Yawn.
Earth Hour. A universal show of awareness concerning the apocalyptic menace of the coming global-warming catastrophe.
All those who participated, raise their hands!
Now all those who participated and went right back to their normal routines, raise their hands!
Let me get this straight: ONE hour out of 8760 per year, people turn off their lights, feel really good about themselves, then it's back to using eeeeevil electricity.
If this is not a monumental example meaningless liberalism at its highest level of hypocrisy, than it comes pretty damn close.
Don't we all participate in about 8 hours of lights-out pretty much every night? At least those of us that actually prosper enough as a society to have electricity?
How many of these "feel gooders" rushed to get their dishwashing done and their clothes cleaned and dried just in time so they could participate in this empty gesture?
"Look! I did something good for the planet! I feel extra special about myself! I can now use all the lights in my 3 story house and not feel a bit of guilt!"
What bunk.
Let's see how these nuts would do without electricity for a day. Or how these lit-up tourist attractions would fare without it for a week. They'd all be crying in their soured milk like a bunch of stone-aged mental cases.
Our esteemed press can provide world-wide coverage of this token crap, but God forbid they cover the thousands of Americans participating in the "Tea Parties" showing real outrage toward the socialization of our government.
Gimme a friggin' break.
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Here's the list of what we ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Stephen Macklin | March 31, 2009 10:04 PM | Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Here's the list of what we did for Earth Hour
1 load of clothes washed and put in the drier and a second load into the wahser.
Baked a batch of cookies
Ran the dishwasher
microwaved some popcorn
Turned on all the lights
three tvs
the PlayStation
Live Blogged the whole busy hour
1. Posted by Stephen Macklin | March 31, 2009 10:04 PM |
Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Posted on March 31, 2009 22:04
2. Posted by Alan Orfi | March 31, 2009 10:10 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
We actually had a power outage here in SW Florida during the "Earth Hour". We honestly thought Obama was behind it too.
2. Posted by Alan Orfi | March 31, 2009 10:10 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on March 31, 2009 22:10
3. Posted by hcddbz | March 31, 2009 10:12 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
They powered off large buildings.
When do you draw the most power when you power up large equipment, so at the end of Earth hour I bet they used 10-30% more power than if they left the lights on.
3. Posted by hcddbz | March 31, 2009 10:12 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on March 31, 2009 22:12
4. Posted by hermie | March 31, 2009 10:22 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
California already had something similar to "Earth Hour". They were called 'rolling blackouts', and the residents of that state did not enthusiastically embrace those as something to feel good about 'saving the planet'.
4. Posted by hermie | March 31, 2009 10:22 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on March 31, 2009 22:22
5. Posted by Denise | April 1, 2009 3:49 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I should be good to go for a while, i guess. The ice storm in the Ozarks in 2007 cut our power for 18 days. That should cover my "Earth Hours" for the rest of my life.
5. Posted by Denise | April 1, 2009 3:49 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on April 1, 2009 03:49
6. Posted by marc | April 1, 2009 3:59 AM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
"All those who participated, raise their hands!"
Conspicuously absent?
Al "The Goracle," Gore whose been reported to have ignored the entire thing as he burned the Ummm, "Midnight Oil of the Incandescent kind."
Dickweed.
6. Posted by marc | April 1, 2009 3:59 AM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on April 1, 2009 03:59
7. Posted by Bill | April 1, 2009 12:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Here is a worthy response to Earth Hour:
http://cei.org/human-achievement-hour
7. Posted by Bill | April 1, 2009 12:54 PM |
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Posted on April 1, 2009 12:54