It's an 0bama Day miracle!

Is that a flying pig in the background?

Screen shot that before it goes down the memory hole. It's a proud Google moment.

*pinches self*

Wow, Imagine the healing that will be attained over the next 4 year period. It's incredible!

Didn't you get the memo? It's suddenly cool to be patriotic.

I think I'll refrain from commenting on the Obama coincidence, and just congratulate Google in a "better late than never" spirit.

Wasn't it last year, same day, they had something up for some artist that no one has ever heard of?

re: #1 Sharmuta

It's an 0bama Day miracle!

Considering the past number of years Google appeared to ignore certain holidays, I don't give a shit.

Now was that soooooooooooooooooo hard to do, Google?

re: #6 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Didn't you get the memo? It's suddenly cool to be patriotic.

I thought that was when we were paying our taxes.

re: #9 Walter L. Newton

Don't mince words, Walter. Tell us how you REALLY feel. ;)

Color me shocked...

The Power of Obama compels you!

The Power of Obama compels you!

The Power of Obama compels you!

(An exorcism to cast out Republicans)

re: #7 Occasional Reader

Agreed. Well said.

Hey Charles - I thank you, again, for the Veterans Day thread, but wonder if it was too difficult for LGF to put up a change or addition to our masthead to honor Veterans today?
I know you've made numerous improvements here, and, iirc, you did indicate some sort of tech problem with adding a gif or whatever back on Memorial Day last year, but was just curious.

re: #14 Iron Fist

The Power of Obama compels you!

The Power of Obama compels you!

The Power of Obama compels you!

(An exorcism to cast out Republicans)

Jesus H. Christ!

re: #11 Sharmuta

I was just thinking the same thing - but you beat me to the post.

re: #7 Occasional Reader

I think I'll refrain from commenting on the Obama coincidence, and just congratulate Google in a "better late than never" spirit.

It's better late than nothing bullshit. In actuality, it's another swipe at about half of us in the country, since this wasn't their habit during the Bush administration.

Obama really is a light worker!

hrrrmmpphhh!

(Annoyed by the hypocrisy)

re: #19 Walter L. Newton

It's better late than nothing bullshit. In actuality, it's another swipe at about half of us in the country, since this wasn't their habit during the Bush administration.

Hear hear!

Did google finally wise up, or did someone hack them?

Had to take a quick look out the window to see if pigs were flying

re: #23 Lee Coller

Hmm. I hadn't thought of the hacking angle.

Nice design. And it is cool to be patriotic again. US magazine told me so.

re: #17 Macker

Would that be Jesus Hussein Christ? Better be careful. The Obamessiah doesn't like competition...

"For the first time in my adult life..."

/google

As much as I'd like to, I will resist making a snarky comment when someone does the right thing.

Didn't the O himself say if elected the seas would cease rising and our land would be healed?

re: #15 Athos

Agreed. Well said.

Oh, horses dick. This is nothing but a dump on the Republicans in this country since they had no inclination to do this up to this point. Get over it. Gosh, some people can be yank from one side of the fucking coin to the other, with little or no effort. Sick shit.

And here's another thing. I thought the Army wears The Monica now....

Oh, this is rich. How freakin' blatant.

But ya know, as long as they do it. Sometimes if you act like you have a soul the seed sprouts and you actually grow one. May the decision makers at Google find accidental enlightenment.

re: #11 Sharmuta

I thought that was when we were paying our taxes.

Paying taxes is patriotic.
Patriotism is cool.
Therefore,
Paying taxes is cool.
/

re: #14 Iron Fist

The Power of Obama compels you!

The Power of Obama compels you!

The Power of Obama compels you!

(An exorcism to cast out Republicans)

LOLOLOLOL

re: #14 Iron Fist

The Power of Obama compels you!

The Power of Obama compels you!

The Power of Obama compels you!

(An exorcism to cast out Republicans)

LOL! Didn't work on me -- I'm still here!

More proof that liberals are fair-weather patriots.

re: #6 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Is dissent still patriotic?

they saw the obama wreath ceremony event..you know the old saying..."commie see, commie do" aprapoe here I think.

re: #25 poopeedoo

Hmm. I hadn't thought of the hacking angle.

Holy shit. Look, if they had been hacked, how long do you think it would take them to replace the logo, oh, let's see, about 4 seconds.

re: #24 oronpam

Had to take a quick look out the window to see if pigs were flying

One just slammed into my roof. They make a lot of noise and don't fly well.

The American military is the enemy until Obama takes command! B/T/W, how many years of military service does Obama have?

re: #11 Sharmuta

I thought that was when we were paying our taxes.

Nobody will be paying taxes soon, as the markets tank, USPS lays off 40,000, unemployment skyrockets, global shipping stops, ...

/REBATES for Everyone!

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

Oh, horses dick. This is nothing but a dump on the Republicans in this country since they had no inclination to do this up to this point. Get over it. Gosh, some people can be yank from one side of the fucking coin to the other, with little or no effort. Sick shit.

You said it a little more "saltier" than I would have, but I must concur. On the ironic side, they've forgotten that George W. Bush is STILL the President.

This is not the Google I knew...

So the soldiers of this CIC are the good soldiers.

re: #33 kynna

Oh, this is rich. How freakin' blatant.

But ya know, as long as they do it. Sometimes if you act like you have a soul the seed sprouts and you actually grow one. May the decision makers at Google find accidental enlightenment.

Gee, and they found it when? After the fucking election. Gee, can't we all get along? Do you actually believe what you are stating?

re: #30 ladycatnip

He will heal the world. I'm guessing that the L³eft will become disenchanted with their Pocket Messiah within six months.

re: #38 X-ray

Is dissent still patriotic?

Sure - and I plan on being veerrrryyyy patriotic for the next four years!

re: #45 Leonidas Hoplite

This is not the Google I knew...

LOL

re: #38 X-ray

Is dissent still patriotic?

No. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
/

One last post (for now). (Repost from last thread)

Operation Ward 57 helps the wounded from Iraq in Afghanistan recovering with amputations.

Ward 57 is in an older building and tends to be a bit cold.

You can buy a blanket for service member in Ward 57.

Scroll down, second item is 50 x 60 Fleece Blanket for *a Patient*

Buy several!

OT: Remembrance Day in Britain.
GOTTA LOVE THE BRITS HEADER...

THANK YOU ALL YOU LIZARD VETS!

I take it this is the first Veterans Day tribute for Google, I'm not surprised.

Oh, and the wise O leaking details of a private conversation with Bush in an attempt to undermine his last days in office has me really, really pissed off.

re: #42 quickjustice

The American military is the enemy until Obama takes command! B/T/W, how many years of military service does Obama have?

ummm, he has a bracelet...and he once passed an Army jeep in his bmw i think once...lol

re: #45 Leonidas Hoplite

This is not the Google I knew...

LOL!

re: #32 Macker

One of the things to hate Clinton for. Black Berets were Army Rangers. I think the Rangers get tan nowadays.

Patriotism that shows itself only when the "proper" candidate is elected is not patriotism at all.

And the *ssholes forgot the Coast Guard.

*SPIT*

re: #44 vapig

You said it a little more "saltier" than I would have, but I must concur. On the ironic side, they've forgotten that George W. Bush is STILL the President.

Yes they have. And just like the Bush-to-Clinton transition the MSM stories about the economy have not been as bad following the election of a Dem. If the media helped talk us into a recession maybe they can help talk us out.

re: #53 WriterMom

mmm....nice...poppy

Sorry Google Dudes -

It's "My Country, always", not just whenever it might suit.

*spit*

So, could we say that for the first time in their adult lives, Google is proud of their country?

re: #44 vapig

You said it a little more "saltier" than I would have, but I must concur. On the ironic side, they've forgotten that George W. Bush is STILL the President.

No they haven't. This is totally in line with them ignoring national holidays. This is their way of saying the current administration is irrelevant. No irony here, same old shit.

For the first time in it's adult life....

re: #61 unreconstructed rebel

Sorry Google Dudes - It's "My Country, always", not just whenever it might suit. *spit*

Well said.

re: #60 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Oh come on...we know you mean 'poppies'. Get your eyes away from there and please refocus on the jihad and Remembrance Day...And I meant it in a NICE WAY.

re: #62 RememberSekhmet?

So, could we say that for the first time in their adult lives, Google is proud of their country?

No we can't say that!

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

Gosh, some people can be yank from one side of the fucking coin to the other

What "coin"?

Look, if you seek to find offense in the Google design, and focus on that, well... enjoy, I guess. Question: Would you have been happier had they not recognized Veterans' Day this year?

I went to Chimayo, NM. You go into a room behind the church proper and dip your hand into a hole in the floor to touch the dirt with its healing properties. They told me they have to replenish the dirt in the hole periodically, it doesn't renew itself miraculously.

Where's Obama's shrine? I'll go there next.

Lookee there, now that that Comrade Urkel is the Fresh Prez of Bill Ayers Google is finally proud of America.

Google.ca (Canada) has nothing

HEY! IT'S GONE! I just went there and I have a plain GOOGLE now.

re: #58 CIA Reject Indeed they did, those stupid mofo's.

Call me a cynic but 0bami's probably heard that the number of military re-enlisting is about to go down, down, down. According to a recent poll at military.com, when asked "When I think of President Obama as my commander-in-chief," 53% answered "I'm worried and doubt I'll re-up when my time comes."

Not very hopeful, eh?

re: #10 Dirk Diggler

As Oprah so eloquently put it in her t-shirt address to the nation: HOPE WON!

Everything is good now! Even the (formerly evil) US Military!

*puke*

I wOnder if gOOgle's planning On mOdifying the gOOgle lOgO On Jan. 20. Methinks it's likely.

It's their Army again.. so they can honor the service.. lets hope one day they can win the wars they start, with out betraying the men and women they ship to fight it.. Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, and all the future ones they start.

Suddenly, remembering the men and women who protected their rights isn't above their pay grade.

re: #62 RememberSekhmet?

So, could we say that for the first time in their adult lives, Google is proud of their country?

Jury is still out on the "adult" part.

What a bunch of bandwagon jumping jackass morons. Next thing you know, they'll fly an American flag at the Google campus.

re: #69 jemima

Are you sure it's dirt? ;-)

re: #68 Occasional Reader

What "coin"?

Look, if you seek to find offense in the Google design, and focus on that, well... enjoy, I guess. Question: Would you have been happier had they not recognized Veterans' Day this year?

Gee, when Obama went from not wearing a flag pin to wearing a flag pin, most people here weren't fooled by that.

Seems we have short term memories, yes?

Max Darkside,

HEY! IT'S GONE! I just went there and I have a plain GOOGLE now.

It's still there.

Why are you all so cynical?

Can't you all just appreciate the fact that America's long fascist nightmare is over and UNITE with the 52% of blue-blooded patriotic American's who, just last week, saved your country for you?

/...(this really is how most Obama voters feel)

re: #72 Max Darkside

HEY! IT'S GONE! I just went there and I have a plain GOOGLE now.

Did you go to google Canada?

re: #57 Iron Fist

One of the things to hate Clinton for. Black Berets were Army Rangers. I think the Rangers get tan nowadays.

Much as I dislike Bill Maher, he did have a relatively funny line on the beret color switch: "It's ironic, first President Clinton goes with this 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, but then when he wants to boost morale in the Army, what does he give them? A makeover."

Google.ca has NOTHING.

No poppy. Nothing.

google Canada

re: #72 Max Darkside
Huh, it's still on my Google page = you sure you're looking at the right page?

re: #81 quickjustice

Are you sure it's dirt? ;-)

I didn't see a bull in the backyard.

re: #9 Walter L. Newton

Considering the past number of years Google appeared to ignore certain holidays, I don't give a shit.

Same here, now let's see what Google does next Memorial Day!

re: #74 Irene NYC

Call me a cynic but 0bami's probably heard that the number of military re-enlisting is about to go down, down, down. According to a recent poll at military.com, when asked "When I think of President Obama as my commander-in-chief," 53% answered "I'm worried and doubt I'll re-up when my time comes."

Not very hopeful, eh?

We will see the Draft again before all is said and done.

re: #46 FightingBack

So the soldiers of this CIC are the good soldiers.

This CIC is named George W. Bush, by the way. The current one, that is.

re: #84 Dirk Diggler

Max Darkside,

It's still there.

Not for me and I hit refresh. Lemme try IE, I'm using firefox.
Nope... GONE.

re: #97 Max Darkside

Not for me and I hit refresh. Lemme try IE, I'm using firefox.
Nope... GONE.

with the wind.

I so dislike hypocrites! Just like these jerks. They can stuff it!

re: #76 bosforus

I wOnder if gOOgle's planning On mOdifying the gOOgle lOgO On Jan. 20. Methinks it's likely.

If they don't, then it's Pigs In Space.

There for me. (I feel so special! I feel like one of the radiant ones!)

re: #95 Occasional Reader
Oh, I am well aware. That's why I used the italics. But they have moved on.

I have been avoiding Google for some time owing to their apparently anti-American, anti-military slant. They seem to be the very best search engine.

What puzzled me is that "Veterans' Day" is what the day is called in the United States (at least). I seem to recall, that, at one time, the day was celebrated as Armistice Day by most of the Western world.

So why, in years past, did Google not recognize Armistice Day?

Ted

re: #82 buzzsawmonkey

I'm not sure that Obama wants to lower the number of troops, though. Get rid of nukes, etc., yes. But he probably wants to be able to contribute a significant amount of American troops to U.N. efforts and put them under multi-national control. I hope I'm wrong.

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

Google is biased. I don't think they even dispute that. It is a free country. Because soldiers were willing to fight and die for it, they have the right to criticize and condemn.

That doesn't make them right. We're free not to use their product. We don't have to give our business to a company that commits borderline treason.

Writermom,

As Oprah so eloquently put it in her t-shirt address to the nation: HOPE WON!

Don't blame me. I voted for Despair.

Which is apparently what the stock market is doing.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the Google dude maybe being an adviser to Obama.

re: #68 Occasional Reader

I think everyone would be happier if the switch didn't coincide with the impending regime change in the United States-the dramatic 'discovery' of patriotism among the unhinged left is rather revolting and transparent.

re: #98 unreconstructed rebel

with the wind.

Are you going to the HOME PAGE...

[Link: www.google.com...]

It's there. Don't use a plug in google search box in your browser, that goes right to the search results page.

re: #97 Max Darkside

Not for me and I hit refresh. Lemme try IE, I'm using firefox.
Nope... GONE.

It's still there and I'm using Fire Fox.

Coast Guard?

re: #89 WriterMom

Google.ca has NOTHING.

No poppy. Nothing.

If they had a poppy, it would be the opium variety.

re: #106 Dirk Diggler

Despair? Isn't that Beyonce's new stage name? Oh-no...that's Sacha FIERCE...and she's pining for a singing gig at the Coronation...

re: #106 Dirk Diggler

Don't blame me. I voted for Despair.

You know, kid, sometimes you're not half as dumb as you look. That's a damn good line.

If you put google.com in instead of using a firefox version, you will get the graphics.

#108 Writer Mom

OT Do dogs have to be quarantined if they're moving from the US into Canada?

re: #89 WriterMom

Google.ca has NOTHING.

No poppy. Nothing.

I'm told that as commonwealthers they don't much celebrate armistice day, and they don't have a fourth of july.

re: #86 Ringo the Gringo

The nightmare is just beginning. Kind of like a bad acid trip. There's no going back, there is only going through.

Ok, I went to [Link: www.google.com...] JUST NOW and it is GONE. I will clear my cache...

re: #117 itellu3times

I'm told that as commonwealthers they don't much celebrate armistice day, and they don't have a fourth of july.

There's an entire day missing from their calendars?

Relax -- we know Google doesn't really mean it!
//

I guess Michelle Obama had to be proud of her country first...

WOW! Will wonders never cease? Maybe now they'll even have a tribute to our military on the next anniversary of D-Day, instead of the celebration of some relatively obscure baroque period, European artist.

re: #115 bellamags

If you put google.com in instead of using a firefox version, you will get the graphics.

That's what I am trying to say above. If you use a toolbar Google plug in, your search item is transmitted directly to Googles search engine and you will see the first page of found items.

On that page, the Google logo is ALWAYS the standard Google logo. All the time, never changes.

If you go to their HOME PAGE, [Link: www.google.com...] , then you will see the modified logo for today.

re: #104 Irene NYC

I have salvaged this from the now deleted official Agenda of the Pres-elect:
Expand to Meet Military Needs on the Ground: Barack Obama and Joe Biden support plans to increase the size of the Army by 65,000 soldiers and the Marines by 27,000 troops."

Of course, they could have been lying to us.

How about something truly uplifting for Veterans Day?

JR Martinez was burned over 40% of his body in Iraq. He's now playing an Iraq veteran on "All My Children." Maybe someone here who watches the show can fill us in on how he's being portrayed, but from the article, it sounds really positive.

re: #52 jcm

Bought a blanket for a returning vet. Thanks for the link -- it helps me commemorate this day in a special way.

re: #118 Iron Fist

LOL. the only consolation, all of your friends took the same crap.

re: #117 itellu3times

For us, it's Remembrance Day and there is a national moment of silence at 11:00 with ceremonies everywhere. I like July 4th and consider it a special day, but it's not a national holiday here.

re: #108 WriterMom

the dramatic 'discovery' of patriotism among the unhinged left is rather revolting and transparent.

But I won't look this particular gift horse in the mouth. Look, to the extent that new lefty "patriotism" means "I'm proud of my country, now that we're going to [help the Palis in their struggle against the evil Joos, or whatever]", then they can stuff it. But this particular example is "core patriotism"; honoring the veterans of our armed forces. I'd rather they do it than not.

Google is responding to something OTHER than respect for those who've served in the military. In my sincere, well-considered, opinion, this is mere opportunism on Google's part. Google showed its true colors while times were tough.

Google, ... FOAD!

/if the pig flies, I hope it has diarrhea

re: #97 Max Darkside

Not for me and I hit refresh. Lemme try IE, I'm using firefox.
Nope... GONE.

Still on my 'puter.

I cleared my cache and it is not there. Just the plain google. I'm going to get off of it anyway. I have to go create value to society so I can be justly compensated so I can do my patriotic duty and give about 1/2 of my compensation to the government.

To my Uncle Jim, I never met him, he went down in a B-17; Happpy Vet's day.

And the same to the living who have relatives they never met; enjoy the freedom they gave us.

re: #131 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Google is responding to something OTHER than respect for those who've served in the military. In my sincere, well-considered, opinion, this is mere opportunism on Google's part. Google showed its true colors while times were tough. Google, ... FOAD! /if the pig flies, I hope it has diarrhea

Ding, ding, ding, give this man a cigar!

re: #100 uncle_monkey

If they don't, then it's Pigs In Space.

THANK you!
*grin*

re: #125 FightingBack

I have salvaged this from the now deleted official Agenda of the Pres-elect:
Expand to Meet Military Needs on the Ground: Barack Obama and Joe Biden support plans to increase the size of the Army by 65,000 soldiers and the Marines by 27,000 troops."

Of course, they could have been lying to us.

Yup, like a couple of cheap rugs.

Hey, I just checked, and the ocean is receding, as was prophesied!

OK, OK, so it's just the tide going out, but still, He delivered.

re: #124 Walter L. Newton

I think we were typing at the same time. You do explain it much more eloquently however. ; )

re: #116 jemima

I'm not sure, but if you ask the local Canadian consulate where you are, they would probably know. Or, it's probably on one of the government web sites, maybe under the immigration section...

re: #11 Sharmuta

I thought that was when we were paying our taxes.

That's when it cool not to be selfish, also.

re: #73 realwest

Indeed they did, those stupid mofo's.

Pop Reject served in the USN in the Pacific during WWII; he always told me about how much respect he had for the coxwains, many of them Coast Guardsmen, who drove landing craft full of Marines to invasion beaches while standing up in the back of the boat like a huge target.

Oil is trading below $60. And thank heavens! If the oil producers still had their cash flow in these time they'd be able to buy up the whole world.

re: #129 WriterMom

I like July 4th and consider it a special day, but it's not a national holiday here.

What? Ridiculous! Next you'll be telling me you don't observe Presidents' Day!

/

re: #133 Max Darkside

I cleared my cache and it is not there. Just the plain google. I'm going to get off of it anyway. I have to go create value to society so I can be justly compensated so I can do my patriotic duty and give about 1/2 of my compensation to the government.

Google can also tell what country you are in by your IP address. It is possible that they are displaying different logo depending on the origin of you dynamic or static IP address.

What country are you in?

re: #130 Occasional Reader

I understand.

re: #125 FightingBack

I have salvaged this from the now deleted official Agenda of the Pres-elect:
Expand to Meet Military Needs on the Ground: Barack Obama and Joe Biden support plans to increase the size of the Army by 65,000 soldiers and the Marines by 27,000 troops."

Of course, they could have been lying to us.

Of course all weapons systems that they might use to fight with have been canceled. Rocks, javelins, and spears to your left and flint locks rifles to your right?

#126re: #126 doppelganglander

How about something truly uplifting for Veterans Day?

JR Martinez was burned over 40% of his body in Iraq. He's now playing an Iraq veteran on "All My Children." Maybe someone here who watches the show can fill us in on how he's being portrayed, but from the article, it sounds really positive.

Yeah I happened to catch a couple minutes of that on Soapnet this morning. I was very impressed and I thought he did as good a job as most actors new to the show and a lot better than some I've seen. (Kelly Ripa was horrible in the beginning of her stint there.) It seemed to be handled well. AMC has always been cutting edge about the stories they tell.

I don't think he wants to end up like his predecessor, Lyndon Johnson, with the youth that voted for him rioting in the streets over the draft.

re: #142 CIA Reject

And no kevlar vests.

Oh, I get it. Google has about a trillion servers globally and I bet some of their servers have it and some don't. Some of see it, I, here in MN, on Mediacom don't.

re: #141 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

That's when it cool not to be selfish, also.

And nothing will be above our pay grade.

re: #117 itellu3times

I'm told that as commonwealthers they don't much celebrate armistice day, and they don't have a fourth of july.

No, there is no 4th of July, but there is the 1st of July.

Remembrance Day remains in many parts of the country remains a big thing. It just seems as if it is the same old Google in Canada and Britain. That does add credence to the speculation as to why they've suddenly found patriotism in the US.

Regardless, I still avoid using their products because of their past insults and omissions.

re: #145 Walter L. Newton

Yes, that's right. I tried to key in Google.com and it bounces me automatically to Google.ca

re: #138 Occam's Beard

Hey, I just checked, and the ocean is receding, as was prophesied!

OK, OK, so it's just the tide going out, but still, He delivered.

And just this morning, I noticed a Band-Aid on the sidewalk. The planet is healing!

re: #88 Occasional Reader

Heh. But I bet the Rangers were pissed. Even if I had gone into the military I think I'd have had to get out when Slick Willy came onboard. I just couldn't see myself fighting for that man, William Jefferson Clinton.

re: #140 WriterMom

I'm not sure, but if you ask the local Canadian consulate where you are, they would probably know. Or, it's probably on one of the government web sites, maybe under the immigration section...

Thanks. That is the logical way but you were just so available!

Just say no to war...unless a Democrat is president.

(my fave bumper sticker from Protest Warriors.)

well, well. First (some thread last night) we have some euro-weenie coming in here and telling us that now that we (are going to) have a president they respect, they'll start fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, and now Google does something that can be considered pro-military?

Charles....fire up the Flying Pig and open the hangar doors. We MIGHT just have a real FP moment soon. Not jsut yet though....

re: #143 Luigi

Oil is trading below $60. And thank heavens! If the oil producers still had their cash flow in these time they'd be able to buy up the whole world.

Yeah - but it blows any chance we ever had of producing our OWN energy - and I don't mean plug-in Yogos.

Holy Handjob, Batman!

Google: all the sincerity of a $2 whore, at ten times the price!

}:/     [Still, it's about frickin' time, ya wusses!]

re: #126 doppelganglander

FANTASTIC article. Beautiful within and on the outside too. What a tremendous story. Good for them for making this happen. Thanks for posting that.

re: #154 WriterMom

I'm in Northern California & the Google Service logo comes up here.

Every country has a fourth of July. It's a date on the calendar. And because it's just a date on the calendar, when it rolls around in America I insist on calling it Independence Day, because that has meaning.

I had to look twice to make sure a keffiyeh wasn't on there somewhere.

re: #157 jemima

{jem}

re: #163 Ojoe

I'm in Northern California & the Google Service logo comes up here.

Here in Minnesota, on Mediacom, no Veteran's logo.

Obama has reached out and healed Google.

It's probably more like....Heeled.

re: #147 Nevergiveup

Oh yes, they hit on that, too (now gone)

"Fully Equip Our Troops for the Missions They Face: Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe we must get vitally needed equipment to our soldiers.... We cannot repeat such failures as the delays in deployment of armored vehicles, body armor and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that save lives on the frontlines."

re: #154 WriterMom

Yes, that's right. I tried to key in Google.com and it bounces me automatically to Google.ca

Right. Proves my point. They are only interested in the marketing value of displaying a holiday specific logo to Americans. Sorry, I don't give them ANY note for that little stunt. It's a hollow honor and a illy motivated victory.

"Those are our jets, now."

re: #143 Luigi

Oil is trading below $60. And thank heavens! If the oil producers still had their cash flow in these time they'd be able to buy up the whole world.

Yeah, but Whole Foods still charges an arm and a leg for arugula.

I think that it is sad and pathetic that it took Obama being elected into the White House to get Google to provide a Veteran's Day theme. I have a hard time believing they would have done this if we were in for another 4 years of a Republican administration. I suppose patriotism is contingent upon who occupies the White House and whether the boys at Google share the Presidental administration's ideological views. In any case, war Veteran's are the greatest among us and they certainly don't need recognition or aprobation from the ideologues at Google.

re: #167 Max Darkside

OK Lizardia, let's investigate this.

Who has the Google Vet's logo?

Maybe we can make a map.

re: #108 WriterMom

Not to mention the fact that the Left is still hoping to squeeze out a loss in Afghanistan and Iraq. It comes late in the game, but with Obama on their side, al Qaeda in Iraq may be able to claim victory over the Great Satan sooner rather than never.

Nothing I've seen convinces me that the L³eft has quit hoping for a devistating loss in Iraq.

Leftist progressives are so predictable.

re: #165 Crusty

Don't give them any ideas ...

re: #169 FightingBack

Oh yes, they hit on that, too (now gone)

"Fully Equip Our Troops for the Missions They Face: Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe we must get vitally needed equipment to our soldiers.... We cannot repeat such failures as the delays in deployment of armored vehicles, body armor and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that save lives on the frontlines."

That lot will be just like McClellan. By the time they get ready, the war will be long over.

re: #159 soccerdad

well, well. First (some thread last night) we have some euro-weenie coming in here and telling us that now that we (are going to) have a president they respect, they'll start fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, and now Google does something that can be considered pro-military?

No, the euro-weenies think we'll have a President they can manipulate.

re: #160 vapig

Yeah - but it blows any chance we ever had of producing our OWN energy - and I don't mean plug-in Yogos.

Yep, I wanted oil to drop, but a) not for this reason, and b) not necessarily this far. It will be good for us in the long run to at least have a certain amount of pain related to oil price now.

re: #174 Ojoe

OK Lizardia, let's investigate this. Who has the Google Vet's logo? Maybe we can make a map.

I'm in Golden, Colorado (15 miles west of Denver). I am linking to plain old Google.com. I get the holiday themed logo.

Google is big brother.

wouldn't you know it- it turns out big brother is a leftist.

I saw something funny-in a HOPE N'CHANGEY kind of way. Anyone see the picture of The One's Transition Team. Two women-mostly white men.

HOPE N'CHANGE!

re: #173 Big Al

I think we should accept new-born patriotism from whatever quarter; it may grow and become solid. Certainly it will go away if we scorn it.

re: #178 unreconstructed rebel

That lot will be just like McClellan. By the time they get ready, the war will be long over.

Lincoln to McClellan: "If you're not using the Army of the Potomac, do you mind if I borrow it?"

re: #166 WriterMom

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Google's "patriotic" logo is provided here through Comcast, Florida. Message (as everyone else here has alluded to): it's OK to be patriotic now BO is president.

Should start an ObamaMiracleWatch.com site, to list all the miracles as they happen!

/sarc sort of

Germany to demand Demjanjuk extradition from US
Office for Prosecution of Nazi War Crimes says it has fresh evidence that Demjanjuk was a guard at Sobibor death camp in Poland and had personally led Jews to the gas chambers

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Hey. it's a bitch being a murderous scum war criminal?

re: #179 Spiny Norman

No, the euro-weenies think we'll have a President they can manipulate.

From what I read in the newspapers, a whole lot of them are laughing behind their hands.

re: #150 Ojoe

And no kevlar vests.

Also no relief. Pop talked about a book he had read by a veteran USCG coxwain who shipped out in 1942 and stayed in the war zone running landing craft until the end of the war. The guy hit every beach in the Pacific theatre.

re: #174 Ojoe

OK Lizardia, let's investigate this.

Who has the Google Vet's logo?

Maybe we can make a map.

Washington, DC voting "Present". (The logo, that is... not a typical Obama vote.)

Am I mistaken, or do the hats depicted represent the Marines twice, but the Navy not at all?

re: #171 jamgarr

"Those are our jets, now."

Fly 'em yerselves then.

re: #174 Ojoe

I'm in Canada -- nothing at Google.ca -- and when I link to Google.com, there's nothing there -- just the standard Google logo.

A Pittance of Time

re: #131 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Google is responding to something OTHER than respect for those who've served in the military. In my sincere, well-considered, opinion, this is mere opportunism on Google's part. Google showed its true colors while times were tough.

Google, ... FOAD!

/if the pig flies, I hope it has diarrhea

*snicker* :D

BTW - mama winger asked that you check my avatar - she howled!

re: #190 unreconstructed rebel

re: #179 Spiny Norman

No, the euro-weenies think we'll have a President they can manipulate.

From what I read in the newspapers, a whole lot of them are laughing behind their hands.

Oh, yeah.

Oil at $59/bbl... and it was only a couple of months ago that I was brashly predicting it would fall to under $100/bbl "by year's end".

re: #193 Throbert McGee

Am I mistaken, or do the hats depicted represent the Marines twice, but the Navy not at all?

I think they're on the "e".

President Bush soon live on FOX at the Intrepid.

Proggies discover their patriotism when and only when their guy is in...

I think the last time they felt that tingle was during Carter and Clinton.

OR,

That's a damn good line.

Thanks. I contribute what I can to the cause.

re: #191 CIA Reject

My dad's papers (may he rest in peace, 1917 - 1992) all say "for the duration".

All this history needs to be remembered.

re: #174 Ojoe

OK Lizardia, let's investigate this. Who has the Google Vet's logo? Maybe we can make a map.

And, it would depend on where you actual service provider's server is located. If you have a server in Canada, your IP address that are issued to you may be registered in Canada, and the Google site probably re-directs you to Google Canada.

Unless Google has some script that is randomly selecting the regular logo or the holiday logo, there is NO WAY that you can go to Google.com and get a different logo.

Clear your cache. You browser will use what's in your cache.

I have about 5 computers here, they all show plain Google. Maybe I'm being "served" off a server in a data center in Canada?

re: #193 Throbert McGee

Am I mistaken, or do the hats depicted represent the Marines twice, but the Navy not at all?

Sorry- read that wrong. The Navy's on the yellow "o".

re: #193 Throbert McGee

The second hat from the Left is Navy, IIRC. My ex-wife was a Naval corpsman, and her uniform had a hat similar to that.

re: #193 Throbert McGee

Am I mistaken, or do the hats depicted represent the Marines twice, but the Navy not at all?

It looks like Army, female Navy hat (I watched JAG), Air Force and Marines

I cleared my cache and it is not there. Just the plain google.

Perhaps only those of us living in Blue States can see it, and all you Red Staters are stuck with the old Bush era version of Google?

Naturally because the folks at Google are morons they missed one: the US Coast Guard is one of the armed forces of the United States too.

re: #188 Buck

Obama can quote Lincoln! (Miracle according to Daud).

re: #117 itellu3times

I'm told that as commonwealthers they don't much celebrate armistice day, and they don't have a fourth of july.

So they just skip from the 3rd to the 5th?

In Vegas we get the patriotic version.
[Link: www.google.com...]

Has Obama mentioned seeing any more dead people today?

Well, the "0bama Day" push is gaining steam. I nominate April 15th.

re: #193 Throbert McGee

Am I mistaken, or do the hats depicted represent the Marines twice, but the Navy not at all?

I can't see the insignia on the female cover second from the left.

re: #217 Racer X

Well, the "0bama Day" push is gaining steam. I nominate April 15th.

Second!

re: #212 JohnSteele

Naturally because the folks at Google are morons they missed one: the US Coast Guard is one of the armed forces of the United States too.

Yeah, where are the Coasties?

re: #174 Ojoe

Salt Lake City. I've got the logo.

re: #217 Racer X

Well, the "0bama Day" push is gaining steam. I nominate April 15th.

I suggest two weeks earlier

re: #195 J.S.

I'm in Canada -- nothing at Google.ca -- and when I link to Google.com, there's nothing there -- just the standard Google logo.

Correct. Your IP address is registered in Canada. No matter what site you go to, they know you are from Canada and display a non-holiday specific logo.

re: #217 Racer X

They are seriously wanting an Obama day?

re: #178 unreconstructed rebel

That lot will be just like McClellan. By the time they get ready, the war will be long over.

Ah, but that will be the perfect time to begin the teary-eyed documentary films about the subsequent killing fields. Which is really what the left is interested in. It may win a prize at Sundance!

re: #103 LTCTed

I have been avoiding Google for some time owing to their apparently anti-American, anti-military slant. They seem to be the very best search engine.

What puzzled me is that "Veterans' Day" is what the day is called in the United States (at least). I seem to recall, that, at one time, the day was celebrated as Armistice Day by most of the Western world.

So why, in years past, did Google not recognize Armistice Day?

Ted

I think Google is like my various liberal history professors in college: "We don't do wars."

Always a good time for this poem:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Col. John McCrae

re: #217 Racer X

Well, the "0bama Day" push is gaining steam. I nominate April 15th.

I think April 1st is more apropos.

re: #207 Max Darkside

I have about 5 computers here, they all show plain Google. Maybe I'm being "served" off a server in a data center in Canada?

See my... re: #206 Walter L. Newton

Anyone know what Keith Olberdouche has been up to? A moonbat relative of mine emailed me something he said, but I couldn't get it to open.

Where's the black beret to symbolize the revolutionary struggles of our brothers and sisters in the Weather Underground and Symbionese Liberation Army?

re: #225 Occasional Reader

Ah, but that will be the perfect time to begin the teary-eyed documentary films about the subsequent killing fields. Which is really what the left is interested in. It may win a prize at Sundance!

"All's quiet on the Chicago Front"

re: #215 VegasRick

when i click on your link (ditto for Walter's link) I get nada -- just the plain old Google logo.

It's lunchtime, lizards. Later.

For Obama's next trick, he'll saw a lady in half.
Seriously, though, why would you not honour selflessness?

BBL Work you know.

re: #217 Racer X

Well, the "0bama Day" push is gaining steam. I nominate April 15th.

I nominate March 15.

(I'm in NY. I have the hats and the vast majority of the pols here are a**hats.)

I'm still not going to use Google as a search engine, except as a last resort.

re: #230 Sharmuta

Anyone know what Keith Olberdouche has been up to? A moonbat relative of mine emailed me something he said, but I couldn't get it to open.

Isn't he being consider as press secretary in Obama's administration?
/

re: #211 Ringo the Gringo

Perhaps only those of us living in Blue States can see it, and all you Red Staters are stuck with the old Bush era version of Google?

Oh jeez, wowie, Florida is being rewarded for being Acorned into blue state status? ESAD, Google.!

To our veterans: a heartfelt "thank you!" Your service to your country is really appreciated.

re: #117 itellu3times

Not so at all. Remembrance Day is indeed observed here in Canada, & throughout the Commonwealth. I just came from the ceremony at my employer and was pleased to see it so well attended.

BTW, the 4th of July is the US National holiday, up here, Canada Day is the 1st of July. Different country, different day.

re: #230 Sharmuta

Could it be this - Olberidiot promises to hold Dems accountable if they screw-up.

re: #217 Racer X

Well, the "0bama Day" push is gaining steam. I nominate April 15th.

I just read Obama day hit a snag...

re: #229 Walter L. Newton

See my... re: #206 Walter L. Newton

I'm an IT kinda guy. I was Technical Manager at one time for the world's largest mission critical business systems. Ballmer is my peer. I used to sit on IEEE 802.x committees. I understand the technology, but not how Google has architected it. I cleared caches, used multiple computers, going to google. com, not gettting google . ca. I do NOT have the logo on any browser on any computer.

re: #231 Dirk Diggler

[ W H A C K ]

Bite cho tongue...

re: #239 right_wing2

I'm still not going to use Google as a search engine, except as a last resort.

Do you have a recommendation for a good search engine? I know about dogpile and ask.com.

re: #234 J.S.

when i click on your link (ditto for Walter's link) I get nada -- just the plain old Google logo.

Who is your service provider? Where are you located? I can do a whois search and find out where your server is located. If it is out of the US, that may explain why Google sees you as a non-US IP.

re: #238 jemima

I nominate March 15.

(I'm in NY. I have the hats and the vast majority of the pols here are a**hats.)

I nominate Februrary 29.

I re: #217 Racer X

Well, the "0bama Day" push is gaining steam. I nominate April 15th.

I plan on celebrating Obama day by using a picture of the Chosen One to clean up after my neighbor's dog, then finding a way to work 'off the books' so he doesn't have a chance to steal my money.

re: #240 Walter L. Newton

Olberman will get the Goebbel's Chair in the Ministry of Truth. He truly deserves anything he gets.

re: #227 WriterMom

Always a good time for this poem:

Col. John McCrae

AMERICA ANSWERS - IN FLANDERS FIELD

Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead.
The fight that ye so bravely led
We've taken up. And we will keep
True faith with you who lie asleep
With each a cross to mark his bed,
In Flanders fields.
Fear not that ye have died for naught.
The torch ye threw to us we caught.
Ten million hands will hold it high,
And Freedom's light shall never die!
We've learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders fields.

R. W. Lilliard

Keith "Countdown to no ratings" Olbermann just signed a new contract

Keith Olbermann, the anchor of “Countdown” on MSNBC, has extended his contract through the next presidential election season, the network announced. Mr. Olbermann and MSNBC essentially tore up the four-year, $4 million-a-year contract they signed last year and replaced it with one worth about $7.5 million a year.

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

re: #243 Athos

Could it be this - Olberidiot promises to hold Dems accountable if they screw-up.

I doubt it- I think it might be fawning because she's as 0-crazy as oblie.

re: #243 Athos

Could it be this - Olberidiot promises to hold Dems accountable if they screw-up.

What's he going to do, complain to both of his viewers? Or further screw up NBC's NFL coverage?

re: #234 J.S.

when i click on your link (ditto for Walter's link) I get nada -- just the plain old Google logo.

Weird, I'm seeing the hats.

re: #238 jemima

I nominate March 15.

(I'm in NY. I have the hats and the vast majority of the pols here are a**hats.)

Beware the Ides of March!

re: #247 bellamags

All other search engines TOTALLY SUCK in comparison with Google. I tried both ask.com and dogpile and the results are just not as fast or accurate. So-in order to try and address my rage at pretty much 'having' to use Google, I NEVER click on their ads EVER.

re: #234 J.S.

when i click on your link (ditto for Walter's link) I get nada -- just the plain old Google logo.

Stupid question - have you hit "refresh" and cleared your cache?

re: #26 jester6

Nice design. And it is cool to be patriotic again. US magazine told me so.

Hey, even people in Seattle are flying the flag instead of burning it.

Of course, the local fishwrap had to print instructions....

--Steffan

The Dead

by Rupert Brooke (1887–1915).

BLOW out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
There’s none of these so lonely and poor of old,
But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
These laid the world away; poured out the red
Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be
Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene,
That men call age; and those who would have been,
Their sons, they gave, their immortality.

Blow, bugles, blow! They brought us, for our dearth,
Holiness, lacked so long, and Love, and Pain.
Honour has come back, as a king, to earth,
And paid his subjects with a royal wage;
And Nobleness walks in our ways again;
And we have come into our heritage.

It's supposed to be some comment he made about love. Let me check youtube.

Well all the rancor is over LOL, now that the lefties have won. Sadly most people don't realize what they've voted for and only know what the MSM didn't hide. Sad business that the press could tear down one pres then raise up a charlatan and name him g-d.

Everytime the O does something wrong we must remind the MSM that their perfidy and not the voters were to blame. Why blame the sheep who trusted the MSM who were supposed to play the role of guardians? It's like blaming a child for its parents' mistakes. Of course the voters are nit children but they do trust the MSM with a childlike naivete and they were betrayed...jus haven't found out quite yet

re: #152 Sharmuta

And nothing will be above our pay grade.

I get a 1099 at the end of the year and have to pay estimated taxes quarterly. Me and my Accountant from the CPA firm of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe are going to have a nice long chat in their office in a couple of weeks.

To all the veterans out there - thank you for your service!

re: #252 goddessoftheclassroom

That is spectacular. Thank you for posting that.

re: #197 Miss Trixie

*snicker* :D

BTW - mama winger asked that you check my avatar - she howled!

YIKES! WTF is THAT?!
ROFLMAO!

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