Add Streisand, Paltrow, Diaz, Chase to List of Anti-SUV Hypocrites

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[Free ThinkerNY]

Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Monday, Jan. 13, 2003

Add Streisand, Paltrow, Diaz, Chase to List of Anti-SUV Hypocrites

Norman Lear, Arianna Huffington and Sen. John Kerry aren't the only anti-SUV hypocrites. Add Barbra Streisand, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz and Chevy Chase to the growing list.

Tinseltown's anti-choice left is certainly making an ass of itself this time. "Many of the Hollywood celebrities behind the new campaign against gas-guzzling SUVs are hypocrites who consume huge quantities of fossil fuels in their stretch limos, Gulfstream jets and oversized Beverly Hills mansions," the New York Post's cheeky Page Six column noted today.

Paltrow's latest role: appearing in ads for Lear's Enviromental Media Association accusing SUV owners of supporting terrorism. "But some of Paltrow's neighbors find her to be an odd choice for an anti-SUV poster girl," the Post noted.

"She drives a Mercedes-Benz SUV," revealed one of Paltrow's neighbors in Manhattan's West Village. "Not only does she drive an SUV, she selfishly parks it on the sidewalk in our neighborhood."

Paltrow's mouthpiece refused to respond.

Long-ago star Chase claims to be a big supporter of Lear's group, but that doesn't stop him from tooling around Westchester County in his big fat SUV.

"They keep it in the back, and it's very rarely used," Chase's flack, Alan Eichorn, told Page Six. "They only use it when they have to attach the horse trailer or when they're carrying a lot of kids."

Oh? What about all the ecological damage that "environmentalists" claim horses cause? And how many vehicles do Chase and his wife have?

At least three. Eichorn bragged that the "extremely enviromentally conscious" Chase and his wife have two of Toyota's Prius hybrid cars, in addition to their SUV and who knows what else.

"They hate having the SUV, and they're going to get rid of it as soon as the carmakers come out with a hybrid version," Eichorn said.

Get rid of it? How environmentally insensitive. Do Hollywood's left-wing thought police suggest cramming our precious landfills with vehicles that still work? Where exactly do these people think all that metal, plastic, rubber and glass came from? (Hint: Think Mother Earth.)

That brings to mind a recent interview with Cameron Diaz, in which she bragged of ignoring her garage full of cars in favor of her new Prius. When Diaz isn't doffing her duds in such awful movies as "The Sweetest Thing," she makes use of the photo opportunities at La-La Land's luxurious "environmental" fund-raisers. Exactly how many cars does one starlet need?

And then there's Babs.

"Barbra Streisand, meanwhile, never seems to tire of telling other people how to live, but the world would be a pretty smog-filled place if the rest of us lived like her," Page Six observed. "As The Post reported recently, Streisand and her hubby James Brolin have SUVs."

Babs' P.R. hack claims that Mrs. and Mr. Streisand also plan to buy a Prius. Just one new toy in the overflowing playpen of those infantile but materialistic Hollywood hypocrites.

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[rintense]

Where can one find a list of celebs that support this insanity?

[dead]

Toyota must be thrilled that their Prius is apparently becoming the "must-have" accessory for illogical and hypocritical leftist SUV owners.

I can see a great new ad campaign:

"You don't even need to drive it! Just keep one in the garage to assuage your slight tinge of guilt."

[doug from upland]

Yes, we are living Orwell's ANIMAL FARM --- All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others."

Those stars who want to help the environment could buy an electric Toyota RAV4 or a Volvo bi-fuel which runs on gasoline and liquified natural gas. They could buy an electric Ford Ranger. They could buy the new Honda Civic hybrid. If they bought a 2003 Accord with standard 4-cylinder and ran it with ChevronTexaco low-sulfur fuel, what would come out the tailpipe would be cleaner than the ambient air. With their money, they could modify any vehicle to run on clean-burning natural gas.

Ed Begley Jr. is the only one in Hollywood who has the moral authority to speak on the subject. He has an electric vehicle and rides a bicycle.

[Paul Atreides]

There certainly are a lot of celebs who are just now about to get rid of their SUVs. Are we to believe that they all suddenly had this overwhelming sense of responsibility because they think they are supporting terrorists by owning an SUV?

[Gaffrig]

What really gets me about the hollywood types is that they whine about SUV's all day, then hop in there G - IV and fly wherever it is they go. A Gulfstream 4 burns more fuel flying from L.A. to N.Y and back than most suv's burn all year. These people are nuts, they just don't get it.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

It was mentioned recently on FR that Bob Redford has an SUV but Redford says that was OK because he goes "exploring" in it.

It's also been pointed out that algore will drive up in a caravan of 24 SUV's and limos to give a speech on the evils of fossil fuels and the internal combustion engine.

Do as I say, not as I do, seems to be the consistent philosophy here.

[billhilly]

""You don't even need to drive it! Just keep one in the garage to assuage your slight tinge of guilt."

But if you don't buy it you can save even more. That is kinda the reason I didn't buy a Gulfstream.

[billhilly]

""You don't even need to drive it! Just keep one in the garage to assuage your slight tinge of guilt."

But if you don't buy it you can save even more. That is kinda the reason I didn't buy a Gulfstream.

[ErnBatavia]

I cannot envision Barbra Streisand doing something as mundane as driving...

[Paul Atreides]

However, not a word is said about giving up the yachts, limos, private jets, mansions, and assorted toys that Hollywood uses.

[richardtavor]

I saw him in an interview. He was asked if he owned a car--he said yes, but only uses it when he needs to get somewhere.

[Squantos]

From the "SUV's bad"......."30 foot long limo's good" tribe of socialist idiots. See em all at the Academy awards fiasco coming to a TV screen near you soon.

Polidiots & Actors = losers who lie with a straight face.

[Conan the Librarian]

CDs are made from oil.
Audio cassettes are made from oil.
Movie cameras have parts made from oil.
Video cameras have parts made from oil.
Stereo systems have parts made from oil.
TV sets have parts made from oil.
Radio and TV transmitters, and cable all have parts made of oil.
Movie film is made from trees (unless its fake celuloid then its oil)

When the Hollywood crowd gives up producing movies, music cds, tv shows and radio programs, then they can complain about oil usage.

They won't because it would be THEIR lifestyle thats at stake then, not the rest of us.

Remember, supporting the Hollywood-Left is supporting Terrorism!

[Weimdog]

Your right about Ed Begley but...

"There's also the issue of whether or not electric vehicles would actually reduce pollution. The electricity needed to recharge the battery has to come from another power source. Unless that power source is nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar or geothermal, there is little or no net reduction in pollution or CO2 because most electrical power in this country is generated by burning coal or natural gas. No new nuclear power plants have been built in the U.S. for over 25 years, and many nukes are now reaching retirement age and will have to be decommissioned. Unless there is a rebirth of nuclear energy or a large-scale shift to alternative sources of clean power (which are more expensive and require huge financial investments), electric vehicles aren't going far."

http://www.babcox.com/editorial/cm/cm50120.htm

[Dick Bachert]

During a rebroadcast of a Clark Howard show (WSB-AM in Atlanta), Clark spent some time describing yet ANOTHER bit of insanity in the tax code.

For those not familiar with this document, it is so named as it is written in some sort of indecipherable “code” understood ONLY by a hunch-backed creature kept chained in the basement of the Capitol Building in Washington. The creature is brought forth during periodic tax legislation “mark-up” sessions to translate already virtually incomprehensible “lawyerese” into this totally incomprehensible “code.”

Howard – apparently having retained the services of the creature for purposes of translation – disclosed that one of the reasons we see so many more 10,000 # gas-guzzling SUVs (with which I have no problem) on the roads is – the tax code.

In what MAY be a classic case of unintended consequences (or an equally classic intended loophole for a specific class of citizen), it seems that business owners, professionals and some who buy one of a dozen or so of the specific vehicles listed in the code may write off the cost of same on his taxes. This, of course, permits those of us who drive those stupid little economical vehicles to subsidize their behemoths.

Originally INTENDED to give a tax break to (read that “social engineer”) farmers for certain large trucks needed in their businesses, this section of the “code” is apparently so badly and loosely written that it contains a loophole big enough to -- drive a subsidized SUV through. Seems that some of the creature’s more alert brethren, aka “tax attorneys”) found that their non-farmer clients could hitch a ride at the expense of us dummies out there who can’t or won’t consort with these alien life forms.

So we have the spectacle of the government encouraging folks to car-pool – knees on their chests -- in Yugos and use LESS petroleum based energy on one hand while encouraging the growing herd of street legal monster trucks on the other, from one of which, Ariana Huffnblow, Babs Streisand, Swineth Paltry, Chevy "Has Been" Chase, etc. may be screaming about subsidizing terrorists.

Clark wrapped the segment by saying that he’d gotten hundreds of emails on the subject. Not from folks outraged at this further tax code idiocy. From folks asking how THEY could get THEIR FREE SUV! His advice? Spend an hour of clock time with your tax guy to make sure you cover your butt before driving through this particular loophole.

Anyone else think it’s long past time to drive a stake through the heart of the creature and his minions?

If you do, get everyone you know to visit http://www.votr.org to sign the petition found there.

Some members of the political ruling class may not be very bright and may be ethically challenged but THEY DO KNOW HOW TO COUNT! And when they feel the heat, they SEE THE LIGHT! And the “heat” in this case is millions of signatures from outraged citizens.

[Procyon]

Other areas where Barb can save on energy consuption at the Malibu estate:

1. 100 kilowatt security lighting
2. Heating the pools and hottubs
3. Leafblowing once a week only instead of twice a day.

[Dick Bachert]

...besides, driving a car requires SOME intellect.

This broad doesn't even read MUSIC. What makes her think she can read a DRIVER'S MANUAL?