During the course of looking for salient blog topics I come across a lot of websites that - to paraphrase Hank Hill - "just 'aint right."
 
One such example is this little gem.
 
Billed as the source for "the latest in green gossip" ecorazzi is in truth a screamingly funny window into the self-congratulatory netherworld of environmental style over substance. The site's writing is atrocious, trying mightily to be snarky and witty but instead coming off as juvenile, dull, and containing the intellectual substance of your average junior-high cafeteria.
 
So in short, it's like most other allegedly "green" fare you see online, the kind of thing you occasionally read to amuse yourself and to keep abreast of what the alien life forms known as "green celebrities" are thinking and doing, but not something worth getting all worked up about.
 
So I was perusing the ecorazzi website this morning (Hey, I do it so you don't have to...) and I noticed something so sublimely funny that I immediately thought "this has got to be a joke."
 
It wasn't a story that caught my eye, but the placement of an advertisement in relation to a story.
 
Right next to a headline that read (no joke) "Yoko Ono Will Be Pleased: Bentley May Consider Going Hybrid" is a big-a** banner ad that screams "Chevy Truck Month! Full-Size Deals On Full-Size Trucks!"
 
Oh, the irony that ensues at the intersection of ethics and ad revenue...

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from suburban bushwacker wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Love it - reminds me of genre close to my heart.
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from dneaster3 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Juxtaposition is a greatly underappreciated form of humor.

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from MLH wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

I just had to check it out. It was nice opening the link to Yvonne Smith in a bikini, even though she is a vegan. Got my interest enough to scroll down. But the next image set me aback ... Al Gore. Best to leave this site be.

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from bluecollarkid wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Suburban Bushwacker -

Hat tip for the lead on James Marchington's blog. It really sheds light on the shooting sports in England and makes for an interesting read. Not to mention, it challenges my vocabulary...lol.

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from sgaredneck wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

The 'rebranding' of PETA/green movement/ Hollyweird eco-chic/ whatever.......unfortunately for them a turd, is a turd, is a turd........no amount of polishing will change what I think of any of them.

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from seadog wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Ahhh yes, the hot looking vegan in a bikini trick--the guys fall for it every time. Actually, there are no male vegans. If a guy claims to be a vegan, he's either sleeping with one or trying to.

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from craigspr wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

i agree on the writer's point of view.

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from idahooutdoors wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Here is one where they try to make some sort of humor out of running me and anyone not an Obama devotee into the ground...trying to lump all those they dislike together I guess to save writing space.... http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2009/9/12/191357/698/Diary/The-Duesh-...

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from suburban bushwacker wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Blue collar kid
Thanks fella, james is one of the good guys.

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from seadog wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Ahhh yes, the hot looking vegan in a bikini trick--the guys fall for it every time. Actually, there are no male vegans. If a guy claims to be a vegan, he's either sleeping with one or trying to.

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from bluecollarkid wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Suburban Bushwacker -

Hat tip for the lead on James Marchington's blog. It really sheds light on the shooting sports in England and makes for an interesting read. Not to mention, it challenges my vocabulary...lol.

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from idahooutdoors wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Here is one where they try to make some sort of humor out of running me and anyone not an Obama devotee into the ground...trying to lump all those they dislike together I guess to save writing space.... http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2009/9/12/191357/698/Diary/The-Duesh-...

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from suburban bushwacker wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Blue collar kid
Thanks fella, james is one of the good guys.

Seadog
Got it in one

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from suburban bushwacker wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Love it - reminds me of genre close to my heart.
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from dneaster3 wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

Juxtaposition is a greatly underappreciated form of humor.

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from MLH wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

I just had to check it out. It was nice opening the link to Yvonne Smith in a bikini, even though she is a vegan. Got my interest enough to scroll down. But the next image set me aback ... Al Gore. Best to leave this site be.

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from sgaredneck wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

The 'rebranding' of PETA/green movement/ Hollyweird eco-chic/ whatever.......unfortunately for them a turd, is a turd, is a turd........no amount of polishing will change what I think of any of them.

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from craigspr wrote 5 weeks 1 day ago

i agree on the writer's point of view.

http://www.craigspr.org

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