The Al Gore ‘Do As I Say, Not As I Do’ Award

goes to Prince Charles this week.

http://michellemalkin.com/2011/05/05/do-as-i-say/

Yeah, I am always amazed at people that change their ideals with the wind.
Why don't public figures think or shut up before they talk publicly?

Glad I had chicken for lunch!

I'm not a fan of royalty, but I am a fan of fairness.

And in all fairness, Prince Charles didn't "change his ideals with the wind", he's been involved with issues of sustainability for at least 20 years. It's easy to target a wealthy royal guy as a hypocrite, but he does actually seem to do a better job than one would expect of practicing what he preaches.

And by the way, I think Malkin took a cheap shot by pointing out that beef was served at the royal wedding. He has never said people should give up eating beef altogether, just to consider serving it OCCASIONALLY instead of every day. Seems like a special occasion like a wedding would qualify as a time when its pretty churlish to cluck over him serving beef.

The liberal and socialist way in elitist rule, "do as I say, not as I do."

AspenValley wrote: I'm not a fan of royalty, but I am a fan of fairness.

And in all fairness, Prince Charles didn't "change his ideals with the wind", he's been involved with issues of sustainability for at least 20 years. It's easy to target a wealthy royal guy as a hypocrite, but he does actually seem to do a better job than one would expect of practicing what he preaches.

And by the way, I think Malkin took a cheap shot by pointing out that beef was served at the royal wedding. He has never said people should give up eating beef altogether, just to consider serving it OCCASIONALLY instead of every day. Seems like a special occasion like a wedding would qualify as a time when its pretty churlish to cluck over him serving beef.

I am not trying to be mean here but that just does not make sense. You might be able to get away with that argument if he had a beef sandwich for lunch but this was a huge group of people. It was hypocritical. Unless the story was untrue. If you want people to eat less beef why serve it??? LOL

Or Brits are below his quota I guess.

I don't see it as hypocritical. if I decide to eat beef less often, probably the one time I would serve it would be at a special occasion like a wedding. I don't know what was in his head, of course, and maybe he just WAS thoughtless about it, but I can also see it as an example of what would be a proper time to serve what is essentially, in terms of its ecological cost, a luxury item. Eating it for lunch as "nothing special" would be less mindful, in my opinion.

I am not sure where you are coming from. So, what is he asking the US to do? Eat just like normal, or not have a beef sandwich, or go to a wedding with beef, or cut down generally? What specifically does he what the US to do?

AspenValley wrote: I don't see it as hypocritical. if I decide to eat beef less often, probably the one time I would serve it would be at a special occasion like a wedding. I don't know what was in his head, of course, and maybe he just WAS thoughtless about it, but I can also see it as an example of what would be a proper time to serve what is essentially, in terms of its ecological cost, a luxury item. Eating it for lunch as "nothing special" would be less mindful, in my opinion.

Is Prince Charles hypocritical? He tells everyone they should do with less... (I hope this question is not considered bullying..and by the way, the facts contain in the video are factual).

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I really don't know enough about what his "message" is to answer that, CG. But it does make sense to me to say, in effect, "Hey, beef is a luxury item in terms of its cost to the ecology. We'd do better to eat less of it. Try and save it for special occasions and not see it as something you need to have every single day."

CinnamonGirl wrote: I am not sure where you are coming from. So, what is he asking the US to do? Eat just like normal, or not have a beef sandwich, or go to a wedding with beef, or cut down generally? What specifically does he what the US to do?

He's saying to quit eating beef because the earth can't afford the cow farts. He message is, "people need to use less, have less, and be content in small cars, small houses, small food portions.