Lacking Logo Logic

Conservative bloggers have their knickers in a twist about Google, especially since it worked Sputnik into its logo for the 50th anniversary of the satellite's launch. The Los Angeles Times has the story, quoting 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?"

Now, it seems overcoming the Soviet Union's original advantage in the Space Race might be seen as a positive (especially as we now face the retirement of all those science teachers and risk our educational system going to pot again, but that's a different entry), and commemorating Sputnik is like honoring a kick in our scientific pants, but I guess not for Gallucci.

But ignoring that, there's this wonderful passage in the Times article:

The company, started in 1998 by two Stanford University graduate students, prides itself on progressive thinking. Google set up a $90-million foundation in 2005 to fund causes widely seen as liberal, including climate change and global public health.

Saving the environment and keeping people around the world healthy are liberal causes? Well, sign me up.