(via Metrogirl via the L.A. Times): Google logo tweak sends critics into orbit

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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Hahahahahaha! Bow to your commie pinko Google masters! I’m sorry, Uncle Sam, I can’t search for that.

Oh man. I love this. I just love it. I truly love this one a lot. It’s so full of goof. Did they get mad, you wonder, at CNN for covering the anniversary of Sputnik? Is it all right to admit the dirty commie bastards did anything right at all? Or is it only decent to do if we first and foremost say we’re cooler?

I don’t know the rules well enough! I am, however, proud of my GoogleHAL image. So some good has come of this.

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In other, unrelated stuff: Here is a Star Wars redub. A partial redub. Everything is the same, except Darth Vader’s lines are all taken from Coming to America. Enjoy, Prince Akeem.