Honestly, the arrogance of some Hollywood liberals knows no bounds. As they live in their million dollar mansions, and jet-set around the world in a manner that 99.99 percent of the population can’t fathom, these folks have the gall to tell others how they should alter their lives for the benefit of the planet.
The most recent example is Leonardo DiCaprio, the 32-year-old actor that has absolutely no formal training in geology, climatology, meteorology, or anything in any way related to complex earth sciences.
In fact, in the picture to the right, DiCaprio could easily be answering a question about just how much education he has in these or related subjects, as according to Wikipedia, Leo never attended college.
Yet, he has the unmitigated audacity to claim in his new film that if we don’t listen to him and other scientifically uneducated folks like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore, we’re all going to die.
As reported by The London Paper (emphasis added throughout):
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio sent out a message about global warming at the Cannes Film Festival.
The heartthrob has made a film, the 11th Hour, warning that human beings face extinction as a result of the environmental crisis.
Imagine that. These alarmists haven’t been able to get enough attention by threatening famine, stronger hurricanes, droughts, floods, malaria, and all manner of unrest with their unwarranted hysteria. So, I guess the next step is to suggest that we’re all going to die if we don’t listen to them.
Isn’t that special?
Yet, the most delicious hypocrisy was still to come:
DiCaprio defended Gore from criticism over the amount of energy he has been reportedly using to jet around the world and to run his home.
"Don't shoot the messenger", he said. "This person is trying to relay a message to the public and the way that he travels should not be splayed out like that."
Yes, Leo, but his message to the public is that we all should radically alter our lifestyles to save the planet. Why should we do that if the messenger appears not to be?
Of course, given his apparent lack of advanced education, this hypocrisy is clearly eluding our boy Leo. But, it doesn’t end there:
The US star said he took steps in his own life to reduce global warming, telling the famous film festival: "I do try to live my life in a green manner. I have installed solar panels in my house and the car that I drive is a hybrid one.”
Sure, Leo. Here’s an overhead picture of your house in Bel Air, California. Can you tell the class how much energy you use to heat, light, and air condition it each year?
Please, be precise, Leo, and tell us how many kilowatts of electricity you use each month, along with natural gas and/or heating oil, and don't forget to include the water to irrigate your intricate landscaping.
Also, tell us how you’ve specifically altered your lifestyle since you took on this cause? What’s YOUR carbon footprint, and are you willing to take Senator Inhofe’s Personal Energy Ethics Pledge to reduce your energy use to that of the average American's in twelve months?
If not, honestly Leo, regardless of your charm, your money, and your good intentions, you’re just another rich, “Do as I Say, Not as I Do” Hollywoodan who should be seen and not heard.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.















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warning that human beings f
May 20, 2007 - 00:42 ET by MilesDwarning that human beings face extinction as a result of the environmental crisis.
I wonder if it is possible that little dweebs with less education than a graduate of canine obedience school might be the first of the casualties
Look, he's playing to his cho
May 20, 2007 - 01:09 ET by Sonny LykosLook, he's playing to his choir. People like him remind me of bullies as kids who looked at their friends for approval of his acts as he harrassed some other poor kid. Fell sorry for DiCaprio because he, like the rest of that nothing group, are really pathetic people. They are constantly trying to get attention, the poor morons.
Yeah, but they do manage to
May 20, 2007 - 01:42 ET by MilesDYeah, but they do manage to get attention.
He gets a big hug from his Uncle Albert, and that in turn gets him on magazine covers and more importantly, it gives him opportunities to speak (and recommend policy) with authority on subjects he knows nothing about.
Does this crap exist in every civilization, I wonder? Certainly "celebrities" have always spoken out in subjects they have no knowledge of, but I can't shake the feeling that the recent ones within Albert's orbit are given far more attention than any I am aware of in the past.
The most frightning thing is, the media used to use the stupid things celebrities say regarding things they know nothing about to entertain people. Now the media don't find humor in it anymore, and the media only condemn anyone who dares to laugh at them
Is everyone ready for Hollywo
May 20, 2007 - 19:01 ET by mulerider24Is everyone ready for Hollywood to start boycotting modern medicine because people are still dieing? Let's get out in front of this "self-fulfilling prophecy" campaign and beat them to the punch!
Mr. Sheppard, The headline SH
May 20, 2007 - 01:30 ET by AvatarMr. Sheppard, The headline SHOULD read:
Leonardo DiCaprio's Film, CLAIMING Global Warming, could cause human extinction (depending on how many people watch it).
The Avatar
Avatar
May 20, 2007 - 01:33 ET by Noel SheppardAvatar,
You might be right. Hopefully, only liberals will see it. :-) ns
hopefully the film will earn an alias--
May 20, 2007 - 01:37 ET by misterbillhopefully the film will earn an alias--
DiCaprio stars in another version of The Departed--soon to leave a theater near you.
Now, had his film claimed g
May 20, 2007 - 02:28 ET by marvlNow, had his film claimed global warming will lead to a huge infestation of uneducated Hollywood morons, I might have been truly scared. If, however, human extinction means no more Leonardo DiCaprios, I can only see that as a good thing. Lets all eat some more beans and remove the catalytic converters from our cars.
I've come to the conclusion t
May 21, 2007 - 11:08 ET by taznarI've come to the conclusion the "Hollywood morons" lack the intelligence to discern the difference between reality and the fiction they create. They actually seem to believe if it would make a good script for a movie, then it must be true. Their entire lives are an "act" and they think we should all buy into the movie that is their life.
Funny one of the biggest
May 20, 2007 - 03:47 ET by mlongFunny one of the biggest arguments environmentalist make (or use too) was the planet was overpopulated with humans and that we needed to start population control measures..man I wish these people would make up their mine..in the 70's we were heading into another ice age..in the 80's it was nuclear winter,now it's Global warming or the new term Climate change(so they don't get embarrassed when a snow storm hits a planned Global warming protest).
The only bright spot is that the Hollywood crowd is in the forefront of this movement which means like Aids and the Homeless they'll quickly grow tired of it and move on to a new fad.
PS I know the picture isn't for a caption post but..."Yes 2 inches is about right"
I can't think of too many peo
May 20, 2007 - 05:03 ET by GalvanicI can't think of too many people who can actually make Prince Albert Gore look intellectual, but Lenny DiCaprio is one of them. Like his mentor, DiCaprio deflects guilt and shame by declaring "Don't shoot the messenger," which he used to apologize for Gore's transgressions, but gratuitously extends to himself.
Here's a question:... Accor
May 20, 2007 - 05:50 ET by Jack BauerHere's a question:...
According to IMDB Pro, after many years making commercials and small roles in TV, DiCapricious started acting professionally when he was 16.
That would have been his first "environmental" movie Critters 3!
A seminal role that has clearly informed his thinking about so-called green issues! See... mess with nature and this is what happens: global warming and you get eaten by hairy monsters.
UPDATE:
Just found the following bio entry...
Whatever THAT means...
life is my collegeGlad to exp
May 20, 2007 - 07:15 ET by dahliatraverslife is my college
Glad to explain, Jack. It's profound. It means he is profound, his outlook is profound and, wherever he goes and whatever he does, he is profoundly open to everything life has to teach and offer.
In fact, thank you for bringing this remark to our attention. I have had an epiphany and will be attempting to infuse my own life philosophy with such profundity.
dahlia --- Then you're goin
May 20, 2007 - 07:57 ET by Jack Bauerdahlia --- Then you're going to love this Leo quote from IMDB... wow this explains it all regarding Educating Leo...
And just in case you were worried that he was down to his last carbon credit. Dont...
Wholesale cheating. Right.
May 20, 2007 - 20:34 ET by dahliatraversWholesale cheating. Right. I've added it to the list.
Ah-oohmmm ...
Leonardo Retardo says: &quo
May 20, 2007 - 08:10 ET by Seabeach4348Leonardo Retardo says: "I do try to live my life in a green manner. I have installed solar panels IN my house [emphasis mine] and the car I drive is a hybrid one."
Wow. Sound the trumpets.
Just a word of advice, Leo: installing solar panels IN your house isn't going to do much for you. Most solar panels are installed ON the house, usually somewhere on the roof. Did you read the instructions? No? Oh, can't read very much? Sorry about that.
But, really Leo, with a mansion the size of yours, how much of a difference are a few solar panels going to make?
What I want to know is how much toilet paper Leo is using! Forget the solar panels and the hybrid, toilet paper is the true test of a living his life in "...a green manner...."
Is he adhering to the One-Sheet-per-Dump limit set my Ms Cheryl Crow? (I think that was her name...)
what leo meant
May 20, 2007 - 09:01 ET by the mad poleLeo meant to say paneling, solar paneling
After reading his comments
May 20, 2007 - 06:37 ET by NortonPeteAfter reading his comments I realize why "The time for debate is over".
Debating a mentally deranged individual is pointless.
Actually if Humans are extinguished, won't that solve Global Warming? So what's the problem?
Unfortunately, millions will
May 20, 2007 - 06:42 ET by chessplayerUnfortunately, millions will believe everything he says. Why? Because he`s a Hollywood star. And, as we all know, Hollywood stars know everything about everything.
What a moron!
May 20, 2007 - 07:33 ET by GatorgradGreat! Yet another moronic rube from Holyweird telling the world that the sky is falling. Let me guess.....Tons of statistics that "prove" the points of the movie.
BARF!
The caption to the picture sh
May 20, 2007 - 08:09 ET by ahusserThe caption to the picture should read: "This is the size of my brain"
"A mind is a terrible thing." - A comic I forgot the name of.
The list of "actors" I will w
May 20, 2007 - 08:38 ET by mytwocentsThe list of "actors" I will watch in the future is getting incredibly small.
Leo's political beliefs may
May 20, 2007 - 08:44 ET by sarcasmoLeo's political beliefs may be nutty, but you should not deny yourself seeing "Catch Me If You Can" with him & Tom Hanks just because of that. Outstanding movie, and timely subject too. Normally, I walk out of movies wanting some or all of my money back from Hollywood, but not that time.
JMR
Sorry, but I stand by my stat
May 20, 2007 - 09:03 ET by mytwocentsSorry, but I stand by my statement. I no longer patronize many otherwise fine actors who have aired their political views in public. Stick to acting if you are an actor.
Well, if you can manage to
May 20, 2007 - 09:18 ET by sarcasmoWell, if you can manage to catch it for free sometime, it's a good one. But I know how you feel about some actors (and musicians).
JMR
I started trying to keep tr
May 20, 2007 - 09:31 ET by NortonPeteI started trying to keep track of the "no longer going to patronize list" and it got longer and longer, music, tv, movies etc. I haven't given up but I saw certain amount of pointless effort in trying to follow the collectively dumb Hollywood crowd.
When I watch a movie with actors I don't know how would I know their politics?
So I changed my rules a bit, I won't actively patronize someone who is a advocate but I'm also going to ignore anything they say outside of their assigned roll. I going to ignore them but still enjoy a flick without guilt.
I just find it hard to watch
May 20, 2007 - 09:51 ET by mytwocentsI just find it hard to watch them, even in a good flick, without recalling some of their vitriolic comments, rants, and raves. I will however, watch most anything by Tom Selleck or John Voight
I actualy have grown fond of
May 20, 2007 - 10:32 ET by Roger the ShrubberI actualy have grown fond of DiCaprio's latest movies. I just ignore his politics, just like I ignore Clooney's. He is a good actor. A real douchebag in real life, but a good actor.
decrappio
May 20, 2007 - 09:06 ET by the mad poleCOMING SOON TO A GRADE SCHOOL NEAR YOU
DiCaprio's new cause
May 20, 2007 - 09:09 ET by c5thenHe and the other left loonies should stand out on the corners of Wiltshire Blvd with signs that read "THE END IS NEAR".
Why didn't we poor humans become extinct during the Medevil Warm Period when temperatures were significantly warmer than they are now? Why didn't we disappear during the Little Ice Age that followed when temperatures were significantly colder than they are now?
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic
Waste Not, Want not
May 20, 2007 - 09:25 ET by doug1950The next thing we all need to do is do our part and not go to their movies, concerts, shows, etc. Imagine how much energy is wasted during the filming and subsequent showing of these movies. Air conditioning the theaters, lighting , even cooking the popcorn takes energy. Not to mention the automobiles and airplanes used to escort these pointy headed morons around before, during and after production. Most movies got to have a least one car chase (gasoline waste plus carbon emissions out the wahzoo for that). Usually the car chase ends in a firey crash; more pollution there. The list just goes on and on. Same for concerts and premiere showings. Hell, we could probably save the planet just by not participating in the whole Hollywood and Entertainment community production. Im beginning to feel safer already. I'm already doing my part so I must have racked up thousands of carbon credits; I haven't been to but maybe one movie in the last...oh say 17 years. Where does one cash in these carbon credits anyway?
What ticks me off the most is
May 20, 2007 - 09:32 ET by midnight cowboyWhat ticks me off the most is that these pretty boys (and girls) with the cranial fortitiude of a Planters peanut, is they always hide behind the lights, the sets, the cameras, the paparazzi, the peers, the 50 million dollar mansions, to emit their verbal diarrhea. Let them come face to face and spew their bile in front of the growing number of scientists who have become man made global warming skeptics. That would be reality TV worth watching. But we all know they don't have the "cajones" to actually try to support their idiocy.
human beings face extinction
May 20, 2007 - 10:59 ET by botghuman beings face extinction as a result of the environmental crisis.
Sorry i can't pass this up the caption for the picture:
"This was the average size of a dinosaur brain before they went extinct it is also the size of my brain therefore we are doomed"
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
Leo, bubby! It is too bad y
May 20, 2007 - 11:33 ET by MikeBLeo, bubby! It is too bad you came into environmentalism so late. Haven't you heard? We, all of humanity, are already dead. It happened back in the 70's with the global famine caused by the Population Bomb. What? You missed that? Oh, well, how about the global ice age that started, also in the 70's? You didn't get the memo on that, either? My bad. You didn't have that smart kid from high school read it to you. Well, then, surely you didn't miss the extinction of mankind because the oceans died. Surely you heard of that. After all, your compatriot Ted Danson told us we only had 5 years, and that was over 20 years ago. Yep, Leo, we're already dead, you're just too d*mn stupid to realize it. Either that, or you're d*mn stupid to buy into yet another "sky is falling", everybody panic now scheme that the liberals are trying to foist off on us so they can pass yet more useless laws whose only purpose is to take away yet more freedoms from the great unwashed.
More plainly put, in deference to your level of education: Stuff it, toadboy.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
One of the things that I am
May 20, 2007 - 12:13 ET by ViperOne of the things that I am not happy about is the fact that people like this have a platform to portray their opinions as fact and that so many people put weight in what they have to say. I do believe that they have just as much a right to their opinion as I have to mine. The fact that they are well known just gives them acess to media that we lack. It often seems that their opinions and beliefs change with whatever the latest "cause celeb" is and that it's more of a media consideration for them than having anything to do with critical thinking or research. This is an emotional issue for them and has more to do with power and control than true debate or honesty.
As an aside, I am grateful to NB for bringing to light that 15 year old girl's website, ponderthemaunder.com as well as whoever posted that link to a speech from the heritage foundation, why modern liberals think the way they do. Thank you.
I'd like to add this interest
May 20, 2007 - 12:56 ET by ViperI'd like to add this interesting read.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/05/of_flatulent_cows_and_liberal.html
I have an answer
May 20, 2007 - 13:59 ET by goldenthroatThe 'source' of global warming? All the hot air that left-coast, bleeding-heart, 'do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do' liberals like pretty boy Leo are spewing out to try to justify their baseless claims.
Never dance on an empty stomach unless it's a liberal.
Leonardo Decapitated speaks!
May 21, 2007 - 14:29 ET by Ted ClarkeCheck out the interview at the "Hollywood Reporter" titled, "DiCaprio Sheds Light on the '11th Hour'". It was laughable. If I understand him correctly, this is what he is saying: 1) The Global Warming debate is over because there is an "overwhelming majority of the scientific community that believes in it. (not "believes it" but "believes in" it, like a child believes in Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy.) 2) His movie, "The 11th Hour", is a "platform" where "scientific experts" can present their "emotionally moving" "vision" without having to make any scientific arguments. They can say whatever they want without ever being "challenged about the science". And when it comes to the issues of being "correct" and/or "valid", Leo makes it clear: these are non-issues. Evidently, his "scientific experts" are not beholden to the truth. 3) When asked how an average person can help in the fight against global warming, Leo recommends, first and foremost, that we vote for "politicians that support green policies" (i.e. only Democrats can save the planet). Later he asserts that the issue of global warming "goes beyond whether you are a Democrat or a Republican in the United States". So to Leo, politics are both central and totally irrelevant to our survival. 4) Finally, Leo hits us with this gem: "Yes, a lot of the science is very hard to wrap your head around. But I was very clear in the movie. I want the public to be very scared by what they see. I want them to see a very bleak future. I want them to feel disillusioned halfway through and feel hopeless." He doesn't want us to think. He wants us to feel. And he wants us to vote in lock-step, like true slaves to mindless propaganda.