I think that before we implement these 'brilliant measures' offered by Cheryl, I think that all the plastic surgeons in California need to do their part and start recycling breast implant devices, etc,etc.

Oh, and I sure want to know what restaurants decide to use her sleeve napkins, so I'll know where not to eat.

Nothing more than Elites telling us "Do as we say" not as we do. One square. She must be talking about #1, because #2 requires a bit more than 3 squares. But then again, she probably used Bounty, the quicker picker upper.

I'm so sick of this global warming crap of Elites to attempt to control our lives while they continue to drive SUVs, live in their homes that pollute beaches, fly in private jets, all while supposedly being "Carbon Neutral" because of some shell game. I buy credits from myself, so I'm carbon neutral. What a crock of sh1t.

I took all those curly light bulbs out and replaced them with incandescent bulbs. The light is better and I don't have to worry about calling the HazMat team to decontaminate my house of mercury if one breaks. I'll gladly pay the few cents a more per year to operate them.

Crow & David are took Kooks.

Hmmm...maybe we need a toilet-paper tax! Actually, I think that the "green" reality show would be fun to watch--especially if environmentalist celebrities competed with average Americans.

Bob Jones:

I certainly an not an elite, just an average working joe. I don't have an SUV, nor live in a home that pollutes; I don't have any kind of plane and I don't buy credits. But I am astonished at the callous way many of the folks on this site and others scoff, sneer and mock environmental issues. If you folks don't think we have environmental problems then your heads are stuck further in the sand then I thought.

I rarely read any serious discussion of the environment on this or other blogs like it. Sneering and mocking may be humorous - adolescent humor - at that, but do any of you scoffers have anything to offer in the way of solutions other than Ms Byrd's rather juvenile suggestion? Or do you just think everything will be fine as long as we just let folks do whatever they damn well please?

Guess we'll havta start calling her 'Old Yeller'

Crow is yet another libbie displaying the depth of their thinking.

Could she be even dumber than Hanoi John?

jFO gives a hint at what this is really all about...."Or do you just think everything will be fine as long as we just let folks do whatever they damn well please?"

This is about control and I am amazed at how easily some people are willing to give up freedom. These Enviro Crazies want control of all aspects of our lives, right down to our bathroom habits. Give me a break.

Someone point JFO to some sites that will cater (lie) to his whims. He's too far gone to be reading truthful sites.
Someone also point out what makes Algor-abge safer to be on the street than a mass murderer. I don't see a difference, except the left wing crazies have made him a billionaire which he uses to power his 'homes', any one of which uses 20 times the power an average american's home does. Don't even talk about the private jets.

Colostomy bags would remove the need for toilet paper all together. Lets all get them.

Because toilet paper somehow causes global warming you know.

Hey jFO,
My suggestion was not juvenile. I was serious. I have found that baking soda does make a better cleaner for my stainless steel sink and fiberglass tub than anything else I have found -- it is also cheap and has no noxious fumes. Don't knock it, or declare it juvenile, until you try it. That is the only suggestion I made in this post, so I can only assume that is the suggestion to which you were referring.

jFO: We are not sneering and mocking environmental issues. Instead we are sneering and mocking at those who are preaching about environmental issues but are total hippocrites and don't follow their own suggestions.

It is offensive that you assume that we don't love the environment as much as you do. I want to live in a place that is clean and pure and want to leave the environment better for our children and grandchildren. You seem to want to characterize us instead with some goulish evil intent. As though you see us cutting down all the trees, paving the entire surface of the earth, building factories that spew noxious fumes that get pumped right into our homes and at all times you hear evil cackling laughter MMMWWAAAAHH HHAAAA HHAAAAA!!!

We want a good environment as much as you do. As soon as someone has a real idea (Crows toilet paper idea is not a real idea and everyone knows it. That is why we mock her) it will be followed gladly. We must also look at life as more than just a quest to save the environment. There are other issues that rank just as high in importance and we cant ignore them to the exclusion of the environment. Worldwide poverty, disease, terroism and other issues need just as much attention and I dont think saving toilet paper affects these areas very much.

Hey Lorie:

My apology. I attributed to you the juvenile suggestion from the article you quoted and I should not have.

scotty:

Thanks for your response. I agree with much of what you said. My point is, rather than mocking and sneering why don't we engage in an exchange of ideas. I am certainly not a "tree hugger" nor a "greenie" nor an "environmental wacko." I, like you believe there are serious environmental issues which need to be discussed and solved - but I believe that if the environment is destroyed those other issues which are important become meaningless.

Sheryl Crow only uses a single square of toilet tissue? Gross. Of course, that might explain why Carl Rove did not want her touching him.

What's the first sign of being a brain-challenged Bushie? The fact that you don't recognize a joke when it hits you in the braincell.

Agh Agh

I went by one of the local Earth Day celebrations yesterday. I pulled up on by newly-bought (but 26 years old) motorcycle. It rumbles nicely (but isn't loud), and a couple of the attendees gave me a dirty look when I pulled up.

I just walked on by and said "it gets 40 MPG in the city and over 50 on the highway. What do you drive?"

(It's a 1981 Honda CB900C, by the way...)

jFO:

I, like you believe there are serious environmental issues which need to be discussed and solved

Yes, but is using one two or three squares of toilet paper really one of them?

In my opinion it's rather ridiculous. We have people being violently killed en masse the world over and Cheryl Crow is trying to tell me I should use one square of toilet paper to save the earth.

I'm fine discussing environmental issues, when the topic is actually serious.

Leave it to a liberal to decide that the solution to global warming is to not wipe their ass. I had a friend who was so rich he would wipe with a dollar. I tried it once but it wasn't pleasant. You know how hard it is to wipe your butt with 3 quarters, 2 dimes and a nickel?

Liberal women who count squares of toilet paper are a frightening bunch. No telling what resides in those under-arms. Will it still be chic to forgo shaving legs if Sarkozy wins???

Hmmm.

WOW! I mean, effin' WOW! You people are IDGITS! It was a JOKE!

When you discard recognized religion in your life, something else takes it place.

Redneck Rampage isn't an idget, I see.

For the rest of you, may I commend you to Shear Genius (BRAVO). It's excellent for what it is, but doesn't require too much grey matter to understand.

If it makes You crappy!! It cant be that bad yeaahhh!!

They can have my toilet paper when they pry it from my dead, cold...oh forget it...

Seriously, I hope She will be understanding of My paper splurge the next time I have diareah!

Sorry Sheryl! I promise I will plant more trees!

Wait. Isn't using up paper products and dumping them in landfills where they won't decompose a good thing? Isn't that a form of carbon sequestration? Saving paper products is effectively the same as producing CO2, which, as we all know, is the worst thing a human being can do, ever. We can always grow more trees, but we only have one atmosphere!

I guess We could all use leaves? They dont need refining and they are plentiful!

However..stay away from the poison ivy and itchweed..!

Here I was thinking that I had to start changing my light bulbs, converting my dogs waste to energy to power my refrigerator, trade in my SUV for a bicycle and have my children watch a bloviating hypocrite's movie 30 times to save the planet. Thank you Sheryl Crow for pointing the way out of this toilet we call America!! (Can I trade in some Carbon Credits so my wife wont feel guilty about using her hair dryer!?)

When they outlaw Limos I'll take the Hollywood Green Cult seriously.

Can you spare a square?

No, I cannot spare a square.

Interesting, I must have missed on her blog entry where she said it was a joke.

I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming. Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of conserving trees which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many sqares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting.

HAHA! Now I get it Bryan.

Lorie:

The baking soda idea is good, and I'm sure that these elite eco-socialites will pass that tip on to their maids/housekeepers.

She wasn't kidding. It is now her spin so she doesn't look more rediculous then she already has. And her and David's rudeness to Karl Rove is expected. It was supposed to be an unbiased fun evening but the enviro girls decided to confront Karl Rove of enviro issues. Guidelines never seem to apply to lefties. I would like to know who invited them? I'll bet a lefty organization. ww

"I must have missed on her blog entry where she said it was a joke.Heralder"

DoEs everybody wanna laugh?? (YYEEAH!) Are y'all ready for some JOKES??? (yeah!??)...CUZ these are some Funny Ones...(hehheh..)..Here they COME! (heh-HMmm???)...3-2-1-OK!!! (cough)

bryanD,

Excellent non-response. Thanks for being predictable.

From that blog entry it doesn't look like a joke to me. It's unfortunate that environmentalism has long been hijacked by celebrities, as they can quickly make any issue into farce. From Sheryl's blog:

It's a reality show. (I feel pretty certain NO ONE has thought of this yet!). Here is the premise: the contest consists of 10 people who are competing for the top spot as the person who lives the "greenest" life. This will be reflected in the contestant's home, his business, and his own personal living style. The winner of this challenging, prestigious, contest would receive what??.... a recording contract!!!!!

Great. The greenest person is no doubt some vegan hippy living on some alfalfa collective in Eugene, OR. We want to put this person on TV and then give him/her a recording contract? Recording what? The mournful sounds of the Gaia as interpreted on his didgeridoo?

There are a lot of serious people working to develop and refine alternatives to fossil fuels, improve nuclear power facilities, develop sustainable architecture, eliminate water, material, and energy waste, and on and on. If we could just get these fevered egos in Hollywood to shut the hell up maybe you would hear about some of it.

Re-rinsing! Re-rinsing!

And have you EVER even CONSIDERED using one square of toilet paper, and, if so, could it be done in the world as we know it?

Don't attempt Mark Twain at home!