Comments on: Word To Your Mother Earth

By: james h

james h — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:09:32 +0000

RG…we are all racist toward some group of people…do you think being racist against racist makes one a racist….i guess by definition it does, or does it! “ifn da glove dont fit you mus aquit” well i guess nevada stepped in and served justice through the back door!

By: Limey

Limey — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:47:12 +0000

There is only one thing I can say about us Humans this Planet and Climate Change and that is: The ‘Flea does not own the Dog’….Limey

By: keith

keith — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:12:57 +0000

i’m guessing the lights, slot machines, and other electronics will still be in use on the INSIDE of the casino during this Earth Hour?

gee, i wonder what uses more power?

By: Ron from MI

Ron from MI — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:36:48 +0000

This year’s “turn the lights out in Vegas so we can control global warming” event is probably another publicity stunt by Oscar (and the other community leaders in town) similar to the big Sara Lee birthday cake for Vegas’ centennial in 2005; just another once-in-a-blue-moon event to try “boost citizen morale.”

Truthfully, knowing that Vegas is a consumerist town, I think most people will not know or care less……..especially when most of the people living in the valley uses petroleum-driven vehicles as opposed to mass transit to get around.

If Oscar, Rory and other “community leaders” want to boost morale in this town, they should make a deal by getting someone to temporary for long-term use to install a 180-hp 331 cid V8 Hemi-powered air raid siren on top of “building X” and make it a well publicized big event for everyone to witness and hear it i action (which, according to legend, could be heard within a five-mile radius or more.)

If you think that’s stupid or strange, so is this “lights out” night in Vegas by the region’s leaders and WWF. But then again, anything’s possible.

By: J. Louise

J. Louise — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:19:36 +0000

Well said, Rex.

By: tunadz

tunadz — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:42:02 +0000

RG: to paraphrase; George, I am not stating that my opinion is that you are racist, I am simply making the observation that others must have thought you to be so at some point in your lifetime.

You know RG, I am not really of the opinion that you spoiled my reading of a blog about Las Vegas and earth day events with your inappropriate introduction of a diversity-worshipping thought-police agenda, but my dog thinks you are a dumbass.

By: RG

RG — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:24:51 +0000

George-based on your litmus test questions I’m guessing you get accused of being a racist from time to time. Just an observation, not my opinion

By: tully

tully — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:51:54 +0000

James makes some valid comments above about the consumerist aspect of all this. Eco-friendly products are designed to keep the consumer driven economy churning, while assuaging the buyer’s guilt over consuming; sometimes at a very tidy price.

But a strange thing happened—the economy went to hell. A lot of people have had to tighten their belts. Some are finding they kinda like it. They realize they don’t need a closet full of new clothes every season; a new cell phone every year; more crap for their home. And oh yeah—-not only is it better for the bank account, it’s better for the environment. Who knew?

When people’s economic situations improve, some might go back to freewheeling shopping; but others might not. It’s liberating not to feel you need to buy every new thing that comes along. We can’t “save” the planet, but we can make things better for ourselves, and others, in our lives.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:34:56 +0000

Odds that this is just a publicity stunt for the WWF to raise more money so that its executives don’t have to get real jobs: 100%

By: philipj

philipj — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:31:37 +0000

My family recycled, was natural organic before we knew that is how we were supposed to garden. I remember spading meal waste and sox that couldn’t be darned any more into the garden. If you are recycling & not wasting, and doing what is right, you do not have extra time to attend global warming meetings.