An Inconvenient Irony

Al Gore is angry at all the attention Paris Hilton is getting. From The Sun:

Paris Hilton“The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. We have to ask ourselves what is going on here?”

Sadly, Paris Hilton is a figment of our collective imagination. She is a celebrity without merit. A star without a firmament. An empress with no clothes. She is the product of a culture that places so much value and credibility with fame, that we can take a cause seriously only after it’s been adopted by someone famous. Like these Live Earth concerts, for instance… no one cares about saving the planet until the Chili Peppers and Madonna an-

Oh. Snap!

[tags]Ike Pigott, Occam’s RazR, Live Earth, Paris Hilton, Al Gore, celebrity, activism, pop culture[/tags]

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