Brilliant column by David Frum in Saturday's National Post pointing out some of the hypocrisy of Hollywood enviro nuts:
Laurie David reviles SUV owners as "terrorist enablers." She has paid for television commercials demanding higher mileage standards for cars and trucks. She owns and operates the Web site, StopGlobal-Warming.com.Her message: "There's something that we can all do about it." In her many media interviews, Laurie David details her own contributions to the cause: She uses only recycled paper products and she has made her two children take shorter showers.
Now back to our celebrity chitchat. Note again what Mrs. David's new amour does for a living. He's a builder, specifically the builder of Mrs. David's new 25,000-square foot house on Martha's Vineyard. That's a bigger house even than her friend Al Gore's. Gore's Tennessee house uses 20 times as much energy as the national average. And he only owns one house -- the Davids own two.
Fuel consumption for electricity production is the largest single source of carbon emissions in the United States.
You may wonder: How does a Los Angeles resident like Mrs. David travel between her west coast home and her new east coast summer place? Answer: She charters a Gulfstream jet. Environmental journalist Gregg Easterbrook calculates that a midsized Gulfstream G200 burns as much fuel on one transcontinental flight as a Hummer monster SUV consumes in an entire year. Easterbrook sourly comments: "But then, conservation is what other people should do."
It's just too predictable. And speaking of Hollywood nuts, Sean Penn is apparently still working as a part-time "journalist":
When asked if he wants the United States to win the war in Iraq, Penn replies: "I think we're past that point in human evolution where there's such a thing as winning wars."
I know there's not much we can do to stop these people from getting media coverage for their lunatic views, but one small thing I do is to not go to the movies. Don't help to enrich these people. If you are really desperate to see something, OK, fine. But if not, find something else to do on a Tuesday night. Or wait for the DVD or ignore it altogether. The Left advances their agenda through their spending choices (fair trade coffee, etc...) and we should too.
