Bill Clinton had his bimbo eruptions. Now global warming has its own. Singer Sheryl Crow and "Inconvenient Truth" producer and Seinfeld co-creator Larry David's wife Laurie David are busy on what has now turned into a comedy tour by traveling the planet to help us all understand that the earth is heating, and it is all our fault and if we don't act now we are all doomed. Let's call them the global warming bimbo eruption.
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| Global Warming Bimbo Eruption: Sheryl Crow & Laurie David |
Laurie and Sheryl heated up the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, sporting lots of jewelry and plenty of cleavage. And for those that believe that bubble-headed Hollywood types don't have ideas - these gals have plenty of ways that you can change your lifestyle to save their planet. And it is comedy gold.
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These women have obviously been fairly sheltered as they have made their global warming case to the choir. When challenged they fail. Earlier this month while on their 'Stop Global Warming College Tour' Joe Kernen, a morning anchor for the financial network CNBC challenged David.
According to a report from Newsbusters - when Kernen referenced the British documentary “The Great Global Warming Swindle,” and presented evidence from it refuting anthropogenic global warming theories, David astoundingly responded, "Well, I haven’t seen it, but I do believe in fact and science. I mean, this is, again, isn’t my opinion. And the world has complete consensus on this. And I would just question who funded the documentary, and what their agenda is. I mean, I would ask that question, really. Because we, the debate, the debate is over."
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It's a shame that the global warming bimbos aren't up for debate. It would likely be wise to keep a dialogue moving. She added, "Let me just say this, okay. There’s now more CO2 than in the last 650,000 years. Now, just basic common sense says that cannot be a good thing. And, you know, its extreme weather in both directions. Every single day on the news, you guys are talking about extreme weather. So, there you go. 2006 was the warmest, wait a second, 2006 was the warmest on record, and they’re saying 2007 is going to be worse. Something is happening, and we really need to start acting, we really need to put the debate behind us."
Kernen then pointed out that in the past, there have been CO2 levels “fifteen and sixteen times” as high as today “without any warming.” It appears David wasn’t aware of this. Are we sure it has nothing to do with cosmic rays or sun spot activity or volcanoes? The footprint of humans for CO2 is apparently fairly small compared to volcanoes.
What was David’s response? Incredibly: Go see 'An Inconvenient Truth.'
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Her partner in saving the world has an even better idea, give up personal hygiene. "I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming. Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating."
"One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required."
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Laurie and Sheryl also made a splash as they demanded an audience with White House advisor Karl Rove over the weekend. The walked over to Table 92 at the Hilton Washington to chat with Karl Rove -- and the resulting exchange was suitably heated (adding to global warming no doubt) with David attacking Rove.
"I am floored by what I just experienced with Karl Rove," David reports. "I went over to him and said, 'I urge you to take a new look at global warming.' He went zero to 100 with me...I've never had anyone be so rude."
Rove's version: "She came over to insult me and she succeeded."
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According to a report from the Washington Post, things got so hot that Crow stepped in to defuse the situation and then got into it with Rove herself. "You work for me," she told the presidential adviser, according to singed bystanders. "No," was his response. "I work for the American people."
News of the dust-up filtered quickly through the room. Some witnesses said David was very aggressive with Rove; a shaken Crow later said that Rove was "combative and unresponsive."
Keep talking ladies.
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