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I agree, how stupid to turn of the lights during half time. What a joke! I agree that I will leave on every light in my 5000sf house to protest this silly jesture by NBC.

It is galling and just for that I’m going to leave mine all on tonight too!

Well, we all knew Olberman’s been “in the dark”, in a figurative sense, for some time now. Call this the literal frosting on that piece of bum cake.

How idiotic. I saw that nonsense. With all the power it takes to generate a broadcast from a studio do they think that turning off a few light bulbs and sitting in candlelight will make any kind of difference whatsoever?

Symbolic, hypocritical stupidity.

You can bet their lights in their mega-dollar homes weren’t off last night.

Election ‘08 - We Are So Screwed

That’s the global warming debate, all fluff no substance.

The Debate is over!  Global Whining has been confirmed.

With all the power it takes to generate a broadcast from a studio do they think that turning off a few light bulbs and sitting in candlelight will make any kind of difference whatsoever?

It took millions of watts of power nationwide just to broadcast the carrier signal, whether the lights were on in the studio or not. Add to that millions of watts used by TV sets coast to coast and you have hypocrisy writ large!

I always thought it funny when local broadcasters, as a “public service”, tell their viewers what they can do to conserve energy. The one tip you never hear is “Turn off your TV and read a book!”

Those who think the party or the country, will be “taught a lesson” by handing the levers of power over to the liberals will learn a lesson, but it will be at the expense of our country and her liberties. And there are no guarantees that the party or the country will come out stronger, more conservative or better positioned to win elections against the incumbent liberals.

here’s what. it costs money. they are a business and, not literally, so is everyone in our country. leave your lights on, ass. itll just cost you more money. how democrat of you!

Get used to it.

NBC Universal’s ‘Green Is Universal’ Initiative Includes More Than 150 Hours Of Green-Themed Content

They’re looking out for you.

NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi.

We Bring good Things To Life
No stone crabs?
How are we supposed to work?
Send a plane to Joe’s.

NBC Universal’s ‘Green Is Universal’ Initiative Includes More Than 150 Hours Of Green-Themed Content

That’s going to do wonders for their ratings.

The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is… legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay … If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system.

Frédéric Bastiat, The Law

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I didn’t see the half-time show, but I noticed that their little peacock symbol would pulsate green throughout the game.  I just thought that they were rooting for the Eagles.  It was gratifying to see the Cowboys make the Eagles look like a pee-wee league, flag football team.

It was gratifying to see the Cowboys make the Eagles look like a pee-wee league, flag football team.

Just like the Saints did with the Jaguars.

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Pilgrim,

Who and who? 

Kbeil:

Who and who?

Pagan.

Election ‘08 - We Are So Screwed

NBC’s half time ‘green’ show demonstrates a level of stupidity that is exceeded only by AlGore, who has put the Nobel prize to shame.

Here is an idea. Have NBC shut everything off for Green Week so we don’t have to watch this liberal drival and they save even more electricity. It’s a win - win situation for all.

Or we could just have them cancel Law & Order SCU (Special Conspiracy Unit).  There’s a enough hot air in that show melt most of Greenland.  Then again, now that the writers are on strike, the stories may improve.

chris collinsworth is a racist for calling tiki barber and jerome bettis darkies.

Why do the guys in the studio errupt in laugter when the announcer introduces Matt Laurer saying, “we’re heading North, very far north … this is not not a movie or TV set, all appearances to the contrary” Are they laughing because they know it’s a hoax?  Why is Matt Laurer’s breath not even showing in these subzero temperatures? Hmmm. He’s probably “north” in the studio one story above the set of Sunday Night Football. What a joke!

RE: “Symbolic, hypocritical stupidity.”

Symbolism isn’t stupid –– you would find it effective if it were in support of a cause you believed in, I’m sure.  Like, say, yellow ribbons or red ribbons that people wear in support of troops or poor kids with AIDS.  The fact that people on this blog are talking about it means that the symbolism wasn’t meaningless –– it was more memorable than just talking about it.

And just to be clear: we do all agree that all things being equal, it’s actually better to conserve energy than use it up, right? 

However wrong Gore might be about how quick the climate will change, or what kinds of catastrophes it might cause, it’s absurd to act as if that means “emvironmentalists are wrong.” Like anything, some people take it too far in one direction, other people take it too far in another.  (Incidentally, if you can’t find anyone more conservative than yourself on this issue, that probably means you’re one of the people taking it too far in that direction.)

I’m assuming no one here thinks we should let companies just start dumping toxic waste into the Mississippi, right?  That means there *is common ground* on the environment, meaning that everyone wants to protect the environment to *some* extent.

I have to confess that I just don’t understand why so many people want to mock whoever isn’t willing to assume that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will just take care of themselves.  It’s all a matter of risk management, and it’s not unreasonable for some people to want to be more careful.  If we turn this into a game, where anyone who wants to do more to protect the environment is just stupid, then I don’t see how we can reach a compromise on a level of risk we’re willing to live with.

However wrong Gore might be about how quick the climate will change, or what kinds of catastrophes it might cause, it’s absurd to act as if that means “emvironmentalists are wrong.”

Your straw man needs a little more stuffing.

I have to confess that I just don’t understand why so many people want to mock whoever isn’t willing to assume that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will just take care of themselves.

Oh never mind, I see you had share that stuffing with your second straw man.

RE: “Straw Man.”

Perhaps.  Maybe I just watch too much TV, where it’s people’s jobs to mock their opponents rather than point to where they agree.  I could be reading that into this discussion.

Still, the 18-odd posts before mine gave no evidence that anyone here thinks care for the environment is anything worth pursuing.  And the would-be humor of the posts sure seems to be based on the presumption that everyone knows that only a liberal would draw attention to climate change.

Also, I have to confess that I’m somewhat of a convert, which means I’m liable to overreact against people I used to agree with.  I grew up listening to Rush and writing knee-jerk conservative articles for the school newspaper, and now I basically get angry at arguments that I think polarize important issues unnecessarily.  Maybe my straw men did that same thing here.

For one thing Scott the global warming extremists have declared the debate over.  Now they claim that they must act for the common good. 

They haven’t come close to proving their case and they’re declaring a moral imperative to control every facet of our lives.

At this point there’s plenty of room to mock the left.

The Debate is over!  Global Whining has been confirmed.

The Whistler said: ”Extremists” are ”declaring a moral imperative to control every facet of our lives.”

All right, kbiel, where’s the straw man police now?

Gore’s documentary was great precisely because it tried to use non-government means to encourage people to conserve energy and resources.  He argued at the end that it *won’t* take drastic changes –– only small changes –– in people’s behavior to improve the situation.

Obviously he supports some government regulations.  But for me, if the government wants to change auto emission standards, I just don’t see that as controlling my life.  Is there something drastic on the table to control my life that I just don’t know about, or is this your argument more based on the slippery slope?  Did your standard of living go down when CFC’s got out-lawed a few years back?

And in the meantime, I would think conservatives would much prefer Gore working for change through the media rather than running for office and trying to do everything through regulations.  If people like him can succeed in getting people to voluntary improve the situation, then it will be easier to avoid government intervention.

There was a guy walking down the beach and he saw a young boy down the way throwing something into the ocean.  As he approached the boy, her realized there were thousands of starfish that had washed on shore.  The man asked what he was doing, the boy said ‘saving the starfish’. The man said ‘it’s not going to do anygood, you might as well stop’. The boy responded by picking up a starfish, throwing it into the ocean and then he looked at the man and said ‘it made a difference to that one!’

my point- every little bit helps- what have you done? Or not- to those of you leaving your lights on in protest- who is that hurting??