With the success of Sunday's Earth celebration yesterday (Sunday Apr. 21), one of the most vocal supporters of Al Gor's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" and basher of those who question the veracity of some of the "science" used in it, Sheryl Crow announced that she has several ideas everyone can implement into their everyday living to be enviro friendly.
Ms Crow is currently in the midst of a multi-state tour promoting Mr Gore's movie and the overall Global Warming Organization's agenda. According to Sheryl, she and close friend Laurie David, wife of movie producer Larry David, have spent considerable time while traveling on this storm brainstorming and thinking of ways for everyone to become more enviromentally friendly.
Yesterday on her blog she proudly announced a few her best ideas to date. I am happy to share them with you. I am now more than ever at a loss to understand how anyone could possibly question the intelligence of those who proudly members of stopglobalwarming.org
just remember these are just the tip of the iceberg, the cream of the crop, the best of the best of the best, arrived at after weeks of consideration and serious thought.
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I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming.
Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required. When presenting this idea to my younger brother, who's judgment I trust implicitly, he proposed taking it one step further. I believe his quote was, "how bout just washing the one square out."
I also like the idea of not using paper napkins, which happen to be made from virgin wood and represent the height of wastefulness. I have designed a clothing line that has what's called a "dining sleeve." The sleeve is detachable and can be replaced with another "dining sleeve," after usage. The design will offer the "diner" the convenience of wiping his mouth on his sleeve rather than throwing out yet another barely used paper product. I think this idea could also translate quite well to those suffering with an annoying head cold.
This next idea I have been saving but I will share it with you if you promise not to steal it. It is my latest, very exciting idea for creating incentive for us all to minimize our own personal carbon footprints. It's a reality show. (I feel pretty certain NO ONE has thought of this yet!). Here is the premise: the contest consists of 10 people who are competing for the top spot as the person who lives the "greenest" life. This will be reflected in the contestant's home, his business, and his own personal living style. The winner of this challenging, prestigious, contest would receive what??.... a recording contract!!!!!
We had a great week on our travels through college campuses however the events of the Virginia Tech shootings weighed heavily on everyone's minds and hearts.
Yesterday, we played 2 shows...one at a high school in Springfield, Tennessee, and one in the evening on the Vanderbilt campus. The Springfield student body decorated the gym with bright, colorful posters of support for solving the problem of global warming and even the mayor made a very inspired speech ending with a presentation to Laurie and I with the keys to the city of Springfield. So sweet! What a great day with the high school show being filmed by Channel One. It will go out to 7 million kids in the classroom setting across the States this Friday. That's some serious outreach.
Laurie and I have been preparing for the George Washington University show on Earth Day by tweaking the rundown. My request for the June Taylor Dancers was denied, however, I think the show is still going to be great quality entertainment, while being very educational, motivational, and hopefully, inspiring. All I know is, if it isn't, Laurie and I will be forced to open up a can of whoop-ass.
I would like to add my own personal addition to this mensa like idea.
Adopters of this policy in their personal life be required to wear a pin or sticker or some other unobtrusive form of identification, so that the rest of us may more easily be able to discern who's hands we may not wish to shake.
This would be funny if she wasn't dead serious. I thought this was supposed to be satire or spoof, but Ms Crow is a s serious as a heart attack. I imagine this summer when the weather gets really warm and the fans are packed in at one Sheryl's concerts, the aroma may very well be rather earthy, much like the way a cow pasture smells very earthy in high summer.
This is a woman who they think is among their intelligensia, best and brightest.
Is this the type of person you want dictating environmental policy for you? Precisely how does one regulate toilet paper use? Is it going to be rationed monthly? Will there be square police in publlic restrooms to be on the look out for excessive wipers?
I couldn't make stuff this ridiculous up if I wanted to. In a game of chess between a bag of rocks and Sheryl Crow and Laurie David, smart money is on the rocks in a quick rout.
I wasn't sure whether not to include this in my things to make you laugh series or not, but figured it might work better out here.
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Please tell me you are joking - that she didn't actually suggest these things (and like replacable dining napkins don't already exist. DUH. )
(No pun intended; well, mostly not, anyway.)
For those with short attention spans she says: "And by the way guys, the toilet paper thing...it was a JOKE!!"
I'm not big on celebrities in politics either. Heaven knows, here in my home state we've had two awful governors, including the present one, and an amazingly incompetent senator from movies. Whether it's John Wayne or Sean Penn, it doesn't make me no never mind. Their opinions have as much weight as those of the person sitting next to you at the bar.
Shut up and Sing! (or act) whatever!
This is not too surprising (when put into context) - of course, when we read about these ideas in the cold light of day - they seem completely ridiculous. I don't suppose she is aware how rapidly a cleared forest regrows itself for the next silvicultural harvest (but that would be expecting these folks to have objectively looked into the facts of these issues - and that might be a little too much for them to understand - after all we all can't grow up to be rock stars, some of us had to stay in school and either get a real job or go to college and then get a real job that pays a little better).
Jane, I have a very difficult time keeping straight face when I think of this pompous little bimbo talking about this subject in general. But in the interest of treating her statement/suggestion with the consideration/ respect it deserves........(giggle, snicker....) It would seem that the beautiful people of the entertainmnet business, aside from being more attractive, richer, talented,and smarter than the rest of us, have also managed to have better internal plumbing then the rest ofus mere mortals.
Although, I was thinking, if everybody around me kept telling me my s**t didn't stink and that my poop smelled like lilies, I might start believing one square would do. As a matter of fact, in this day and age, she could probably sell her BM's for big money on ebay........
I guess I'll just keep recycling my newspaper and plastic bottles and glass.
Genevieve demponstrated the exact kind of " paradigm shift " that is needed when she called hankies something people USED to use. My family has used them and carried them as long back as I can remember. Use and wash, beats disposable . PLUS I even carry a cloth napkin to the restaurant with me. works fine and no waste.
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