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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....

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To: Sully- who wrote (7949)1/28/2006 11:11:11 PM
From: Sully-  Read Replies (1) of 35834
 
A GOOGLE BACKLASH?

Instapundit

I'm getting a fair number of emails like this one from reader Jeff Schneider of Texas Roast:
    I run a small gourmet coffee company that does decent 
business on the internet, thanks to the reach of Google
Ad Words. However, I cannot live with Google's decision
to succumb to the wishes of the brutal dictatorship in
China. So, as of today, my company has suspended all
business with Google. This will have a substantial
negative impact on my bottom line, but in some cases
principle means more than money. As a veteran of OIF, I
know all too well how valuable freedom is and I cannot
support a company that helps to suppress it.
    I would ask you to encourage any of your readers who 
might use Google Ad Words to take the same actions and
send a message to Google. It is time for Americans to
tell businesses when they have gone too far in
compromising the most basic principles of freedom and
make them pay a price for their actions.
Here's more on a Google boycott.
hammeroftruth.com

I don't know how seriously this will impact Google (boycotts usually don't do much damage) but I think this will be a good opportunity for any GoogleAd competitors (Blogads, say) to snap up some of Google's business.

instapundit.com

texasroast.gourmetfoodmall.com
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