Well, it makes sense…if Madonna (whom I take all my political advice from) is going to compare John McCain to one of the worst dictators of one of the most horrendous killing machines of the modern age, then we should compare Madonna to one of the worst environmental disasters of the modern age.  Hyperbole?  Exaggeration?  Perhaps…but she started it, so neener neener neener.

So what makes me make that comparison?  In her concerts on her “Sticky and Sweet” tour, Madonna has been showing rather heavy-handed videos comparing McCain to people like Hitler and Mugabe (and comparing Obama to people like Gandhi and John Lennon) and has made noises to the effect that she and her family have begun to change the way they operate so as to better show her concern for the planet.  Well, as long as it doesn’t affect her tour:

The 45 concerts are expected to generate more than 1,635 tons of carbon pollution in travel alone.

The emissions generated by the singer’s tour are equivalent to that created by 160 Britons in an entire year and equal to the emissions generated by leaving a standard 100 watt lightbulb on for about 4,000 years.

She will fly to 37 venues for the Sticky & Sweet tour in just under four months, transporting a team of 250. The string of 45 concert dates starts in Cardiff tonight.

Environmental experts calculated that by flying between concerts in Europe and then the United States, Madonna will rack up 95 tons of carbon in her private jet alone.

According to website Carbonfootprint.com, her 250 staff would generate 1,080 tons flying on commercial planes. There would be 460 tons of carbon from her heavy cargo.

Among the 250 personnel who will travel with her to every event are nine wardrobe assistants, 12 seamstresses, a 12-piece band, a chiropractor, personal trainer, masseuse, 16 caterers and around 100 technicians and dancers.

Four large freezers will also be constantly on hand to carry ice packs to soothe the aches and pains of Madonna and her dancers.

Thirty wardrobe trunks will be transported to each venue containing the singer’s massive wardrobe which is made up of more than 3,500 items.

Her annual carbon footprint is also the equivalent of 14,000 people living in Malawi, which is where she adopted her newest child from.

And if that wasn’t enough, the same video montage that features McCain and Obama also features shots of the Earth being harmed and destroyed, interspersed with the aforementioned heavy-handed shots.  Just in case you didn’t catch the subtlety the first time around.  Because, of course, Madonna is all about subtlety.

Like I’ve said before, McCain is no Hitler and Obama is no Gandhi.  Both candidates have their strengths and weaknesses.  Both candidates have done things right, and both candidates have done things wrong.  All this sort of thing does, her obvious preference for one over another and using major hyperbole to make her point, is create even larger chasms and dividing lines in a country which should be trying to pull together.  And like I’ve also said before, she hasn’t even made it to the US yet…do the people in Wales really care about McCain versus Obama?

And quite frankly, all it does is make Madonna look even more silly when she comes out in support of living moar green.  I guess it’s okay to talk the talk but not walk the walk, as long as you’re a mega-millionaire superstar.  “Do as I say, not as I do” is undoubtedly her daily mantra.

If Madonna wants to continue her proselytizing, then she needs to make sure she’s out of her so-called environmentally-friendly green house before she starts to throw naturally-gathered unwashed stones.

(big hattip and moar caeks to Deceiver)

Source: k

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