yep

uh huh

Orwell: The two minutes hate

Eco-bats: The one hour dark

As to why we don't do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display.

I see.

Maybe when they turn the lights back on the Easter Bunny will have made it back into their logo

Google's lights have been out quite a while... nothing new here...

Sometimes we take good things for granted.

Oh good grief.

All my lights are on, as well as the lights illuminating my house. Plus my tv.

Maybe they can make some fusion of Islam-Eco-Moonbattery where the call to darkness is blared 5 times daily and those who insult Gore are beheaded

A tribute to gaia, and nothing for easter, F**K GOOGLE!

That is the stupidest thing I've seen on the net yet! Europe is dying and now their lights are out. Fire up the candles and the whale oil lamps dumb asses! Read your shit rag news papers via candlelight. Intentionally holding yourself is self destruction at it's finest

I have a Google option like that somewhere. it was billed as saving energy, for laptops I guess.

re: #10 Fo knee ix

Maybe they can make some fusion of Islam-Eco-Moonbattery where the call to darkness is blared 5 times daily and those who insult Gore are beheaded

I thought that was the media's job?

"Don't be evil; Except to the Chinese!™

Why? Like it's going to save power or something? If you're using the computer to read that page, you're not saving any electricity.

If you're that concerned about your energy usage, shut off your damned computer and get outside. The preachy nature of this stuff is only getting more intolerable on a daily basis and I'm more than amenable to greening my environment. I bought my house to shorten my commute, don't have to drive anywhere as a result, and can go to work by train. I had cfls before they became fashionable to do. I have cars that are relatively fuel efficient. I bought all kinds of insulation to improve my home's efficiencies, and am considering a tankless system for hot water.

Oh, and in the long range, many of those green choices will save me plenty of money - the green that speaks to me.

The preachy types at Google, Goracle, and all the rest talk plenty, but it's all just so much hot air. If they truly believed half the crap they spout off, they wouldn't be flying off all over the world, going and holding major conferences in one of the most remote cities in the world (Bali) that also happens to be in an environmentally sensitive location. They'd teleconference to accept their Nobel Prize crapulence for raising awareness.

Oh, and it doesn't even begin to touch on the junk science that underpins much of what Gore and his ilk are preaching.

/rant off...

So - They Joined the "DIRTY NIGHTSHIRT BRIGADE" - OR - Just Finally Proclaimed It? Inquiring minds would LOVE to know.

-S-

The UK is indeed returning to the Dark Ages but not in the way Google insists.

re: #9 Crimsonfisted

2 radios, TV, PS2, 2 computers, turned up the heat, flushed the toilet (so the pump turns on), running more hot water for the dishes, started load of wash, and drying a load of clothes. just doing my part.

"Turn out the lights, the party's over..."

Neat idea Google.
In solidarity, I've put on a black T-shirt.
Earth saved!

What is with that?

Are they commenting on the lights going out in Europe because of the supression of Fitna?

re: #14 Yankee in Oz

Indeed.

Hmmm...

Google = Drink?

re: #12 Egfrow

Burn the newspapers - you get light and heat... because if you're reading the Times or all the rest, you're certainly not getting a whole lot of news.

Oh, and revenues have dropped again. Figures.

It makes sense, after all, Europe is heading back to the dark ages anyhow.

Awww... how dramatic and romantic. Let's base all our future energy policies on warm, fuzzy feelings. Unfortunately the vapid twits that Google targets are probably turning out their lights and firing up the candles as we speak. Hope their houses burn down.

Hah!

Idiots.

-19

The NFL had a studio segment last year that was dark to show "greeness". So lame.

The last sane man at google, turned off the lights as he left.

Yes Google we know the lights are going out in Europe, due to many things and it aint global warming.

re: #16 lawhawk

Why? Like it's going to save power or something? If you're using the computer to read that page, you're not saving any electricity.

If you're that concerned about your energy usage, shut off your damned computer and get outside. The preachy nature of this stuff is only getting more intolerable on a daily basis and I'm more than amenable to greening my environment. I bought my house to shorten my commute, don't have to drive anywhere as a result, and can go to work by train. I had cfls before they became fashionable to do. I have cars that are relatively fuel efficient. I bought all kinds of insulation to improve my home's efficiencies, and am considering a tankless system for hot water.

Oh, and in the long range, many of those green choices will save me plenty of money - the green that speaks to me.

The preachy types at Google, Goracle, and all the rest talk plenty, but it's all just so much hot air. If they truly believed half the crap they spout off, they wouldn't be flying off all over the world, going and holding major conferences in one of the most remote cities in the world (Bali) that also happens to be in an environmentally sensitive location. They'd teleconference to accept their Nobel Prize crapulence for raising awareness.

Oh, and it doesn't even begin to touch on the junk science that underpins much of what Gore and his ilk are preaching.

/rant off...

WooHoo! No need to turn off your rant when you're on a roll like that!

re: #16 lawhawk

"Why? Like it's going to save power or something? If you're using the computer to read that page, you're not saving any electricity."

If you are reading this page without a computer please let me know how.

Maybe the Europeans are welcoming their descent into becoming the world's heart of darkness.

Snake oil

Fairy dust

Dousing rods

Magic beans

re: #22 Dar ul Harbarian

What is with that?

Are they commenting on the lights going out in Europe because of the supression of Fitna?

"Dar"

All y'all gotta be /s.

-S-

There's absolutely no reason why I should have to change my lifestyle if I have the means to work for it. I'm getting consistently tired of people saying "You're not doing the right thing! Save power!" If people really wanted to helped the planet, more nukes!

This certainly makes up for them ignoring memorial day, each year.

I should go now - there's still a few electrical appliances I haven't plugged in yet. Oh - and there's a light I haven't turned on in the garage.

Hi all,

For me google.ch .fr .gr etc are al working fine.

Was just to let you know

re: #21 MOik

My daughter used to sing a song when she was 6:

Black socks
They never get dirty
The longer you wear them
The stronger they get
Sometimes
I think I should wash them
But something inside me
Keeps saying, "not yet"

Maybe they can make some fusion of Islam-Eco-Moonbattery where the call to darkness is blared 5 times daily and those who insult Gore are beheaded

That's is absolute brilliance! Thanks for the laugh.

"and in the darkness bind them"

Sortalike a bombing-run warning, in London in WWII...?

I want a cup of decaf. Think I'll get hot water via the tap at the sink, rather than using the microwave.

re: #35 mama winger

Snake oil

Fairy dust

Dousing rods

Magic beans

Baaa, baaa, black sheep.

Big deal.
Ohhh! They cut the power for a wee period to make a stupid worthless statement. Okay Google! Walk the talk! Move Google HQ to Conakry, Guinea and see how much money Google can make with the lights out 23 hours day, followed by a damaging surge, and a brownout. No water, too! They REALLY know how to save the planet in Third World countries! They cut the power every day!

These jerks wouldn't dare cut the power on a day they needed air conditioning.

Hallelujah, the earth is saved!

re: #9 Crimsonfisted

All my lights are on, as well as the lights illuminating my house. Plus my tv.

Don't forget the fridge. If you leave the fridge door slightly open, that little light stays on. Turning the temperature down on the fridge will ensure nothing gets spoiled, and it also increases your carbon footprint.

re: #16 lawhawk

You have a real nice trackback and comment at MM. And you were spot on too.

That'll Fail as hilariously as this did. Slightly more electricity than usual was consumed on "E-day".

re: #45 spikester
..water witch, much?

re: #19 spikester

2 radios, TV, PS2, 2 computers, turned up the heat, flushed the toilet (so the pump turns on), running more hot water for the dishes, started load of wash, and drying a load of clothes. just doing my part.

hahahahahahaha! and of course, my computer, the kids have THEIR tvs on in their bedrooms, plus a computer game going, and now, based on your suggestion, I will flush my commode at random for no reason. And I SHOULD put a load in the washer, and finish the load that is in the washer in the dryer. The pool pump is going too, and the hot tub, soon!

I do my part to cut power. Every time my Google bar tries to do an unauthorized connect to the internet, I block it.

re: #52 swamprat

only when I need water

re: #19 spikester

You forgot a couple more things Noam did, last year --he went out & turned on both his lawn mower & snow blower, & started his vehicle... :)

re: #50 pat

Thanks. Saw that. Been getting a wee bit more attention of late. Gotta keep up with Jammie in that department. His blogging crew have definitely pushed the bar up there.

Lights out? Hey cat, get back here with my bongos!

Google...so anyway...I'm looking to buy an aluminum fishing boat. Anybody got an idea? 16 -19 ft range.

re: #53 Crimsonfisted

I love America!

Psh, Google is racist, turning it's page "black," like we can't all see thru that.

ah, yes, the moonbats want us all to turn out all our lights out between 8 and 9 pm tomorrow.

in that case, every light i own will be turned on. some aren't even plugged in but they will be by 8pm tomorrow night.

and, just for good measure, i'll run the jacuzzi for that hour too.

I think I see some sunlight coming through along the edges.
//ooppps wrong thread--that one has been dead ah what a month or so.

OT

A French anti-smoking ad

Dear Google and associated nitwits:

Stop running my life. You do not know better than I do. You are just socialists looking for salvation through false channels. Get your nose out of my business.

thank you

Good Evening Lizards! It's still cold and wet in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland.

I see I missed the open registration? Good Eats?

How are you-all this evening and what are we talking about?

re: #55 spikester

I was thinking of driving up to the airport and warming up the G5, but hey, that's just over the top.

re: #65 mama winger

Dear Google and associated nitwits:

Stop running my life. You do not know better than I do. You are just socialists looking for salvation through false channels. Get your nose out of my business.

thank you

Dittos. Double dog dittos!

re: #26 DesertSage

It makes sense, after all, Europe is heading back to the dark ages anyhow.

No. The Dark Ages had a sort of humanity, a semblance of culture and art. This is much, much worse.

re: #59 reno911

My neighbor bought a clackacraft last year, He loves it.

Awww...Isn't that just precious? (visualize hearts 'n flowers 'n unicorns 'n rainbows 'n the Gorifice dancing around in a Yellow Submarine animation style, all in lovely shades of Eco-Save-The-Planet-Green (non-toxic and low VOCs)). Bleech...

I should post the list that I saw circulating about what my company wanted us to do to save the planet, err, energy. Don't know if it was serious or not, but considering the branch that sent it out is in Eugene, Oregon, I gotta think that it is serious. Stoopid as a wet paper bag full of sledge hammers, but still serious. I think I'm losing my sense of humor when it comes to this stuff, since most of the ideas to "SAVE THE PLANET" are just ree-dick-yoolus...

re: #59 reno911

Google...so anyway...I'm looking to buy an aluminum fishing boat. Anybody got an idea? 16 -19 ft range.

I've got a lund it is tuff

re: #66 ggt

Turning on anything that uses extra power. :)

re: #66 ggt

Glad you made it home safely, ggt!

It seems to me it is very appropriate that Google is dark on the day the lights are being turned off in Europe.

I would imagine I'm not the first person to say that in this thread.

Sorry for the repetition.

OK -

On"Con-Ser-Vation" - I do my part - Drive a Sub-Compact, all my " bulbs" are "squiggs", use Microwave to cook stuff that should be cooked conventionally, keep my "T-Stat" no higher than 65 degrees F, laptop rather than desktop, etc. No problem by me, Simi or Melech. Forget "GAIA"
it is a National Security Issue for us.

-S-

don't you all forget to turn on those big screens! 55" here. 36" in the bedroom and a puny 27" in the den. 20" in the guest bedroom died last year. i better buy a new one!

re: #66 ggt

Good Evening Lizards! It's still cold and wet in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland.

I see I missed the open registration? Good Eats?

How are you-all this evening and what are we talking about?

Yikes! Not a very encouraging weather report. I'll be where you are in 7 days. Should I pack my arctic gear?

Time to turn on everything in the house for an hour

re: #24 Sarge1984

Absolutely! Just make sure if you're drinking beer to drink it out of a can and not a bottle. It is more eco-friendly to drink from a can, so you should do your part!

/I actually saw this "report" from my local NBC affiliate the day before St. Patty's day. My question in response: "How do I stay "green" when I drop a nasty dook?"

This is Google with your head in an abaya.

Load-leveling specialists at power plants probably hate this kind of crap.

re: #68 Grammy Cracker

Grammy Cracker?

Is that some kind of racist nic? /sarc

oh, wait, you're another one of those typical white grammas like obama's grammy right?

/just kidding! funny nic!

re: #76 Dr. Shalit

You'll die earlier, too, 'cause miked food isn't as healthy as conventionally-cooked... :)

Evil doesn't like the light.

re: #61 ParanoidPyro

Psh, Google is racist, turning it's page "black," like we can't all see thru that.

Or, perhaps the good Rev. Wright now sits on the board...

/hey, as long as we are throwing out conspiracy theories

re: #80 BGOH

Beer should be consumed from the proper glassware.

/sniff

re: #87 BignJames

Beer should be consumed from the proper glassware.

/sniff

Pitcher?

Who wants to live in the dark? I'm not a frikkin cavewoman. The progressives are kind of regressive, aren't they?

re: #80 BGOH

Cool I been doing the beer drinking right.

re: #62 Kirly

ah, yes, the moonbats want us all to turn out all our lights out between 8 and 9 pm tomorrow.

in that case, every light i own will be turned on. some aren't even plugged in but they will be by 8pm tomorrow night.

and, just for good measure, i'll run the jacuzzi for that hour too.

You'd need twenty jacuzzis and car dealer-size spot lights to even have a hope of approaching Al Gore's personal household energy consumption - and his kids are adults and have left home ... don't even have the imagination to come up with what Gore must be doing of a day, every day and night to suck up the power he does. Only something like SPECTER HQ with the massive screen and the powered Big Bwana automatic control chair in the middle of it comes to mind ... Does Al Gore own a cat?

re: #80 BGOH

Absolutely! Just make sure if you're drinking beer to drink it out of a can and not a bottle. It is more eco-friendly to drink from a can, so you should do your part!

/I actually saw this "report" from my local NBC affiliate the day before St. Patty's day. My question in response: "How do I stay "green" when I drop a nasty dook?"

It should be illegal to package beer in a can. Uuuugh! The tinny taste is awful!

/same goes for tomatoes, if the cans aren't lined.

re: #88 jaunte

No! Bottles!

I'm not a scientist, but how does one save energy? Is it like when I go to the store and they tell me how much I saved while I was spending? It's a fallacy- I didn't save money, I just spent less than I could have. So- by turning off the lights- how am I saving energy? I'm just using less. This is nothing but a leftist feel-good tactic, and it's worthless except to let them feel better about themselves. Whatever.

re: #75 Pastorius

It seems to me it is very appropriate that Google is dark on the day the lights are being turned off in Europe.

I would imagine I'm not the first person to say that in this thread.

Sorry for the repetition.

It is ok.

It just shows how many people here have enough sense to see the screamingly obvious symbolism...as opposed to the people running Google.

re: #80 BGOH

I'll have to Google that!

Me? Dead Hamilton Wine. 1/2 Gallon of Carlo Rossi Blush (I'm kind of emasculating myself, but what the hell...) in clear glass.

What's that do for a carbon footprint?

re: #88 jaunte

That'll work!

re: #91 wanumba

i know! that bastage!

re: #81 jaunte

Google! Woo-hoo! Drink!

re: #64 Dar ul Harbarian

OMG too funny-sort of--i need a cig-sometimes feels like that in co

re: #87 BignJames

Beer should be consumed from the proper glassware.

/sniff

Some friends took me to some ritzy resturant and they brought out the beer in bottles. We asked for glasses. No frosted mugs to be had.

re: #101 David IV of Georgia

heathens!

actualize world freedom

re: #97 BignJames

That'll work!

Trying to get my lips around the pitcher's pouring side always makes me smile.

re: #92 Grammy Cracker

Just you wait until these mother fuckers start a movement to outlaw glass beer bottles in the name of the "environment." I'm convinced it's coming, sooner or later.

The blasphemy keeps on comin'...
Security stepped up as German theatre breaks taboo by staging Satanic Verses

A German theatre is to stage the world premiere of the controversial Salman Rushdie novel The Satanic Verses, breaking a long taboo and prompting fears of a backlash by local Muslims.

The Hans Otto theatre in Potsdam, south-west of Berlin, is due to begin an eight-week run of the stage adaptation of the 1988 novel on Sunday, aiming, said its director, to expose it to a new audience.

Police authorities in the city said security at the theatre and in Potsdam would be increased for fear of attacks by Muslim fundamentalists.

More, please.

re: #83 Kirly

Grammy Cracker?

Is that some kind of racist nic? /sarc

oh, wait, you're another one of those typical white grammas like obama's grammy right?

/just kidding! funny nic!

Well, sort of. I'm not anyone's idea of a typical grammy, but the nic was derived from thinking about *H*'s poor grandmother. And Uncle Cracker.

/my mind works in mysterious ways...

Awhile back I read a book called: "A World Lit Only by Fire" by William Manchester. It was about Europe in the Middle Ages.

Most interesting.

re: #70 Killgore Trout

Thanks for the tip KT. I'm looking at the clack models and am not seeing one that takes a "clip-on".

re: #99 Sarge1984

Google! Woo-hoo! Drink!

Was it originally supposed to be pronounced Go Ogle?

re: #103 swamprat

now that's a beautiful sight!

re: #92 Grammy Cracker

i love v-8--cannot drink it from cans--

re: #101 David IV of Georgia

Think pint

You all completely miss the point of this exercise. It's not to save so much as one watt-hour of electricity, but to allow earnest port-siders to flatter themselves by engaging in symbolic nonsense. They'll sit in the dark for an hour and then feel smug and righteous that they've saved the planet, thus giving themselves the right - nay, the duty - to lord their morally superior views over you and to impress them onto you via legislation.

re: #107 Grammy Cracker

hahahah! i knew it!

made me laugh the minute i saw it!

Gonna be running a rehearsal at out local theater during "earth hour". Ooooh, all those big, hot, carbon-y good stage lights. I'm so proud to help!

So what is with this Earth hour Saturday at 8 pm Turn your lights out for an hour. Good luck on that one

re: #77 Kirly

don't you all forget to turn on those big screens! 55" here. 36" in the bedroom and a puny 27" in the den. 20" in the guest bedroom died last year. i better buy a new one!

OK -

I have a 37" Olevia LCD and a 25" Curtis Mathes (a/k/a Samsung) CRT TV(S). One at a time, unless monitoring a recording, and only "ON" for something I/We are actually watching. -S-

re: #110 jaunte

Hell, it's Friday night. I'm flexible.

re: #73 Ma Sands

Well, my house is LGF compliant. All appliances running, lights on, even running the self-clean feature of the oven.

re: #106 Killgore Trout
Fly paper strategy?

re: #105 BGOH

"outlaw glass beer bottles"

Is there a sand shortage?
Phucking Arabs!

Wow, a pointless gesture to highlight a nonexistent problem.

Bravo, Google UK. I award you 10 carbon credits.

Or, you could be brave and post Fitna, but that would actually have meaning and require sacrifice on Google's part.

re: #74 Sarge1984

MWAH!

Christmas lights all year round?

re: #108 ggt

Awhile back I read a book called: "A World Lit Only by Fire" by William Manchester. It was about Europe in the Middle Ages.

Most interesting.

i'm going to read that. i want to get a windmill up and a root cellar dug and a bunch of fire wood cut for when we go back to that middle ages style of life.

re: #119 Sarge1984

do you do yoga? stand on your head?

re: #105 BGOH

Just you wait until these mother fuckers start a movement to outlaw glass beer bottles in the name of the "environment." I'm convinced it's coming, sooner or later.

No. No, no, no, NO! A line has to be drawn somewhere! LOL

/sadly, you may be right...

re: #105 BGOH

Actually- I was just reading that the movement is to ban plastic bottles and move back to glass bottles for things like soda.

A pitcher is just a big mug/stein. Unfortunately some people think pitchers are to be shared.

re: #84 Ma Sands

You'll die earlier, too, 'cause miked food isn't as healthy as conventionally-cooked... :)

"ma" -

Pray tell - why? Thought Gray Hamburgers and Rubber Hot Dogs were punishment enough.

-S-

re: #113 BignJames

It comes in pints?

re: #112 mikeymom

i love v-8--cannot drink it from cans--

EXACTLY! The acid in the tomato reacts with the can to produce...

/GACK!

i hav decide to typ shorte word 4 thi commen so tha we here at
LG can als sav energ

Jus doin my par

re: #121 wanumba

Fly paper strategy?

An interesting thought. Maybe if the Feds put on blasphemous plays and drew Mohammed cartoons they could more easily catch those who oppose free speech.

re: #124 ggt

{ggt}

re: #78 Grammy Cracker

It's Chicagoland in March. You could need flip-flops or snow boots. I'd bring the snow boots, because right now, you can't buy them in stores --but you can buy flip-flops.

Where exactly are you going to be?

re: #123 Palandine

Shhh...

:)

Earth Hour. What a bore!

I'm going to burn everything in the house, overnight, just to make up for it. Jeez! Will they ever stop staring into their mirrors, and patting themselves on the back?

re: #91 wanumba

You'd need twenty jacuzzis and car dealer-size spot lights to even have a hope of approaching Al Gore's personal household energy consumption - and his kids are adults and have left home ... don't even have the imagination to come up with what Gore must be doing of a day, every day and night to suck up the power he does. Only something like SPECTER HQ with the massive screen and the powered Big Bwana automatic control chair in the middle of it comes to mind ... Does Al Gore own a cat?

Al "Big Carbon Foot" Gore?

re: #134 Vero

i hav decide to typ shorte word 4 thi commen so tha we here at
LG can als sav energ

Jus doin my par

Thnk u!

re: #125 wanumba

heh. my nieghbor has the white icicle lights on their patio year round. i kind of like it. i think i shall follow their lead.

I am so bloody tired of all this snow I will take all the Globull Warming I can get. Bring it on.

How touching and pointlessly symbolic - make a real difference and set your site background to black! Does it take less electricity to display that page?

re: #120 ggt

:) Funny.

re: #49 uptight

Don't forget the fridge. If you leave the fridge door slightly open, that little light stays on. Turning the temperature down on the fridge will ensure nothing gets spoiled, and it also increases your carbon footprint.

Good idea! Thanks!

The earth temps have actually cooled enough this year to negate any warming claimed by the warmers for the last ten years. or more. I cant believe no one else is saying anything in support of this.
Sorry, cant do the links thing, but check out
junkscience.com
newsbusters per noel sheppard

newsbusters per popular tech..

lawsuit coming from weather channel founder against al gore...altavista it!

I aint buyin' the crap.

re: #137 ggt

ggt -

LL Bean sells "Duck Boots" year round.

-S-

I like the self-cleaning oven idea. Mine needs it anyway.

stOOOpid

re: #119 Sarge1984

Hell, it's Friday night. I'm flexible.

I'm drinking, too. Just got back from trying to find my copy of "A World Lit Only by Fire," but it's not filed in the right shelf.

re: #137 ggt

It's Chicagoland in March. You could need flip-flops or snow boots. I'd bring the snow boots, because right now, you can't buy them in stores --but you can buy flip-flops.

Where exactly are you going to be?

Downtown, Mich Ave. The semi-annual, girls-only, eat-drink-shop orgy. Did I mention I LOVE CHICAGO?

re: #134 Vero

i hav decide to typ shorte word 4 thi commen so tha we here at
LG can als sav energ

Jus doin my par

I will use up the lump of coal you saved by quoting you.

re: #127 mikeymom

do you do yoga? stand on your head?

Semper Gumby, baby!

re: #152 Grammy Cracker

Downtown, Mich Ave. The semi-annual, girls-only, eat-drink-shop orgy. Did I mention I LOVE CHICAGO?

Ahhh ... fun! Bring slush boots.

re: #143 mama winger

I am so bloody tired of all this snow I will take all the Globull Warming I can get. Bring it on.

It's already past the point of too warm, too humid here in Houston.

re: #42 swamprat

"and in the darkness bind them"

+50!

re: #141 Grammy Cracker

Thnk u!

np

This is silly.

except if you were doing it for astronomy,

or to leave the lights out long enough so there is an upward blip in the birthrate.

re: #156 jaunte

It's already past the point of too warm, too humid here in Houston.

I will now stab myself in the kidney.

re: #129 Sharmuta

Actually- I was just reading that the movement is to ban plastic bottles and move back to glass bottles for things like soda.

Well, we'll see what the linguini-spined SOB's are saying next week. I'm sure the target will change, but the cause will be the same! lol

re: #131 Dr. Shalit

It starts all the molecules circulating all over the place, and messes up a bunch of stuff, like enzymes, so your body doesn't get the value of them...

re: #144 tripletdad

pointlessly symbolic

Pointlessly symbolic, yet entertainingly idiotic.

Will the google 767 turn off it's lights too as Sergei and larry or whatever his name is jaunt all over the earth promoting a green lifestyle

Hey google, once you go black you don't go back

re: #147 JoggerNot

If the new ice age really sets in Al Gore will have to hide.

re: #151 jaunte

I'm drinking, too. Just got back from trying to find my copy of "A World Lit Only by Fire," but it's not filed in the right shelf.

Did you cuss the kids for moving it on you?

re: #143 mama winger

I am so bloody tired of all this snow I will take all the Globull Warming I can get. Bring it on.

Mama, just yesterday - when we received another three inches of *globull warming*, I demanded Al Gore produce some. Damn quick! Seriously.

I DEMAND SOME GLOBAL WARMING FOR MICHIGAN. NOW!

I knew there was a reason why I never took the Christmas lights down this year

Tomorrow night I'm pluggin' them in, at least for Earth Hour.

Looks like EuroGoogle was the first victim of the Large Hadron Collider. Damned black holes...

re: #167 Grammy Cracker

Are you in the Upper or Lower Peninsula?

re: #144 tripletdad

For the left it's all about the symbolism and their good intentions. It proves they care! And that's all they need to feel better about themselves, because it's more difficult to come up with a real solution and might require a real sacrifice on their part. No- lets stick with the symbolism of our good intentions. It only requires them to ignore their own hypocrisy- and they're well versed in that.

Yay! Let's totally shut down civilization for a cult-like ideology not based on scientific evidence, yay!

OT, but since we’re on the subject of moonbattery this is apropos

So my brother tells me this morning that President Bush is supposed to give a speech to a non-profit foreclosure assistance corp. in my hometown of Freehold, NJ. So I say, what the hell, lets go support good ol’ Shrub, and see if we can get to see him speak; he, I and my 17 year old sister hop in the car and head off, and about 5 minutes later, arrive at the front of the driveway to the corp., and lo and behold, we find moonbats. Not just any moonbats, but Code-Pinkos standing on top of an abridged bus (i.e. short bus) colored red and blue with the words “Hope” and “Change” painted on the side. Lizards, I can only begin to describe my excitement at this sight with a comparison to Homer Simpson when Marge tells him he can have beer and take a nap (“Beer! Beer! Beer! Bed! Bed! Bed!). I sped off to staples and bought poster board and a marker, and the made a sign:

Democrats (heart) Saddam

The moonbats numbered around 50-60 at the most, although there was a contingent of 30-40 patriots waving flags on the other side of the driveway. There were three local news teams around, and one photog caught sight of me cum sign, started laughing and taking pictures with hearty thumbs up from my sibs and I.

I walked right into the heart of the liberal throng with my sign at chest level, and the best description of what transpired is bedlam and apoplexy.

These were the sentiments and actions conveyed:
- “you’re stupid”
- Bush has killed one million Iraqis
- The economy has disintegrated under bush
- One guy with a beret slapped the sign out of my hand, my sister then said, “You guys are really good peace protesters”
- “you’re stupid”

I politely pointed out to a woman who said “you’re stupid,” followed by “Bush lied to the military,” the recent affair of the Dem congressmens’ trip to Iraq underwritten by Saddam and I shit you not she says this:

“Well I follow all the news, I read the Time [NY] every day, and haven’t heard of that” while laughing at me, and I say “That’s your problem.”

Lizards, I cannot reasonably convey how much moonbat pwnage went on today. I may have to start a blog just to document the event.

re: #144 tripletdad

How touching and pointlessly symbolic - make a real difference and set your site background to black! Does it take less electricity to display that page?

Maybe if it's a CRT, but for an LCD, it makes no difference at all. The backlight draws the same power --whether or not the liquid crystal elements block the light.

re: #154 Sarge1984

thx for that sarge!

re: #166 Sarge1984

Did you cuss the kids for moving it on you?

No, I know I did it myself, and I'm being punished by having to open another bottle.

re: #108 ggt
Just reserved a copy at the library. That sounds interesting. Thanks.

re: #126 nyc redneck

It was really an interesting book. Among other things, the author explains in detail the corruption of the Catholic Church during this time period --and at the end says that the Church was the only reason Europe didn't succumb to total anarchy. How he got from one point to the other was quite scholarly and droll, but I did enjoy it.

Speaking of being LGF compliant, my dryer stopped running. I have to correct that.

re: #160 mama winger

I will now stab myself in the kidney.

LOL
If it makes you feel better, today it never got over 60, after being almost 80 yesterday. Sad. ;)

/hey, you'll be comfortable this summer, when we're all about to pass out from heat exhaustion just from getting into our cars in 110 degree weather. =p

Lolwut?

In a few years the man-made global warming fad will be as dead as est training or pet rocks.

Algore isn't stupid, though...he knows the guy that invented pet rocks made millions. And he's doing that and hobnobbing with adoring 20-somethings. Who says that Democrats don't know economics...personal economics at least.

re: #160 mama winger

I will now stab myself in the kidney.

Aren't "too warm, too humid" and "Houston" in the same sentence redundant?

/LOVE Texas, too! My grandsons are there.

re: #146 Crimsonfisted

"Crimson" -

"Ahh" -

"The Fridge, The Fridge" - time to get another brew from my 34 year old Sanyo "Dorm Cube." If an Obama Administration mandated that I have it, and pay it off - I could amortize it on CUBAN WAGES!

-S-

Two dim bulbs

Well whack my head off and call me Aisha but I thought in Europe that the lights were on but no one was home.

time to check and see what's going on in the lounge!

re: #183 Shug

Two dim bulbs

Well that settles it. I'm going green.

re: #170 mama winger

Are you in the Upper or Lower Peninsula?

Lower. In Michigan, I'm a troll. RELAX LIZARDS! Only in MICHIGAN! LOL

/About 50 miles north of Kwame's Krib. Where corn and apples rule.

re: #186 mama winger

Well that settles it. I'm going green.

Good. The spartans have their hands full against Memphis

sparty on

re: #21 MOik

In solidarity, I've put on a black T-shirt.
Earth saved!

In solidarity, I'm going to sip swill scotch until I black out!

I will be toasting Mr. Guo Quan, who evilGoogle blacked out.

Dissident Chinese professor to Sue Yahoo! and Google for erasing his name

re: #162 Ma Sands

It starts all the molecules circulating all over the place, and messes up a bunch of stuff, like enzymes, so your body doesn't get the value of them...

Ma -

OK, will research, thanks.

-S-

Google had; "Don't Be Evil" as corporate motto that also doubled as a slur against the U.S., Britain, and all those other evil, war-mongering countries who dared to overstep their place, and actually wage war against true tyranny. But when cornered by Chinese into limiting their search results to those that were politically agreeable; googles' standards dropped like a prostitutes morals in a governors' limousine...

re: #187 Grammy Cracker

You have a long drive to Chicago then, eh?

re: #185 Kirly

time to check and see what's going on in the lounge!

Yikes.

re: #181 Grammy Cracker

Aren't "too warm, too humid" and "Houston" in the same sentence redundant?

/LOVE Texas, too! My grandsons are there.

I trick new employees into moving here by interviewing them in December.

re: #183 Shug

Two dim bulbs

What's a PSA?
Puerile stupid actress?

re: #173 Fo knee ix

Bravo! Good for you!
PS- Take heart, everyone! TEXAS has beaten STAN !

re: #196 wolfie

Bravo! Good for you!
PS- Take heart, everyone! TEXAS has beaten STAN !

All my faves are out.

re: #192 mama winger

You have a long drive to Chicago then, eh?

Nope. I leave Flint Bishop at noon and arrive at O'Hare at noon. Beauty!

/it's cheaper to fly!

re: #195 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Like, I shut off the fawcett when I brush my teeth. ...me too.

cool. and like, when I take a dump, like I use only one square... me too

and like, when I fly on my G4 to Vegas, I totally use only 1 cocktail napkin the whole flight...OMG...meee too!

re: #173 Fo knee ix

Being raised in New Jersey myself, and with family still there, I gotta tell ya: I'm proud of ya. Way to go.

re: #59 reno911

Google...so anyway...I'm looking to buy an aluminum fishing boat. Anybody got an idea? 16 -19 ft range.

Depends on the size of lake you want to fish on. It's better to have the 16 footer with a max'ed out outboard then a underpowered 19 footer.

// Free advice from the land of 10,000 lakes.

All my final 4 teams are still breathing

re: #173 Fo knee ix

One guy with a beret slapped the sign out of my hand,

Good job! Funny how much latent violence those people are harboring.

re: #198 Grammy Cracker

Nope. I leave Flint Bishop at noon and arrive at O'Hare at noon. Beauty!

/it's cheaper to fly!

Oh - wow!

I love going into the city. I usually only go in the summer. I bet you'll have a great time! Good shopping.

re: #199 Shug

Oh fer shure, fer SHURE!

re: #188 Shug

Good. The spartans have their hands full against Memphis

sparty on

Go Tigers! :)

re: #176 jaunte

**clink**

re: #194 jaunte

I trick new employees into moving here by interviewing them in December.

Evil! Bwaahhh!

/My daddy grew up in Mississippi; they know humid, too!

All they need is a couple if silver lightening bolts and, voila! Eco-fascism!

re: #197 mama winger

All my faves are out.

First time in over 15 years I wasn't in at least one bracket pool. The 2A's just ain't the same without that, for me. ;)

Whaaa?!

BUSH DID IT! Karl Rove is an evil genius! Out of Iraq now! Guilt by association! Rable rable rable... ...

viva YAHOO

re: #197 mama winger

All my faves are out.

You were rooting for Stan? Stan?

re: #3 Fo knee ix

Orwell: The two minutes hate

Eco-bats: The one hour dark

Ugh. Nasty smug yuppies. This kooky green movement is getting way out of control. I don't remember any previous widespread public phenonemon that was this nutty.

UFO sightings and alien anal probes were generally not taken seriously.

BUT global warming caused by incandescent lightbulbs? I don't think so.

re: #206 gop_patriot

Go Tigers! :)

I'm still waiting on that blockbuster trade.

We send Jason Grilli and Charlie the Singing Hot Dog guy to the Colorado Rockies for a beer vendor to be named later.

that would make me very very happy

re: #211 Gandalf-in-the-Desert

Obama Lied! Hope Died!

re: #207 Sarge1984

**clink**

'Absent friends.'
**clink**

re: #173 Fo knee ix
Democrats (heart) Saddam

Ahahhahahahaha!

Good job! Lots of moxie.

re: #210 Cartman

I was pulling for Belmont (out)
Marquette (out)
Wisconsin (out out out)

So now I'm just watching.

re: #202 Shug

All my final 4 teams are still breathing

May I assume you're seeing *green* for the sweet sixteen?

/Michigan humor...

re: #216 jaunte

Absent friends.

re: #212 wolfie

You were rooting for Stan? Stan?

Ha ! no ...

:)

re: #186 mama winger

Well that settles it. I'm going green.

mama -

They look like "Schtoopid & Schtoopider!" With 'ya - for sure on this one, and as I said above, I am so "Green" in my lifestyle, I could "COMPOST."

-S-

Over the last year or so as bulbs burned out I replaced them all with compact fluorescent bulbs. My question is - must I now run around and change them all back to regular incandescent?

re: #180 Foldedspace

Algore isn't stupid, though

That's a matter of opinion.

re: #213 Promethea

global warming caused by incandescent lightbulbs

It's more fun if you think of those 40 million flatulent New Zealand sheep.

re: #165 Ojoe

Or he will be sayin, global cooling is what I meant to say..erm..uh..

re: #208 Grammy Cracker

Evil! Bwaahhh!

/My daddy grew up in Mississippi; they know humid, too!

My inlaws live out in the country up near Oxford; that's been my summer vacation spot for the last 25 years. ...But it's a damp heat; good for your skin.

re: #203 jaunte

Good job! Funny how much latent violence those people are harboring.

One guy came up to me and says, "This isn't your side. If you get beat up, it's only gonna be your fault."

I don't know how these people make it through the day without diapers.

re: #219 Grammy Cracker

May I assume you're seeing *green* for the sweet sixteen?

/Michigan humor...

Nope. I picked the spartans to blow it to temple.
That is their only hope. If I root against them in the brackets.

I have Texas getting out of that regional

but I am rooting for sparty

re: #225 pre-Boomer Marine brat

It's more fun if you think of those 40 million flatulent New Zealand sheep.

And velcro mittens.

re: #195 pre-Boomer Marine brat

It's not fair to pick on blondes!

re: #225 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I love the smell of sheep farts in the morning.

I am so powerful I can change the weather just by changing a light bulb.

Man. I am good.

re: #169 Cartman

Looks like EuroGoogle was the first victim of the Large Hadron Collider. Damned black holes...

I award you 10 carbon credits for your mad skillz in geekdom. Don't spend 'em all in one place... ;)

re: #220 Sarge1984

Absent friends.

Not meaning to bring gloom into the thread.
But to celebrate them friends instead.

re: #204 mama winger

Oh - wow!

I love going into the city. I usually only go in the summer. I bet you'll have a great time! Good shopping.

We always have such a good time! I meet friends there (no boys allowed!) and we do the spa thing, eat at GREAT restaurants, shop our toes off, and nosh on Garrett's popcorn. Might even take in an exhibit at a museum or two. Life's good!

re: #206 gop_patriot

Go Tigers! :)

F**k that! GO TRIBE!

Can't wait to see C.C. throw on Monday... :o)

re: #235 jaunte

Not at all. Far from it. I celebrate them every time I remember them.

re: #227 jaunte

My inlaws live out in the country up near Oxford; that's been my summer vacation spot for the last 25 years. ...But it's a damp heat; good for your skin.

Do they keep a Faulkner library?

/my favorite

Howl.

A question: If you own stock in companies that promote this sort of craziness, should you sell it? Or should you take this opportunity to email their investor relations department? Or just ignore it, since just about every big company in America is into some sort of liberal craziness or another?

re: #234 Palandine

I award you 10 carbon credits for your mad skillz in geekdom. Don't spend 'em all in one place... ;)

It's... it's... Antimatter Google! The Google that reverses the credit for political speeches, and hides all evidence of its passing!

re: #235 jaunte

Like USMC1968...?

re: #230 Sarge1984

And velcro mittens.

Hey! Don't pick on NZ! Just because they have 3 million people and 70 million sheep...

/I think it's the most beautiful place on earth...

re: #205 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Oh fer shure, fer SHURE!

p-BM-b -

My "SHURE" is an old "Realistic/SHURE" TP-4 on a Technics Model 20. Plays "Turned-On-Bach" - Thanks W. Carlos - and a bunch of other stuff real well.

-S-

I have a neighbor whose an eco-nut. Also a health nut. He brought one of the cubs a bucket of worms today so said cub can naturally aerate his little garden.
Fool that I am, I ask the guy if I should worry about global worming.
He didn't even crack a polite smile. Grim, these folks are. Grim.

I tried to kill myself with an overdose last night. Unfortunately I miscalculated the dose and just had a really good time. shoot

//

re: #225 pre-Boomer Marine brat

It's more fun if you think of those 40 million flatulent New Zealand sheep.

Thank God we wiped out the bison. Global warming would've happened 100 years ago. Florida would've been underwater already, and President Gore would be lame-ducking it.

re: #240 MandyManners

Howl.

re: #234 Palandine

I award you 10 carbon credits for your mad skillz in geekdom. Don't spend 'em all in one place... ;)

Heh. Thanks.

re: #240 MandyManners

Howl.

Check it out...Mandy Ginsberg.

re: #241 kc8ukw

Hell no! If they are making you $$$, Buy another Hummer!

re: #191 swamprat

Google had; "Don't Be Evil" as corporate motto that also doubled as a slur against the U.S., Britain, and all those other evil, war-mongering countries who dared to overstep their place, and actually wage war against true tyranny. But when cornered by Chinese into limiting their search results to those that were politically agreeable; googles' standards dropped like a prostitutes morals in a governors' limousine...

Here's more: Google's recent comment that they wanted to set up a way to monitor all users and then make suggestions as to what each person should buy or read or whatever ...
If that ain't pure evil, don't know what is.

re: #223 unrealizedviewpoint

Over the last year or so as bulbs burned out I replaced them all with compact fluorescent bulbs. My question is - must I now run around and change them all back to regular incandescent?

Over spring break, we visited my out-laws and I noticed they had a bunch of CF bulbs.

I asked my wife about it and supposedly they can't find 'regular' bulbs anymore.

They aren't tree huggers, so I have no reason to not believe it...

BTW, this is just outside of San Antonio, TX.

re: #232 spikester

I love the smell of sheep farts in the morning.

Do you have their hind legs tucked into your rubber boots in the morning? HEH.

re: #246 wolfie

I have a neighbor whose an eco-nut. Also a health nut. He brought one of the cubs a bucket of worms today so said cub can naturally aerate his little garden.
Fool that I am, I ask the guy if I should worry about global worming.
He didn't even crack a polite smile. Grim, these folks are. Grim.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! SOON! DOOM! GLOOM!

/eco-nazi off

re: #232 spikester

I love the smell of sheep farts in the morning.

The Norwegians discovered that their moose were flagrant (heck no, I'm not going to run spellcheck) too, but somehow a vacant-eyed sheep is more fitting as a symbol of global warming.

re: #239 OldLineTexan

Do they keep a Faulkner library?

/my favorite

There were some real live Snopeses living out there when my wife was a teen, a family by the name of Bishop. Most of them sharecropped across the road from her family's place; some of them were cooking moonshine out in the woods. She encountered the long-red-bearded patriarch out in the woods one night, running barefoot with his dogs, chasing a deer.

re: #237 BGOH

F**k that! GO TRIBE!

Can't wait to see C.C. throw on Monday... :o)

Ergh. You wish. ;)

btw, 50-20, Memphis- with :11 to go in the 1st half. *whew*

/Memphis native

re: #188 Shug

Good. The spartans have their hands full against Memphis

sparty on

"Tonight, we play basketball in HELLL!"

re: #223 unrealizedviewpoint

Over the last year or so as bulbs burned out I replaced them all with compact fluorescent bulbs. My question is - must I now run around and change them all back to regular incandescent?

Make sure they're all 100 watt while you're at it. You'll need sunglasses inside the house, but you'll look like you have "attitude."

re: #245 Dr. Shalit

Not to be pedantic, but Switched On Bach?

re: #244 Grammy Cracker

Hey! Don't pick on NZ! Just because they have 3 million people and 70 million sheep...

/I think it's the most beautiful place on earth...

New Zealand where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.

re: #246 wolfie

But your irreverent attitude could kill his children! Or they're children...

Hey Google,

Check out this link and see where they're saving electricity.

Of course they have to cut down all the trees for firewood, but nevermind. North Korea, Central Africa and other eco-friendly places are doing their part for Mother Earth.

re: #225 pre-Boomer Marine brat

It's more fun if you think of those 40 million flatulent New Zealand sheep.

p-BM-b -

Animal F-rts, whether DOG, CAT, COW, or SHEEP are a Gas, Gas, Gas - with apologies to the Stones - STINK-KEY!
-S-

re: #255 HDrepub

Hey what you think! I'm some kind of sick phucker?

re: #243 Ma Sands

Like USMC1968...?

Ma, I've been out most of the week. What's the latest on him?

re: #216 jaunte

'Absent friends.'
**clink**

skoal!