Dave Matthews Band leader criticizes US, doesn't mention his bus illegally dumping 800 pounds of human waste

The news CNN kept to itself about the Dave Matthews Band:

• "CNN: You don't tell people about a lot of things you do. There's no press release that goes out saying, "Dave Matthews Band just donated $5 million to this cause or that cause."

• Matthews: We definitely use our fame and our celebrity to raise money for things we care about."...

CNN.com, "US racism 'everywhere,' says Dave Matthews," by Denise Cuan, 9/21/09

• Chicago Tribune, 3/10/05, "Matthews Band Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to Dumping Waste in River "

"A driver for the Dave Matthews Band admitted Wednesday that he emptied his bus' septic tank over the Chicago River last summer,

• drenching passengers on an architectural boat tour with 800 pounds of human waste (on 8/8/04)....

• Passengers on the tour boat, Chicago's Little Lady, described a downpour of foul-smelling, brownish-yellow slurry that ruined their clothes and made several of them sick.

• He initially denied the charge when interviewed by police, prosecutors said....

CNN story via Free Republic

• The Dave Matthews Band performed at AN MLB PARK THIS SUMMER, A PARK WHOSE OWNERSHIP THINKS IT'S ABOUT AS ENVIRONMENTALLY HIP
• as you can get.

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