According to Him -- meaning the amazingly pompous and holier-than-thou rockstar Sting -- the world is coming to an end if we don't stop global warming.
Yet, the self-described "environmentalist" bassplayer for the rock band the Police continues to symbolize the hypocrisy of wealthy liberal elites that tell us we have to make sacrifices for the good of the planet...as long as they don't have to!
In the most recent incident, the man who in 2005 arrogantly stated, "I think we need to convince Mr. Bush that global warming is in fact a reality" flew from England to Germany, in a private jet with a seating capacity of fourteen, BY HIMSELF!
I guess his concerts and convenience are FAR MORE important than the planet...as reported by the Daily Mail Monday evening (emphasis added, h/t NBer mastersofdeceit):
The Police front man, who has long been a campaigner on environmental issues, was spotted disembarking from the plane alone at Leipzig airport. He was then bussed into the city centre to perform with the rest of the band on Saturday. [...]
A spokesman for Leipzig airport who was there when Sting arrived said: 'We can confirm Sting was the only passenger on board the Falcon 2000 aircraft.'
I guess his wife is right about them being hypocrites concerning global warming...yuh think?
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Stings adds more to the list of Hypocrites
June 30, 2008 - 19:27 ET by PopularTechCelebrities are the best since their lifestyle makes eco-activism impossible:
Celebrities:
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)
'Green' Stars Talk the Talk ... but Do They Walk the Walk? (FOX News)
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)
You hippy-crites! When it comes to saving the planet do celebrities practise what they preach? (Daily Mail, UK)
What's green and flies? An eco-hypocrite who won't stay grounded, say researchers (Daily Mail, UK)
Arianna Huffington - Huffington Concedes Her Lifestyle is 'Contradiction' to Global Warming Agenda (NewsBusters)
Barbra Streisand - Barbra Streisand's Eco-Chutzpocrisy (Radar Magazine)
Barbra Streisand - Streisand Environmental Hypocrite (Counterpunch)
Bono - St Bono the hypocrite? (Daily Mail, UK)
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 - Climate change concert star Madonna accused of hypocrisy (Daily Mail, UK)
Madonna - Madonna criticised over links to polluters (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow accused of hypocrisy after 'limit toilet paper' plea (Daily Mail, UK)
Sting - Eco campaigner Sting flies solo on private jet - twice in one day (Daily Mail, UK)
Sting - Hypocrite: Eco-warrior Sting and the Police top list of bands with worst carbon footprint (Daily Mail, UK)
Sting - 'It's true - we're hypocrites over our huge carbon footprint,' confesses Sting's wife (Daily Mail, UK)
Sting - Sting's 'Waste Forest' (The New York Post)
Politicians:
2008 Candidates Rely on Private Jets to Get Around (FOX News)
Liberal Transit; Those Democrats and Their Private Jets (The New York Times)
The Greenest Hypocrites of 2007 (Steve Milloy, B.A. Natural Sciences, M.S. Health Sciences)
Who took a private jet to the debate? (Video) (1min)
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 - Governor's high-flying commute draws flak (LA Times)
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Green Giant's Big Carbon Footprint (Debra J. Saunders, Townhall)
Ben Bradshaw, UK Environment Minister - Environment minister caught out breaking own recycling rules (Daily Mail, UK)
Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall - Camilla's high heels leave a huge carbon footprint (Daily Mail, UK)
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 Sticking With Gas-Guzzling SUVs (1010 Wins)
John Edwards - John Edwards Is Keeping His SUV (FOX News)
John McCain - McCain drives a 2003 Cadillac CTS
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
Thanks, PT for your
June 30, 2008 - 19:43 ET by Cape Conservativeever-expanding list! You do good work ;-) I've saved it for future reference!
It only applies to us
June 30, 2008 - 19:24 ET by d1carterIt only applies to us "little" people... I am sure he has purchased some of Big Al's carbon credits...
Ya know what? It's all BS
June 30, 2008 - 21:29 ET by SumricaYa know what? It's all BS anyway. But, I want to see the canceled checks for some of those carbon credits they claim to buy.
Anyone with enough ego to
June 30, 2008 - 19:29 ET by Chris NormanAnyone with enough ego to call himself "Sting" is too egocentric to be aware of his own breath taking hypocricy.
Imagine
June 30, 2008 - 22:15 ET by geoff.galeImagine the day that Gordon Sumner turned to his mates and said:
"Sorry to be a bother, lads, but I've decided that I'll be known as 'Sting' from this day forth."
Ego, indeed. Surprised there was enough room in that plane for his overblown ego.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
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I think SNL did a skit about
July 1, 2008 - 10:17 ET by Chris NormanI think SNL did a skit about that very thing.
Thanks, Noel,
June 30, 2008 - 19:41 ET by Cape Conservativefor including the link to your previous column - somehow I missed it earlier. Lots of great comments there!
This two-faced "celebrity" is so full of himself that he actually believes we really give a hoot what he tells us we should or shouldn't do. I look back at how real celebrities used to love their country (think John Wayne) and served their country in time of war and then I look at these "wannabes" and all I see are a bunch of LOSERS! Believe me, their words slide right off my back!
The arrogance of them all leaves me wondering just where our world is heading - sad to say, toooooo many actually do believe what they say (as they are doing just the opposite!) Seems it doesn't matter if they live in America or Britain - the "do as I say, not as I do" syndrome rules in the celebrity world.
my grandparents all hated
July 1, 2008 - 08:26 ET by seaniepmy grandparents all hated john wayne as they called him a draft dodger . . . fun thing about actors nowadays - whenever they make a movie like blackhawk down or tranformers or anything that has someone play soldier for a day, they give themselves all sorts of credit for going to one week of bootcamp or something when they made the dirty dozen, they didn't need to do that sort of thing, since almost the entire cast were actual veterans who understood it all already more parents in this country today would be more proud of their kid if he got the role of the aids infested homosexual priest child molester in a broadway play than if they were honor graduate of their company on Parris Island
seaniep, just as a point of
July 1, 2008 - 08:37 ET by bassndudeseaniep, just as a point of clarification, John Wyane was not a draft dodger. He was turned down by every branch of the service at the outset of WWII. First the Marines, then the Navy, then the Army, then the Air Force. He had flat feet, classified 4F.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Duke also was one of the
July 1, 2008 - 09:02 ET by Dan The Man 2Duke also was one of the most patriotic men around and his movies about war always brought taht out. We need more actors like Duke and maybe we wouldnt have the crap we have now. The one I admire is Jimmy Stewart for flying bombers and staying in the reserves long after the war.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
First and foremost you have
June 30, 2008 - 20:02 ET by jdhawkFirst and foremost you have to understand what liberals are succeeding in doing. They are slowly but surely taking away our freedoms and replacing them with ever more laws and regulations and ever higher taxes.
The entire "global warming" fantasy is so that government can insinuate iteself even more in our daily lives.
Of course, the limosine Gulfstream jet elites whether they are politicians, businessmen, media, or entertainment types are above the "rules" that they want all of us to adhere to.
Take Governor Swarzenneger for example. This dimocrat - show me what views he has that are conservative or even Republican - lives in southern California. His work is in Sacramento. How does he get back and forth - by Gulfstream jet! All the while defending the no offshore drilling moratorium.
The usual hypocrite with the usual elitist arrogance
June 30, 2008 - 20:18 ET by wdhorningAnd these rich elitists want everyone else but themselves to conserve energy and to live like we are all poor, except them. Why? So there will be more left over for them.
This is what this whole global warming scam is really all about, we conserve, they consume.
wd... We conserve...they
June 30, 2008 - 20:22 ET by bigtimerwd...
We conserve...they consume...
Boy have you got that right...and we all pay that do conserve.
That's the plan Stan.
...Priceless.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
The Police....
June 30, 2008 - 20:35 ET by JoggerNotI can say for sure...I have not contributed a single dime to the cause...
They suck.
do do do
suck!
Nah! They Don't Suck...
June 30, 2008 - 22:19 ET by geoff.gale...they're much too old to suck.
They were great in 1978 - 30 years ago.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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Yes the police sold some albums in 78...
June 30, 2008 - 23:53 ET by JoggerNotSo did Boston, so did the J geils band, so did Cat Stevens. So did Peter Frampton, So did the zep...
Police...Pfffffft..
Excuse my ignorance, but
June 30, 2008 - 20:36 ET by gopsteveExcuse my ignorance, but when celebs buy "carbon credits" by planting trees, are they simply transplanting them (which means nothing), or are they planting them (in which case, it will take many years before they grow enough to "offset" their "carbon footprint."
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Oh, get this folks, and
June 30, 2008 - 20:42 ET by gopsteveOh, get this folks, and take some Rolaids or something...
We actually are in a cooling trend, and when the media finally admit it, they will hail Gore and Obama as heroes for saving the planet by reversing "Global Warming"...I am sick to my stomach already
here is the
July 1, 2008 - 14:11 ET by red_dragon311here is the proof
this really should have been a head story everywhere
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
I look forward to the day when Sting
June 30, 2008 - 20:43 ET by jefflebowskiis seated in the middle seat beside me in a jam packed plane after being strip searched going through security after waiting an hour just to get up to the metal detector.
Only then will I listen to one word that falls from his mouth.
Jeff Lebowski
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Don't forget him having a
July 1, 2008 - 05:50 ET by ThisnThatDon't forget him having a "Zone 6" boarding pass making sure he's last to board with a big carry-on suitcase that can't fit on the plane because the overhead bins are full, so has to be dragged and tagged for checked luggage. Then, getting on board in bad weather, waiting 3 hours on the taxiway until it's your turn to take off, and the pilot then announcing he has to go back to get more fuel and another hour delay. And arriving at the destination and discovering your luggage really didn't make it on the plane after standing at the carausel for an hour, and another hour in the claims office line. Then having it show up at your hotel 2 days later -- damaged, of course. Not that this has ever happened to me ... I'm just saying...
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You have just described my
July 1, 2008 - 07:44 ET by PeskyDaneYou have just described my life. There are no words to describe just how much I hate flying.
The "Bagcam" talk
July 1, 2008 - 07:52 ET by sarcasmoAt an upcoming NYC "hacker" convention (about 6 page downs) sounds interesting & potentially very amusing.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
Steve, the Hollywood Carbon
June 30, 2008 - 20:52 ET by mulerider24Steve, the Hollywood Carbon Mafia will not be taking questions at this time. We have postponed the scientific process for the time being and your concerns will be addressed by Dr. Al Gore when he reopens the debate.
the objective is to price
June 30, 2008 - 20:45 ET by nicksmith112the objective is to price out and regulate the peasants.
mass transit and bicycles for the regular folk.
the wealthy will not change a thing.
I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.
I have mentioned this
June 30, 2008 - 21:21 ET by msh1973I have mentioned this before but I will say it again...I have perfectly well adjusted conservative friends that are buying into this craziness.
Even my mom (she is 76) thinks that global warming has to be the reason for the flooding and severe storms up north. I am really pulling my hair out over this issue.
I guess it is true, if a lie is repeated long enough soon it becomes the truth.
msh... Don't feel all
June 30, 2008 - 21:29 ET by Clear thinkermsh...
Don't feel all alone. I know a guy that blames the earthquakes in China on.... drum roll..... Global Warming.
Geeesh!
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Clear, Not only the
July 1, 2008 - 08:15 ET by msh1973Clear,
Not only the earthquakes but the Myanmar Tropical Cyclone, don't you know!
Harsh Judgment
June 30, 2008 - 22:21 ET by geoff.galeI think you're all being a bit harsh on Mr. Sumner. How could he solo in a plane that held other people, after all? :-)
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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Fiction Plane
July 1, 2008 - 08:43 ET by Hero SquadDid y'all know that his son is in a band... named - get this - "Fiction Plane." (it's an anagram for "Infant Police")
They opened up for The Police last summer. They weren't all that great (Fiction Plane, that is. The Police sounded fantastic.)
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"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
Sorry, but Rush blows the Police into the weeds.
July 1, 2008 - 00:17 ET by R D HelmGeddy Lee could out-play Sting one handed and without having to even think about it.
'nuff said.
The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz
The Bass God
July 1, 2008 - 01:08 ET by UnsaneGeddy IS The Bass God.
The end.
The concert in Vancouver? Money well spent. :-)
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
@Unsane
July 1, 2008 - 01:36 ET by geoff.galeBeg to differ, but on a technical level, Les Claypool from Primus is much more adept than Geddy Lee. As far as being a musician, Jaco Pastorius left Geddy in his dust, as he did with most other bass players. Honourable mentions to Ron Carter, Rick Laird, and Paul Denman.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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On Primus and Claypool
July 1, 2008 - 01:41 ET by UnsaneI am a HUGE fan of Primus and Claypool, but if there was no Geddy Lee, there would be no Les Claypool.
I am going to have to check out Mr. Pastorius and the others you mention.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
geoff, last I saw of Claypool, Primus was opening for Rush.
July 1, 2008 - 01:52 ET by R D HelmSorry.
Besides, Geddy Lee can play two instruments at the same time (sometimes even three), PLUS do the required vocals (live on stage, too).
Not only that, but Les has named Geddy Lee as one of his most important influences.
What say you?
PS-And no, I am not dissing Les here, either. Great bassist he is, but Geddy Lee he ain't.
The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz
Claypool et all
July 1, 2008 - 15:36 ET by geoff.galeGeddy opened doors in the bass pop world to be sure. Doors that had already been opened in the jazz world by Ron Carter and Rick Laird. Jaco Pastorius preceded Geddy by just a bit and really brought the art of advanced bass playing much farther than Geddy Lee did.
My comment was that Claypool is a better technician on the instrument than is Lee - not necessarily a better showman. He took what Lee started and moved it forward. In no way derogatory of Geddy Lee just recognition that a student of his style surpassed his level of technical proficiency.
My top 10?
Yeah, I admit that jazz guys dominate the list; in part because they generally have a better grasp of music theory, chording and structure; in part because the type of music they play leaves greater room for improvisation and creativity; and in part because I'm a purist bass player of 45 years.
Both Les and Geddy are just too pop/commercial for my tastes. Good players though - along with a lot of other players like John Paul Jones, Roger Waters, Billy Sheehan, Bobby Sheehan, Jack Cassady, Jack Bruce, Noel Redding, John Entwhistle, Michael Balzary (Flea), Marcus Miller, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Carl Radle, Rick Grech etc.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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geoff, you left out Chris Squire.
July 2, 2008 - 22:16 ET by R D HelmLOL-Shame on you. :-)
The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz
Unsane, glad I was able to help.
July 1, 2008 - 01:44 ET by R D HelmHeck, anything for a fellow Rush fan. :-)
22 days hence, I'll be enjoying my second helping of the Snakes and Arrows tour.
LOL-Hope they kept the Southpark lead-in for Tom Saywer. :-)
LMAO on that one!
The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz
That was
July 1, 2008 - 08:47 ET by Hero SquadThat was outstanding!
Haven't seen Rush since the "Roll the Bones" tour, but they were outstanding.
When I was in middle school, it seemed like every boy owned "Moving Pictures." And "Pyromania," but that's a story for another day.
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"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
I think people should just
July 1, 2008 - 01:49 ET by mostlymoderateI think people should just shut the hell up about the environment unless they actually WALK their TALK.
Stung by a wanna-bee!
July 1, 2008 - 07:30 ET by CrashAt least we fill our fourteen seater to capacity.
Environmental activists are all snake oil salesman. Here's the latest from Anthony Watts: http://wattsupwithth...
I'm wondering how long these twits will take
July 1, 2008 - 07:54 ET by c5thenBefore switching from "Golbal warming / climate change" to trying to "stop continental drift". This is actually a MUCH bigger problem and promises to do much more damage to their convenience and life-style.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
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July 1, 2008 - 19:58 ET by dahliatraversWe can do it. We CAN stop continental drift.
It was all spelled out along time ago....
July 1, 2008 - 08:03 ET by Prester John....in "Animal Farm" (I almost typed "Animal House"!) and "1984".
Whether it is "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others" or the newspeak of 1984, the aggressiveness of the Left will only intensify (especially if BHO is elected) and unless they are opposed things will get very unpleasant very quickly.
I suggest everyone dust off and reread their copies of these books or go borrow them because it describes what the Left is going to try and impose on us.
It ain't going to be pretty.
I mentioned in a differtent
July 1, 2008 - 14:24 ET by red_dragon311I mentioned in a differtent post that my daughter got a homework project for her freshman honors english class......to read "Animal Farm" and do a project about it
I am TOO excited as she is slowly seeing what is going on in our world.
and slowly but surly the "dad isn't as dumb as TV tells me he is" is showing through.
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
Now it's Dingy Harry''s turn to sound like a jackass...
July 1, 2008 - 08:12 ET by goldenthroat"The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" Check out this infantile, nauseating monologue from Dingy Harry Reid - how much further can these left-coast, bleeding-heart, 'do as I say, not as I do' environmentalist wackos go?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqR0Ui0g3wI
Would someone please pass me the Dramamine and Bromo?
"How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?" - Firesign Theatre
→ Dingy Harry
July 1, 2008 - 08:18 ET by Cool ArrowMaybe he's right.
When he was a kid his momma put coal in his Christmas stocking (for being a lying little sh*t) and he thought if was licorice.
You just have to understand the circumstance.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE
Duct tape time!!!
July 1, 2008 - 08:32 ET by motherbeltOh, for crying out loud!
This is the best the Democrats can do for a Senate leader?
Good grief! If ever there was a parody of an old woman, this is it.
I cannot believe this idiot says this.....stuff....seriously.
Coal makes us sick. Oil makes us sick. It's making us all sick!!
Well, Harriet, what's YOUR solution?
A world run on solar power?????
Sheesh.
(You can tell I'm flabbergasted. This comment is a four-bagger!)
Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson
Don't they realize the sun
July 1, 2008 - 08:48 ET by Hero SquadDon't they realize the sun causes skin cancer?
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"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
→ Firesign alert
July 1, 2008 - 08:56 ET by Cool ArrowThere, you see? The sun isn't going down, the horizon is moving up.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE
Possible future role for Sting
July 1, 2008 - 20:47 ET byPlaying lead in possible sequel to Tom Hanks' movie "Castaway"
stench
July 1, 2008 - 23:02 ET by acadia1755I do remember when Sting got this Indian from the Amazon in the UN to tell the world how they were being exterminated because the rain forest was being destroyed.
Sting Had Concerts to raise money so he could save these folks.
There was eventually lots of money and the Native got their lands.
I do remember some headlines.. The Ink is not even dried and the Native sold the lands to a Mining company.. Sting was heard to say .. Very disappointing.!
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Snakes & Arrows tour..I came, I saw, I yawned
July 2, 2008 - 22:22 ET by jefflebowskiI am a Rush fan but I lost contact with the band after the Hemispheres album. I actually met them after a concert in '79 in Greensboro, NC while I was in high school.
There are two songs that I never want to hear again...and both of them are Tom Sawyer! Radio killed that song. Anyway, took both of my boys to see Rush last summer. My 16 year old is a drummer and huge Neil fan. But we all agreed that Snakes & Arrows just isn't up to par. Rush has moved away from that Rush sound with different time signatures. I guess everything changes. I kept waiting for them to break into a Cygnus-X1 or Hemispheres but they must have played every song on the new album.
Anyway, I am sure some Rush fans like the new stuff but give me 2112 anyday!
Jeff Lebowski
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