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1. #201
   On March 28th, 2009 at 11:05 pm, ajmontana said:

   Any ideas on the source from where that number came?

   Darkman

2. #202
   On March 28th, 2009 at 11:08 pm, rfjjulie said:

   ajmontana- you are on a roll tonight

   Thanks for the laugh, you too Flyover.

   Haaaahaaahaaa

3. #203
   On March 28th, 2009 at 11:25 pm, Flyoverman said:

   rfjjulie, glad you got a chuckle.

4. #204
   On March 28th, 2009 at 11:35 pm, Joy said:

   Lights, computer, movie, popcorn maker and heater…

   It’s a human progress party.

   Oh, and I’m going to flush my toilet once every five minutes for an hour just to celebrate the toilet and use some water up.

   I’d like to see the leftys give up all things that use energy and all things that were invented, developed and manufactered using energy and technology… Back to your caves leftists.

   *note – I live almost as *green* as a person can. My average electric bills are about $15.00 per month. I use only around $35 of gasoline per month. But tonight I’ll use as much as possible.

5. #205
   On March 28th, 2009 at 11:45 pm, rfjjulie said:

   I just talked to my brother in Vegas. He didn’t know about this so I filled him in. He just turned on the 1100 watt light for his flag. Running the AC and heater for the big temperature dual, TV and stereo on and cooking dinner in the microwave. All from a 5th wheel. Gotta love little brothers.

6. #206
   On March 29th, 2009 at 12:06 am, amboytimes said:

   Love the video, that quote from FDR at the end has got to sting the libs.

7. #207
   On March 29th, 2009 at 12:30 am, Cathy B said:

   Winding up, celebrating by myself Human Awareness Hour as I type…I looked out my front window and there’s been a whole neighborhood who participated. Noisy parties going on, hehehe…way to go Maricopa AZ, I am proud to be a citizen.

8. #208
   On March 29th, 2009 at 1:29 am, Skeptic said:

   I turned on every light in the house, had a fire in the wood stove, did a load of laundry and started the dishwasher. Thank goodness for modern technology.

   Using a washing machine is a lot better than beating your clothes on a rock in a polluted river.

9. #209
   On March 29th, 2009 at 2:04 am, DianeK said:

   I was out sharing the Good News of a relationship with Jesus. So I left my lights on and computer running. Did not notice any lights going out in my town!

10. #210
    On March 29th, 2009 at 3:26 am, fuseman said:

    well i kept my lights, tv, coffee maker, oven on. unlike the darkness that tends to occur over at little green footballs. i offer a reasonable disagreement about charles johnson’s attack on disagreement of wanting to barack obamas agenda to fail. no slang, no abuse. i wanted to know where i could be misunderstanding. but the wise and powerful charles deleted my message and blocked my signon and did leave abusive,slang messages 1166 and 1178-directed at me-on the board. good move charles, i thought you had smarts.

11. #211
    On March 29th, 2009 at 4:04 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    I left all my lights on and my thermostat cranked while we went to church (yes. I go on Saturday night… Baptist, in case you’re wondering).
    The thermostat was ALMOST warm enough to keep Barack Obama comfortable.

    We were gone 5 hours, so I canceled out 5 hippies. I think I’ll burn something tomorrow. The rain should have lifted the burn ban. Our yard is like Dagobah.

12. #212
    On March 29th, 2009 at 4:34 am, Micheleeroo said:

    I did my part. Turned on additional lights at 8:30 and then also turned up the heat. Yah!!

13. #213
    On March 29th, 2009 at 7:18 am, karl9000 said:

    Ah, that was nice. Left the outside lights on all night long. I set up the new Falcon-21 trading computer system with the 8 Acer 24 inch DVI monitors and left that up an running all night (Hibernation mode? forget about it!). And I left a whole bunch of other lights on all night.

    I live on the side of a mountain so all the good little earthie-dweebs down in the valley could see the lights.

    I have this strange urge for a cigarette…

14. #214
    On March 29th, 2009 at 7:26 am, WarTip said:

    Well I have no doubts that soon we will be inundated with stories about what a success this effort has been.

    Cue the main stream media propaganda machine in 5, 4, 3, 2 …

15. #215
    On March 29th, 2009 at 8:02 am, ajmontana said:

    I wonder if the kool-aid drinkers turned off their,
    Odopey lava lamps?

16. #216
    On March 29th, 2009 at 9:43 am, Wearyman said:

    Fuseman,

    I think you’ll find that LGF has gone off the rails quite a bit. While Charles is still occasionally on-target with some things, he seems increasingly driven by his raid hatred of anything “creationist”. and the overall timbre of his blog has gone a bit nuts. he still has a few loyal readers, but is hemorraghing readership as he continues his anti-creationist crusade.

    It’s too bad too. LGF used to be a required stop in a Conservative blog tour. I don’t know what happened, but somehow we lost Charles.

    As far as “Human Acheivement Hour” I (unfortunately) was unaware of it until today, the next day. However, since I refused to celebrate the faux earth-hour lunacy, I already had all the lights and PCs on. So I was de-facto celebrating it.

17. #217
    On March 29th, 2009 at 9:52 am, fluffy said:

    I forgot all about Earth Hour, but good breeding does tell.

    After a day of ‘tree hugging’, I drove home over 100 miles, at speeds of over 75 MPH. During Earth Hour, I enjoyed the benefits of fossil fuels by taking a hot shower, microwaving a bowl of chili, and watching DVDs. We could have watched television, but the DVD player is an extra appliance.

18. #218
    On March 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am, fluffy said:

    karl9000 at 7:52 AM:

    I live on the side of a mountain so all the good little earthie-dweebs down in the valley could see the lights.

    In a neighborhood like that, 4WD is a necessity.

19. #219
    On March 29th, 2009 at 11:04 am, Cogs said:

    Thank you everyone; last night my entire neighborhood celebrated Human Achievement Hour; we all became a beacon of light.

20. #220
    On March 29th, 2009 at 11:26 am, wayiwalk said:

    Thanks for the post; thankfully, I missed Earth Hour, despite working in the environmental consulting business, maybe we’re tired of that bs…but being an engineer, I really appreciate how that one minute video turned all that Earth First stupidity on it’s head.

21. #221
    On March 29th, 2009 at 11:50 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    We not only had the lights on but five candles on the grand nephews cake! Take that hippes.

22. #222
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pm, kardinal said:

    I forgot about it too and my house was already dark. That’s because I drove my 98 Ram 4×4 (not known for fuel economy) 15 miles to Bass Pro and my wife did buy a new Browning Featherlight. Does that make up for it?

23. #223
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, Gwillie said:

    After reading the “dim bulbs” link I seem to remember, back when the Ice Age was coming, That there were stories about the dangers of fluorescent light, the flickering of the bulbs in office buildings where people work under them 10-14 hours a day was causing headaches. It was one of the first “Sick Building” reports I can remember, and one of the things that the left forgets because it no longer fits their agenda. It may be needed again someday, when the mercury starts to build up in the dumps.

24. #224
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, WarTip said:

    Well, according to my handy-dandy little tracking program … (And yeah I really do have one … for a good reason even)

    Google definitely promoted this farce but they shut down their servers … NONE! There was absolutely no discernible break or interruption in service.

    Is this hypocrisy or simply capitalist greed and corruption by the Great G?

    I say fine the greedy capitalist pigs! Create taxes specifically targeted to their overpaid executives and return that money to we the people the state where it belongs!

    Oh wait, that has already been done!

    Nevermind!

25. #225
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, rightisright said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 8:02 am, ajmontana said:

    I wonder if the kool-aid drinkers turned off their,
    Odopey lava lamps?

    Odopey lava lamps link down, is that bad link or is it our Google overlords censuring
    free speech?

26. #226
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:38 pm, ajmontana said:

    rightisright, it’s working for me.
    maybe they’re just watching you. lol
    oh noooooooooooooo….

27. #227
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, Right_Wired said:

    I turned on every light in my house. Powered up all the PCs, washer, dryer, PLASMA tv, home theater.

    I canceled out at least 5 hippies.

28. #228
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:54 pm, floam said:

    We burned for five hours yesterday–good start to yard clean up. Last night, turned all outside and pool lights on…watched hockey on three tv’s (college semi-championship)–popped popcorn in the microwave, took a short drive through the neighborhood (looked good). Feels good to know that our household and neighbors did our/their fair share.

29. #229
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, rooster said:

    I came home this morning from my shift to see my porch light on and had thought it odd my light was on, you see, I never leave my lights on when I go to work. But in honor of the greenie weenies I left a few incandescents burning through my 12 hour shift! Take that Al Whore!

30. #230
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:02 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    Also, we went to Chick-Fil-A. They didn’t turn anything out, either (that I saw).

    I think I’ll burn something today. Trees love CO2.

31. #231
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:08 pm, moonshot said:

    I agree. I despise the Earth and think we should all take a dump on her every chance we get.

32. #232
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:18 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    A MOST excellent editorial from in this Sunday’s Washington Times that pretty much sums up how screwy this whole alarmist scam really is and the extreme danger we are all in if the EPA and the obamabots get to have their ‘vey’ with our economy. Protect us from the EPA

33. #233
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:31 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:08 pm, moonshot said:
    I agree. I despise the Earth and think we should all take a dump on her every chance we get.

    Not surprisingly, you have missed the point of this entire thread.

34. #234
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:47 pm, jbirish said:

    Had already planned to do so. Glad I’m not alone!

35. #235
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:48 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    And I forgot to mention this Fox news story regarding the “Copenhagen Accord”.

    To meet Stern’s 2050 goals, he says, among other things, “most of the world’s electricity production will need to have been decarbonized.”

    By way of comparison, according to the U.S. Department Of Energy, roughly 72 percent of U.S. electrical power generation in 2007 was derived from burning fossil fuels, with just 6 percent coming from hydro-power and less than 3 percent from non-nuclear renewable and “other” sources. And even then, those “other” non-fossil sources included wood and biomass — which, when burned, are major emitters of carbon.

36. #236
    On March 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pm, Wade said:

    Nancy wrote from the Oakland Testicle Festival.

37. #237
    On March 29th, 2009 at 4:02 pm, usa_usa said:

    I turned on my AC and heater and left the car engine & AC running in the driveway.

    Screw earth . According to libtard “scientists” there are billions of planets in the universe.

38. #238
    On March 29th, 2009 at 4:48 pm, xler8bmw said:

    OOOPS it seems as if Goracle forgot to turn his lights off last night!

    By Kleinheider

    Posted on March 29, 2009 at 12:00 pm
    Even during Earth Hour. President of the Tennessee Center For Policy Research Drew Johnson takes a Saturday drive by Al Gore’s during the time most environmentalists went dark:

    I pulled up to Al’s house, located in the posh Belle Meade section of Nashville, at 8:48pm – right in the middle of Earth Hour. I found that the main spotlights that usually illuminate his 9,000 square foot mansion were dark, but several of the lights inside the house were on.

    In fact, most of the windows were lit by the familiar blue-ish hue indicating that floor lamps and ceiling fixtures were off, but TV screens and computer monitors were hard at work. (In other words, his house looked the way most houses look about 1:45am when their inhabitants are distractedly watching “Cheaters” or “Chelsea Lately” reruns.)

    The kicker, though, were the dozen or so floodlights grandly highlighting several trees and illuminating the driveway entrance of Gore’s mansion.

    I [kid] you not, my friends, the savior of the environment couldn’t be bothered to turn off the gaudy lights that show off his goofy trees.

39. #239
    On March 29th, 2009 at 6:36 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 4:02 pm, usa_usa said:

    Screw earth . According to libtard “scientists” there are billions of planets in the universe.

    Exactly. If mankind can extinct the planet, more power to us. It’s natural selection, baby! Besides, if we can kill all plant life, then we’ll be able to return the earth’s atmosphere to its pristine condition before all of those trees polluted it with all of that oxygen.

40. #240
    On March 29th, 2009 at 8:13 pm, HappyMom said:

    That there were stories about the dangers of fluorescent light, the flickering of the bulbs in office buildings where people work under them 10-14 hours a day was causing headaches.

    They give me migraines. I have to take incandescents on trips to screw into the hotel sockets so I don’t spend most of my time in the dark with a wet washrag over my face.

    I spent yesterday trapped in a school building basking in the big Fluos only to turn around and enjoy the same thing this morning in church. I finally had to come home and cozy up to an incandescent, but it’s too late. I’m going to have to take a painkiller and look for the sunglasses and the cold rag soon.

    I buy extra incandescents every month. My husband thinks I’m crazy, but the fluorescents don’t bother him (except the part where he gets to listen to me gripe endlessly about yet another government intrusion into our lives.)

    I just want to know where Al’s hiding my special dispensation to keep on using what doesn’t take a HazMat crew to dispose of . . . or did he save it for his power-sucking mansion?

41. #241
    On March 29th, 2009 at 8:25 pm, moc23 said:

    Woke up to a snowstorm here on the southside of Chicago.

    I guess the lights out didn’t take.

42. #242
    On March 29th, 2009 at 8:38 pm, yohannbiimu said:

    The worldwide left have must have the collective IQ of a retarded opossum. How turning off lights for a whole hour will effect anything whatsoever is so beyond moronic, it gives morons a bad rap. BTW, here in Lansing, MI, it is currently snowing. DAMN that global warming!!!

43. #243
    On March 30th, 2009 at 1:11 am, twookie said:

    We turned on every light, fan, and electronic component in our house, plus turned on the self cleaning oven. Then we left and went shopping. based on the amount consumed ( 3 1/3 kwh) and our electricity rate, we used about 40 cents of electricity. If we had turned off what we usually have on during that time. we would have saved between 1-2 cents. What a bunch of hippie baloney.

44. #244
    On March 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am, englishqueen01 said:

    That there were stories about the dangers of fluorescent light, the flickering of the bulbs in office buildings where people work under them 10-14 hours a day was causing headaches.

    Late to the game here, but I know at least two people who had to work with sunglasses on because the fluourescent light caused severe headaches and other medical problems.

    But what is human suffering when global warming – sorry, global climate change – is “settled science”?

    

45. #245
    On March 30th, 2009 at 10:32 am, fighterDC said:

    Ironically, I was out to dinner at a well-lit restaurant during this time and I left my kitchen light on.

    The funny thing is, I am normally very conservative with utilities, for frugality and wanting my children to have resources left in their lifetime, not for global warming.

46. #246
    On March 30th, 2009 at 1:36 pm, Me said:

    Earth Hour, quite simply, is a scam. People are duped into thinking they can make a difference by turning off the lights for an hour and then quickly turning them back on (something which wastes energy, by the way). If people truly cared about the environment, they would calmly offer solutions to what others can do everyday instead of telling people to turn off their lights and appliances like doofuses for one hour a year. Sure, people get angry when you counter the false logic of this Earth Hour (and boy, did someone get mad at me on my blog!) but really common sense is what people should be aiming for.

47. #247
    On March 30th, 2009 at 11:46 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    I’m also stocking up in incandescents, especially 40W appliance bulbs.
    (Can’t use a CFL in the Lava Lamp:)

    BTW, my Wal Mart now has 52W instead of 60W, and 32W instead of 40W in the standard bulbs. (Specialty [read: expensive] bulbs still have the normal wattage.)

    So they’re trying to save me energy, but giving me less light. I had been using 40W, but now I would have to use the 52W.
    (I did find normal wattage bulbs at Home Depot. I bought a bunch.)

    I NEED light.

48. #248
    On March 31st, 2009 at 2:36 am, Cristy Li said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, Right_Wired said:

    I turned on every light in my house. Powered up all the PCs, washer, dryer, PLASMA tv, home theater.

    On March 30th, 2009 at 1:11 am, twookie said:

    We turned on every light, fan, and electronic component in our house, plus turned on the self cleaning oven. Then we left and went shopping. based on the amount consumed ( 3 1/3 kwh) and our electricity rate, we used about 40 cents of electricity. If we had turned off what we usually have on during that time. we would have saved between 1-2 cents. What a bunch of hippie baloney.

    You showed them! Even better, how about keeping it up everyday and really show them? Double–triple–quadruple your electricity bill and REALLY show them.

49. #249
    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:18 am, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    On 11-19-2008 BHO said: Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change.The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear.

    A hundred mostly Ph.D scientists said: With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true.

    (And, to the chagrin of econazis everywhere, they won’t find Fred Singer’s name among them.)

50. #250
    On March 31st, 2009 at 12:19 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    HERE WE GO! At the recent ICCC convention, Dr. Lindzen helped in a big way to sharpen the wooden stake to drive into the teenie weenie evil ‘heart’ of the AGW SCAM. He has scientific evidence that the eco-nitwit’s claim of ‘positive feedback’, (al gore’s/hansen’s ‘tipping point’ BS), was pulled out of their ****.

    The Bottom Line

    The earth’s climate (in contrast to the climate in current climate GCMs) is dominated by a strong net negative feedback. Climate sensitivity is on the order of 0.3°C, and such warming as may arise from increasing greenhouse gases will be indistinguishable from the fluctuations in climate that occur naturally from processes internal to the climate system itself.