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1. #101
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:45 am, Pro Cynic said:

   Good grief. I’ve been saying the same thing over the past several years, particularly in the past two days as a result of the “Earth Hour” idiocy. Good rule of thumb: whatever the enviro-nazis want, do the opposite. Maybe this idea is finally taking hold.

   The story of human history has been the drive to improve the human condition. Today’s environmentalists want to worsen the human condition.

   They want to impose their “religion” on you every bit as much as Usama bin Laden and the Islamists do.

   Fight them. By thought. By word. By deed. Any legal way you can.

   Civilization depends on it.

   Human existence depends on it.

2. #102
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:49 am, Yashmak said:

   If the whole world drove Yugos, liberals would say the same thing about them, and want to tax them and make people drive pedal cars.

   Well, whatever we drive is going to get taxed. At least with Yugo’s, we’d get better than 12 miles per gallon, and the amount we’d get taxed on would be alot less

3. #103
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:49 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

   The lights will be turned back on in 11 minutes…

4. #104
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:49 am, Pulchritudinous Patriot said:

   He who leaves the biggest carbon footprint when he dies, wins.

   My new bumper sticker

5. #105
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:49 am, vsatt said:

   It’s about time you made this a website of color, Michelle. For far too long you have caved to the man and imprisoned yourself in that all-white environment. You have broken out and you are FREE baby, FREE!

   /sarc

6. #106
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:51 am, vsatt said:

   You know what they say 30 pcs, once you black you never go back

7. #107
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:52 am, cpodug said:

   To quote an oldie: “How do you increase the value of a Yugo? Fill up the Gas tank.”

   BTW, Michelle, I DO like the black masthead – it shines!

8. #108
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:54 am, Patchthebun said:

   Hehe, brilliant, Michelle!

9. #109
   On April 1st, 2008 at 11:56 am, greenfairie said:

   Let’s raise a toast in styrofoam cups!

10. #110
    On April 1st, 2008 at 12:01 pm, ArmywifeArmymom said:

    I, for one, would support the one hour dark time for Earth Remembrance Day (or whatever in the heck it’s called) IF, and only IF, that meant that Al Gore had to shut his trap for the other 364 days and 23 hours of the year. That makes me feel happy inside.

    I have to agree with the person up above who said that the black masthead shines. It does look mighty nice up there!

11. #111
    On April 1st, 2008 at 12:11 pm, taylork said:

    I saw this at work today and it made me laugh, so I thought I ‘d share the story.

    I happen to work for a well known housing developer that is experimenting with “green building” (much to my chagrin). After holding our green building conference a few weeks ago (which I refused to go to on principle), we had a few leftover props. One of which was a 3d paper model of a “green” house, as determined by Energy Star guidelines.

    Two of the more interesting features of the house were the solar clothes dryer and the rain recovery system. These sound like fancy, new, “green technology,” and if you only heard someone talk about it you’d think we’ve made serious technological progress.

    But guess what?!? A soloar clothes dryer is nothing more a clothesline (I kid you not). And the rain recovery systerm is merely a large bucket you place under the downpipe from your gutter.

    Apparetnly the word “green” is synonomous with “19th century.”

12. #112
    On April 1st, 2008 at 12:16 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    vsatt,
    Good one.

13. #113
    On April 1st, 2008 at 12:29 pm, coldfront said:

    Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do:”
    Say whatever you want…this was a great video…& she was serious till she wasn’t…..all that flap over 1 piece of toilet paper…shoulda kept her musician-mouth-to-brain-function on alert.

    OK….Michelle & Sausage…

    I was walking around Wal-Mart today and saw that about half of the light bulbs there were “green”. It made me sick!

    I know! Those bulbs may save money in the long run, but they were created by the Cult Of Environmentalism and should be SMASHED! Plus, do they even fit in trailer light sockets?

    Please!!! don’t smash these bulbs, & YES!!! they really will make you very sick….they contain mercury….which makes them incredibly UN-environmentally friendly….I NEVER understood why Pajamas Media pushed them……LEDs you guys!!!….LEDs.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode
    gorgeous, clean, super-cheap LIGHT! w/ out the side effects of MERCURY!!!!

14. #114
    On April 1st, 2008 at 12:42 pm, Mr.J said:

    I’m looking outside right now and it’s snowing. (Not entirely unusual for Spring in CO, I admit.)

    Cashmere goats are dying from the cold.

    China had its coldest winter in 100 years.

    Baghdad had its first ever recorded snowfall.

    Over the last 10 years (during which CO2 emissions have grown significantly), the earth has actually gotten cooler.

    Speaking for myself, I’d rather it warm up a bit.

15. #115
    On April 1st, 2008 at 12:48 pm, taylork said:

    Speaking for myself, I’d rather it warm up a bit.

    After all, solar powered dryers don’t do much when it’s cold outside.

16. #116
    On April 1st, 2008 at 12:53 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Forget about buying a cow, buy lots of beans (frijoles), cook well, eat and let your own body produce lots of greenhouse gases :p /major sarc!

    GSP

17. #117
    On April 1st, 2008 at 1:08 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    On second thought; I am going to the bell and have some cheap 89 cent burritos to do my part at destroying “mother earth”.

    Thanks tacobell!

    GSP :p

18. #118
    On April 1st, 2008 at 1:37 pm, iowavette said:

    We do our part every damned day by driving a Cadillac, a Corvette and a Lincoln. If they could be driven simultaneously, I would.

19. #119
    On April 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pm, Mark Jaquith said:

    I’ve said it before, but… I like CFL’s. Not because they’re green, but because they’re economical. They pay for themselves within a few months, and actually turn a profit within the first year. Yeah, they have mercury… but I’m not a blustering ham-handed infant, so I’m not too worried about it. Whenever I meet an enviro-nut, I always tell them the same thing: “green” has no future outside of capitalism. The way you make a difference is by innovating and creating technology that offers cheaper or better alternatives to current technology. Don’t give me a super-expensive and super-complicated hybrid car that costs more over 5 years than a conventional car. Give me a conventional car that gets 80mpg (my non-hybrid Toyota Matrix can get up to 40mpg, which rivals some hybrids, without the extra cost and complexity). Expecting people to opt to pay more for “green” technologies is a losing business model, except among the most self-loathing of Hollywood leftists. It’s not about figuring out how we’re going to pay for green tech. It’s about figuring out how green tech is going to save people money (and make money for the sellers of such technology). The only type of “carbon credits” I’m interested in are the ones that keep more of my money in my pocket.

20. #120
    On April 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pm, coldfront said:

    I’m not a blustering ham-handed infant, so I’m not too worried about it( Mercury).

    It’s not about how graceful you are, it’s about land fill & mercury poisoned runoff…..you know, fish/oceans/mercury!…nursing mothers/mercury….Japan http://www2.hawaii.edu/~juliancl/mgt423.html

    The way you make a difference is by innovating and creating technology that offers cheaper or better alternatives to current technology.

    LEDs ~ Light-Emitting Diodes
    http://www.mtmi.vu.lt/pfk/funkc_dariniai/diod/led.htm
    They will never be pushed because the Power Co. will really loose money when they are used because they cost virtually nothing to run & can last a lifetime…..& finally….like I said…the light is beautiful…not the sour yellow/green of those mercury bulbs…besides, those bulbs can cause seizures & ‘curoius skin rashes’.
    http://www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/4/4/lowenergy_bulbs_worsen_rashes/

21. #121
    On April 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pm, TXRose said:

    Can’t have mercury around as I am deathly allergic to it, even in shellfish
    and my used to be favorite fish, red snapper, until the levels got too high.
    Don’t trust those bulbs because I just might break one.
    Anyone remember the ’70s when this same group of nuts were screaming
    about global cooling? In thirty years, it will be what? Heaven forbid!
    Global normal?

22. #122
    On April 1st, 2008 at 2:21 pm, coldfront said:

    TXRose…..I just pulled all of those bulbs out of my house when one was broken by accident. Who ever thought up such a stupid idea & hoisted it on the public as environmentally sound??! Do you remember the Pajamas media blitz for these light bulbs??? I don’t get it. If you have to recycle a product w/an instruction booklet replete w/Industry heavy-metal cleanup gloves….maybe you shouldn’t market it in the 1st place…?…!

23. #123
    On April 1st, 2008 at 4:35 pm, USMCgramma said:

    Wow! Just got my first (unsigned) hate mail for calling global warming a fraud in ltr to edtr. Must have touched a nerve! Michelle, I’m sure you deal with this on a daily basis and isn’t it kind of scary how some people react?

24. #124
    On April 1st, 2008 at 5:05 pm, TXRose said:

    This seems to have touched a nerve with at least one
    other site. Don’t know why people can’t see that
    Global Warming is a scam. It’s like watching lemmings
    run headlong off a cliff.
    I agree, Coldfront. If you can’t just throw it in the
    trash, there’s something wrong with the premise. It’s
    supposed to be better for the planet but as usual with
    these eco nuts, it’s worse for the people ( after all, they consider us a virus on the planet.)

25. #125
    On April 1st, 2008 at 5:47 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    USMCgramma

    I had my response to a Goracle wanna be rejected by the local paper in my neighborhood for the same reason. Dontcha just love shining a light on the media…?