Fact of life: Google is by far and away the most prominent website on the Internet, with regard to searching, email, etc. 

I usually don't distrust monopolies, per se, as long as the playing field is equal for all. To that end, I am as Libertarian as I can be.

The reason I have a distrust of Google is that I see the shift of technologies with regard to media. We are migrating, quite rapidly I might add, from a centralist, rigidly heiarchical setup to a very intertwined, direct method of communication involving the Internet. Television, personal calls, news, and in fact all forms of communication outside of our personal sphere are part of one big broad network.

I do know that the Google owners are very much leftists in their own right. That is why Obama has chosen them to be part of his economic nonsense.

The ads, though, troubled me more, as there was a subtle yet strong message that a potential for suppression of thought and of communication may be forthcoming. Believe me, I am by no means a conspirationalist in the classically neurotic sense, but rather one who has strong "vibes" based on empirical knowledge of human nature, as well as of the history of leftist politics. 

I hope I am wrong, to be honest. And I admit I cannot quantify such an attempt to take over the way of thinking that conservatives feel. But in the overall scheme of things, I am actually more concerned about the potential of the Internet to come under heavy regulation than for the "Fairness Doctrine" to attempt to reappear.

In short, the future is for instant, globally/local method of communication known as the Internet, and hopefully we can provide it's open nature as much as possible without commandeering ideas by the communist Dems.

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Moderate... Democrat... Liberal... Progressive... Socialist... Communist—The progression is clear as day.

reprehensible that Google placed a tiny yellow ribbon where they did, and I let Google know just that. I e-mailed and called the offices, and, of course got no response. This company is in bed with the Obama administration, along with GE; and that can only be a bad thing for our personal privacy rights in the future.  

President Obama is nothing more than a lying empty suit; a Hollywood style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to be a total fraud.  

WAKE UP AMERICA! SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION! 

Google is evil, and their far-left political bias is a matter of record. The sooner a competitor takes them down, the better for the internet and for political dialogue in our world. If a new competitor simply advertised one of their benefits as a political balance in search results and no bias, that would be a big first step in their acceptance.

...was personally offensive to me, and as most of you know, I don't get offended very easily.

Memorial Day to me is a day when we honor all of our military veterans, but particularly those who gave their lives so that the people at Googlehave the freedom to be small-minded, offensive a-holes.

Our dead Amerian heroes deserved better.

Much better.

-Dave