If McCain Is Hitler, Then Madonna Is Chernobyl
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)
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does anyone even read your blog? i think you’re quite irrelvant and leaning on madonna to have a person or two click on your sad site.
*yawn*
Comment by googler — August 28, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
OMG, what people will do to get some attention, Madonna is a great person who has helped save thousands of lives including my own during her career. Why watse time with all this bull about her tour impacting the enviroment? The planes will still be flying no matter if Madonna tours or not, the arena’s will still be putting on concerts, so none of it is legit in the 1st place. Madonna tries to bring a postive message to the world using her fame and free speach something she has faught hard for so the rest of us can feel free to use our voice if we chose.
Rock on Madonna.
Comment by Josh — August 28, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
so madonna doesn’t like mccain… who cares? she’s got a right to express that in her tour, don’t you think. you don’t like madonna, who cares? - and i know you’ve got a right to express that in your stupid blog.
Comment by adam — August 28, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
Madonna did the McCain thing to get people talking about her. And the fact that you felt compelled to create a blog entry about it means she succeeded.
Comment by Andrew Thomas — August 29, 2008 @ 4:15 am
McCain is a loon, but then so is Madonna…they deserve each other.
Comment by Sean — August 29, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
I don’t see what the big deal is Mcain had tv ads comparing Obama to Britney spears, Paris Hilton. I think Obama should start running Madonna’s add just to get even.
Comment by Jnamies — August 30, 2008 @ 5:57 am
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