Will Get Fooled Again
Environment: Will Al Gore's "Live Earth" concerts to remind us of the global warming bogeyman be acoustic affairs played without lights and amplification? No? Then why not call them the Live Hypocrisy concerts?
As many as 2 billion of us are expected to watch more than 150 pop and rock acts Saturday at various locations across the world. Gore sees the extravaganza as the "beginning of a three-year campaign worldwide to deliver information about how we solve the climate crisis."
But there's no crisis here except for a crisis of credibility — and not just that of Gore, whose credibility has been in question for decades. The credibility that's on the line is that of the global warming movement, which is already questionable. The event's organizers, promoters, celebrities and participants are engaging in one of most monumental acts of hypocrisy in memory.
I'm reminded of the oldAndy Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland movies where the kids decide they can solve any problem by putting on a show. Everyone is smiling and feels great about themselves at the end.
On wonders if the adoring fans who attend and watch this event out of their concern for the environment will give the carbon credits sham a second thought.
UPDATE: Oops. Brain fart. What can I say? I was at the beach and the bikinis distracted me. Anyway, it was Mickey Rooney, not that senile old idiot Andy.
As many as 2 billion of us are expected to watch more than 150 pop and rock acts Saturday at various locations across the world. Gore sees the extravaganza as the "beginning of a three-year campaign worldwide to deliver information about how we solve the climate crisis."
But there's no crisis here except for a crisis of credibility — and not just that of Gore, whose credibility has been in question for decades. The credibility that's on the line is that of the global warming movement, which is already questionable. The event's organizers, promoters, celebrities and participants are engaging in one of most monumental acts of hypocrisy in memory.
I'm reminded of the old
On wonders if the adoring fans who attend and watch this event out of their concern for the environment will give the carbon credits sham a second thought.
UPDATE: Oops. Brain fart. What can I say? I was at the beach and the bikinis distracted me. Anyway, it was Mickey Rooney, not that senile old idiot Andy.
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