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1. #1
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:07 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   His blog seems to run on electricity – I hope it’s hamsters on a wheel generating it. He could blame the smell on them.

2. #2
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:09 pm, Kingfish said:

   Could his book’s pages be comprised of recycled Sheryl Crowe one sheets?

3. #3
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:12 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   Could his book’s pages be comprised of recycled Sheryl Crowe one sheets?

   No, Sheryl Crowe’s recycled one-sheets would make better reading.

4. #4
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:12 pm, sonofdy said:

   I want a copy printed on whale leather pages with a panda fur cover put together with glue from rendered down fur seal fat. And I want it delivered by the biggest, most poluting mail truck on the planet.

5. #5
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:13 pm, Kingfish said:

   Another leftist nut’s future tome on the NYT Bestseller’s list.

   /sarc

   MM should be shaking in her Charmin in 3 – 2 – …

6. #6
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:15 pm, Arnold said:

   Seeing that the globe is now cooling it would seem their sacrifice was not in vain!

   /s

7. #7
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:18 pm, oregonelam said:

   ROLLing ROLLing ROLLing…keep them dogies ROLLing…RAWHIDE!!

8. #8
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

   SMITH: Rather than ship waste to a landfill, Colin had a compost bin in the living room, complete with worms. The year wasn’t always easy.

   Hey, Ethan Allen is missing out on an opportunity here. Who wouldn’t want a nice oak or cherry wood living room compost bin?

9. #9
   On October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm, Dimsdale said:

   I bet the pages of this book will be perfect for the optimal wipe.

   Unfortunately, they will come presoiled with random thoughts of these unhygienic folks.

10. #10
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:26 pm, walterc said:

    I still fail to see how this is doing anything to reduce the pollution being spewed by the Chinese and Indian economies. Until the rest of the world even catches up to us, it’s all a waste of time and money.

11. #11
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:31 pm, spaceycakes said:

    WTH? It’s like protesting the clear cutting by cutting down a tree.

    Um. Well, maybe some sh!t-for-brains has done that very thing…

12. #12
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:32 pm, Jeddite said:

    I wonder what uses less water: a bidet or flushing the toilet as necessary to discard of used toilet paper.

13. #13
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:36 pm, regularguy said:

    These people are such idiots they couldn’t find their backsides with either hand anyway.

14. #14
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    From the Newsbusters link:
    

    What if we called it the year I lost 20 pounds without going to the gym once? Or if we called it the year we ate locally and seasonally. There are actual benefits to living environmentally.

    And yet, they undoubtedly call people who have always lived off the land “stupid rednecks.”

    Next thing you know, they’ll discover farming.

15. #15
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:45 pm, fred5676 said:

    Sounds like a great idea for a new reality TV show – except even Hollywood would deem it too unbelievable.

16. #16
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:45 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Next thing you know, they’ll discover farming.

    And hunting. But wait, that’s CRUEL.

17. #17
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:47 pm, sonofdy said:

    Wellll I am off to torture a puppy. The tears make the puppy soup SSSOOOO much better….

    just kidding.

18. #18
    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:52 pm, spaceycakes said:

    a pot luck dinner where everybody had to bring their own food that they made.

    And those fools believed the story of how it was made by their own little hands by candle light & picked at the side of the road?

    Oh and by the way; do you know how rude it is to ask someone over for dinner, and then make them bring the food?

19. #19
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Al Swearengen: [during a meeting with Johnny Burns, E.B. Farnum, and Jimmy Irons] I wanna know who cut the cheese. [nobody answers] I’ll tell you this for openers: we are gonna set off an area on the balcony. [opens the door to the balcony] And God help whoever doesn’t use it, because the next stink I have to smell in this office, and whoever doesn’t admit to it is going out the window, into the muck, onto their f*****g heads, and we’ll see how they like farting from that position, okay?

20. #20
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, 24Klady said:

    spaceycakes – obviously, they never were invited to a Methodist or Lutheran potluck. No picked on the road side fare, but lots of jello!

21. #21
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, pressto said:

    So, they refuse to wipe their two-year-old’s bottom and have sworn off paper to save the trees.

    In California we have a water shortage now and I wonder how much water they used instead each time? I wonder if anyone added up the amount of water used compared to a few sheets of paper and then compare the environmental impact.

    If the lived in CA then my guess is they would be hurting the environment more then help it.

22. #22
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:37 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm, Dimsdale said:

    I bet the pages of this book will be perfect for the optimal wipe…

    SNORT! I had an immediate image from the TV series adaptation of Sharpe’s Sword, based more or less on the novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell.

    In it one of Sharpe’s men, Rifleman Harris, a drunkard and unremitting sinner (IIRC the way Harris describes himself), but also a former schoolmaster (and therefore more literate than the average British soldier of that era), is searching through the library of a house where the men are billeted for a copy of Voltaire’s Candide, which he needs to crack a spy’s coded message.

    When confronted by a snooty British nobleman, Harris tells him that he was just looking for something with which to wipe his bum – and the snooty nobleman, seeing that the book Harris is holding is a Frenchie novel, sneers that it’s suitable for that purpose.

    I wonder what the reaction would be if anyone said that might be a suitable use for either of I Won’s (supposed) autobiographies?

23. #23
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:40 pm, 24Klady said:

    I remember one time during a drought in CA where you were limited to about 2 inches of water to take a bath. I lost thousands in sod because I couldn’t to water the lawn. The motels in Monterey would shut off after a certain amount of time, leaving you all soaped up but unable to rinse. Ever walked the streets of Carmel with half the soap suds still in your hair?

    Those two fools don’t know what sacrifice and hardships really are.

24. #24
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:41 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, 24Klady said:

    spaceycakes – obviously, they never were invited to a Methodist or Lutheran potluck. No picked on the road side fare, but lots of jello!

    At ours there was also an abundance of American chop suey – in sometimes rather odd (for lack of a better word) incarnations.

25. #25
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:43 pm, 24Klady said:

    spaceycakes – but have you ever been forced fed lutifisk? Now that’s pollution.

26. #26
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pm, tiefelj said:

    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, 24Klady said:

    spaceycakes – obviously, they never were invited to a Methodist or Lutheran potluck. No picked on the road side fare, but lots of jell

    Hey, us Lutherans don’t always take jello. I usually take ribs or brisket. But then I was raised in Texas and I do go to the a conservative Missouri Synod church every Sunday.

    Jake

27. #27
    On October 6th, 2009 at 6:56 pm, Hangfire said:

    As eco-conscious as ever, I have recently replaced the catalytic converter in my ’77 LTD (351 Cu. in.)

28. #28
    On October 6th, 2009 at 7:10 pm, 24Klady said:

    Jake @ 6:55
    My cousin is a Missouri Synod Lutheran pastor, and a nephew that’s a Methodist pastor. Somehow, ribs and brisket taste better in TX than anywhere else.

29. #29
    On October 6th, 2009 at 7:22 pm, happy2behere said:

    Does parking my extra suburban in our empty RV barn count as eco-friendly? If I drive an SUV and my husband drives a compact, do we average out to a mid-size?

30. #30
    On October 6th, 2009 at 8:40 pm, JohnnyAngel said:

    Dude calls himself No Impact Man. I wish he’d make one impact, like the kind one makes when one jumps off the Tappanzee Bridge.

31. #31
    On October 6th, 2009 at 8:41 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    And here I sit with temps 20 below NORMAL for this time of year freezing my butt off. Global warming? Yeah, right…bring it my way, please. And it’s been like this for a while.

32. #32
    On October 6th, 2009 at 9:06 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Or if we called it the year we ate locally and seasonally.

    I always eat where I am, no matter what season it is.

    BTW – are there any farms left in Manhattan? Winter must be hard for that eating “seasonally” thing.

33. #33
    On October 6th, 2009 at 9:14 pm, swede said:

    This is all good. You can read the book in one “sitting”, then use the absorbant materials for a better purpose. (Plagerized from T McCotter)

    CA people – We now have too much H20 in Atlanta we can sell you. If you act now we will throw in some carbon offset credits.

34. #34
    On October 6th, 2009 at 9:44 pm, graysonret said:

    Another 2 people living in a fantasy world of La-La land-”feel goodism” politics. Either that or they think they know how to make money in an unusual way, regardless of how dumb they look, and get their faces on camera.

35. #35
    On October 6th, 2009 at 10:37 pm, vickisoup said:

    Even the Amish use TP. What a bunch of kooks. What’s next? Covered wagons and menstrual rags? Yuk! Sorry.
    My bad.

36. #36
    On October 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm, Little Ma said:

    ROFL

    Those people are nuts!

37. #37
    On October 7th, 2009 at 2:59 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Not only is ‘Daddy’ trying to get a second 15 minutes of fame I bet he is lying-but I won’t be the one to look-yuk 2.

38. #38
    On October 7th, 2009 at 8:36 am, tre said:

    These remind me of people one reads about in National Geographic, etc. City slickers who move to the country and try to “live off of the land.” Then they try to write and sell articles about themselves, completely forgetting other people have lived that way for generations.

    My wife and I plant a vegatable garden in the summer. In the fall, I try to shoot a deer to put in the freezer. We look for ways to conserve here and there, mostly because we feel that if we don’t use it, then it saves us money.

    But, FER CRYIN’ OUT LOUD! NO TOILET FREAKIN’ PAPER!

    That’s unsanitary!

39. #39
    On October 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    I have heard stories about corn cobs–could we send them a bushel?

    And tre: the proper name for the freezer is Trophy Case-just in case.

40. #40
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:03 am, John Deaux said:

    On October 6th, 2009 at 5:09 pm, Kingfish said:
    Could his book’s pages be comprised of recycled Sheryl Crowe one sheets?

    The Rorschach Anthology?

41. #41
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:12 am, Mostly Annoyed said:

    I find it interesting that they “turned the lights back on”. Was this just an experimene to get research for their book? These people need to live up to what they preach and change their lifestyle permentally not just for a year. This is hyprocracy, just like Al Gore, more of the “do as I say” leadership. Come on Al, show us how it’s done. Buying carbon offsets is cheating, it just shows you are not willing to practive what you preach, just like the rest of the climate change “leaders”.

    Climate change is just another scheme for people to make some quick money and tell others what they should be doing.

42. #42
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:12 am, spaceycakes said:

    Church ‘potlucks’ are one thing, but I would never invite anyone to my house for ‘dinner’ and have them bring food. That’s bullsh*t and rude. I don’t care who you are, if I invite you, you get cloth napkins and proper flatware as well as fed by my own cooked food.

43. #43
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:13 am, spaceycakes said:

    John Deaux said: The Rorschach Anthology?

    analyst: what do you see here, mrscakes?

    spaceycakes: a brown butterfly with peanut eyes!

44. #44
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:18 am, stillontheroad said:

    It was 34 degrees this morning and my 4 Runner wind shield was iced over. Gimme some of that global warming back – say make it 75 to 80 with a little breeze.

45. #45
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:22 am, Speakup said:

    Smellerific, well I guess that’s one thing you can use the (book) pages for, probably the only thing.

46. #46
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:23 am, dan708 said:

    This is just a wild guess, but I’d bet that their DVD sets are being produced in China, that bastion of green living.

47. #47
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:32 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:13 am, spaceycakes said:
    John Deaux said: The Rorschach Anthology?
    analyst: what do you see here, mrscakes?

    spaceycakes: a brown butterfly with peanut eyes!

    Elvis: Corn?!

48. #48
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:42 am, tre said:

    On October 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:
    And tre: the proper name for the freezer is Trophy Case-just in case.

    You’re right. I’m the type of hunter who prefers a freezer full of deer roast to a set of antlers on the wall.

    Antlers don’t taste as good.

49. #49
    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:45 am, John Deaux said:

    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:42 am, tre said:

    You’re right. I’m the type of hunter who prefers a freezer full of deer roast to a set of antlers on the wall.

    Antlers don’t taste as good.

    But you can’t impale a vampire on a deer roast in your freezer, now can you?

50. #50
    On October 7th, 2009 at 10:03 am, Bogtrotter said:

    sonofdy said: “I want a copy printed on whale leather pages with a panda fur cover put together with glue from rendered down fur seal fat.”

    Can I get my special first edition copy printed using condor blood?

51. #51
    On October 7th, 2009 at 10:12 am, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    In 1989, climate scientist Stephen Schneider told Discover magazine:
    

    To capture the public imagination, we have to offer up some scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements and little mention of any doubts one might have. Each of us has to decide the right balance between being effective, and being honest.

    Speaking on the Senate floor in July of 2003, Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla) rightly called the threat of catastrophic global warming the “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.”

    Not quite Jim – …ever perpetuated on the American people world!
    FIFY

52. #52
    On October 7th, 2009 at 10:15 am, Bogtrotter said:

    ArizonaNeanderthal: “I have heard stories about corn cobs–could we send them a bushel?”

    Funny TP story. Back in the 70′s my boss was a Lithuanian immigrant. He had family there and would go over every few years. He came back one time, walked into the break room while we were drinking coffee and tossed a roll of Lithuanina TP on the table that he had brought back. Light brown, non-perforated, and riddled with hazerdous wood chunks. He said “This is why communism sucks!”

    By the way, I live in Kingman. Not a good area for acquiring corn cobs or even leaves. Handfuls of desert sand perhaps?

53. #53
    On October 7th, 2009 at 10:22 am, cheapseat said:

    and we wonder why folks like al gore and nancy pelosi get votes from some americans. it’s all reagan’s fault, he shut down sooooo many mental facilities, and now they roam the streets not wiping their behinds to save the trees.

54. #54
    On October 7th, 2009 at 11:23 am, tre said:

    On October 7th, 2009 at 9:45 am, John Deaux said:

    Kiefer Sutherland in the Lost Boys! I liked that movie, too.

55. #55
    On October 7th, 2009 at 11:30 am, zoyclem said:

    My guess is that very few copies of this book will actually sell.

56. #56
    On October 7th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, tre said:

    On October 7th, 2009 at 10:15 am, Bogtrotter said: By the way, I live in Kingman. Not a good area for acquiring corn cobs or even leaves. Handfuls of desert sand perhaps?

    When my nephew was on Boy Scout camping trip he used a handful of leaves. Guess what kind of leaves he grabbed?
    I’ll give you a hint: he had a very embrassing and awkward itch for a while!

57. #57
    On October 7th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On October 7th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, tre said:
    When my nephew was on Boy Scout camping trip he used a handful of leaves. Guess what kind of leaves he grabbed?
    I’ll give you a hint: he had a very embrassing and awkward itch for a while!

    Took longer than most to make Tenderfoot, I imagine.

58. #58
    On October 7th, 2009 at 12:58 pm, HappyGoLucky said:

    This does not pass the smell test. (Sarc on) Those two simply shut off the “lights” they never said that they shut off the electricity (in New York City!) That would have been one heck of a cold winter. And what about keeping their clothing clean – especially without toilet paper. And bathing for that matter. It takes electricity to generate hot water. Did they take cold baths, especially with a two year old daughter? This couple reeks of opportunism to the “Nth” degree. Yuppies on a mission to make money. Some revelation there that they learned to live without TV and they are going to keep it off. This guy saw a gimmick to make money and a name for himself with a psuedo attempt no impact on the earth. If he really wanted to learn to live without, he could always go fully into it and return to living as those people who survived the iron age. Then, I might believe that he truly meant to have no impact on the earth. Survival was seasonally based, there was no electricity (fire was the norm) nor television and you had to cultivate your own local food supplies. And, use every bit of what you grew, hunted, or culled to survive — maggots, worms, and all. Oh, and I don’t think that they really composted. That would have been a natural by-product of everyday living back then.

59. #59
    On October 7th, 2009 at 2:00 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    What is the carbon footprint of 120 people riding 300 miles on bicycles! Maybe they all promised not to exhale?

    You know you can’t cure “stoopid” but the NEA has demonstrated you can make “stoopid” and folks like this prove it every day.