PRINCE CHARLES AND GLOBAL WARMING IN THE RACE FOR IDIOT OF THE WEEK

Global Village Idiot Blog ^ | 2/24/09 | Henry Halloway

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Every blog needs a signature buzzword or catchphrase that immediately identifies the site in the mind of the reader.

Instapundit has "Heh." Michelle Malkin has "Unhinged."  And Daily Kos has "Chimpy".

In fact, Daily Kos has 11,100 "Chimpys."

 

 Heh. Unhinged.

To close this buzzword/catchphrase blogging-gap, I hereby announce "The Global Village Idiot of the Week" award.

Yes, each week I will scan the globe to bring you the biggest environmentalist whacko that the World Wide Web can offer.

And no, Al Gore is not eligible. In recognition of his many years of service to eco-absurdity, Al Gore is officially retired as Idiotus Emeritus of this blog. Any mention of Al Gore will be strictly non-competitive. We must allow fellow knuckleheads their place in the sun.

As it happens, however, it's not The Sun but the Daily Mail where we find our second knucklehead nominee (the first being a strong, early showing by Leonardo DiCaprio.)

The Prince of hypocrites: Charles embarks on 16,000 mile 'green' crusade... aboard a private jet

Prince Charles was accused of hypocrisy last night for using a private jet on an 'environmental' tour of South America. The prince will travel to the region next month in a visit costing an estimated £300,000 as part of his crusade against global warming.

He will use a luxury airliner to transport himself, the Duchess of Cornwall and a 14-strong entourage to Chile, Brazil and Ecuador on a 16,400-mile round trip.

The prince's determination to bring environmental issues to the forefront of public policymaking has been regularly praised but has also left him open to accusations of hypocrisy.

He was roundly criticised for flying first class to the U.S. with a 20-strong entourage to collect an environmental award in 2007.

He has also been pilloried for continuing to use gas-guzzling transport, although he has converted his classic Aston Martin to run on biofuel made from wine.

In a recent demonstration of this new biofuel technology, the Prince assembled reporters outside Windsor Castle and lifted a bottle of rare Lafite Rothschild '61 burgundy.  "Mum paid £2000 for this at auction in Paris back in '77," noted Charles. "Since then, it's just been sitting in the Castle wine celler, gathering noble rot, of no use to anyone. But now, this single bottle will be used to power my Aston an additional football pitch in length, give or take a gnat's knicker."

With a flourish, Charles opened the bottle and poured it under the Aston's bonnet. There was an embarrassing pause until a reporter from the Telegraph spoke up, advising the Prince that he had mistakenly poured the bottle's contents into the radiator of the engine’s cooling system and not the gas tank as intended. The embarrassed Prince chuckled nervously, then quipped, "Good thing Mum doesn't charge a corking fee!"   

...Charles and Camilla will arrive for their spring tour in Chile on March 8 and end their trip with a visit to the Galapagos Islands to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin....

Once on the Islands, Charles and Camilla will celebrate Darwin's birth by gutting and roasting a 200-year-old giant tortoise over an open pit in the evolutionist's honor, then use it's shell for the royal bathtub in Buckingham Palace. "It's amazing to think that this ancient beast was around to witness the birth of Darwin'" remarked the Prince. "It's only fitting that its life should end on the great man's bicentennial. Two hundred birthday celebrations is enough for anyone, what? I mean, just ask Camilla!"  

 

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[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[pogo101]

British Republicans (that is, Britons wishing to abolish the monarchy) should cherish Charles’ accession. He will be so unpopular that remaining support for the monarchy will collapse below critical mass.

Overeducated clown.

[FlyingEagle]

Is that Prince Charles’ horse sitting next to him?

Heh, unhinged chimpy.

[FrdmLvr]

Looks like Camilla’s going for the Diana look. She can try, but she ain’t no Diana.

[indestructable]

Britain is overrun by enemies of the west and run by liberal domestic enemies, and the monarch is focused on “global warming.” I wish Harry would decide to take control. He probably could.

[raybbr]

My favorite Prince Charles photo...

[Ditto]

Charlie at lest deserves Idiot of the Decade. But take it easy on the guy — ten centuries of Royal interbreeding does not produce rocket scientists.

[pogo101]

The only hope for the monarchy (yes) is that William or Harry, or someone else, convinces Charles to “abdicate in advance.” Charles is, to use the technical term, an assclown. His accession would bring down what remains of the monarchy.