Google probably isn't Evil per se, but they do want you to put all of your data on their servers. Trusting any one company that much is probably a bad idea. If your entire life is on Google, what happens to Google happens to you.
Backup Tools
Gmail
Google Docs
- GM Script by Peter Schafer download Google Docs en masse.
- gdatacopier "Bi-directional copy utility & API for Google docs"
Google Calendar
Does a tool suite exist that backs up all of the Google Apps cloud?
Vital Signs
Pump up the NASDAQ.