Rightists: Google Not “Patriotic” Enough

What can right wing bloggers do while waiting to rehash their “war on Christmas” foolishness? Gin up bogus outrage about how someone recognizes another holiday.
According to this L.A. Times article, some people have been getting bent out of shape over–of all things–the decorative logos Google occasionally features on holidays or to commemorate historic events. According to these people, Google hasn’t been patriotic enough in its use of logos.
Frankly, I think you’ve got to be awfully bored to be keeping track of Google’s logo usage. But if you want to fault Google for having skipped Memorial and Veteran’s Days, while recognizing most other major holidays, that’s a fair–though trivial–criticism.
Remarkably, it’s gotten far sillier than that:

[L]ast 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?”

“Kick to you belly”? How much more petty can one get? We’re not even in the Cold War anymore, are we? Is Soviet Union bashing still mandatory?
Whether because of this pressure or otherwise, yesterday [Veteran’s Day] Google did have a special logo featuring WWI-era helmets. Hopefully the search engine police were able to sleep easier last night.