Warner Todd Huston
Ah, Earf Day. The day when all the Chicken Littles and the occasional boy who cried wolf can get their fifteen minutes of attention. Don’t we just love the warm and fuzzies of claiming the mantle of God and “saving” the Earf from global warming? Well, The Washington Times Fishwrap blog reports that Google has joined the fray to save the Earf and they are going to do it by helping Kathleen Rogers of Earth Day Network to shut down the phone switchboard at the Capitol in Washington D.C. with the calls from “concerned citizens” who think that calling Washington on the phone can somehow stop global warming..
A group of environmental activists has enlisted Google to help flood the congressional switchboard with one million phone calls on Earth Day urging lawmakers to enact eco-friendly measures.
I’m tingling with excitement already. If I thought I could alter the solar activities really responsible for global climate change just by making a phone call… well, imagine the power? Maybe I could use my house phone to stop a hurricane or tornado, or better yet, use my cell phone influence the scores of the next few Superbowls. Well, I’d just be in heaven.
Naturally, our Earf Day prez thinks global warming is the “biggest threat” we’ve ever faced. No hyperbole there.
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