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- Rotzooi, on 03/31/2008, -44/+1074Bush is afraid of the dark. That's when Dick Cheney visits him.
- FarcicalFart, on 03/31/2008, -54/+830I just want to point out that this image is a longer exposure (as can be seen by the blur of the person). This will make the image appear brighter, as light is being capture over a longer period of time.
Just fyi. - LordSkywalker, on 03/31/2008, -74/+739Who cares about Earth Hour anyways? It's just some ***** to make people feel better about wasting power the other 364 days of the year. Guess since Google got in on it, it's suddenly important. How about we find some real improvements in energy use?
- TEHxINTERWEBS, on 03/31/2008, -42/+588Looks like what my house was doing...
- perkonis, on 03/31/2008, -35/+417But if we turn out the lights the terrorists win.
- darkchild82, on 03/31/2008, -71/+369Like anyone thought he was actually gonna. The man doesn't watch the news.
- WraTH017, on 03/31/2008, -10/+300I postponed Earth Hour till about midnight and then I turned everything off and left it off for about 8 hours. I plan to do it again tonight.
You're welcome, Earth. - DiscoLando, on 03/31/2008, -35/+277I'm sorry to tell you this, but the White House wouldn't turn off the lights regardless who was the President. Using this moment to bash Bush is nothing but ignorant and needlessly opportunistic.
- ZekeZacary, on 03/31/2008, -41/+248Yeah, I think I've about had it with Digg. Social "news" site my ass.
- bossm4n, on 03/31/2008, -12/+198Actually, since the person is moving perpendicular to the camera and the blur is not that much, it was probably shot at about 1/30 of a second--not exactly a time exposure. More likely is that it was shot as a very high ISO with the lens wide open. Not that any of this really means anything. The lights were on regardless. Since the White House is a national/historic landmark, I wouldn't have expected it to go dark. Same goes for all the other monuments and such in DC.
- tont0r, on 03/31/2008, -2/+169anyone go take pictures of the digg office during earth hour?
- Bacontastic, on 03/31/2008, -10/+148Digg has become one giant example of group think.
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -39/+171Yeah, let's turn off the lights around what is probably the most highly prized terrorist target.
While we're at it, let's turn off all the streetlights. - felman87, on 03/31/2008, -26/+131At least Iraq's lights were turned out....not like they had much of a choice
- scy1192, on 03/31/2008, -6/+98no the man was just walking REALLY FAST
- stonklit, on 03/31/2008, -21/+110What the ***** is Earth Hour?
- bryanricker, on 03/31/2008, -8/+93There ARE people who have to work in the white house, 24/7. Turning off the lights is not always an option, especially at a place like that.
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -68/+149zomg! he didn't turn off teh lights! zomg!!! bush are teh evil and hates the eearf and wants us all to die!!!
seriously, you ***** jerkoffs need to do something better with your time. - inactive, on 03/31/2008, -6/+86Same here. They shouldn't schedule it during the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament next year.
- Jekkonidae, on 03/31/2008, -24/+101Well they have work to do like run the country (however poorly) and it's not very realistic or plausible for them to do it. Just saying....
- TinternAbbot, on 03/31/2008, -14/+90Buried for being totally ***** retarded.
- cfizzo, on 03/31/2008, -30/+103whoever dugg this story is a douchebag
- RedHeadedFreak, on 03/31/2008, -25/+96Or perhaps Bush just didn't care about some stupid contrived Earth Hour like me.
- Awspire, on 03/31/2008, -3/+70Its when Google goes from #FFFFFF to #000000 for an entire hour.
- TheRedSp4de, on 03/31/2008, -7/+73And how do we know this picture was taken during Earth Hour?
- thecosmicpope, on 03/31/2008, -10/+76My lights get turned off at night. All of them. Every Night. For 6-8 hours at a time. They are turned off when I leave my house for work, for 10 hours at a time. They are turned off any other time I leave my house. Why would this 1 hour make such a massive difference?
If you want to save energy then target people who leave all there electrical equipment on when they don't need to. People who took part in Earth Hour are people who do there best to save energy (for whatever reason) at other all times anyway. - Zapple, on 03/31/2008, -4/+66It wasn't raining during Earth Hour in DC...
- punkrockguy, on 03/31/2008, -25/+85***** earth hour.
- whoreable, on 03/31/2008, -10/+68If they never said they were going to turn them off then its not like they went back on a promise. I hate bush as much as the next guy but it would be a security risk to turn the lights off.
In other news ***** earth hour. It's all about earth day bitches!! - GramarNatzi, on 03/31/2008, -7/+63So you're saying the Whithouse defence system relies so heavily on their porch lights that if they were switched off for an hour suicide bombers would start popping out of nowhere and blow the place up? Just make sure you check under your bed before you go to sleep tonight... you never know there might be a terrorist hiding under there!
paranoid lunatics. - saxreturns, on 03/31/2008, -4/+58On a mildly related note:
Here in Birmingham, UK, we recently saw two billboard advertising campaigns running simultaneously. One was from the local council, encouraging us to help the environment by turning off any unnecessary lighting and appliances when not being used. The other was from the local police, informing us that leaving lights on when we leave the house is a good way to deter burglars! I love cohesive government, don't you? - dimplemonkey, on 03/31/2008, -4/+56So before I start saying anything else, can anyone provide photos of some of the planet's other capitals during Earth Hour?
- pintomp3, on 03/31/2008, -6/+56wouldn't turning off the lights make it harder to find in the dark?
- Pirate45, on 03/31/2008, -22/+70WHOOOOOOOOO CAAAAAAAARES!!!!!!
- fmaxwell, on 03/31/2008, -6/+53Okay, so what did they do in London during WWII when the air raid sirens went off? They turned off the lights to so the Germans could not find their targets.
- Metatron197, on 03/31/2008, -8/+55Exactly, that way they wont know where to aim the airliner
- XBSHX, on 03/31/2008, -11/+52The earth was here long before us and its going to be here long after us. We are the ones who won't survive.
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -49/+88Earth hour is ignorant beyond belief. I cranked on every light and appliance in my house for more than an hour. Suck that you eco-fools.
- quiznos, on 03/31/2008, -17/+53While there is little chance of anything happening, unreg makes a valid point.
- h4mx0r, on 03/31/2008, -5/+41But there's laser tag right?
- jdh24, on 03/31/2008, -12/+4899% of people didn't turn off their lights, and probably most of the people digging this picture. congrats, hypocrites.
- sup4141, on 03/31/2008, -8/+44This is what's wrong with America. Everyone wants to blame someone else for their problems. I am sick of hearing how screwed this country is just because of Bush. People need to stop bitching and do good despite of what others are doing.
- musicmanryan, on 03/31/2008, -11/+47Wait--when was earth hour?
- HA5TY, on 03/31/2008, -4/+36maybe....security lights?
- jawni, on 03/31/2008, -13/+43how dare they not turn off the lights during earth hour.
impeach bush, this is unforgivable.
[/sarcasm] - jakatan, on 03/31/2008, -3/+33few comments are ever as good as this
- Apokalyps2547, on 03/31/2008, -5/+34Was it worth the bigger electric bill? Was it really?
- chrisgnv, on 03/31/2008, -24/+53What terrorists do you speak of?
- alenox, on 03/31/2008, -10/+37i think the submitter of this photo wanted to make a symbolic message about the white house's lack of environmental concern
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