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Google Ignores Memorial Day
Newsbusters.org ^ | 5/29/06

Posted on 05/29/2006 11:32:45 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus

This from Our friends at Newsbuster.org

NewsBusters reader Mr. Snuggles has pointed out something conspicuously absent from Google’s various pages today – any reference to Memorial Day.(For link:click here)

I’m sure most Googlers are extremely aware of how Google will dress up its logo at its web search or news pages in honor of holidays or special occasions. Google has been known to do this on Halloween, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, etc. In fact, here is a display of all the Google holiday logos so far this year, and since 1999. You’ll even find that Google celebrated Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday just a week ago. For those scratching their heads, he created Sherlock Holmes.

Yet, if you go to Google’s home page here, or its news page here, you will see nothing commemorating today’s national holiday. By contrast, Google did honor the Persian New Year on March 21, as well as Louis Braille’s birthday on January 4.

Furthermore, if you go back through the Google archives, you'll find that, although it has over the years commemorated Shichi-go-san being celebrated in Japan, Bastille Day in France, and Korean Liberation Day, it appears that Google has never dressed up its logo for Memorial Day.

Why might that be?

Obviously what we have with Google now is that they have let their 'power" get to their heads. Instead of being the information service they started out to be, they have decided that they should mold content to teach all us idiots on da web who r too stoopid 2 kno what it good and what is bad!

Like the Mainstream Media they have gone from mere reporters, mere chroniclers to activists with the elimination of conservative sites and now deciding not to celebrate our armed forces as the fruits of their turn.

I am about fed up with these jerks!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: againdammit; google; memorialday; norespect
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To: Mobile Vulgus

and who exactly is making you go to google.com ?


81 posted on 05/29/2006 6:30:24 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

... and who "exactly" is making you reply to this thread?


82 posted on 05/29/2006 6:35:46 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

A conservative search engine - I think you're on to something... Might be a good opportunity to get some of those googlebucks.


83 posted on 05/29/2006 7:28:58 PM PDT by Romanov
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To: Mobile Vulgus

I noticed last month that they ignored Easter too. I believe they recognized it last year.


84 posted on 05/29/2006 7:41:09 PM PDT by free_at_jsl.com
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To: free_at_jsl.com

I stand corrected. They haven't recognized it since 2001.


85 posted on 05/29/2006 7:44:25 PM PDT by free_at_jsl.com
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To: Mobile Vulgus
... and who "exactly" is making you reply to this thread?

I guess its the same person thats making you cry about google.com

86 posted on 05/29/2006 8:23:14 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Mobile Vulgus

What happens in China, doesn't stay in China (for Google)!


87 posted on 05/29/2006 8:26:45 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

They've done 4th of July twice and had a special Uncle Sam thing a while back.

Can we go back to worrying about important things now?


88 posted on 05/29/2006 8:34:13 PM PDT by SergeMosin
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To: Mobile Vulgus

http://a9.com/ works for me as a search engine. You get 1.57% discount on everything you purchase on Amazon if you use A9.


89 posted on 05/30/2006 12:25:10 AM PDT by coffeebreak (Judicial liberalism is destroying this country.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

It's been confirmed, google is scum.


90 posted on 05/30/2006 1:47:32 AM PDT by RedwM
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"Dude, get a life and quit complaining about a stupid website."

Dude, get a life and quit responding to people who are complaining about a web site.

91 posted on 05/31/2006 8:34:33 AM PDT by Jonx6
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To: JulieRNR21

Dogpile is the shit! (lol...play on words...but I prefer it over Google any day of the week)


92 posted on 05/31/2006 8:38:50 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache ("Scientology is dangerous stuff,it's like forming a religion based around Johnny Quest and Haji.")
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To: Mobile Vulgus; george76; Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit; NCjim; Extremely Extreme Extremist; ...
Here's the response I got to my nastygram...

Thank you for your note. We understand your interest in seeing a Memorial Day Google logo. If we were to commemorate this holiday, we'd want to express reverence; however, as Google's special logos tend to be lighthearted in nature, this would be a particularly challenging design. We wouldn't want to create a graphic that could be interpreted as disrespectful in any way.

We have a long list of holidays that we'd like to celebrate in the future. We have to balance this rotating calendar with the need to maintain the consistency of the Google homepage. We really appreciate your feedback regarding the Google logo, and please be assured that we're actively pursuing ways in which we can acknowledge Memorial Day and other such occasions in the future.

Regards,
The Google Team

93 posted on 05/31/2006 7:21:34 PM PDT by null and void (Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, a sense of humor is just common sense, dancing)
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To: null and void
IOW:

Dear null and void,

Pound sand.

Sincerely,

The Google Team

94 posted on 05/31/2006 7:23:41 PM PDT by CrawDaddyCA (Free Travis McGee!!)
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To: null and void

Just another case of selective inclusiveness.


95 posted on 05/31/2006 7:29:51 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: null and void

I seem to recall that their Martin Luther King Day logo wasn't humorous. Oh well, what can you expect from a company that assists communist China in suppressing their people.


96 posted on 05/31/2006 7:40:18 PM PDT by Romanov
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To: null and void


I could send them a hint.

97 posted on 05/31/2006 7:47:27 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: CrawDaddyCA

Yes, but in a nice way...


98 posted on 05/31/2006 8:05:59 PM PDT by null and void (Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, a sense of humor is just common sense, dancing)
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To: null and void
We have to balance this rotating calendar with the need to maintain the consistency of the Google homepage.

Translation: We [Google] have set an arbitrary number of holidays per year that we celebrate and Memorial Day did not make the cut.

99 posted on 05/31/2006 9:04:46 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: null and void
 

Merry Christmas (apparently not) from the Google Grinches:

Happy Holidays from Google

 

100 posted on 05/31/2006 9:05:27 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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