How AlGore Celebrated Earth Hour

[The Real Bingo]

How Al Gore Celebrated Earth Hour

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I pulled up to Al’s house, located in the posh Belle Meade section of Nashville, at 8:48pm – right in the middle of Earth Hour. I found that the main spotlights that usually illuminate his 9,000 square foot mansion were dark, but several of the lights inside the house were on.

In fact, most of the windows were lit by the familiar blue-ish hue indicating that floor lamps and ceiling fixtures were off, but TV screens and computer monitors were hard at work. (In other words, his house looked the way most houses look about 1:45am when their inhabitants are distractedly watching “Cheaters” or “Chelsea Lately” reruns.)

The kicker, though, were the dozen or so floodlights grandly highlighting several trees and illuminating the driveway entrance of Gore’s mansion.

I [kid] you not, my friends, the savior of the environment couldn’t be bothered to turn off the gaudy lights that show off his goofy trees.

For those unfamiliar with Earth Hour: Earth Hour, Earth Hour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[brandon184]

That's upsetting.

[Gomer]

"Clinging Bitterly"

[Hey-Todd]

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Originally Posted by brandon184

That's upsetting.

And yet... not surprising.

[The Real Bingo]

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Originally Posted by Gomer

"Clinging Bitterly"

Hmmm...

C'mon Gomer...don't be one of those people. You're smarter than that. I think.

[Gomer]

One of what people Bingo?

I know you realize we need to be more energy efficient here in the US, more sustainable, and less polluting... right?

I'd rather see you working and thinking of proactive means of achieving these things than wasting time ridiculing something that is not a means of achieving that end.

Don't be one of those people. I think you are smarter than that too.

[The Real Bingo]

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Originally Posted by Gomer

One of what people Bingo?

One of those people who marginalizes such events.

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I know you realize we need to be more energy efficient here in the US, more sustainable, and less polluting... right?

[zen]

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Originally Posted by Gomer

I'd rather see you working and thinking of proactive means of achieving these things than wasting time ridiculing something that is not a means of achieving that end.

Better wasting time than wasting energy.

[ScottW]

Maybe he needed the outdoor lights on to keep crazy people like that guy from trespassing on his private residence at 1:45am.

[Gomer]

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Originally Posted by The Real Bingo

One of those people who marginalizes such events.

What event, that a politician was hypocritical?

I'm sure you think Earth Hour was a ridiculous event yourself. Even if Al had turned out every light... he'd be catching flack from the same people for turning them back on.

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I don't like the hypocrisy. If Al Gore was some obscure figure, I wouldn't care...but people seem to take what this guy says about the environment as gospel, and that's not right.