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?"
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Way to quote out of context. Did your experience in combat teach you that. I have nothing but love and respect for people who served, if I didn’t the list of family members who would kick my ass would turn this into a really long post. But it doesn’t grant you magical powers, people that served are just as capable of being full of crap as anybody else. And shove your DU BS in the dark place. Nothing announces your idiocy more than hoping to banish those that disagree with you, it’s telling the world you can’t handle being disagreed with. Kind of sad and pathetic for a supposed combat veteran to be so afraid of some minor opposition on a discussion board.
Hey, Newbie, if you plan on staying around longer than four months;
you better abide by the rules.
And we were never discussing Sputnik. Because I don't particularly care. I entered this conversation to correct your misinformation about the Memorial Day logo. I haven't strayed into the Sputnik debate, because I don't particularly care about it. On the list of Google's crimes against truth and objectivity, the Sputnik observance is way down there. Although it's still notable, given their overt communist tendencies.
What is absolutely central to this debate is the fact that Google is a far left-wing propaganda organ trying to pass itself off as a neutral information outlet. If it weren't, this thread wouldn't exist. Hence, it is ultimately what this discussion is about. Whether you care to admit it or not.
What rules? That I need to have seen dead marines before I post an opinion?
Sorry. Dead paratroopers but no marines.
Go cry to the mod if you think I’ve broken a rule. Just confirm my suspicions.
“Jeeze... more strawmen than a haunted hayride, right there. Representing what people actually say isn’t your strong suit, it is?”
Yes it is.
Do you wish to be on the firing squad too?
No one’s gonna have no commie dohickie on our internet search engine.
Together were going to show them what’s what like the proud patriots we are.
All immaterial.
Sorry we actually WERE discussing Sputnik because that’s what the story is about. Whether you care or not, and the fact that you don’t care reflects very poorly on you, that IS the topic of conversation. You can’t talk about Google’s acknowledgment of the day without discussing the day itself, the event itself, and the reality that it IS a worthy even to acknowledge.
Google’s leftist leaning is not only not central to the discussion, it’s not a part of the discussion, it’s a complete red herring logically false argument. Computer World and Investors Business Daily also acknowledged the anniversary, many many organizations did. By tunnel visioning this argument to just Google you’re showing it’s a completely disingenuous excuse to get mad. It’s not that you’re upset about them acknowledging Sputnik, you just feel like being pissed off, and really that’s stupid.
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
Can actually listen to the Sputnik telemetry audio. Doesn’t state whether the NASA History Curator actually saw combat though.
Says who? Some dude named after a throwaway character on The Simpsons?
Google's history isn't relevant. Sure. And the OJ story is all about a sports memorabilia robbery.
Google’s history has no relevance because this isn’t really about Google. It’s about acknowledging a day when the USSR clearly won in head-to-head competition with us. Google is just the foil people like you want to use, but the real complaint being lodged is that you don’t like somebody commemorating the day. Where are all these complaints on all the other days Google changes their logo? It happens nearly every other week, yet now it’s too much. I can see getting upset with them near Veterans Day or Memorial Day, but getting all knotted up about it NOW because of the Sputnik logo is just mad for the sake of mad, and people that get mad just for the fun of it are just dumb, if you want a heart attack that bad smoke a lot and eat greasy foods you’ll have more fun.
I agree.
In the last week, I’ve seen controversies over:
1). Whether or not Google loves/likes/respects the US enough because of their choice of electronic art.
2). Whether or not a politician is patriotic enough because he chooses not to wear a piece of jewelry.
3). Whether or not the blue elephant on the new GOP logo is a conspiracy or pandering to the Dems or something.
None of these issues are worthy of discussion. Not separately, not taken together, not at all. Perhaps the only thing that is worthy of discussion is why, with all the very real problems conservatives will face getting elected next year, these bits of puffery are the things we are discussing.
Apparently we have our own contingent of moonbats as well . . .
Really? I thought it was about great advancements in human history? Now it's about Soviet victories?
You're all over the map, Stewie. Moving east.
I didn’t even dare post on the threads about “issue” #2. Never having been a lapel pin fan, never having been a fan of lapels really, I just couldn’t wrap my head around that one. I understand if you’re running for president some demonstrations of patriotism are called for, I’m just not sure how putting a hole in all your sport jackets does that.
They are a bunch of non-issues, the rabble just feels like showing how roused they are I guess. A lot of “give the governor a harumph” type stuff.
In what way is my preference for discussing things of consequence over things that are silly and inconsequential being a “moonbat”?
Fascinating conversation you’re having with yourself, there. Let me know when you get around to responding to something that’s actually been said by one of the voices outside of your head.
Going from your side of the argument or don’t you actually bother to read the posts you’re defending, of course really it’s both. It was a great day in human history, it also was a day when the USSR clearly kicked our butts, of course less than 12 years later we won that particular contest, but on that day it was pretty ugly for America.
Not you, my friend, but those hyperventilating about this issue.
IMO, the mood in the country is not one of tolerance toward this kind of thing right now. We run the risk of being seen as irrational and worthy of being ignored when every little thing gets our ire up.
As far as I can tell, no major candidate would take the bait on the “label pin” kurfuffle. This tells me that they know that there is no current benefit in doing so, because there has never been a politician since Day One that wouldn’t take advantage when he could. It is always worth looking to see who is discussing an issue and why they choose to do so (and why they sometimes choose not to).
My sincerest apologies.
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