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Environmental climate heats up over pinups Raising funds 'Ecobabes' calendar
SFGate.com ^ | 11-26-06 | Peter Fimrite

Posted on 11/26/2006 5:22:56 PM PST by dynachrome

"I felt it was objectifying women and using their bodies to make money," said Alisha Clompus, 26, an artist and anthropologist who is office manager for the Northcoast center. "It's like making money off another form of oppression."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: calendars; ecobabes; globalwarming; sexism
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Watching libs fight is fun. Get the popcorn.

Here is one of the "babes":

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1 posted on 11/26/2006 5:22:57 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Isn't Rosie O'Donnel an eco freak too?


2 posted on 11/26/2006 5:27:10 PM PST by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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To: dynachrome
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3 posted on 11/26/2006 5:29:08 PM PST by sionnsar (?trad-anglican.faithweb.com?|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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4 posted on 11/26/2006 5:29:34 PM PST by sionnsar (?trad-anglican.faithweb.com?|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: proud_yank

All libs are ecofreaks in the sense that they want YOU to pay more taxes to "help" the enviroment. Thank goodness they didn't use rosie in the pics for the calendar. :)


5 posted on 11/26/2006 5:30:04 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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6 posted on 11/26/2006 5:30:24 PM PST by sionnsar (?trad-anglican.faithweb.com?|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: dynachrome

I can tell Miss Clompus is a real fun gal to be around.


7 posted on 11/26/2006 5:30:53 PM PST by Freedom4US (u)
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8 posted on 11/26/2006 5:30:55 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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To: dynachrome
Them's some tater eaters.


9 posted on 11/26/2006 5:31:40 PM PST by SquirrelKing
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To: dynachrome

Soooooo, do we boycott it because it objectifies women, or support it because it raises money for the enviroment? Is this some sort of "Earth Goddess" thing? Which side is the more important one?
I'll stick to the Pope Benedict calendar, thankyouverymuch.

"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you."


10 posted on 11/26/2006 5:32:22 PM PST by PandaRosaMishima (she who tends the Nightunicorn; who is glosser of Titanic's wings)
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11 posted on 11/26/2006 5:32:25 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: dynachrome
Very sylvan ;-)

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

12 posted on 11/26/2006 5:33:37 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: dynachrome

As long as they photoshop out the hairy armpits and legs I might have a looksee.

Damn good thing they aren't scratch-n-sniff...


13 posted on 11/26/2006 5:33:43 PM PST by rottndog (WOOF!!!)
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To: dynachrome
"I felt it was objectifying women and using their bodies to make money," said Alisha Clompus, 26, an artist and anthropologist who is office manager for the Northcoast center

So where's the problem again?

14 posted on 11/26/2006 5:34:38 PM PST by Centurion2000 (If the Romans had nukes, Carthage would still be glowing.)
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As long as they photoshop out the hairy armpits and legs I might have a looksee.

Don't bother... A complete waste of time that I will never get back.

15 posted on 11/26/2006 5:36:14 PM PST by John123 (As a tribute to Red, I will light a cigar for every game the Celtics win this season...)
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To: dynachrome

Hah, I see more epidermis than that every day, in your typical advertisement or TV show. If I buy that calendar, you know it will be for the purpose of making a donation.


16 posted on 11/26/2006 5:36:24 PM PST by Berosus ("There is no beauty like Jerusalem, no wealth like Rome, no depravity like Arabia."--the Talmud)
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To: dynachrome
I like this one better.

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17 posted on 11/26/2006 5:36:42 PM PST by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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"I like this one better"
So do I, so I stole it!


18 posted on 11/26/2006 5:38:51 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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That's why I stole it to begin with.


19 posted on 11/26/2006 5:39:55 PM PST by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: dynachrome

If that is the best they can do, their cause is lost.


20 posted on 11/26/2006 5:40:03 PM PST by ikka
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