Google de Mayo

Today is Cinco de Mayo. A quick Google search for 'Cinco de Mayo' was needed to answer a few questions I had:

1. What is Cinco de Mayo?
2. Since the day contains Mayo, does that mean it is unhealthy?
3. How long will it be before Google takes over the world?

The first two were easy: Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for the Fifth of May) is the anniversary of a Mexican victory over French forces in 1862 and it is unhealthy, but more so because of the tequila. Of course, that prompted more questions, like:

1. Why don't we just call it the Fifth of May to avoid confusion?
2. Why did the Mexicans get so excited about beating the French?
3. Seriously, when does Google implement their plans for world domination?

Another quick Google search for 'google world domination' revealed that the threat is more real that we originally feared. Here's why:

• Google search- they control our information
  
• Google images- they control our perception
  
• G-Mail- they control our communications
• YouTube- they control our entertainment
• Google Docs- they control what we write
• Google Finance- they control the economy
• Google News- they control the weather
• Google Earth- they control the earth
  

For heaven sakes, Google owns Blogger which means they control this web site. I hope that this post doesn't get edited to some how say 'Google is a benign ruler and demands your cooperation.'

They're becoming like Big Brother; I just hope they're the nice kind that buys us stuff and doesn't tell mom when we get in trouble.

In desperate need of an unbias opinion, I turned to Wikipedia. Based on the information garnered there, I learned that the unofficial logo of the Internet giant is 'Don't be Evil.' Either this is a legitimate cause, or a cruel trick.

This summons the notion that while Google has the means to take over the world, maybe they have simply chosen not to. Perhaps they have taken a lesson from the likes of Napoleon and decided that even if the Internet is the new opiate of the masses, absolute power isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Especially if you can't even take over stinking Mexico properly.