reside within. Think of it as Democracy.
I found this:
http://www.unitedstates-on-line.com/
It’s not official, but in Yahoo’s directory, it appears under United States.
That’s probably correct. So what we need then is an independent agency to handle homepage making. 
Well ain’t you just the sunny little optimist?
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/us.html
Not one specific one, but it’ll get you anything you’re looking for.
And I’ll take the high-minded, non-greedy approach and register http://www.earth.org/usa
The 50 states are democracies. Canada and its thirteen provinces and territories are democracies. European countries are democracies. Almost all of them have similar separations of government powers as the United States. All of them have one-stop entry points for government web info. Why is this somehow “undemocratic”? Isn’t easy access to government information kind of a pillar of democracy?
>> but mega the roo is Canadian
Hmm, I did not know they had them in the free in Canada. Or does she reside in a zoo?
My guess would have been Australia but my geography may be a bit weak. Maybe Australia is beaver country?..
<Zarathustra spews coffee all over his keyboard, coughs repeatedly, and then slowly recovers> Well, I guess that sheds a new light on the “land down under”
I do.
–Tim
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http://www.canada.gc.ca , if you’re wondering.