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"Do no evil?"
I had the pleasure to watch Sicko. It's sad that our country operates in such a crude way: maximizing profits. That's just how capitalism works. You want a chance to catapult yourself above your peers and live in luxury? Then shut the hell up! Heh heh, which leads me to .....
I took offense to the big G's Health-related blog post:"We can place text ads, video ads, and rich media ads in paid search results or in relevant websites within our ever-expanding content network. Whatever the problem, Google can act as a platform for educating the public and promoting your message."
So the Google advertising platform can work the same way as the Swift Boat Veteran attack ads during the '04 Presidential elections? Ooooh, and I can't wait for those warm and fuzzy text ads from Philip Morris.
When a corporation tells you that "it cares," it doesn't mean (about) you. Heh heh.Labels: corporations, google, healthcare, michaelmoore, sicko
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h: An acquaintance of mine also commented on this, and saw that in a boing boing post (that he links to) a private citizen tried to take out Google AdWord ads to advertise his anti-a-specific-medical-testing-firm web site, but Google told him "no." Definitely worth reading the boing boing post.
Friday, July 06, 2007 9:46:00 AM
http://anonymousblogger.blogspot.com/2007/07/update-is-key-this-boing-boing-post.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/01/more_on_google_vs_si.html
: Haven't seen Sicko yet, but after getting to know Europe's healthcare systems, I got a better perspective on USA's system - not that great. It is pretty ludicrous that it's based on private insurance companies - there are better ways to go about healthcare, and even though the US is a first world country and leader, in this regard it lags behind and it seen pale compared to other countries in the world.
Friday, July 13, 2007 2:00:00 PM
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