On March 28, 2009, between the hours of 8:30 and 9:30, I didn’t vote. Did I? Maybe I did. No, I don’t think I did. I remember…I returned from a trip. That’s right. I got home at about 8:30. It was dark, I was tired, I flipped the switch. I went to the kitchen and flipped another. Drank some water. Went upstairs. Flip. I had to pee. Flip.
Booted the puter. Let me see…what’s this? A link on Google. Energy, earth, lights.Yikes!…I just turned them all on. Earthhour.org…click...
Blink blink… Is this serious?
“Forbidden
Your client does not have permission to get URL / from this server…
You are accessing this page from a forbidden country.”
Another click. Still forbidden. Chuckle. What a great club. Connect to the proxy. Now I’m American...
There, a drop down. Find your country. Iran, Iran, Iran. Nope. No Iran. Hey, Iraq is not there either. So much for liberation. About…click…
“VOTE EARTH
YOUR LIGHT SWITCH IS YOUR VOTE
This year, Earth Hour was transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming.
For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have an opportunity to cast their vote for Earth.”
Right…When “all” comes in front of a series of words doesn’t it apply to all of them? Sort of like in math? All nationalities have an opportunity? Oh dear. Where’s the “s” after “race” and “background”? Anyway, I don’t really need to vote. I voted twice every day of last summer. We have to vote here, like it or not. I’ll probably be voting a lot this year too.
Let’s see…Blah blah. Scroll scroll...
“In 2009, Earth Hour was taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people casting their vote for Earth. Unlike any election in history, it is not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from.”
Right. This is all nice and dandy guys, but please cut the fudge. Take Action…click...
“Your Earth Hour. What were you doing at 8.30pm on Saturday March 28? We’re keen to know what you did for Earth Hour 2009. If you’d like to share it with us then please send us an email describing with as much detail as you can what you did to myearthhour@earthhour.org. Don’t forget to include your name, where you live (City and Country), and your contact telephone number including your country code.”
Hey, I can do that. I’ll put it on the blog. No need to call guys, it’s long distance.
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