Rhinocrisy

Wow, Darryl Hannah, eco-activist… apparently she lives in a solar house and drives a biodiesel car. If you’ve ever had to deal with biodiesel, you probably know that this is not a sort of cosmetic, faddish activist thing that Hollywood types often engage in (like getting naked for PETA or something). Biodiesel fuel is made from recycled waste oils disposed from frying vats in fast-food joints. It involves a fair amount of work to create (including driving around to pick up used oil from the waste-oil bins behind Burger King) and the oil is often quite dirty, and very, very, foul-smelling (it contains the residue of tons of McDonalds burgers and fries). Darryl says:

“They actually dump billions of gallons of it a year in dumps and the diesel engine was meant to run on vegetable oil and it can. It’s actually less expensive than gas these days, and also burns green. No greenhouse gases. No war for oil.”

Right on. She goes on the “good list” with Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and Marlon Brando.

Okay, first check this out.

Now, I know this is going to rattle some cages, but… what the hell is wrong with those European leaders? Basically they’re saying, “No, you keep terrorizing us, because we won’t stop attacking Muslim countries.” Is it Opposite Day, or something? That sort of reaction is a bit absurd - just because your enemy insists on something doesn’t mean you need to refuse. They needn’t even accept the offer tendered, they could simply emphasize that they are not interested in attacking Muslim countries. Also this “we don’t bargain with terrorists” crap that the Japanese prime minister pulled last week… what the fuck? No one in Japan but for some cynical realpolitik jerks wants to be in Iraq; innocent people’s lives are directly in your hands. Bargain, goddamnit.

International politics seems like so much macho posturing. Castration should be a requirement for high political office. Then machismo will cease to be an issue.