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Burton Speaks

Irony: i·ro·ny n The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

I'm Burton from Portland, Oregon, United States. I'm 33 and live in the Portland Metro Area. I work hard. I drive fast. I play often. I'm sarcastic, appreciate irony, and find humor in even the darkest of events. I'm non-traditional. I question authority. I'm a know-it-all and a planner. And most days, I wake up thinking the world is full of fundamentally good people... and have a lot of problems when I'm proven wrong. Any other questions?

Global Warming

Monday, July 14, 2008

This post does not include a position. You will find neither a pro-environment or anti-earth message here. There is no agenda behind this post. Seriously.

So I'm watching all the episodes of Burn Notice on Hulu.com and I keep seeing this ad. It's an ad for FightGlobalWarming.com (seriously, I thought it was "climate change" these days!) and it is, quite frankly, an ad that's designed to be disturbing. I give them full credit for just making me feel uncomfortable watching it.

The message I take away from this is, "Save the planet. Do it for the children." That plea, however, rests on one great assumption...

2 Comments:

Kristin said...: ...that we want the kids to be saved.

There, I stated the obvious so everyone else didn't have to.; 9:46 PM, July 15, 2008
Grant Factor said...: Thank you Kristen!

Signed,

The slow people who never "get it".; 9:47 PM, July 27, 2008

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Global Warming

Monday, July 14, 2008

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