Fortunately, there is a solution. If we do not like Google’s politics, we do not have to use their product.

There is, however, a larger question. Corporations are legal fictions. As such, the Federal and state governments have considerable control over them. That is not to say government should tell Google how to draw maps. The issue is encouraging corporations to focus on on long term rather than short term profits. When companies focus on the short term, they are more likely to commit lamebrained acts. I think this idiocy may be one such example.

Our laws on corporate regulation need to be revised to encourage long term thinking and more competiton. Consider that stockholders generally have diversified portfolios, and few public corporations are owned by a small number of people. Thus it is difficult for the average stockholder to exercise much influence. So instead of taking a role in managing the stock they own, stockholders manage their investments by selling unprofitable stocks and buy something profitable stocks. When a company does something stupid, stockholders sell the stock. That is, stockholders have little commitment to the companies they own, and virtually none to fixing problems.

So who is managing our major corporations? Well, considering how much CEOs are getting paid, I doubt that the people who are managing these companies are doing so in the interests of the stockholders or our nation. Too often, CEOs bleed companies for whatever they can get for themselves.

The issue Dave has brought up goes far beyond the business end of this. Business is just one tool Islam is using to achieve their goal of world domination. We have become sensitised to all they are doing because of the vast left wing machine (politicians and media) pumping Political Correctness down our throats and telling us Islam is peacful religion. It is NOT a peacful religion.

When something like this issue occurs, we just blow it off as business or some other reason. Bottom line? Islam is moving into and beginning to control every facet of our society and they are succeeding. If we are not careful, we will be praying to Mecca on prayer mats in the near future.

Second, if you knew me you would know I would rather die than pray to Mecca.