I know this comes a day late, but conservatives continue to amaze me. First of all, as I’m sure you’ve heard, they’re accusing Barack Obama of being unpatriotic because he stopped wearing his American flag pin.

I’m going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great, and hopefully that will be a testament to my patriotism.

Well, it’s human nature to fear what you don’t understand, so it should come as no surprise that this outraged conservatives who don’t understand the concept of having your words and actions mean more than wearing a pin on your lapel while ordering U.S. Troops to their deaths. Scared shitless, they paint Obama as being unpatriotic.

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but the job Barack is applying for is not really a “good” job; I have a hard time imagining that anyone who runs for President is doing so because they think America is worse than, say, Kazblackistan.

But Obama isn’t the only one catching it from the conservatives. They’re also pissed at Google for commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Sputnik launch. Apparently, acknowledging actual events is also to be filed under “unpatriotic.” Never mind that Google is a technology company and that they are recognizing one of the most important scientific events of the twentieth century, one which heralded the Space Age and helped usher in an era of incredible technological advancement. No, Google is obviously run by a bunch of commies.

Conservatives argued that Google is unpatriotic because it honored the Sputnik launch, but not Memorial Day or Veterans Day:

It’s a kick to your belly. I understand these guys are scientists and engineers and they have their quirks…but why not celebrate the struggles that we’ve come through as a people?

To begin with, honoring the Sputnik launch celebrates what we’ve come through not just as Americans, but as a global society. Sputnik is a symbol of the Space Race and the Cold War, and Humankind as a group has grown tremendously due to it’s launch. And here’s another thing: Google is a company with an international presence and most of the rest of the world could give a shit about our military holidays, especially when we’re running around invading anyone who displeases us.

Ultimately, Stuart McKenzie summed it up best: