Penitent CNN Anchor Confesses 'Eco-Sins' for Earth Day
In a bizarre wrap-up to the 2 p.m. EDT hour of CNN "Newsroom" Thursday, anchor T.J. Holmes confessed his "eco-sins" to the audience. Commemorating the eve of "Earth Day," Holmes admitted to his "green" faults which included driving an SUV by himself to work daily, blasting the heat in his house during winter, and using "less efficient" incandescent bulbs for lighting.
"These are my eco-sins. I'm confessing them to you because tomorrow is Earth Day," Holmes announced to the audience.
"It often goes ignored by many of us, including me. Not going to ignore it this year. Why? Well, maybe it was an awakening. Maybe I was scolded recently by an environmentalist. Maybe I'm tired of wasting my own money," he rambled, before wishing the audience a happy Earth Day.
The awkward segment grew a little more so at the end, when 3 p.m. EDT anchor Brooke Baldwin applauded Holmes for his honesty and Holmes sheepishly replied that "there's some other stuff."
A transcript of the segment, which aired on April 21 at 2:59 p.m. EDT, is as follows:
T.J. HOLMES, CNN anchor: Well, in today's "XYZ," I'd like confess my sins.
I drive a Chevy Tahoe. It gets 15 miles to the gallon in the city. While some people have SUVs to haul their large families around, it's just me driving by myself to work every day.
I have a number of TVs in my high house and leave them on just about all day, every day.
I often turn the water on in the shower, then I walk downstairs to maybe grab breakfast, leave the water running, then I go back upstairs to take a shower.
I buy 24 packs of bottled water at a time. Then I throw those bottles away without recycling.
In the winter I crank the heat up to 75 or 76.
All the light bulbs in my house are still the old school, less efficient incandescent bulbs.
Those are my eco-sins. I'm confessing them to you because tomorrow is Earth Day. It often goes ignored by many of us, including me. Not going to ignore this year. Why? Well, maybe it was an awakening. Maybe I was scolded recently by an environmentalist. Maybe I'm tired of wasting my own money.
Whatever my reasons, whatever yours, happy Earth Day.
Brooke, I just confessed to you on national TV.
BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN anchor: I'm impressed, it was just 60 seconds of confessions, friend. Oh, T.J. Holmes.
HOLMES: There's some other stuff.
(CROSSTALK)
BALDWIN: Thank you, sir. You just walk on out of that shot. Thank you.
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This Earth Day, T.J., take a stand ..
Submitted by Gary Hall on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:34am.
This Earth Day, T.J., take a stand ..
.. with the Father of Earth Day - Former Senator Gaylor Nelson, father of Earth Day:
Take a stand T.J. -- with the 70% of the folks, nationally, who support the exact language and intent of the Arizona Illegal Immigration Bill.
Keep America clean, green, legal and safe, TJ. Stand with the people.
(;~/ gary
Gaylord Nelson's Message Seems Clear Enough:
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 2:19pm.
Institute Green Socialism and follow the example of Marxist Socialism and start recycling people to enrich mother Gaia's soil.
Soylent Green
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 2:44pm.
Soylent Green
Soylent Green Is an Execellent Addition:
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 3:31pm.
No need to totally compost people. Some parts can go directly to the dinner table. Would suggest to Nelson, but unfortunately he has gone off to join Mother Gaia.
Smug Alert!
Submitted by EllisWyatt on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:37am.
Hmm ... now why do I feel like I've seen this before?
Wait! I have seen this!
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104282/smuggy-san-francisco-town
"Elections have consequences" ... unless the Republicans win
"Dissent is Patriotic" ... when it's against conservative policies.
CNN should fire him for his
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:46am.
CNN should fire him for his eco-sins.
T.J. About your FCL's
Submitted by Gary Hall on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:48am.
From you EPA
Cleaning Up a Broken CFL - What to Do if a Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulb or Fluorescent Tube Light Bulb Breaks in Your Home.
Cleaning Up a Broken CFL
What to Do if a Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulb or Fluorescent Tube Light Bulb Breaks in Your Home.
Here's the short version - full detailed version available for downloading, here, suitable for framing and posting in each and every room in your house that contains these dangerous carcinogen laden, brain destroying, autism causing oddly shaped lighting devices:
Overview:
Before cleanup
Have people and pets leave the room [What? Send in the robotic team?].
Air out the room for 5-10 minutes by opening a window or door to the outdoor environment.
Shut off the central forced air heating/air-conditioning system, if you have one.
Collect materials needed to clean up broken bulb.
During cleanup
Be thorough in collecting broken glass and visible powder.
Place cleanup materials in a sealable container [note: this said 2 plastic bags, a few months ago - LOL].
After cleanup
Promptly place all bulb debris and cleanup materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area until materials can be disposed of properly. Avoid leaving any bulb fragments or cleanup materials indoors.
If practical, continue to air out the room where the bulb was broken and leave the heating/air conditioning system shut off for several hours.
T.J., let's hope that your local government has not yet yielded to the radical cries of the alarmist greenies, to ban plastic bags. If so, then you will be required to wrap your house and seal it with duct tape.
(;~/ gary
Or the Obama short-form: 1)
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 12:11pm.
Or the Obama short-form:
1) Break a CFL spaghetti bulb
2) Move to a new house
I'm thinking about going into business for myself smuggling in incandescent light bulbs and high-flow toilets from Mexico.
Beukeboom.. as we speak
Submitted by Gary Hall on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 12:43pm.
.. I'm ordering 2 cases of 120 watt incandescent flood lights. I've got cans all over my house, and they're all on dimmers (yes, to save energy, as well as to provide the correct lighting as needed - mood, reading, etc).
Boom!
(;~/ gary
Gary, good choice! Kuz, CFL's explode.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 2:18pm.
Do CFL twisty bulbs explode?
Here’s a story that suggests that they can. Like any poorly manufactured or quality controlled product, failures can occur. But with CFL bulbs, there’s additional things that can go wrong over the simple and century long proven incandescent bulb. Read on and see below for some technical details on CFL bulbs. Some “explosive” video also follows.
You Didn't Build That.
That should be fun
Submitted by Model850 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 5:13pm.
Air out the room for 5-10 minutes by opening a window or door to the outdoor environment.
Well won't that be a hoot when it's 10-degrees outside and the wind is blowing around 20-mph?
How much harder will my heating system have to work afterwards to re-heat the house? How much extra energy is it going to take?
No thanks. If one of those suckers breaks I'm picking up the glass and throwing it in the trash, and vacuuming up whatever "powder" is there. Then I'll just get back to my life, thank you.
Celebrating Earth Day
Submitted by jpk3 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:50am.
I’m doing my part today in honor of earth day, I rigged the lawn mower to stay running, set the house thermostat to the lowest setting, turning on all my incandescent lights, and have all my cars idling with the A/C on set to max. I plan on cutting down a few trees later today. I’m going to use enough chemicals in the yard to kill bugs and weeds for all my neighbors, then of course I’ll need to water the yard. I wonder where that run off will go.
Raining here today
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 12:03pm.
which put a damper on my plans for this year. I was going to burn a couple brush piles to please Gaia. However, there was always last year.
2010 Earth Day Celebration
my priest says "sin no more"
Submitted by JeffC... on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:53am.
When I go to REAL confession, the priest absolves me of my sins and tells me to "go, and sin no more." As in, stop and don't do it again.
In the church of ecoawareness, no actual changes are required. He's not going to change anything, because that would be too hard for his comfort. He'll just feel a little bad about it for a few days, and maybe say something nice about hippies.
True contriton and a firm purpose of amendment . . .
Submitted by WingletDriver on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 1:06pm.
True contriton and a firm purpose of amendment are required for a genuine confession. Ecoconfession, not so much.
And to whom was he confessing? Who was going to grant absolution? To whom was he begging forgiveness? Certainly not God, but then to whom?
Forgive me on this Earth Day, O Gaia, for I have sinned...
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 12:10pm.
...a great sin - multiple times.
Since last Friday, I have fired up at least one of my Webers (the round, kettle shaped ones with no knobs) four times.
In the course of doing so, I burned through eight full sheets of newspaper, about 35 cubic inches of hickory wood, and approximately 120 charcoal briquets.
So, should I turn myself in, fall on my sword, or wait for you to send some of your crazed climate commie followers to confiscate my grills, along with my remaining charcoal, flatten my two chimney starters, and hang me from the nearest tree (I have about a gazillion trees in my yard)?
Well, I would hang around and chat longer, but I saw some really nice ribeyes at my local Publix yesterday, so I think I'll go get a few before they run out of good ones and grill them up for Friday dinner.
:-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
no no no Dave.. you should
Submitted by Gary Hall on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 12:45pm.
.. grab a couple of chickens, a pork butt and some ribs, and get your butt over to my house. ASAP.
We got some smoking and grillin to do.
(;~> gary
In honor of earth
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 12:15pm.
In honor of earth day/week/month/whatever...take a symbolic stand and spread some male bovine manure in your gardens, bushes, etc. For it's all bravo sierra anyway.
I bet he
Submitted by johnsonl on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 1:24pm.
sniffs his own farts, too.
"I want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem."
Gaia the destroyer, has just taken form.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 1:32pm.
Run for your lives.
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Now for reality NBers, have a Great Good Friday...
You Didn't Build That.
ARGH!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 1:37pm.
GasZilla!
OFF WIFF 'IS 'EAD!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 1:34pm.
'nuff said.
Anyone want to take a bet...
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 1:51pm.
That he makes the same "confession" next year, too?
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Now say five Hail Algores and three Holy Obamas.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 2:29pm.
Plus 800 hours of green community service.
My Sitcom-esgue Earth Day 1996
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 2:40pm.
Back in 1996 I still hadn't accepted that environmentalists were dishonest power-mad fascists, gullible, or a combination of the two. I walked into my college cafeteria and there was a girl representing a campus environmentalist group who wanted volunteers to celebrate Earth Day by picking trash off the campus. That's actually something that doesn't even make me cringe today, but still it wasn't my idea of a fun time but I thought the girl was cute and sweet so I decided to do it.
Saturday morning rolls around and the volunteers meet: me. Yup, I was the only recruit but there she was... in her bare feet. Whaaaa? So we start going around the campus and, I kid you not, there wasn't a piece of trash to be found. We were even joking about it! We even went to some spots near the dorms known to be loaded with piles of cigarette butts, but even there there were only a few scattered butts to be found. Eventually we did find some trash, but it wasn't much.
I never pursued anything with her because I remember coming to the realization that morning that she was nuts. Sweet, but nuts. The only specific I remember anymore was that she was walking around in her bare feet and how the whole thing seemed like an episode of a sitcom.
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Eco-sins?
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 2:53pm.
That was the most pathetic thing I've seen done by someone in honor of Earth Day. Honestly, I don't see how he could have said all that with a straight face.
-Jon
What he did is funny right
Submitted by ladycatnip on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 3:03pm.
What he did is funny right now, but in the near future there will be consequences for sinning against the planet. Earth worship is nothing more than a totalitarian religion and the aim of eco-maniacs is to subject everyone on the planet to it. Bolivia and the U.N. are drafting a treaty to give bugs, trees, and the environment the same rights we have as humans. The environmentalists are succeeding in incrementally burdening us with one regulation after another and enacting laws that will tax us into the poorhouse.
T.J., I confess to sinning against the planet - I killed a spider this morning.
Are you sure this wasn't an article in the Onion?
Submitted by Herbster on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 4:39pm.
This very obvious equal opportunity quota hire leaves the shower running while he eats his breakfast crow? I had to laugh, if true, and laugh if not true.....................and the bimbocretin that "Heard" his confession? The two of them combined don't appear to have the IQ of a small soap dish. And CNN wonders why its ratings are somewhere south of whale poop? .....and that's at the bottom of the ocean!
Let's see how I do
Submitted by MadRat on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 8:04pm.
Let's see how I do in comparison to T.J. Holmes:
CNN should have hired me instead.
The Green Court with Judge Al Gore
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:09pm.
Sounds like he's rehearsing for a future "environmental court", where we will hauled away to confess our eco-law breaking. The environmentalists may actually support the death penalty for extreme cases where re-education camps simply won't work. Hey, they can decrease the "surplus population" and conservative voters in one fell swoop.
Is it an "eco-sin" if you do
Submitted by MikeB on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:15pm.
Is it an "eco-sin" if you do politically incorrect stuff and don't give a rat's behind? How about if you are damn proud of having done it, just to tick off some watermelons? You know, things like: driving a gas guzzler, cooking with charcoal, killing your own stuff to charcoal, heating with wood, chopping down trees to heat with wood, eating lots of beans so you contribute more than your fair share to methane emissions, ... stuff like that. I do those things, and any eco-freaks who don't like it can go pound sand, 'cause I don't care.
T.J. Holmes confirms religion
Submitted by Boil It Down on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:03am.
For all of us who have recognized and written about the cult like religious fervor surrounding the climate alarmists, I would like to thank Holmes for the confirmation. How arrogant do you have to be to claim responsibility for, and then claim to be able to fix the climate?
Wow, T.J. Holmes must be like a god himself to be so all powerful.
A god? Well, he is a legend
Submitted by MikeB on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 11:54am.
A god? Well, he is a legend in his own mind.
Seeking absolution?
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 1:15pm.
"These are my eco-sins. I'm confessing them to you because tomorrow is Earth Day"
Is someone seeking absolution? Good luck on that! The only thing missing from this "confession" is CONTRITION! Not a single promise to stop "sinning." Not a single commitment to change his habits. Not a single act of actual contrition. And all this while he sits in front of lights powerful enough to provide a hundred homes with all the lumens they'll ever need.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
idiot newscasters
Submitted by jstan442 on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 10:41pm.
what a moronic piece of crap-but i do care if he tries to make me live up to his expectations of what i should do to help 'mother earth'--i can't afford to heat my home to 76 in winter (this year i will have to crank it down to 68 from a high of 69)-i don't let water run or leave lights on ((i have to pay for these things)--i am sick to death of the enviroweenies--give me oil for my car-forget about composting-humans are wort h more than an animal any day of the year-- it's all a lie to take more from the poor (me)