Google is trying to control the world!

Forget the search engine.

Forget the advertising customized to what you've been looking at.

Forget the email.

Forget the chat service.

Forget the fact that "to Google" is now an accepted verb.

Forget Google Desktop, Google Earth, Picasa, Google Analytics, etcetera.

Forget the search for clean energy.

Now, remember the first two, but combine them. Make it so that every time you Google (there's that verb) something, you get an ensemble of advertisements that are not only matched with what you're looking at, but that also come directly from Google. When you click on one of those advertisements, Google is making money. Billions upon billions of dollars go into online advertisement every year, and the amount is increasing daily. Google is now poised to control more than 40 percent of that amount, with the now approved purchase of the advertising giant DoubleClick. Basically, Google now makes money not only from the ads designed to fit your search history, but also from the ads that are simply integrated into the pages your search turns up. The EU has already taken issue with the 4-1 approval of the merger by the FTC, saying consumers' privacy is threatened.

Again, I love Google. And I'm going to keep using it. But someday soon, they will buy a small nation, arm it, and take over the world. I'm just saying...you heard it here first.