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Humans face extinction claims star (Leonardo Di Caprio)
The London Paper ^
| May 19, 2007
Posted on 05/19/2007 3:38:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio sent out a message about global warming at the Cannes Film Festival.
The heartthrob has made a film, the 11th Hour, warning that human beings face extinction as a result of the environmental crisis.
At a press conference in the South of France following the screening, The Blood Diamond actor, 32, attacked US President George Bush, saying: "It's very simple. He's done very little for the environmental movement."
The Titanic star's latest film, which he narrates, follows another environmental warming documentary by former US Presidential candidate Al Gore, shown at the Cannes Film Festival last year.
DiCaprio defended Gore from criticism over the amount of energy he has been reportedly using to jet around the world and to run his home.
"Don't shoot the messenger", he said. "This person is trying to relay a message to the public and the way that he travels should not be splayed out like that."
DiCaprio said it should be oil companies that came under scrutiny and that the Government should make systematic change.
The US star said he took steps in his own life to reduce global warming, telling the famous film festival: "I do try to live my life in a green manner. I have installed solar panels in my house and the car that I drive is a hybrid one.
"But it's more about the day-to-day things, being conscious about being a consumer, about looking to endorse green technology. People ask, 'what can a hybrid car do?' It's not about that. It's about being a consumer, the choices you make everyday."
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Oh, shut up already!!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hey you brainiac, DeCraprio....the gov’t profits MORE off of gasoline sales than the oil companies! And, it’s just the “middleman.”
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:39:51 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(We need to cure Academentia)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The whole planet faces extinction in less then five billion years unless Vega smashes head on in fifty million years.
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:40:02 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Treaty)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Leonardo Dicaprio is an idiot. There, I said it and I feel better for having said it.
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:40:05 PM PDT
by
whenigettime
(I could say shut up and act but he (dicaprio) should do neither.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We're Doomed!
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:41:00 PM PDT
by
50mm
(la prensa dos en traducir mi línea de etiqueta al inglés)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Given his sexual orientation, his gene line will certainly be extinguished.
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:41:43 PM PDT
by
lag along
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am sick to death of the left and its constant "preaching" the religion of global warming. I would think most right thinking Americans are getting their fill.
The average person sees these "spokesmen" flying here and there and traveling in their SUVs. Most people I know think these actors are nothing but dimwitted hypocrites.
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:42:54 PM PDT
by
Lawgvr1955
(You can never have too much cowbell !!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:43:08 PM PDT
by
Uncle Hal
To: whenigettime
I agree, what an idiot. I am so tired of rich stars, they get popular and rich and all of the sudden they become experts on US politics. I find very few stars or entertainers that i can stand anymore. Is it a requirement to be a liberal and an elitist when you get famous?
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:43:39 PM PDT
by
slow5poh
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It takes a certain level of brain function just to maintain a heartbeat ...
I often wonder why these folks don’t just drop over dead because they had too few synapses firing to keep breathing.
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:44:28 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(We all thread in this earth swathe.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
In that case, Leonardo, send all of your money to the following address.....
To: slow5poh
I think it is a requirement to show ones’ self an idiot once the photodudes are all over you. I really appreciate the hollywood ones who go private and only show up in really good movies.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
He’s a celebrity. He must know what he’s talking about.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Decaprio endangered millions of innocent creatures when he and his film crew devastated a Thai beach.
He should move to France.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:50:20 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Vaclav Klaus: "A whip of political correctness strangles their voice")
To: Tax-chick
Poor Leo forgot Abe Lincoln’s advice:
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:56:00 PM PDT
by
NCSteve
(Trying to take something off the Internet is like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.)
To: whenigettime
It is very sad to me, it’s hard for me to have any respect for almost anyone in the entertainment industry. Even good ol’ eastwood seems to be leaning left as of late. Every time i liked an actor or singer, they would come out with some liberal crap. For example, alot of the rock groups that I like expunge liberal crap.
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:58:20 PM PDT
by
slow5poh
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Like this Schmuck has any inkling of what the entire subject is about.
He is pushing it as a mediocre actor, and no kind of scientist.
The mirror reflection of AL Gore in a none too clean toilet bowl.
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:58:36 PM PDT
by
Gideon Reader
(DEMOCRATS: Not quite American, and proud of it! And the Republicans are striving for parity.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
If humans, who caused the global warming problem, go extinct, wouldn’t that fix the problem?
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posted on
05/19/2007 3:58:56 PM PDT
by
kenth
(I got tired of my last tagline...)
To: slow5poh
They only do this for the publicity, folks. Getting their names in the papers is everything. Some take it seriously, but most are just playing the game.
How else will he get his name in print? He’d, like, have to do something remarkable.
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posted on
05/19/2007 4:00:16 PM PDT
by
Silly
(http://www.sarcasmoff.com)
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