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I have posted here about Google and its handling of the U.S. government’s confrontation in recent months.

Now, lawmakers are coming down on Google and Yahoo for censoring
the words like “democracy” on its China site. In order to be able to do business with China, Google had to agree to this censorship as dicated by the Chinese government. Now the U.S. government is accusing Google and Yahoo of advocating communism by virtue of this business arrangement and, also by virtue of this business agreement, not promoting political dissidence.

Unlike automakers or consumer products marketers, when companies like Yahoo and Google do business in countries with repressive regimes, they at times are accused of being complicit in supporting censorship and stifling political dissent.

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It’s interesting how our elected officials choose which coporations they are going to target.

Well, U.S. lawmakers – walk the talk. Please do not permit the Caterpillar company to provide equipment to the Israeli government which, in turn, uses the equipment to demolish Palestinian homes, often resulting in serious injuries and deaths.

By choosing not to interfere in the Caterpillar’s business affairs with Israel, you (our lawmakers) are complicit in the human rights violations that are occuring in Palestine.

Several folks with Live Journal blogs (Syndicalist and Jen’s Green Journal)have posted the article about Google being subject to search by the Feds.
I posted an article in early January on Google and theTen things Google has found to be true from Google’s corporate page.

We must support businesses like this that aren’t afraid to stand up to Goliath. Google is a model of sound and reponsible business practices with the planet’s interests at heart. I don’t know what is so threateing and scary about that, but kudos to Google for not buckling under this pressure.