Earth Hour: When Politics is Fun

Today is Earth Hour and in our little gay house we'll be joining in the fun.

I know it's only a symbolic gesture, but when I see the lights going off around the world it still gives me goose bumps...


Because for one glorious moment people everywhere are just HUMANS. Instead of all the fancy names they call themselves.

And because I know that the day the people of the world unite to force our political leaders to do the right thing, we will save our beautiful planet.

Save ourselves and all the amazing but helpless creatures who also call it home.

Then there's the bonus parts. Exposing the Cons as pathetic losers.

Finding out that The Iceman uses extra toilet paper and flushes the toilet a lot. Thank goodness eh?

Or coming up with yet another reason not to buy the National Post.

Earth Hour is not designed to be scientific, rational, or even constructive. It is designed to inspire fear and assuage guilt.

Feel-good activities such as Earth Hour primarily appeal to three constituencies: the young, the idealistic and those who would prey on their ignorance.

Because only a Con rag could turn idealism into a dirty word.

And then there's the issues with benefits part. Like not seeing seeing Sébastien for a whole week. And getting to party with him by candlelight.

After putting a little flashing light around the neck of this little black creature...













So my friends who will be partying making a statement with us, don't step on him in the dark.

Oh boy. What more could you want eh?

Hug the ones you love.

Make the Cons look like idiots, environmental criminals, and compulsive toilet flushers.

And then hug our beautiful planet...



Gosh. Politics should be this fun all the time.

Happy Earth Hour everyone !!

Earth Hour and the Light of our Arses

Well in a few hours it will Earth Hour.

And I'm not quite sure what to make of it. On the one hand it's just a big and short publicity stunt. On the other hand I'll take ANY excuse to put out the lights and party on a Saturday night.

Billions of people can't be wrong eh?

And it does remind us all, if only for a moment, how much we depend on electricity. How much we take it for granted. And what would happen if the lights went out.

And stayed out.

Over the last few decades, western civilisations have busily sown the seeds of their own destruction. Our modern way of life, with its reliance on technology, has unwittingly exposed us to an extraordinary danger: plasma balls spewed from the surface of the sun could wipe out our power grids, with catastrophic consequences.

Which is yet another reason for everyone to think a lot more about how to conserve electricity .... and clean up the environment all year long.

Like my favourite hospital is doing.

Because where do we think the Light of Life comes from?

Our arses?



Damn. Now that's something EVERYONE can do....um....you know buy energy efficient light bulbs.

And it does cheer me up.

Now I know if the Great Darkness comes all I need is Ezra Levant .... or Kathy Shaidle.... as my BIG ARSE bicycle light. And I could RULE THE WORLD !!!!!!!

Which would be almost worth the inconvenience of having to peddle my computer. And hunt humans for FOOD.

Hey don't forget to have fun...AND save the planet eh?

Happy Earth Hour everyone !!!