Saving the Earth: The Biodiesel Bus Blog

[stephanie]

:eek: :cow:
Sunday, April 22, 2007; D01
Welcome to global warming socialism..
And step into the world of the loony toons...



Singer Sheryl Crow and environmentalist Laurie David have been traveling across America on a two-week Stop Global Warming College Tour, which winds up today at George Washington University. Crow and David (co-producer of the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" and wife of "Curb Your Enthusiasm's" Larry David) have been touting their cause and chronicling their travels in a rather idiosyncratic blog. Here, on Earth Day, are a few excerpts:

David (4/10, Dallas): I am jogging outside in 40 degree freezing cold . . . 70 degrees in January and 40 degrees in April. That is exactly why Sheryl Crow and I are in a biodiesel bus going thru the Southeast visiting college campuses to talk about the urgency of this issue and how everyone . . . everyone . . . has to start doing something. I would write more, but I have to go run warm water over my hands and thaw out from my run.

Crow and David (4/18, Nashville): Our other surprise was a visit by former Vice President Al Gore who sat and talked with us on the bus about what he hopes to see happen in this country as the stop global warming movement catches fire. Having the former Vice President visit was like having your dad show up for Father's Weekend at the sorority house. We were giddy with excitement and proud to show him our home away from home.

Crow (4/19, Springfield, Tenn.): 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.:slap:

Crow (4/19): 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.

[/COLOR]Crow (4/19): 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!!!!!

David (4/20, Charlottesville): Sheryl couldn't be with me tonight because of a previous commitment [Crow traveled to New York for a show that wasn't part of the tour] but luckily rock stars have rock star friends. Tonight, I spoke outside the gorgeous Charlottesville pavilion, in front of a couple of thousand slightly inebriated college men (there to see the wonderful Robert Randolph and the Family Band) who were forced to sit through the opening act . . . me. Truly, it was one of the most challenging 20 minutes of my life. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw guys yawning, I heard kids saying "where's the music?" and I think I heard the "b" word. I rushed through the speech and when I walked off the stage I immediately burst into tears. Not because I took anything personally but because it was so clear how much work is still to be done. Tonight served as a stark reminder that social change is a journey and I learned tonight that not every stop is going to be easy.

lots of GREAT reader comments at the site...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/21/AR2007042101385_pf.html
:lol:

[KarlMarx]

Just when I think I've heard it all....

Leave it up to an asswipe like Sheryl Crowe to come up with an idea like limiting toilet paper. I swear, you just can't be that stupid without a lot of practice.

Sheryl Crowe's idea of paradise. A place where abortion is legal and diarrhea will bring you jail time. What next? Outlaw Mexican Food for the good of the planet?

All I ask for is a pair of steel toed boots, Sheryl Crowe bending over and about twenty yards of running space. She'd be the first country singer on the Moon.

[Pale Rider]

Wha hell Karl... aah, Cheryl has a first Phd in Bio Science, and a second in Environmental Science.. aah... yeah... aaah.. she does doesn't she?

No? You mean she's just another tree hugging, moron, hippie, liberal, commie, folk singer from mexifornia? Oh...

Then what they fuck does she know about TIOLER PAPER?

[stephanie]

Wha hell Karl... aah, Cheryl has a first PhD in Bio Science, and a second in Environmental Science.. aah... yeah... aaah.. she does doesn't she?

No? You mean she's just another tree hugging, moron, hippie, liberal, commie, folk singer from mexifornia? Oh...

Then what they fuck does she know about TIOLER PAPER?

Ya all need to remember...
The toilet paper limits will only be applied to us lowly folks...
You can bet your bottom dollar, the elitist will have enough ass wipe for themselves, cause they can afford all them CARBON CREDITS.......:laugh2:

How about Crows clothing line........with the interchangeable NAPKIN SLEEVE...:coffee:

[KarlMarx]

Ya all need to remember...
The toilet paper limits will only be applied to us lowly folks...
You can bet your bottom dollar, the elitist will have enough ass wipe for themselves, cause they can afford all them CARBON CREDITS.......:laugh2:

How about Crows clothing line........with the interchangeable NAPKIN SLEEVE...:coffee:
And that's what Socialism is all about. There will be two sets of rules, one for Ms Crowe and her buddies and another set for us.

One set of rules will be as light as feathers, the other as heavy as bricks.

Socialism is just another word for "setting up a ruling class of liberal busybodies to lord over the rest of us"...

Just read "Animal Farm" .... it diescribes exactly the folks we've been talking about all these years. George Orwell did the right thing by casting the pigs as the ruling class.

PS. Apologies to the lowly pig, it certainly doesn't deserve to be compared to the likes of Al "Get A Real Job" Gore, Jesse Jackoff, and Hitlery Caligula Clinton.

[Nuc]

Cheryl Crow doesn't need toilet paper, she's got Eric Clapton, Lance Armstrong, Kid Rock, Mick Jagger et al LICKING HER ASS!!!!!!!!!!!:pee: :clap: :dev3: :gay: :flameth: :boohoo: :bow3: :boom2:

[stephanie]

:laugh2: Crow must be taking a lot of heat on her idiot brain fart idea...

She is NOW SAYING...

And by the way guys, the toilet paper thing...it was a JOKE!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david-and-sheryl-crow/lets-wrap-it-up_b_46620.html

[MtnBiker]

Rosie is way ahead of the curve, she doesn't even wipe.

[stephanie]

Rosie is way ahead of the curve, she doesn't even wipe.

Of course...my old bartender brain thought of a reply to your statement...but I better not......:coffee:

[stephanie]

On another site I cruise..they've nicknamed Crow...

One sheet Sheryl..:laugh2:

[MtnBiker]

We could call her shitty bottom Sheryl. :laugh:

[manu1959]

Crow (4/19): 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.


what do i do with these? washe them ... by hand ...in a local stream?

[stephanie]

We could call her shitty bottom Sheryl. :laugh:

Or......stinky fingers Sheryl..:laugh2:

[manu1959]

Or......stinky fingers Sheryl..:laugh2:

maybe that is why uniball fired her.....

[Mr. P]

Someone should point out to Sheryl that women use twice as much paper as men. If they just wouldn't wipe after they pee we'd save millions of trees and stuff. Wonder what she'd say bout that?

[manu1959]

Someone should point out to Sheryl that women use twice as much paper as men. If they just wouldn't wipe when they pee we'd save millions of trees and stuff. Wonder what she'd say bout that?

she should wipe her who who with her disposable sleeve...

[Mr. P]

she should wipe her who who with her disposable sleeve...

I'll bet she farts and puts methane in the air too! Cancels out the Bio-Bus. She should hold it!

These folks crack me up! :laugh2:

[stephanie]

she should wipe her who who with her disposable sleeve...

:laugh2: After she does......I hope she remembers to wash it.. before she reattaches it to the shirt, and then goes out for din din......:eek:

[stephanie]

This is an old article.....but just a loony toony...

Diaperless Babies Seen As Earth-Friendly Solution
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
April 22, 2004

(CNSNews.com) - As environmentalists celebrate the 34th annual Earth Day, some in the green movement are now advocating "diaper-free" babies to help save the planet.

Citing concerns about plastic disposable diapers clogging landfills and the amount of washing and detergents that cloth diapers require, many environmentalists are taking a page from tribal cultures and seeking to eliminate the use of the baby diapers altogether.

The green movement is now promoting diaperless babies as a "retro, cutting-edge, environmentally friendly scheme" to mothers throughout the industrialized world.

The green movement already has declared war on the modern flush toilet, declaring it an "environmental disaster," and has instead pushed waterless "dry" toilets as an earth-friendly solution.

Former Vice President Al Gore joined the board of a waterless urinal company late last year to further the dry toilet cause and to help avert what many environmentalists believe is a looming international water crisis. (hummm)

"There is a way to have a baby and NOT use diapers," says one website advocating diaperless babies. Parents are urged to get in tune with their infant's body signals and hold babies over toilets, buckets and shrubbery or any other convenient receptacle when nature calls.

One advocate suggests bringing a "tight-lidded bucket" along to serve as a waste receptacle when mothers take their babies out in public.

'Primitive worship'

But Robert Bidinotto, publisher of ecoNOT.com and a critic of environmentalists, dismisses such notions as "primitive-worship."

"Incredibly, some environmentalists actually prefer that the foul messes we normally capture in diapers and landfills, spill instead onto our linoleum, carpets, and even our children," Bidinotto told CNSNews.com.

Noting many greens' opposition to flush toilets and now baby diapers, Bidinotto said environmentalists' have a "strange affinity for bodily wastes," and he believes they have become "obsessed with toilet issues."

'Be the first in your neighborhood'

Umbra Fisk, advice columnist for Grist Magazine , a major environmental e-publication, has joined the diaperless baby effort.

Responding to a reader's question in the Feb. 12 issue of Grist Magazine about how to handle baby waste in an Earth-friendly manner, Fisk fully endorses the diaper-free movement as a "retro cutting-edge environmentally friendly scheme." Fisk urges parents to "be the first in your neighborhood" to go diaper free.

"People around the world who have no access to diapers manage to raise children, and a small group of parents in diaper-rich countries have decided to follow their lead. Around here, it's called 'elimination communication' or 'diaper-free,'" Fisk wrote.

Fisk argues that changing times mean parents no longer have to change diapers.

"The concept is logical and simple: Infants give recognizable signs of imminent peeing and pooping; it's possible to learn your infant's signs; infant pee isn't frightening; and if you train your kid to ignore their outputs, you'll just have to go back and retrain them when traditional potty-training time arrives," Fisk explained.

Another diaperless baby advocate, who identifies herself as Natec, wrote a how-to manual for prospective mothers of diaperless babies titled, "Elimination Timing: The Solution to the Dirty Diapers War." The manual, which used fictionalized names and characters, describes Natec's motivation to go diaper-free after the birth of her son.

"When David was born, I started to think about the kind of world I was making for him to grow up in. The thought of garbage spewing and sprawling landfills filled me with horror. And right along with this horror were those little mother's helpers, disposable diapers...rotting, but never really going away in all their plastic glory," Natec wrote.

Natec maintains that plastic diapers "can take 500 years to decompose." Natec is not impressed with so-called "biodegradable" diapers, because they "may contain more plastic to compensate for the weakness of their materials."

Although green advocates estimate that diapers account for only between 0.5 to 1.8 percent of landfill space, they nevertheless consider that troubling.

"One percent of billions of tons is worth worrying about. If we don't think about how to address that one percent, which one percent will we address?" asked Richard Dennison, a senior scientist with the Environmental Defense group, as quoted in Natec's how-to manual.

'Evil empire of Western parenting'

Concerns about landfills are not the only reason some parents are going diaperless.

Scott Noelle, editor of the Continuum Concept website and a father, explained why he eventually stopped using diapers on his infant daughter Olivia, in a web essay titled "Going Diaperless."

"In my mind, diapers became the symbol of the Evil Empire of Western Parenting in which babies must suffer to accommodate the needs of their parents' broken-continuum culture: a controlled, sterile, odorless, wall-to-wall carpeted fortress in which to live with the illusion of dominion over nature," wrote Noelle, on the website livingharmony.com.

Despite his concerns, Noelle continued to use diapers on his daughter, despite the fact that he "felt like a monster and a fraud."

Noelle finally chose to go diaperless and looked to traditional cultures for inspiration. "How I longed for a simple, dirt-floored, baby-friendly hut like that of a Yequana family," he wrote.

Natec agrees with Noelle that modern society has a lot to learn from the traditional ways of life.

"[M]any of us have not, until recent years, given credit to the mothering skills of more Earth-centered, i.e. 'primitive" cultures,' she wrote in her how-to manual.

"When you think about it, there have been millions of years of human beings and only a few thousand years with any references to diapers," she added.

But Bidinotto of ecoNOT.com bristles at what he considers the glorification of a "primitive" way of life by diaperless baby advocates.

"These people have no idea what primitive life is really like. Their preferred alternative to today's 'controlled, sterile, odorless' environment is a world of filth and disease, where countless millions died in plagues and epidemics," Bidinotto explained.

Shopping with a diaperless baby

Ingrid Bauer, author of the book "Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene," writes on her website natural-wisdom.com that the key for parents interested in going au natural is parent-infant communication.

"Observation and close bonding interaction help the parent to understand the baby's signals, body language and timing rhythms," Bauer writes in the frequently asked questions section of her website

"Some common signals that indicate a need to pee in a young infant are: squirming, "fussing," tensing the face, frowning or having a look of "inner concentration," she wrote.

"When the baby has to go, the parent holds him or her in a comfortable position over an appropriate toilet place and makes a cueing sound (perhaps a gentle "sss")."

What's the parent of a diaperless baby to do when out shopping? Bauer offers this solution.

"These parents may rely on using public bathrooms, or bring along a container such as a tight -lidded bucket," Bauer wrote.

Bauer calls freedom from diapers "responsive infant-care."

"This gentle and ancient practice is the most common way of caring for a baby's hygiene needs in the non-Western world," she writes.

Bidinotto rejects any notion that industrialized nations should mimic the traditional cultures.

"The only thing that we moderns have to learn from primitive cultures is what they themselves learned. They learned that life is much better with modern conveniences, such as diapers. And in fact, most primitive peoples can't wait to get and use such conveniences," Bidinotto explained.

"But now environmentalists want to sentence millions to the filth and drudgery that our ancestors were so eager to escape," he added.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=%5C%5CCulture%5C%5Carchive%5C %5C200404%5C%5CCUL20040422a.html

[Hobbit]

And once again proving that even a stopped watch is correct twice a day, Rosie O'Donnell replies to Sheryl Crow by saying, "Have you seen my ass?"

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272612885.shtml

[stephanie]

And once again proving that even a stopped watch is correct twice a day, Rosie O'Donnell replies to Sheryl Crow by saying, "Have you seen my ass?"

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272612885.shtml

:laugh2:
And rosie finally said something I can agree with..:coffee:

[KarlMarx]

:laugh2:
And rosie finally said something I can agree with..:coffee:
I know, I found myself nodding in agreement, too.
I guess some things are just too loony even for Rosie O Ding Dong.