Pop singer Sheryl Crow had a busy weekend.  Saturday night, Crow and Laurie
David, a producer of Al Gore's eco-fiction "An Inconvenient Truth," decided
to mix it up with Karl Rove over global warming at the annual White House
Correspondents' dinner.  According to numerous press reports, Mr. Rove
didn't take too kindly to their interruption and heated words were
exchanged.  I'm willing to give Rove the benefit of the doubt, especially
if Ms. Crow was attempting to explain her latest theory. 

In an effort to save the planet, the environmentalist Left has devised a
"brilliant" plan - ban toilet paper.  No, I'm not making this up.  Ms. Crow
has been traveling the country on her "Stop Global Warming College Tour,"
visiting our institutions of higher learning and preaching from the "Gospel
according to Gore."  She has maintained a blog on her web site, and here is
part of her entry from April 19th:

"I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways
for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming. Although my
ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind,
worth investigating. .I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of
toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. .I think we . can make it
work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those
pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required."

Given the source, it would be easy to dismiss such bizarre statements. 
(You may recall Crow once informed us that her foreign policy solution to
terrorism and war was "not to have enemies.")  But, these folks are
serious.  Last month the New York Times ran a 2,200 word report entitled,
"The Year Without Toilet Paper," about a Manhattan couple that, well, you
get the point. 

Granted, Ms. Crow admits she's only in the "earliest stages" of developing
her thoughts, but I have wonder how she plans on enforcing this.  Does she
propose we start rationing toilet paper so you can buy only one roll a
week?  Should the government require metered dispensers in every bathroom
assessing taxes on excessive square usage?  

The fact that Sheryl Crow can indulge herself by pondering how much toilet
paper we consume is a testament to the greatness of our country, and our
extraordinary liberty and opportunity.  At the same time, it demonstrates
yet again just how out of touch Hollywood liberals are with Main Street,
U.S.A., where most folks are more concerned about paying their bills,
protecting their kids, and preserving our prosperity.