They say we need to be green. Use less fossil fuel, use more expensive light bulbs which use less electricity, turn off lights and unplug equipment when not in use.Drive fuel efficient cars and more expensive hybrids. Put toilets in our homes which use less water and shower heads which cut the flow of water, but actually use more water by having to flush more and take longer showers.
Yes these are the green eco-friendly celebrities headed by former Vice-President Al Gore, who's pride and joy documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" won an Oscar and made celebrities world wide change their natural eye color to green.
However .... in a striking look at the hypocrisy of many of these celebrities who find it unthinkable that the rest of us are so selfish towards Mother Earth, as Ricky Ricardo use to say, "you have sum esplaining to do Lucy", the London Times has done an excellent article exposing the hypocrisy of these "Give Mother Earth A Hug" environmentalists.
For instance when John Travlota once encouraged the Brits to do their bit for the environment he did so by flying to England in his Boeing 707, one of five aircraft he has along with several homes.
Tom Cruise who has supported and campaigned for the Los Angeles based enviro-group, Earth Communications Office, has an air fleet of five planes and several homes.
Oprah Winfrey and Harrison Ford who have both done their bit expounding that we should care, have private planes, and Jennifer Aniston who said she cared so much that she brushes her teeth while taking a shower, had her hairdresser flyover to Europe to take care of her doo while on a publicly tour.
The list goes on and on, but one person of grand hypocrisy which the Times points out is the wife of Sting, who as the paper says, is an in your face environmentalist, she, Dame Trudie Styler once threw a hissy fit because their with-child chef wouldn't travel 100 miles to make a soup and salad. The Stings own several homes around the world and of course, aside from the environmental costs to run them, flit here and there by a fleet of private jets and automobiles.
The article goes on and on dropping names and the hypocrisy there-in.
Then there is of course the Green Giant himself which many have pointed out about the energy costs of his own home. But I would like to bring up, as having done so several times, have you ever driven across the great state of Tennessee on I-40 ?
There were times I had to turn off the air vent in the car because the fumes and stench from air pollution was so bad. So to Mr. Gore I would say clean up your own state first, then worry about the rest of the world.
To the celebrities who try to tell us how we should live, give up your Escalades, Hummers, Mercedes, Rolls Royce's, Lamborghini's and other toys, multiple homes, fly coach and leave the rest of us be.
And to all environmentalists world wide, if you really want to do something for the environment, stop using toilet paper.
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