Google Sputnik logo sets off conservative critics

That cute little logo that Google dresses up for special occasions is just a harmless bit of frivolity right? Like last week when they drew a little sputnik satellite in their logo to honor this Russian scientific achievement. Well not if you are a neoconservative. As the L.A. Times reported:

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.

A Google spokeswoman said that Google’s special logos tend to be lighthearted and often scientific in nature “We do not believe we can convey the appropriate somber tone through this medium to mark holidays like Memorial Day.” More on this silly controversy can be found in the L.A. Times report.