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Turn-off your lights to save the planet!
World Wildlife Federation ^ | 3/22/12

Posted on 03/22/2012 6:30:23 AM PDT by pabianice

Join WWF for Earth Hour 2012, the world's largest single campaign for a better future for the planet. Pledge to switch off your lights and take a stand for the planet on Saturday, March 31, at 8:30 pm.

Then, get more involved:

Post your participation on Facebook and encourage others to join you.

Boast of your commitment to go Beyond the Hour on Twitter (#EarthHour).

Toast your friends and neighbors at an Earth Hour event. Earth Hour demonstrates the power of individuals, communities, businesses and governments to create change. Think what can be achieved when we all come together for a common cause.


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Planet good! Lights bad!

Wanna bet how many Liberals will turn-off their lights but keep their 70-inch TVs, A/C, and computers running?

1 posted on 03/22/2012 6:30:27 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

I’m thinking of burning some tires.


2 posted on 03/22/2012 6:31:41 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: pabianice

I’m really sick of these freakin’ whackjobs. I’m going to go start my lawn mower on a full tanks and just let it run dry to celebrate ...


3 posted on 03/22/2012 6:33:04 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: pabianice
I will make sure that everything I own that consumes electricity will be running full-bore at that hour on the 31st.

Screw the left.
4 posted on 03/22/2012 6:34:40 AM PDT by FrankR
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To: pabianice

I’m going to turn on the lights, watch TV, and smoke a cigar.


5 posted on 03/22/2012 6:35:01 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: pabianice
Post your participation on Facebook and encourage others to join you.

I don't suppose it would do any good to point out the irony in turning off your lights for a hour and firing up your computers for 3-4 hours just to brag about it.

6 posted on 03/22/2012 6:37:07 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: pabianice

Understand that the liberals’ goal is really NOT saving the planet,

but to feel good about themselves as a “good person”,
affirming the lie that they are righteous because of what they advocate and do.


7 posted on 03/22/2012 6:37:33 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: pabianice
There's hidden energy cost to everything - highly correlated with what a person makes - and how much they spend. Just because an elite liberal doesn't see the energy that goes into a gold chain, doesn't mean it's not happening. Same with printing a liberal magazine, publishing a newspaper, etc. Energy isn't just ‘light bulbs’...
8 posted on 03/22/2012 6:38:13 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrat-Media Complex - buried stories and distorted facts... freeper 'andrew' Breitbart)
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9 posted on 03/22/2012 6:39:14 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: pabianice
I am going to turn on all my lights, watch TV, freep on the computer, blow dry my hair and let my Tahoe idle in the driveway all day.
10 posted on 03/22/2012 6:39:17 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: pabianice

I want all who follow this stupid idea to give me their telephone numbers so I can call them about buying gold from me. All of my suckers....I mean clients are happy they receive their gold in 10 days or less.

If they buy now, they will receive a storage vault to store the gold in.

......disclaimer........
We ship gold that is in stock in 10 days or less. Get it? In stock.....................................Suckers.


11 posted on 03/22/2012 6:39:45 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: pabianice

A local radio talker speaks of the “dark people”. Has nothing to do with skin color. People who want to see the stars in the city center.


12 posted on 03/22/2012 6:39:57 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Izzy Dunne
I don't suppose it would do any good to point out the irony in turning off your lights for a hour and firing up your computers for 3-4 hours just to brag about it.

That would be perceived and responded to as a personal attack, because of my above explanation. When you point out the fallacy of the things that sheeperals advocate and do to affirm their "good personhood", then you are attacking their "good personhood". It matters not what issue is involved.

13 posted on 03/22/2012 6:40:04 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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After the reading the comments here, I am sure a lone Indian is somewhere crying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OHG7tHrNM


14 posted on 03/22/2012 6:40:25 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (RIP Tea Party 2009-2012)
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To: 1rudeboy
I’m thinking of burning some tires.

Whose car are they mounted on ?

15 posted on 03/22/2012 6:41:11 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: pabianice

Would it help if i just send money? You know, buy my electric footprint?


16 posted on 03/22/2012 6:42:54 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Anyone not wanting an ID or purple thumb to vote isn't worthy of voting privilege.)
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To: pabianice

What would really save the planet is that all the Greenies inhale and hold their breath for say, 20 minutes or so.......


17 posted on 03/22/2012 6:43:37 AM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. Be Andrew Breitbart.)
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To: pabianice

Glad someone posted this. I’ll make sure to turn everything ON in my house.


18 posted on 03/22/2012 6:45:09 AM PDT by mykroar (Ray: "You drank too much."...Archer: "That's a thing?!?")
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To: MrB

gonna crank my stereo and clean my tape heads with CFC solvent to make the O Zone hole bigger.


19 posted on 03/22/2012 6:45:22 AM PDT by Gasshog (going to get what all those libs asked for, but its not what they expected.)
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To: FrankR

Ha ha...we’ve been doing this ever since they started Earth day. Every year we think of something else to do. Last year I started the cars too.


20 posted on 03/22/2012 6:49:29 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (We can't have economic progress...there is a slug somewhere that needs to be saved. Mich Patriot)
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To: pabianice

Gotta pick up my burn barrel and burn all my junk mail. Two hours should do it.


21 posted on 03/22/2012 6:49:29 AM PDT by madison10
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To: exit82

They need to take measures to prevent exhaling when they pass out, of course.


22 posted on 03/22/2012 6:52:35 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: MrB
When you point out the fallacy of the things that sheeperals advocate and do to affirm their "good personhood", then you are attacking their "good personhood".

I see. Then the argument turns into why I'm so "intolerant" with my "attacks on environmentalists / computerphiles / women / < insert victim class here >" and go from there.

Thanks for 'splainin'.

23 posted on 03/22/2012 6:53:05 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: FrankR

I had every light in the house burning last year, and I’ll do it again this year. Anything to piss off the radical enviro-nazis!


24 posted on 03/22/2012 6:56:17 AM PDT by Astronaut
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To: Sybeck1
...I am sure a lone Indian is somewhere crying.

...or an Italian.

25 posted on 03/22/2012 6:56:40 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: pabianice

Who’s going to camp out and film Algores house this year?


26 posted on 03/22/2012 6:57:52 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: Sybeck1

This a crock! Do you know what Indians did when their camp site got too nasty? They moved to another spot! Do you want to know who told me that? An Apache Indian.


27 posted on 03/22/2012 6:57:52 AM PDT by Ditter
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Hey!

If turning off my 14 Watt Chinese Twirly Mercury-laden CFL for an hour will help the planet, then I should switch to the 150W Sylvania Tungsten Tanning bulbs and turn them off to help the planet EVEN MORE !

Whaddya think, folks?

28 posted on 03/22/2012 6:58:20 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: pabianice

Due to Irene, I celebrated earth day Aug 28, 2011 - 7:30am through Sept 16, 2011-2:00pm. That’s 462.5 hours. I did my share. The earth owes me. My lights stay ON, and no squiggly bulbs will be used.


29 posted on 03/22/2012 6:59:29 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Izzy Dunne

I study the leftist worldview in order to understand them,
but not to sympathize with them.

In understanding their motivations, it makes it less likely that I’ll get brick marks on my head from beating my head against the wall in frustration.

And, now you know why you’re a viscious, mean, intolerant bastard when you simply point out the failings of the welfare system, green energy, etc.


30 posted on 03/22/2012 6:59:29 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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They need to take measures to prevent exhaling when they pass out, of course.

Not breathing for 20 minutes will eliminate a lot of carbon dioxide. Less Greenie libs, and less carbon--double bonus for the planet!!!!!

31 posted on 03/22/2012 6:59:35 AM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. Be Andrew Breitbart.)
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To: pabianice
Coincidentally March 31, 8:30pm is also Technology Hour.

Be sure to run all you electronic devices and bask in the glow of mankind's technological brilliance.

32 posted on 03/22/2012 7:02:01 AM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: pabianice

A few years back, there was some nutty college professor who wanted everyone to join hands around the planet then jump up and down at the appointed time. The desired result was changing Earth’s orbit so it would be further from the sun.


33 posted on 03/22/2012 7:03:53 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'll cling to my religion and guns till they're pried from my cold dead fingers!)
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To: pabianice

WWF? World Wrestling Federation?


34 posted on 03/22/2012 7:04:44 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'll cling to my religion and guns till they're pried from my cold dead fingers!)
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“Planet good! Lights bad!

Wanna bet how many Liberals will turn-off their lights but keep their 70-inch TVs, A/C, and computers running?”

How true, 99% of them are a pack of hypocrites. I am going to turn on every damn light on the property, do my best to make the place look like the “Lost Wages” strip.


35 posted on 03/22/2012 7:08:13 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: pabianice

I’m in, but I can’t do it at 8:30 pm, so how about if I turn the lights off at 11:30 pm?


36 posted on 03/22/2012 7:11:27 AM PDT by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the People's Republic of Boulder)
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To: NRA1995

How much grant money did he receive?
The plan *might* have worked but there are just too many people too lazy to get off their couches.


37 posted on 03/22/2012 7:14:36 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: pabianice

They want to create change? Buy one stamp with a dollar. Repeat until satisfied.


38 posted on 03/22/2012 7:17:05 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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“Pledge to switch off your lights” - man, if you can get a can of spray wax to turn off your lights, then you’re really onto something.


39 posted on 03/22/2012 7:18:46 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Izzy Dunne

The irony of using power to run the computers to talk about saving the planet and all that is lost on the liberals. Their reasoning ability does not allow them to comprehend the hypocrisy of turning off lights to save power, but using so much power to run their electronic gadgets.


40 posted on 03/22/2012 7:19:14 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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The irony of using power to run the computers to talk about saving the planet and all that is lost on the liberals. Their reasoning ability does not allow them to comprehend the hypocrisy of turning off lights to save power, but using so much power to run their electronic gadgets.


41 posted on 03/22/2012 7:19:34 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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“Toast your friends and neighbors at an Earth Hour event.” they’d taste better deep-fried.


42 posted on 03/22/2012 7:20:24 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Crap, I turn of my lights to save my wallet! 19 cents a kw/hr in Fairbanks!


43 posted on 03/22/2012 7:21:28 AM PDT by vpintheak (Occupy your Brain!)
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The libs should all eat spoiled rotten food (no refrigeration), forego antibiotics (no manufacturing, no refrigeration), haul their own water from the well (no pumps), and crap in the outhouse (no sewage system) for an hour on Saturday. Then half of them over age 40 should commit suicide to simulate the shortened lifespans resulting from no electricity. Only after all that would they would have the credibility to report back to us about how much of a paradise they’ve created by repealing the Industrial Revolution.

Critical thinking skills are not plentiful among the right-brained, logic-challenged, “feeeeeeling” leftists.


44 posted on 03/22/2012 7:22:03 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: FrankR

Me too! I turn on every light in the house, tv even oven and coffee maker. My kids enjoy it!


45 posted on 03/22/2012 7:22:38 AM PDT by angcat (PLEASE GOD SAVE OUR COUNTRY!)
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The WWF must be totally in love with North Korea because they turn off their lights EVERY night not just once a year.


46 posted on 03/22/2012 7:23:40 AM PDT by JPG (Hold on tight; rough road ahead.)
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Pledge to switch off your lights

Yeah, every time I spray that stuff on my light bulbs, it just turns brown and stinks.

47 posted on 03/22/2012 7:28:29 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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You exemplify the lack of logical thinking of your class, Sybeck. Why aren’t you living in a hemp sack on a commune, slaving from dawn to dusk to grow a few vegetables, dying at age 35 from any one of dozens of diseases? Because of ELECTRICITY and human ingenuity, that’s why. If you dislike electricity so much, we recommend you spend a year in North Korea or Korea then get back to us on your experience. You don’t have the guts to do that...instead, you’ll preach to us as an elite who knows better than everybody else how everyone should live their lives.

In regard to your video, it is a non sequitur to connect littering the planet to electricity.


48 posted on 03/22/2012 7:29:51 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: pabianice

North Korea has been celebrating Earth Century.


49 posted on 03/22/2012 7:30:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: pabianice
The prize for turning out the lights should go to North Korea where the entire nation is in the dark every night. Link to photo
50 posted on 03/22/2012 7:30:58 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
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