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Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally
theodp writes "It took nearly a decade, but Google has done a turnabout and is honoring Veterans Day with a special holiday design for its famous logo. Users who log onto Google's home page are greeted with three World War I-era helmets capping the letters 'o' and 'e' in Google's name. The decoration is a marked departure for the company, which has come under fire from veterans' groups for ignoring American holidays such as Veterans Day and Memorial Day since Google's inception in 1999."
I do remember the outcry from some us-senators when google has put the Sputnik on its logo.
Just as I thought, some US-Americans (unfortunately, many of them hold some power in the country) desperately want to forget and deny the simple fact, that it was the Soviet Union who made it first - Sputnik, first manned space journey, first space station - and not their precious US of A.
[offtopic]I bet, none of them even knows what communism means, they believe it's for "big bad evil with GULAG inside"[/offtopic]
Sure it did. But it -is- some time ago, nearing a 100 years. Not only is everyone who'd remember it dead, pretty much everyone who have parents who remembered it is also dead. The -grandfather- of my -grandfather- would remember it, though he was only a teenager when the war went on, however not only is he dead, but all his children and all his -grandchildren- are dead.
Short story: November 11th is, in practice, a completely ignored day in Scandinavia and Germany. Despite WW-I having had very noticeable effect on those countries, particularily Germany.
In any average year there's 3791 (give or take a great gross) different "days" to observe. 99% of them are completely ignored by 99% of the population, as it has to be, you can't practically observe 10 different days on every day of the year.
The first thing I noticed on the WorldNetDaily site was a an ad for a cruise with G. Gordon Liddy and some hottie with a t-shirt saying, "I survived Roe V. Wade." Seems reasonable that they'd want Google to honor the blowing up of those other, freedom-hating peoples.
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Really, not even religion makes people as dumb as patriotism. Those who have nothing to be proud of (neither brain, nor trouser contents) have to be proud of their country. Disgusting.
The very definition of irony is that while you were probably joking, this is the reason the Rest Of The World doesn't really like Americans..
http://www.xkcd.com/354/
It's a shame Google is honoring veterans day. We should be ashamed of all the poor and uneducated who have been lured into the armed forces. Sure at one point in time people were drafted and had no choice. Now however anybody can leave whenever they want. If they can't figure out how just tell them you are gay. Let the narrow minded toss you out with what they call a dishonorable discharge. Then put up a flag proclaiming you were kicked out for saying you were gay on your yard. It's time we quit enabling politicians to do Hitler style work in today's era.
"Maybe we could put aside the crass partisan catcalling for a day and remember that." /. ? You are kidding right? This place is turning into the techie version of Dailey KOS.
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I'm a Vet and the son of a Vet so I like what they did. I don't like everyone trying to politicise everything.
If you can read this, thank a teacher.
If you can read it in English, thank a Vet!
Professional Politicians are not the solution, they ARE the problem.
For all you haters out there they could make a "Sh*t on America" logo but then again you do it 365 days a year so what would be the point? It's easy to be a smug "know it all" when someone else's ass is being shot at to protect your liberty.
"God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power
Excessive guilt-by-association with a bonus condoning of "evil"?
This is what "progressives" have become. All of you. I cast you out. You are not me. You are not anti-racist. You are not humanist. You are evil.
Check!
honestly, you're just as bad as that which you purport to 'cast out'. here's a hint - if lumping everyone you disagree with under some stupid insulting banner is bad in the parent post, it's just as bad when you do it too.
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Is this the MPAA? Is this the RIAA? Is this the DMCA? I thought it was the USA!
It did piss a lot of people off, and yes, we are all suffering the consequences of his actions.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
WND is a hate site.
It's consistently full of lies, distortions and propaganda.
Debating the message is all well and good at first, but WND has proven, time and time again, that they are not interested in presenting accurate messages. As such, a wise person should discount the messenger.
Oh, and btw, I'm just saying that the world would be better if it wasn't full of war-mongering keyboard warriors.
http://zombietime.com/
Go there and look at the many anti-Semitic posters held up by rank-and-file "progressives".
This is where you'll say, "I'm not anti-Semitic, I'm anti-Israel!"
You know what that sounds like? "Love the sinner, hate the sin". A thin veneer over regular old Jew hating.
I don't make the rules. I just make fun of them.