<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(San_Carlos_Jeff @ Mar 29 2006, 06:04 PM) [snapback]231986[/snapback]</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(burritos @ Jun 1 2006, 06:35 PM) [snapback]264325[/snapback]</div> LOL, they are more likely to pilot a spaceship... Though the Prius does have a spaceship feel, so you never know!
i have personally seen Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and David Keockner (imdb.com him and you might recognize him) driving a Prius. i have also seen Ed Begley, Jr. WALKING from a local store to his house with heavy grocieries in hand. he is no B.S.-er Reese Witherspoon drives a Lexus RX hybrid.
Why give stars a pass on what car they occasionally drive? They own (multiple) houses big enough to have their own zip codes and they take private jets all over the world. For them to save a couple gallons of gas is nothing compared to the lifestyle cutbacks they could be making and ask us to make.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(STSC SS @ Jul 27 2007, 02:24 PM) [snapback]486236[/snapback]</div> Because people pay attention to them. If they do something, that makes it "cool" and OK for other small easily influenced minds to emulate. Since such folk cannot afford the Big House or LearJet, maybe they can afford a Prius. Maybe the only thing holding them back is that they think it is "nerdy.' But in (insert name of hunk or babe here) is driving one, it now becomes OK.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(STSC SS @ Jul 27 2007, 01:24 PM) [snapback]486236[/snapback]</div> Most of them have worked hard for their money and/or have exceptional talents, why live like a hermit. You have one life to live. If you can afford a LearJet, go for it! Is it hypocritical when Al Gore tells you how to live to save the environment, yet he doesn't even want to install solar pannels in his main residence to cut down on his outrageous electrical consumption, OF COURSE. Does he, regardless, help the environmental cause with his activism, ABSOLUTELY. So, that's why we should "give them a pass." Regardless of their extravagant lifestyles, they do a lot to help. If it wasn't for the star-power behind it, Prius would have very possibly failed, as it was predicted by all analysts when it first came out. Do as I say, not as I do still does the trick.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusTouring07 @ Jul 27 2007, 02:58 PM) [snapback]486368[/snapback]</div> Why are you spreading misinformation? Here is what Time Magazine had to say on the subject:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IsrAmeriPrius @ Jul 27 2007, 05:04 PM) [snapback]486369[/snapback]</div> Because I hate Al Gore? Because I am a liar? I don't know. Get a life. I'm as much a fan of the guy as you are. I'm glad he finally did install the solar pannels after all the public criticism. He still flies in private Jets. He does an amazing job for the environment, but HE IS NO SAINT.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusTouring07 @ Jul 27 2007, 03:25 PM) [snapback]486385[/snapback]</div> No, he is not a saint, but that should not be license to spread misinformation and malign him. From the same article:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IsrAmeriPrius @ Jul 27 2007, 05:41 PM) [snapback]486396[/snapback]</div> "Most of the time" (translation: sometimes) - I think that says it all... Propaganda and worship is bad on either side. So is idolizing.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusTouring07 @ Jul 27 2007, 03:42 PM) [snapback]486397[/snapback]</div> Setting the record straight is not idolizing.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(STSC SS @ Jul 27 2007, 01:24 PM) [snapback]486236[/snapback]</div> Not all of them live like this. In fact, I'd say a very small percentage of the Screen Actor's Guild or Actor's Equity live like that. I'd say there's probably a higher percentage in the upper eschelons of the business world that have multiple residences and do a lot of flying by either private or company jet.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Jul 27 2007, 05:47 PM) [snapback]486403[/snapback]</div> Ever seen MTV's Cribs? ;-) If they are rich & famous, they ARE living it up and so they should. Even Saint Oprah... even she isn't an exception.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Doc Willie @ Jul 27 2007, 04:27 PM) [snapback]486350[/snapback]</div> Let me get this straight. You're saying that Hollywood is helping sell cars to the mentally challenged. I'd like to think that this country isn't made up of weak-minded masses waiting for Hollywood to tell them what to do. The success of the Prius is due more to its green reputation and excellent gas mileage than the fact that a starlette saved a gallon of gas and 19.5 lbs of carbon emissions arriving at the Academy Awards.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusMatt @ Jul 27 2007, 04:19 AM) [snapback]486007[/snapback]</div> Someone (never mind a celebrity) in Southern CA walking? I find that hard to swallow...
And Richard Dawkins has one of the first ones according to the Sunday Times. As he will have bought his own, this would sway me more than a Hollywood endorsement.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(STSC SS @ Jul 27 2007, 07:16 PM) [snapback]486415[/snapback]</div> Please explain to me then: American Idol Survivor Beavis and Butthead The re-election of George Bush The coverage of the present pre-primary Presidential campaign (John Edwards' HAIR? REALLY !?!?) Brittany Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, etc. etc. The number of people who do not accept evolution. Don't get me started. Although this is a great country, the masses are really stupid most of the time. The corporations are glad to keep them that way, and Hollywood is merely a cog in the machine. End of rant. Who else owns a Prius?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tochatihu @ Jun 1 2006, 03:40 PM) [snapback]264289[/snapback]</div> Are you sure that "these luminaries" or at least some of them aren't already posting here?
