If McCain Is Hitler, Then Madonna Is Chernobyl
Well, it makes sense...if Madonna (whom I take all my political advice from) is going to compare John McCain to one of the worst dictators of one of the most horrendous killing machines of the modern age, then we should compare Madonna to one of the worst environmental disasters of the modern age. Hyperbole? Exaggeration? Perhaps...but she started it, so neener neener neener.
So what makes me make that comparison? In her concerts on her "Sticky and Sweet" tour, Madonna has been showing rather heavy-handed videos comparing McCain to people like Hitler and Mugabe (and comparing Obama to people like Gandhi and John Lennon) and has made noises to the effect that she and her family have begun to change the way they operate so as to better show her concern for the planet. Well, as long as it doesn't affect her tour:
The 45 concerts are expected to generate more than 1,635 tons of carbon pollution in travel alone.The emissions generated by the singer's tour are equivalent to that created by 160 Britons in an entire year and equal to the emissions generated by leaving a standard 100 watt lightbulb on for about 4,000 years.
She will fly to 37 venues for the Sticky & Sweet tour in just under four months, transporting a team of 250. The string of 45 concert dates starts in Cardiff tonight.
Environmental experts calculated that by flying between concerts in Europe and then the United States, Madonna will rack up 95 tons of carbon in her private jet alone.
According to website Carbonfootprint.com, her 250 staff would generate 1,080 tons flying on commercial planes. There would be 460 tons of carbon from her heavy cargo.
Among the 250 personnel who will travel with her to every event are nine wardrobe assistants, 12 seamstresses, a 12-piece band, a chiropractor, personal trainer, masseuse, 16 caterers and around 100 technicians and dancers.
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