Sheryl Crow was ridiculed by the Republican media outlets yesterday for suggesting that conserving toilet paper will help battle global warming (or climate change as I like to call it since it involves much more than just warming). The Drudge Report featured Crow's comments and her incident with Karl Rove well above stories like the breaking violence in Iraq that killed U.S. troops and other major issues like the Presidential campaign to poke fun at Crow in an attempt to undermine the climate change argument.

As I've said before, celebrities, for the most part, should stay out of these issues. Now, instead of having to confront science and photos of melting glaciers the Republican and conservative media outlets can focus on Crow's comments and steer the debate away from anything constructive. Its a great tactic and Hollywood and music stars continually fall for it.

Crow now says the post was a joke. But, the damage was done. Many regular "work-a-day" people are too busy to sit and watch Al Gore's film. Yes, too busy trying to pay bills, raise kids and survive to learn all the science behind climate change so they rely on sound bytes they hear and see on the news. Now the sound byte they have is that some millionaire wants you to use less toilet paper. Its great for Sheryl to lend her time to the cause to spotlight the issue. But, do everyone a favor and leave comedy to comedians and stick to the facts. The oil companies and conservatives already have enough ammo to undermine dialogue and action on climate change, there is no reason to give them more. Even if it was a joke.