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I just want to take a moment to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
The Lady and I are up at Mom's and we're all just getting up. Coffee is brewing and Chris has got some cinnamon buns in the oven. In a bit, I'll start making Eggs Benedict for seven people. And mimosas. We start our libations early on Christmas.
Hope everyone has a good one!
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Via Ace comes this:
Jerusalem Post
‘Green Hanukkia' campaign sparks ire
By GIL HOFFMANIn a campaign that has spread like wildfire across the Internet, a group of Israeli environmentalists is encouraging Jews around the world to light at least one less candle this Hanukka to help the environment.
The founders of the Green Hanukkia campaign found that every candle that burns completely produces 15 grams of carbon dioxide. If an estimated one million Israeli households light for eight days, they said, it would do significant damage to the atmosphere.
Just take this in for a minute; you've got to read the whole thing to get the full flavor of sublime dumbass. I found this as The Lady and I prepare to celebrate the first night of Chanukah with latkes and a menorah lighting. It's The Lady's cultural background; nothing really religious about it as she's not observant. Me? I was raised Episcopalian, but I make a mean latke. So, each year, we set up a menorah in the window and fry up some latkes. The Lady chants in Hebrew and lights the candles and we toast the occasion with some wine.
If this environmental assclown thinks we're going to do away with that tradition, which extends from traditions thousands of years old, he's got another thing coming.
In fact, just because these jerks exist, I intend to burn as many damn candles as I can get into candlesticks, menorahs and so forth. After the eight days are over, I'm keeping that thing burning all the way through New Year's Eve, just to make up for any idiots that actually partake in this bit of dumbassery.
(crossposted at Daily Pundit)
