Posted on 01/24/2008 11:24:09 AM PST by mnehring
aving climate campaigner Al Gore round to your house is to open yourself to a self-flagellating guilt trip, Irish rock star Bono confessed Thursday.
Sharing a stage with the former US vice president at the annual gathering of world movers and shakers in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the U2 frontman joked that their friendship was a source of pressure on the domestic front.
"He's been round my house and it's like... here's the recycler Al, you know... I've got a posh car, but it runs on ethanol Al," Bono said.
Acknowledging that a career in rock music was not always conducive to a green lifestyle, Bono compared a conversation with Gore to an act of religious contrition.
"It's like being with an Irish priest. You start to confess your sins," he said. "Father Al, I am not just a noise polluter, I am a noise-polluting, diesel-soaking, gulfstream-flying rock star.
"I'm going to kick the habit. I'm trying father Al, but oil has been very good for me -- those convoys of articulated lorries, petrochemical products, hair gel."
Bono and Gore were in Davos to push their respective campaigns for poverty alleviation and reducing carbon emissions.
.."Father Al, I am not just a noise polluter, I am a noise-polluting, diesel-soaking, gulfstream-flying rock star....
"I'm going to kick the habit. I'm trying father Al, but oil has been very good for me -- those convoys of articulated lorries, petrochemical products, hair gel."
I thought Al was the Pope?
They must be really tired after walking there.
I wonder if these two idiots walked to Davos. I’m guessing no.
Pardon me whilst I puke.
My wife was arranging a rental car for our trip to Arizona next month, and the company actually asked her if she wanted to spend another dollar to buy a carbon offset. She was still laughing when she called to tell me about it.
Do as I say, not as I do. Prooving the “rules” aren’t for elite libs, just everyone else must suffer for their “sins”.
Well, since Al Gore uses more electricity in a month at just his main mansion than you and I and our whole neighborhood do all year, and jets around the globe constantly in private jets and rides in SUVs, Bono (or anyone else) has nothing to apologize for. That is, if there really were man-made global warming. Which there isn’t.
How about everyone save some energy, and petroleum, and prevent noise pollution by refusing to purchase any more U2 discs?
You have got to be kiddding me!!! BARF!
At least Bono still has a sense of humor.
Carbon offset? that IS funny
More proof that it is a religion to these guys.
By Al alone yee shall be saved?
Two words come to my mind. Zinc Mine
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The boots of former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore are seen during a working session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 24, 2008. Climate change topped the agenda as well as pursuing a workable peace process in the Middle East and how technology is ushering in a new age of social networking that knows no borders. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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