Archive for Hypocrites

University Chairman: bigot or a rap fan?

July 16, 2007 at 2:13 pm · Filed under Hypocrites, ethics

From the AP via msnbc.com:

The longtime chairman of the Roger Williams University board admitted Monday to using the N-word during a board meeting, saying it “kind of slipped out.”

“I apologized for that,” Ralph Papitto said in an interview on WPRO-AM. “What else can I do? Kill myself?”

Papitto, 80, who stepped down earlier this month after nearly 40 years on the board, admitted he had used the racial slur at a May meeting of the school’s board of trustees.

Papitto, who has given the school at least $7 million and whose name is on the only law school in Rhode Island, said he had never used the term before.

“The first time I heard it was on television or rap music or something,” he told WPRO.

OK. Which is harder to believe: this is the first time he used the n-word or that he is a rap aficionado?

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Al Roker: Hypocrite

June 12, 2007 at 8:55 am · Filed under Hypocrites, al roker

In the scheme of my day-to-day life Al Roker plays a pretty insignificant part. OK, I’ll be honest- he really doesn’t factor in at all. Still, I found the following comments interesting:

 A month or so ago, during the whole Imus brouhaha, Roker wrote this on his blog:

“I, for one, am really tired of the diatribes, the ‘humor’ at other’s expense, the cruelty that passes for ‘funny.”

On June 7th Roker said this regarding the new Olympic logo that has reportedly caused seizures in some people:

“Some folks have complained that the campaign actually sent them into epileptic seizures. Well, we asked you to weigh in on our Web site in an informal poll; those of you who could get up off the floor after shaking around were able to actually log in . . . “

I have a problem with people who express mock outrage at comments made by others and then go out and demonstate similar insensitivity with their own comments.

Al:  if you wanna talk the talk, you gotta walk the walk.

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Al Gore and his faithful

May 30, 2007 at 11:51 am · Filed under Al Gore, Global Warming, Hypocrites

Here is a nice recap of a presentation Al Gore made in Marin County, CA:

http://www.zombietime.com/gore_in_marin/

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Blowing Hot Air

May 25, 2007 at 11:33 am · Filed under Hypocrites, Kennedy, wind energy

The WSJ’s Weekend Journal has an excellent review of a new book, Cape Wind, which chronicles the attempts to build a massive and much needed wind-energy farm off the coast of Massachusetts. 

Ironically, some huge names have come out against the project- and they aren’t the evil conservatives you may suspect.

 Any guesses who the hypocrites are?  Hint: one is a senior senator.

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Gore’s Inconvenient Truth

February 27, 2007 at 8:33 am · Filed under Hypocrites

From the “Do as I Say, Not As I Do” file….

Oscar winner Al Gore’s mansion consumes 20 times the electricity than an average American household.

While urging good Americans to conserve energy, Gore’s consumption has actually increased to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006. Keep in mind, the average American household, consumes only 10,656 kWh per year.

Hat tip to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

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