Yet, nothing, ever, for Memorial Day.
Nah, no leftists here...
Posted on 10/09/2007 7:27:54 AM PDT by kellynla
WASHINGTON -- Should the world's most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy?
Google Inc. occasionally features light-hearted doodles on its colorful home-page logo to commemorate special occasions. But now they are drawing criticism from conservatives for not being more patriotic.
The Mountain View, Calif., company bathes its logo in stars and stripes every Independence Day, but last week's decision to honor the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik launch -- the second "g" in Google was replaced with a drawing of the Soviet satellite -- is being blasted by some conservatives.
Not only did Google honor an achievement by a totalitarian regime that was our Cold War enemy, they griped, but it did so without having ever altered its logo to commemorate U.S. military personnel on Memorial Day or Veterans Day.
"It's a kick to your belly," said conservative blogger Giovanni Gallucci, 39, a social media consultant from Dallas. "I understand these guys are scientists and engineers and they have their quirks and want to make sure people are recognized who might not normally be recognized . . . but why not celebrate the struggles that we've come through as a people?"
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
“As I understand it, Google is a private company?”
you “understand” wrong...Google is a public traded company.
“...has as much right to its own editorial opinion as the New York Times, FNC or Rush Limbaugh?”
and I have as much right to expose the Google Goons for being the anti-military hating Lefties they are.
Class dismissed!
read Post 54
All I know is that I love America, and I despise its enemies.
“stupid?”
they may be “stupid” to someone who never served their country in combat but they are certainly paramount to those of us who did and even more so to those who paid the ultimate price for freedom and their families...a freedom you enjoy... but a price you wouldn’t have a clue about.
No, the only thing “stupid” around here are the likes of posters who just don’t “get it.”
It has nothing to do with combat, it has to do with human achievement. Our first step into space was with Sputnik, objecting to Google or anybody else celebrating that achievement is objecting to the facts of history, that’s stupid. If you’re going to be upset with anybody over recognizing Sputnik because it was the USSR that launched it be upset with our leaders at the time for letting the Russians beat us. Sputnik was a remarkable human accomplishment, it’s not Google’s fault that it wasn’t a remarkable American accomplishment.
kelly, you’re really coming off as a total twit.
You honestly remind me of those moonbat islamist that went ape over that Mohammad cartoon.
Why dont you just write the president and have him jail the Google guys as traitors.
You can be part of the firing squad that rids the world of these commie-satellite supporting heathens.
Does that make you feel better oh great protector of us from such images?
Yet, nothing, ever, for Memorial Day.
Nah, no leftists here...
Although Sputnik was a very crude instrument, it actually produced benefits for the U.S. It established the right of satellite overflight, which paved the way for our spy satellite systems, in contrast to the Rushkie's shooting down Gary Powers.
And the shock of the Reds being first in space galvanized Americans behind our own space program, eventually going to the Moon.
39 years old and he doesn't have a real job?
Jeeze... more strawmen than a haunted hayride, right there. Representing what people actually say isn’t your strong suit, it is?
The LA Times is always glad to print something that makes conservatives look like morons, and some dolts obligingly provided it.
How about repeatedly commemorating Earth Day while ignoring Memorial Day? Are we allowed to point that out?
You’d think that people on a conservative web site would want to know about the openly leftist practices of an openly leftist company so they could take their business elsewhere. How and why is doing that tantamount to being “thin skinned” and easily offended?
And if the “if you don’t like it, ignore it” rule applies to us and Google, how come it doesn’t apply to you (and the other indifferents) and this thread?
the “problem” is NOT sputnik
the “problem” is that these Google Goons ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY...LIVING OR DEAD on Memorial Day or Veterans Day!
and to add insult to injury, the Google Goons commemorate the Commie Russkies’...
gezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...how many times do I have to post this!!!!!
I’m not sure what that has to do with making a conscience decision to honor Earth Day and ignore Memorial Day repeatedly. Try words next time you have a point to make.
Try not to let them get to you. They’re being willfully dense to get a reaction.
and NOTHING for Veterans Day either...but some of the clowns around here absolutely refuse to get the anti-military mindset of the Leftist Google Goons!
Little early to be tippling...?
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