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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For the last several years Yahoo has touted that it’s search is “Powered By Google.” I don’t know if that is still the case, but I know all the same results come up if I use each and compare.
... and if Hitler were not occupied with, and throwing away men and materials fighting the Russians, WE might be speaking German also. ( and drinking decent beer )
My point was not about them being even-handed, but about the selection of Sputnik as an important historical event.
Feel free to beat on them about other things if you like.
Unless someone suggested Congress take punitive action against Google, you can put away the 1st Amendment canard now. What they have a right to do is entirely irrelevant to the discussion.
If it didn’t matter, you shouldn’t have brought it up.
Whatever, people mad about the Sputnik thing are just being silly. It was one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind, and it’s not Google’s fault the USSR was the achiever. And you should note they didn’t actually put anything in their logo specifically pointing out put Sputnik in orbit, no hammer and sickle, no sea of red, just the object itself, the first man made object to orbit the earth.
But I’m having a hard time seeing how Sputnik was an achievement for mankind. It did not explore anything. It did not study anything. It’s only function was to send back a radio signal.
Sputnik was sent into orbit for the sole purpose of terrorizing the peaceful populations of the Western democracies while strengthening the Communist rulers’ grip on the subject peoples of the Soviet block.
The technology aside, I just can’t see that as an achievement for mankind.
I am not bothered as much by their decision to acknowledge the Ruskies, because it is history. I am bothered that they acknowledged them without doing the same for our troops. That just seems so leftist to me.
And even scarier that that canard is used on this board consistently to defend the left, (which Google's guys have admitted proudly).
It was the first man made object to orbit the earth, even if it did nothing else that’s huge, even without the radio to scare us that was the biggest thing that had ever happened, mans first step into space. I don’t see how man’s first step into space is any other than a massive achievement.
Or more accurately, the booster stage of the Sputnik launch vehicle. Sputnik was far too small to see.
If you want to watch the International Space Station or Space Shuttle pass overhead, look here: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html
*rolls eyes*
I did that. My work is done.
Whatever, it was a side issue, I admitted I was wrong, now I’m back to the real issue. Which is that people complaining about Google recognizing a huge human achievement just because it was the USSR that did it is stupid.
Seriously... it’s like having an army of Alan Colmes’ running around.
I refuse to believe this many Freepers are that stone-cold stupid. I just think we have more trolls here than we ever imagined.
Another “whatever”? If you’re going to get the last word here, you’re going to have to work harder.
“Combat? No”
figures...
Google is a liberal company. One of its founders is Sergey, born in Moscow to a Jewish family. Google routinely fails to honor the US with graphics for the US.
Simply by being first, it proved a man-made satellite around earth could be created. Historical firsts are significant.
And the US could have been first, but for short-sighted leaders.
Ya sound a little bitter there, Ben....
Huh? Did people actually care that they honored the Sputnik launch? I thought it was perfectly appropriate.
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