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Google this: 'Patriotism' (No 9/11 - Pushes "Day of Service)
American Thinker ^ | 9/11/2009 | Lara Call

Posted on 09/11/2009 6:36:39 PM PDT by kara2008

Built into the internet giant Google's marketing identity is the quirky, distinctive way in which it incorporates little symbolic ‘doodles' into its logo on those days it deems socially significant....

So what touching, compassionate memorial have these creative denizens produced in tribute to this century's most devastating and deeply felt American anniversary?

Nothing.

You read that right. Google have apparently concluded that 9-11 is not a date of sufficient significance to warrant a gesture. Michael Jackson's birthday, yes. First hot air balloon flight? They had it covered. But the fatal flight of those four airliners does not warrant so much as a mention.

To add insult to injury, below the coldly bland, everyday-generic Google logo on this September 11th is a single subtitle, which reads "Today is a day to give back. Find a service opportunity near you." Apparently President Obama's decision to steer 9-11 toward a ‘National Day of Service' is more historically relevant to Google's liberal executives than the dark day of tragedy that inspired it: another notch in the arrow of leftist multicultural denial.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: 8thanniversary; 911; dayofservice; eighthanniversary; google
Check out the screen shots that are published with the article.

Lara Coll writes "Americans can make a small gesture of their own Make this September 11 the last time you Google."

I've been using Bing and Yahoo. Does anyone else have any suggestions for a good alternative to Google?

1 posted on 09/11/2009 6:36:39 PM PDT by kara2008
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To: kara2008
Bing has a WTC memorial image on their main page.
2 posted on 09/11/2009 6:38:45 PM PDT by Fingolfin
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To: kara2008

For ANYTHING conservative I use

http://ixquick.com/

It does not record you IP address and because of that, many conservatives use it. When you search for something, you get tons of hits WE want.

For the fun stuff, I use Bing. It’s better than Google anyway.


3 posted on 09/11/2009 6:41:15 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: kara2008

I try my best to avoid using the liberal cesspool that is Google. I don’t use it as a verb either such as, “Google it.”

I haven’t tried Bing. Thanks for the suggestion!


4 posted on 09/11/2009 6:41:41 PM PDT by RepublicanChick
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To: RepublicanChick

http://www.dogpile.com has a tribute.


5 posted on 09/11/2009 6:45:15 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: netmilsmom

Thank you for the link. I have installed it!


6 posted on 09/11/2009 6:47:12 PM PDT by RepublicanChick
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To: Fingolfin

Very nice tribute at Bing.


7 posted on 09/11/2009 6:48:10 PM PDT by RepublicanChick
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To: netmilsmom
Thanks for letting me know about ixquick! I'll use that and Bing from now on!..
8 posted on 09/11/2009 6:50:57 PM PDT by kara2008 (The Answer to 1984 is 1776)
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To: kara2008; RepublicanChick

No Problem!


9 posted on 09/11/2009 6:55:18 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: kara2008

Google should rename themselves “Gaygle”.


10 posted on 09/11/2009 6:56:26 PM PDT by Vision Thing (He has a white house, and he wants to paint it black.)
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To: Fingolfin
I just switched to Bing. I hate the lib scum at Microsoft, but the lib scum at google are even worse.
11 posted on 09/11/2009 6:59:06 PM PDT by Minipax
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To: kara2008
There is mamma.com - a no frills type of site.
12 posted on 09/11/2009 7:13:36 PM PDT by neefer (Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run.)
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To: Minipax
Wow. I hadn't noticed before that Bing is a Microsoft company. However, I agree that Google is much worse.

From what I've read, Dell appears to be the only big player in tech that is NOT a liberal cesspool. Micheal Dell describes himself as a Texas conservative. If memory serves me, Dell's political contributions heavily favor republicans. I worked at Dell for six years and they never pushed liberal concepts. Compared to Google and HP, Dell is one of the good guys. Please correct me if I am mistaken.

13 posted on 09/11/2009 7:20:34 PM PDT by kara2008 (The Answer to 1984 is 1776)
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To: kara2008

Google’s lame excuse.

“Google, in partnership with the National September 11th Memorial & Museum has created something more: http://www.911history.org/
It’s something beyond a logo and delivers their remembrance on a level which a logo will never achieve”

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=55ce87f4b474b633&hl=en&fid=55ce87f4b474b633000473599df20de8


14 posted on 09/11/2009 9:13:31 PM PDT by RoseyT (Lufkin/Nac area)
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Barack Hussein Obama has banned the National Day of Prayer from the White House, now get a load of THIS!!
ISLAM ON CAPITOL HILL 2009 - islamoncapitolhill.com
http://islamoncapitolhill.com/Home_Page.html
As many as 50,000 Muslims may be congregating at the White House with the blessings of the usuper.
Read their plans for ‘Muslims on Capitol hill’!!
Alarming! Infuriating!!
Does THIS leave any doubt as to what we have sitting in the White House?
Be sure to read every page!
Every page ends with ‘OUR TIME HAS COME’!!

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Muslims in New York City desecrate the U.S. flag.
‘You see this flag, it’s going on the ground and we crush it beneath our feet...our loyalty is only to Allah’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO74GwUTZj4

Muslims in Michigan fighting U.S. citizens
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPod-hxD7g&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fislaminaction08%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2009%2F07%2Fmichiganmuslim%2Dmob%2Dsurrounds%2Dand%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded


15 posted on 09/11/2009 9:47:43 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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Image and video hosting by TinyPic Image and video hosting by TinyPic Image and video hosting by TinyPic "On this occasion, we celebrate the holy month of Ramadan and we also celebrate how much Muslims have enriched America and its culture in ways both large and small." Barack Hussein Obama.
16 posted on 09/11/2009 9:48:36 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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Let us NEVER forget those nearly 3,000 innocent Americans who were murdered by the Islamists.
Don’t let Obama desecrate the memory of those Americans who were murdered by his fellow Muslims. Send this video to everyone you know.
Every American should view this video made by a New Yorker who lived through the attack:

http://attacked911.tripod.com/

This video has been viewed by untold millions and is now in the Smithsonian.
(Sadly, the New Yorker who made this video has since succumbed to lung damage sustained during the attack)

The video includes the planes crashing into the buildings and victims jumping. There are pictures of many of those who lost their lives, and president Bush’s aftermath speech set to the haunting background music, ‘Only Time’ by Enya. It is truly awesome.
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17 posted on 09/11/2009 9:49:13 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: RoseyT
Very lame. A comment on the Google forum pasted below says it all...

I really can't believe that you don't put SOMETHING on the main page. Everybody else is! The history page sounds good, but who knows about it if they didn't read it on the forums? (it took me 10 minutes of digging thru the help pages to even get here)

18 posted on 09/11/2009 10:11:47 PM PDT by kara2008 (The Answer to 1984 is 1776)
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