Sting's Wife Admits They're Hypocrites About Global Warming

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By Noel Sheppard | April 26, 2008 - 13:33 ET

The hypocrisy surrounding the global warming positions of actors and rock stars is certainly not news, except when one of them actually admits it.

With that in mind, when the wife of the environmentally outspoken leader of the Police discusses the huge carbon footprint she and her husband have, sycophantic green media should pay attention and recognize that virtually all such wealthy alarmists are advocating policies for the masses that they themselves will NEVER adhere to.

As deliciously reported Friday by England's Daily Mail (emphasis added throughout, h/t NBer MastersofDeceit, picture courtesy Daily Mail):

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Their claim to be eco-warriors has been met with cynicism in recent times.

Sting, for instance, notched up an incredible number of air miles with his band's world tour.

And it was revealed that his wife Trudie Styler travels between their seven homes in private jets or their fleet of cars, as well as importing farm produce hundreds of miles.

Now the celebrity couple have been forced to admit that their record is less than clean. [...]

The interview at the Earls Court Real Food Festival had been going well, until one journalist pointed out that the couple's carbon footprint has been estimated as 30 times greater than the average Briton's.

Miss Styler tried to shift a little of the blame on to her musician husband, who is 56.

"When it comes to the carbon footprint, Sting puts his hand up immediately and says 'I'm a musician and I have a huge carbon-footprint",' she said.

She then asked: "Are we being hypocritical?' before seeming to answer the question herself.

"He has a 750-person crew to bring around the world and it is a difficult challenge."

I bet. Just look at some of the facts about this couple and his band:

Environmental experts labelled Sting's band, The Police, the dirtiest in the world because of the amount of pollution created during last year's reunion tour of the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Germany, the UK, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan. [...]

She was also accused in a recent tribunal of forcing her chef to travel 100 miles to prepare a bowl of pasta.

I bet that was eco-friendly.

In the end, rather than revering and idolizing wealthy entertainers that speak out about climate change, maybe press representatives -- like this one in England -- should spend more time pointing out the "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" attitude of those wanting ordinary people to negatively alter their lifestyles while the mega-rich jet-set around the supposedly warming planet.

Or, is that asking too much?

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.

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Honest Hypocrisy?

Would that make her an "Honest Hypocrite"?

That's something akin to a "Fiscally-Responsible Democrat".

Or, nowadays, a "Conservative Republican".

"We are spirits...in the

"We are spirits...in the material world....." Yeah Sting! And I am a material girl!

Heilige Scheiße! How do you turn this damned thing off? -J. Robert Oppenheimer

wow it seems to be a tread with Global Warming stories

 

Sting, douche

 

the list is getting longer

 

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
 -Thomas Jefferson

Roaring with laughter

Roaring with laughter here...

Chef to drive 100 miles to fix a bowl of pasta....you have got to be kidding me!

Oh such major problems in life....

Hypocrites all of the greenies that shout the loudest as far as I am concerned.

Do as I say...not as I do.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Ever noticed?

Ever noticed how all the most outspoken GW alarmists don't seem to care enough to change THEIR lifestyle?  Gore, Sting, Huffington ... the list goes on ... all seem to like to live in huge mansions and travel the world by jet with a fleet of cars in their garage(s).  Of course if anyone notices they simply rationalize their blatant consumption around their position as an "activist".  I guess they never heard of the old adage: practice what you preach.

I'm just waiting for the ultimate excuse to surface, you know, the one where the guy who fools around on his wife asserts HE's the victim because he's a sex addict and just can't control himself.  Sooner or later one of these GW hypocrites are going to try that angle.

My big problem is with the 7

My big problem is with the 7 homes. I wonder what just the average square foot is. The guy is in a band that tours around the world. OK it's not the most "enviro" way to make a living but I say good for him. But 7 homes, give me a break. Having a chef when you set and make your own schedule, and answer to no one is a joke.

The sun is not set by a thermostat.....

Yes, But...

"She was also accused in a recent tribunal of forcing her chef to travel 100 miles to prepare a bowl of pasta."

Yes, but, it was Organically grown pasta, right? So there! Heh.

"He has a 750-person crew to bring around the world and it is a difficult challenge."

How many people does it take for Sting to screw in a concert light bulb? Man, what ever happened to just a four or five man band ensemble? Talk about overkill!

Organically grown pasta,

Organically grown pasta, made from wheat that was harvested by workers receiving "fair wages" and encouraged not to chop down the rainforest.

They can stop trying to ram

They can stop trying to ram this stuff down our throats.

  • I don't want to see Pelosi and Gringrich in their stupid GW commercial.
  • Schools can stop showing Gore's movie -- starting yesterday.
  • I don't give a damn about false polar bear studies
  • I'm tired of hearing commercials from oil companies claiming to be "oh so green" these days -- go drill for oil and stop being hypocrites.
  • We can stop giving Peace Prices for GW lies and hypocricy.
  • And Presidential candidates like McCain can jump off the GW "it's top priority" bandwagon any time now.

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Well TnT... Once again I

Well TnT...

Once again I agree with your post...all of it.

Especially one that has been under my skin for years now, the oil company commercials, they are infuriating....soft music an all...I was glad to see this kind of advertisement just recently, they are playing it more and more too...when I went to the site about three days ago they had the commercial right on the front ready to click...they have other info. there too.

I have seen another one since then too, from a different site, forgot to jot it down, but it is about time we see more of these...just the facts Jack, just the facts.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

BT, I saw the commercial

BT, I saw the commercial you linked to for the first time yesterday evening -- and was thinking the same thing -- ABOUT TIME!

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Bigtimer and TNT: Oil co commercials

Personally, I like to swear at the "human energy" commercial.

The voice over sounds as if he's concentrating on a flower as he softly murmurs about the earth and adding the most important component, human energy.

Hey! The libs and their anti-capitalist movement aren't going to love you, you evil oil company you!

Use that 'human energy' to whack an environmentalist on the head and drill drill drill!

 

Mica...if my husband is

Mica...if my husband is home and we don't click that dang commercial right away I start raising my voice when the start building the car out of mud-wood or whatever that is suppose to be in their environmental friendly area that looks to be Alaska to me....and the soft music, the low voices make me puke....it is mind-bending these idiots!

How dumb do they think we are out here?

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

He wants you, Bigtimer

That's why I have remote in hand 24/7

You never know when Mr. Gentle Fancy Man with the soft voice will try to lure you into his gentle and non-threatening web.

Glad to hear you go nuts, too, BT!

Hey! The libs and their

Hey! The libs and their anti-capitalist movement aren't going to love you, you evil oil company you!

Right, Mica! 

If the oil companies think they are going to avoid getting clobbered by trying to "make nice"...they should look at John McCain.  He sucks up to liberals and they love it...who do you think they are going to vote for, come November? 

Exactly right, Motherbelt

Who's telling McCain that sucking up to libs will get him elected?

The MSM will NEVER turn their back against the dem nominee and support McCain. How can he not know that?

Do you love me now? - - McCain playing with the words of the Verizon guy, speaking to the MSM.

Mica...  Do you love me

Mica... 

Do you love me now? - - McCain playing with the words of the Verizon guy, speaking to the MSM.

That is ...Priceless! 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Bigtimer

The only difference is, when the Verizon guy walks down the street, he has 500 followers (the network).

When McCain walks down the street, he has arrows in his back, 'kick me' post-it notes on his ass, and his hair is on fire.

All because the MSM doesn't 'love him now!'

The MSM will NEVER turn

The MSM will NEVER turn their back against the dem nominee and support McCain. How can he not know that?

Exactly! Look how rapidly the left abandoned Hilary for Obama because she's not black enough.

Black king trumps White Queen. 

 

Let's start a list

It would be illuminating to put together a list of all the GW alarmists together with the square foot size of their homes, number of vehicles, etc, to showcase the obvious double standard.

Hypocrite List

I sort of have this

Al Gore and Global Warming - Is He a Hypocrite? (Video) (10min)
Al Gore's Gulfstream (Video) (7min)
Al Gore, Environmentalist and Zinc Miner (The Wall Street Journal)
- Environmentalist Gore allowed zinc mine (USA Today)
- From Al to Zinc: Mine Story Shows How a Fatherly Favor Haunts Gore (The Wall Street Journal)
Al Gore's Inconvenient Stock Portfolio Exposed (PRNewswire)
Al Gore's Inconvenient Toxic Waste Dump (NewsMax)
Al Gore, polluter? (WorldNetDaily)
Al Gore Refuses to Take Personal Energy Ethics Pledge (US Senate Environment & Public Works Committee)
Al Gore: The Other Oil Candidate (CorpWatch)
Bush's Ranch House 'Far More Eco-Friendly' Than Gore's (CNSNews)
- George W. Bush's eco-friendly ranch compared to Al Gore's energy-expending mansion = True (Snopes)
Eco-warrior Al Gore serves up endangered fish at daughter's party (Daily Mail, UK)
Gore home's energy use: 20 times average (WorldNetDaily)
- Al Gore's residence uses considerably more energy than the average American home = True (Snopes)
Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe (USA Today)
Hypocrite Gore Should Practice What He Preaches (The Tech, MIT)
Integrity in the Balance: Al Gore's Record On the Environment (CorpWatch)
Meet the real Al Gore (WorldNetDaily)
Occidental Petroleum Corporation Connections (The Wall Street Journal)
Old-Growth Timber used to Rebuild the Veranda of the Vice Presidential Mansion (Newsweek)
Whose Ox Is Gored? The Former Vice President's Environmental Exaggerations and Hypocrisy (The Wall Street Journal)

Add Streisand, Paltrow, Diaz, Chase to List of Anti-SUV Hypocrites (NewsMax)
Back in Black: Earth Day - YouTube (Video) (4min)
Celebs Who Claim They're Green but Guzzle Gas (TMZ)
Green Fakers: Why eco-hypocrisy matters (Canada Free Press)
Live Earth is promoting green to save the planet - what planet are they on? (Daily Mail, UK)
Sick And Tired Of Being Lectured By Global Warming Hypocrites (Infowars)
Barbra Streisand - Barbra Streisand's Eco-Chutzpocrisy (Radar Magazine)
John Travolta - With five private jets, Travolta still lectures on global warming (thisislondon.co.uk)
Laurie David - The Hypocrisy of Celebrity Environmentalists (American Enterprise Institute)
Madonna - Madonna criticised over links to polluters (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow is a Global Warming Hypocrite (Wild Starz)

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Arnie makes climate change plea to Tories - then goes for a drive in his carbon-belching gas guzzler (Daily Mail, UK)
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Green Giant's Big Carbon Footprint (Debra J. Saunders, Townhall)
Charles, The Prince of Whales - Charles 'the hypocrite' takes private plane for 500-mile trip to Scotland (This Is London, UK)
Hillary Clinton - Hillary Fibs in Iowa About Ethanol, Voted Against It 17 Times (NewsMax)
Barrack Hussein Obama - Obama talks hybrids, but his ride has a Hemi (Detroit Free Press)
John Corzine - NJ Gov. Corzine not asking to get rid of gas-guzzling SUVs in his detail (Newsday)
John Edwards - John Edwards Is Keeping His SUV (FOXNews)
Michael Bloomberg - Bloomberg Takes SUV Motorcade to Green Car Event (NewsMax)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - RFK Jr. Nixes Wind Farm Near Kennedy Compound (NewsMax)
Ted Kennedy - Ted Kennedy Wants Windmills Killed (NewsMax)

The Anti 'Man-Made' Global Warming Resource

PopTech, you must do this!!

I want you to get yourself a press agent and book yourself at every MSM talk show including Hardball, Today, Good Morning America and The View.

America needs you, PT.

You are like John Stossel on speed.

PT and Mica... Now that

PT and Mica...

Now that is the truth...PT you would clean their clocks and inform America of the facts...just the facts.

John Stossel on speed..that was rich.

I mean that as a compliment too PT.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

"I mean that as a

"I mean that as a compliment too PT"

Thanks, I know but I think John Stossel does a pretty good job getting at the biggest points, he just needs his own show and a larger staff.

The Anti 'Man-Made' Global Warming Resource

Want to really shine them on? Quote scripture

Everyone knows how much these liberals, elitists and socialists LOVE Christianity (insert sarcasm here). So when they're caught with their hands in the global warming cookie jar, why not trot out this old ditty from the guy they love to hate, Jesus Christ himself.

"All therefore whatsoever they bid you obsreve, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be bornem and lay them on mens' shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men."

And Nancy Pelosi can look that one up - it's actually IN the Bible - unlike her phony-baloney 'scriptures' that she tried to 'quote' to get people to buy into her socialist political agenda.

And we all know why Mrs. 'dandle her grandkids on her knee and take care of the entire country' said it. She thinks that Christians are a bunch of idiot hayseeds morons who don't really read the bible. She thought she could pull any Democrat talking point out her backside and SAY it was out of the bible, all the while thinking 'These stupid morons will believe anything I say if I just tell them it's in the Bible.'

Too bad she did'nt do some studying herself. Now she's guilty of wresting the scriptures, and if she doesn't watch out there are some heavy spiritual penalties in store for her.

The Global warming hype is finally starting to crack under the weight of it's own stupidity, having been blown out so big that even the ignorant are looking at it and saying 'that just don't sound right'.

But if the celebrities and mega-stars out there want everyone else in the world to go without electricity, and live in mud huts and wigwams, let's see THEM sell all their worldly posessions and do it themselves first. Unless they're willing to live by the 10th century lifestyle they're advocating, they haven't earned the right to tell anyone else how they can live.

Slyrr... But if the

Slyrr...

But if the celebrities and mega-stars out there want everyone else in the world to go without electricity, and live in mud huts and wigwams, let's see THEM sell all their worldly possessions and do it themselves first. Unless they're willing to live by the 10th century lifestyle they're advocating, they haven't earned the right to tell anyone else how they can live.

They love to talk the talk, lets see them walk the walk.

None of them could do it in any significant matter of weeks... let alone say six months.

Btw...I haven't heard the term shine on for years...loved it in this case.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

OK, This is going to sound harsh...

Looking at the picture in the original Daily Mail article leads me to think that it's about time for the esteemed Mr. Sumner (Sting to the masses) to trade up for a newer model of trophy wife. The current one is just a tad tarnished and dented, wot?


"All that is necessary for the trimuph of evil is that good men do nothing."

- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

www.conservativeboot...

gg.... Well now...Mr.

gg....

Well now...Mr. Sumner ain't lookin' so hot to me either.

Works both ways....lol.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

bt

two thumbs up

  i am the quixotic botg and i approved this message”   

That's true, buuuut...

Bigtimer, you're right that the new trend is for the older ladies to gather a younger marem (male harem). And you're also right that he's no longer the prize that he was.  But you have to recognise that in this relationship he's the one in charge. He's the one with the big residuals, groupies, an agent and thorough knowledge of tantric sex. She's just another potential divorcee with a decent checkbook.

I know I'm being harsh, but that's just how life is.


"All that is necessary for the trimuph of evil is that good men do nothing."

- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

www.conservativeboot...

yea and for have 7 houses

yea and for have 7 houses and 750 person crew you'd think he could ware cloths that ARN'T riddles with holes...I mean I would  use that shirst he has on as a wash rash.   

I don't get it.....If I were to wear a ratty old shirt and cloths like that I would be looked at like a bum....these "artist" wear it and they are evrn MORE artsy fartsy.....

 I repeat

Sting , douche

 

 

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
 -Thomas Jefferson

g.g, It sounds about right to me

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a musician with seven wives, houses, airplanes,...etc. I'm with you on this one. I think he could do better for the money.

Actually, I've been married to the same individual for more than 38 years, and any trade-in would necessarily be a BIG step down. Robin Williams, another moralist addict preacher who used to be funny, has announced the end of his marriage of nineteen years. Why and how entertainment celebrities get to the pontificating stature they enjoy is beyond me, 'cause I'm not as smart as them, I guess. It is a pock mark on our culture, however. I'm smart enough to know that. 

Dear Mrs. Sting

 Dear Mrs. Sting,

I'm sorry to hear that the folks at The Daily Mail and Newsbusters are being so hard on you.  I, for one, would really like to support you in your lifestyle choices.

Granted, you're not a scientist working on a cure for cancer, or a grade school teacher educating our young.  Heck, you're not even a person who makes toothpaste so that we can have better dental hygeine (something I hear is important in Britain).  Nonetheless, you are married to some guy who sings songs about girls in red dresses and about stalking people (which I hear is popular at weddings).  And I would guess that you do something really important too.  At a minimum, you are a pasta connoisseur and we all know that the world needs more pasta connoisseurs.

Yeah, you're carbon footprint is 30 times larger than the average Briton.  And we don't even know about your handprint, which I bet is just gorgeous.  But remember, you are really important to the world.  Kings back in medieval England needed really big castles and court jesters in silly hats to keep them entertained because they were really important to us too.  Don't you worry about us modern day peasants.  We are more than happy keeping our small huts -- I only have 1 not 7 -- at a balmy 52 degrees Farenheit in the winter and a comfy 94 in the summer.  Don't you worry your pretty little head about us.  I'll only eat organic deer and rabbits that I hunt for myself, unless of course you want to take away my guns too. 

So you don't let those mean old folks at Newsbusters bug you anymore Trudie.  You just go on livin' the vida loca and remember ...

 you can't spell "stingy" without s-t-i-n-g.

 

<insert witty signature here>

you can't spell "stingy" without s-t-i-n-g

Ouch. That's gotta sting.

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If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber

too much

Now come on!  Don't you think you're being too hard on the celebs?  They just work so hard to tell us stupid, gun clingin', bible believin' haters to stop killing everyone else while we keep buying their crappy music, watching their filthy movies and listening to their lies on tv.  Well, I am going to stop complaining from now on and start believing them because, darn it, they just have to be right.  I mean, they wouldn't be taking advantage of us for our money so they could live extravagant lives for no reason, now would they?  It just doesn't make sense.  Okay, back to reality.

Sting can reduce his carbon footprint

I wonder if he has turned off the red light in his seven homes?

"He has a 750-person crew to

"He has a 750-person crew to bring around the world..."

What in the world does he need 750 people for???

"Abstain from McCain"

CT

CT,

What in the world does he need 750 people for???

To carry his ego! ns

 

Noel... Touche'. "Abstain

Noel...

Touche'.

"Abstain from McCain"

if sting really cared about the environment

he wouldn't have had like 40 crumb snatching, resource using kids out of wedlock. wear a bag you ass. stop dropping you seed on any fertile womb that you mistook for a hotel shower drain.

lunaticcringeradio

Nephew, it's time to take

Nephew, it's time to take your meds and go to bed. 

Good job Noel.

Glad you liked it.

This is not new for Sting, who got criticism in the late 80's (i think) when he did commercials for Jaguar.