<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Dying of the&nbsp;Light]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The other day someone at work posted <a href="http://www5.earthhourus.org/" target="_blank">this link</a>.</p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t take it. I replied:</p>
<blockquote><p> I know others are thinking it. I&#8217;ll be the one to say it.</p>
<p>This is one of the silliest things I&#8217;ve ever seen come down the pike, a<br />
triumph of symbolism over substance.</p>
<p>Balderdash. Poppycock. Flapdoodle.</p>
<p>OK, flame away. I can take it. The people with the hard job are the<br />
guys at the Onion who have to try to come up with something funnier.</p></blockquote>
<p>I mean, really. People who still try to blame Katrina on &#8220;global warming&#8221; are just beyond clueless.</p>
<p>Today I see that Samizdata did it <a href="http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/2008/03/the_dying_of_th.html" target="_blank">better</a>.</p>
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