Posted on 07/24/2006 9:49:25 AM PDT by Brian Allen
Despite the fact that I was born a Leo and the symbol of the lion, I have always considered myself a pussycat. And, I never thought that my words of wisdom would need any reason to re-access my thinking in how I phrase them. After all, my publishers never seemed to mind that I had a tendency to be a tad politically incorrect. I just told them that I had a compulsion to tell it like it is… and they loved me for it! Maybe a little too much.
Because, folks, it seems that I have been blackballed for being a bad girl. I guess I have not been nice enough to those wonderful folks that brought us the Taliban and the weekly be-heading show. How do I know this? Well, I believe that it all began a while back when I wrote a column called CAIR and the ACLU Strange Bedfellows.
It seems somebody, (I say somebody because I’m not allowed to know the names of my accusers) at Google who probably works in a “tech help” center in one of those wonderful Islamic countries that we now outsource to, has decided that my column How Has Islam Enriched Your Life? was in the category of “Hate Speech.”
As a result, they notified one of my publishers, Frank Salvato, the managing editor of The New Media Journal, that he had been dropped from Google. And, sadly, they listed me as the reason. I say “they” although their names could be Mohamed and Achmed but I will never know who wants to censor his paper. So, even though it’s a huge violation of our First Amendment's guarantee to a free press, do they care? Hell no!
Google, even though it might be as big as a small country, does not have to play by the rules because they are considered a ‘private company.’ They don’t worry about mundane things like how awful a test case this might become.
Folks, this is no different from making a fuss over cartoons. Except now they seem to have become a little more sophisticated. They are entering another arena by intimidating journalists into writing anything but very left of center so it will be considered tame enough for the censors at Google. And, to my way of thinking… somewhere in the background is good old CAIR.
I had been wondering what was happening at Google even before I was notified that I had been so bad that I was taken off the good list. For the two previous weeks, I had noticed that although about 50,000 sites referenced me when my name was clicked on Google, (Yahoo still has 48,000) about 1,500 were being dropped off every day. So, I called the good people in India and asked them was it possible that a ‘hacker’ was removing my name. Nobody seemed to know. Ah, but then only a day or so later, I was told that they considered me a ‘hate — speech’ writer.
Thankfully, there is a large contingent of my readership who are not intimidated by the threat of censorship. However, folks, this is truly scary. Because this, I believe, is a test case by the Islamic powers that be. They are now going after columnists and journalists who write columns that they consider unfavorable to their Islamofascist cause
Whenever a speaker was or is invited to the campus who just might be Jewish or speaking on anything with an Israeli orientation, and this includes Israeli Prime Ministers Netanyahu and Barak; Islamic scholar Daniel Pipes and Lebanese Terrorism expert and speaker Brigitte Gabriel. The campus office would be flooded with emails, letters and protests barring them from speaking the truth.
Their methods worked. Today, the invitations from the universities aren’t happening because it’s not worth the hassle of putting out so much security to protect these speakers from the well planned Muslim protest that follow these speakers wherever they go.
Now, however, it’s no longer cartoons they are targeting. I believe that I am a test case. So now, when these ‘plants’ at some search engines see that there are those out there who are not writing to their liking, they spam the email of companies such as Google. These targeted companies then cave in, complaining about “hate speech” and newspapers, such as The News Media Journal are withdrawn.
These people don’t worry about First Amendment rights . They have learned how to use our ‘free and democratic system’ to their advantage. More importantly, they know that if they do, American companies will fold. Folks, I do not intend to ‘give in’. Concessions denote weakness and that is just not my ‘style.’ It shouldn’t be yours either. Tell people and fight this with me!
Editor’s note: I find it ironic that one of Google’s cofounders is an immigrant from the former Soviet Union. His parents managed to escape that totalitarian state in the early 1970s and bring him with them. And how doe he show his gratitude? He collaborates with the Beijing regime in silencing genuine dissenters (not the phony ones we have in the West) and joins with the Democrats, the same party that opposed those Reagan policies that brought down the Soviet empire. Now the little snot is censoring conservatives. And this self-righteous bigot had the nerve to invent the slogan “Do No Evil”. I think he ought to change it to: “We Cooperate With Evil”.
Arlene Peck is an internationally syndicated columnist and television talk show hostess. She travels extensively worldwide, reporting to her audience about political events, social happenings (Cannes Film Festival, London event for the Variety Club, etc.) and “must see” spots. If there is a place to see and be seen, she'll write about it for her international audience.
Arlene’s syndicated column is read weekly by millions and her television show (Wow! It's Arlene Peck!) can be seen throughout Southern California every Monday night.
<< .... one of Google’s cofounders is an immigrant from the former Soviet Union. His parents managed to escape that totalitarian state in the early 1970s and bring him with them. And how doe he show his gratitude? He collaborates with the (Peking Predators) in silencing genuine dissenters (not the phony ones we have in the West) and joins with the Democrats, the same party that opposed those Reagan policies that brought down the Soviet empire. Now the little snot is censoring conservatives. And this self-righteous bigot had the nerve to invent the slogan "Do No Evil."
I think he ought to change it to: "(Google) Cooperates With (every known) Evil."
BumPing
I am seeing 39,500 hits on Google right now for Arlene Peck.
B U M P
google, aol, yahoo, nyt, lat,spt, ---all = CRAP LEFTISTS
Well, Google a private company and can link or not link to what they want in their listings, much like Free Republic can link or not link to the articles they choose.
But it looks like New Media Journal still comes up as the first google hit
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=The+New+Media+Journal&btnG=Google+Search
http://i7.tinypic.com/20tksb7.jpg
I did a google search for this article, and it showed up at the top of the list of results. Perhaps google changed their minds?
Here, I have to stop reading and wash my eyes out.
If Every Freeper Googled the NY Times 100 times a day would it cost the NY Times money or contribute to their add revenues???
Anyone know the answer?
What can we actually do about it?
I quit using Google a long time ago just for the reasons cited in the article and the ones you outlined in your post. I never could stand holier than thou pedantic prigs.
I'm not sure but I think each hit would cost them as they pay to be in the higher brackets
>>If Every Freeper Googled the NY Times 100 times a day would it cost the NY Times money or contribute to their add revenues???
Anyone know the answer?<<
Its based on whether they advertise with Google and whether you click on the ad, not just the listing in the search.
Should I keep on reading this?
"I quit using Google a long time ago"
What do you use instead? Is it as good as Google? I ask because I use Google sometimes dozens of times in a day in the course of my work.
"I never could stand holier than thou pedantic prigs"
Yes, such people are a severe trial to those of us who really are holier.
>>The bottom line for me is...
What can we actually do about it?<<
If you mean how do you get them to change the search results that takes a good bit of economic leverage - China was able to do it for searches origininating in China by threatening them with loss of advertising from the whole country.
Try dogpile. It is much better
I've been using ask.com.
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