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So, I went to Google to find drivers for the chipset of a computer I'm working on, and noticed one thing: it's definitely Easter and there's a picture of this Hispanic guy.  No eggs, no bunnies, no Jesus... nothing.  His name is Cesar Chavez, and is known as one of the greatest Latin American Civil Rights Activists.  So, definitely a cool guy.  But no one seems entirely pleased about this.

Everyone thinks that Google purposely promoted Chavez instead of Easter as a smack in the face to Christianity.  Someone even suggested that their team met and thought, "What could we possibly post besides Easter, just to tick people off and be controversial?"

Cool, huh?  Well, Google hasn't done a doodle for Easter since 2000.  Easter in 2012 was on April 8th, and there wasn't anything special then.  However, on April 9th, they did one for Eadweard Muybridge's 182nd birthday.  Here's the last couple years for Easter posts:

April 24th, 2011- Nothing, but it was surrounded by two doodles for the birthday of John James Audobon and Earth Day.

April 4th, 2010- Nothing, again.  Closest dedicated doodle was on April 2nd for Hans Christians Anderson's birthday. 

April 12, 2009- Nothing even close.  Eh.

March 23, 2008 - Nothing, againnnn.  They did a doodle on the 20th for the First day of spring, though.

April 8, 2007 - Nada.

April 16, 2006 - Guess what?  Nothing.

And there's nothing.  Nothing all the way until the year 2000 on April 23rd.  But I think this was their attempt to pull from professing an individual religions.  Google actually doesn't title their doodles for Christmas as "Merry Christmas" but as "Happy Holidays."

No, I'm not saying it's a good thing to not recognize today's holiday.  I was so happy that Radioshack was closed today because of Easter.  Plus, somehow, I get paid extra since I work on the sandwiching days.  I guess it's Google's right to not celebrate Christian holidays with their doodles as a private corporation.  It's guaranteed under the Constitution, and I'm sure there's certain rules within the company that say it can't represent themselves as a dominantly Christian company.

I read a lot of posts or articles by people from Glenn Beck to writers from ABC, and a lot of people don't really approve of this.  I don't really care.

I don't need to see anything about God on Google's homepage to fortify my faith or realize it's Easter, anyway.  So, I'm not disappointed or upset about it.  In fact, I never knew who Chavez was, and he seems like an alright dude.  Definitely not the same guy as Jesus (not even remotely close), but still, a good person to dedicate a doodle to, that all of America will see.

Anyway, everyone: Happy Easter, and happy would-be birthday to Mr. Chavez.

Fact of the day:  I'm so little that sometimes I have to get little kids clothes so they'll fit right.  Don't judge me.

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