I'm sure some of you are aware that Saturday marked the celebration of Earth Hour, where people participating would turn off the lights and otherwise try to minimize electricity use for an hour at 8:30 pm local time. I'm sure most everyone would properly acknowledge that this was a symbolic gesture designed to bring awareness to the amount of energy we use.

Well, the folks at RedState.com opted to use this same hour to flip a gigantic middle finger at the earth by hosting its own [URL="http://www.redstate.com/neil_stevens/2009/03/28/the-hour-of-power/"]"Hour of Power"[/URL] where members pledged to use as much electricity as possible during that hour. Some comments trumpeting about their success:

[QUOTE]Way to go RedState. I love this. It is now 8:26PM here in Illinois. We have every light on possible. Know Statists in our neighborhood of course have theirs off. But, it’s like voting, my vote cancels out theirs.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]We have 2 laptops going full speed, a ceiling fan, all the lights in the upstairs going and the downstairs living area going. Leon is out at Best buy increasing the need for them to have all of their lights, registers, etc going.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]I couldn’t get it in the picture but my SUV is running in the driveway with the lights on as well.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Watched a movie on the plasma, made dinner, used the laptop while charging, did all the dishes and laundry, filled the swimming pool up with the hose (it was looking a little low) all while illuminating the entire street. This had to be the most fun I’ve had in a long time, although to be honest I’ve been laid up with a torn ligament…but still![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]I was too busy last night @ 8:30 to post my list, because I was: Turning on every light switch Unloading and reloading the dishwasher (and running it) Turning on the TV (but not watching) Working on the computer Doing a load of laundry Making sure my outside lights worked properly Making sure the teen’s XBox was operational Baking brownies LMAO about the fact that I cancelled out about 3 Greenies sitting in the dark! [/QUOTE]

It doesn't really matter whether this was a successful counter to earth hour or not, because the point wasn't actually to significantly reduce energy usage. The point was more to demonstrate some respect for the earth, albeit only briefly. What exactly, then, was the message behind the Hour of Power? That the earth can kiss our collective ass?

It is mind-blowing to me that conservation became such a partisan issue.

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Some people like to always be contrarian to anything and everything because disagreeing makes them feel more important about themselves.

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^WOW...that is exactly the kind of person my fiance's friend is who consequently stayed with us during the WMC...fortunately we distanced ourselves as much as possible and of course met some very fun people in South Beach...Anyway, don't mean to highjack I just never heard being disagreeable posed in such a way and defined as to why, it adds a feeling of importance huh? Feel free to speak on that more imho Miro :D

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Wow, how immature... :what

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a bunch of retards...IMHO

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In a year or two when the carbon tax becomes law we in the green industries will have the last laugh because they will be funding the green revolution and the power companies through their ignorance.

As it is their electric bills will be a hair higher. Can't believe none of them said they had Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, or G.Gordon Liddy spewing class hatred in the background.

May their children inherit the warm & dying ecosystem.. :evil:

Karma's a b*tch.

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[quote=CactusBeats;731091]May their children inherit the warm & dying ecosystem.. :evil:[/quote]

Well that sucks because mine will too because of their stupidity.

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[quote=mjdub;731134]well that sucks because mine will too because of their stupidity.[/quote]

+1

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[quote=Erik Mitchell;729671]Wow, how immature... :what[/quote]

Amen bruvah!

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[QUOTE=MJDub;731134]Well that sucks because mine will too because of their stupidity.[/QUOTE]

At least you are smart enough to realize it. They haven't made the connection yet, if ever.

Also, my wishing they reap what they sow doesn't mean I agree with what they did. On the contrary. Perhaps though, being ignorant as they are, their family will live an area that suffers more than most in this country. With rapid climate change, we are all losers, but some will lose less and others will lose more depending on where they live. One can always hope... (though what good it does one can never tell)

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After checking that website RedState.com, it made me realize how very sad that state of the opposition to Obama is in, basically a few Republicans (fewer ever day by the looks of it) and some others who oppose him. I mean, if this kind of ignorant nonsense is really all they have left then they are in very sad shape indeed. This is one of the most pathetic displays I've ever seen. I've heard it said that all politics are reactionary, but this is just plain ridiculous.

Perhaps the best thing the reasonable part of the world can do is to mobilize and show Obama on TV proclaiming it is "National DO NOT Walk Off A Cliff Day." Some of the most ignorant red-staters could then presumably get themselves together (as much as a group like this can), find the tallest cliff (Grand Canyon perhaps), and proudly parade themselves right over the edge while smiling, waving the American flag, and singing the national anthem while their diesel driven generators light up the entire Grand Canyon and drive an enormous sound system to play the anthem music (of course spooking all the wildlife & generating a few more tons of carbon) all while proclaiming how patriotic their sacrifice is as they topple one over the other into the abyss.

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^ I'd support that.

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:lol: So would I !!

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We could practice the time-honored technique of walking up to the cliff's edge, peering down and then turning and walking away. By co-opting the "Do NOT Walk Off a Cliff Day" into the party platform and making it synonymous with "Greenie Behaviour," we are sure to provoke a response by the anti-environmentalists. They will see our above mentioned technique as "provocative" (put it right up there with a North Korean missile launch) and no doubt as a peace-loving, hippie-like, and disgusting act of humanity. Maybe they will develop a chant, "Only cowards walk up to a cliff and then just walk away. We take on the cliff for all its worth!!" This obviously creates the opportunity for another highly thought out grass-roots movement for the anti-environmentalists.
:p

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^lol