St. Maarten Private Eye

Well I guess you all see what did the ecofest mean. Alita awarded best enviro journalist, the same Alita who resigned from SXM Pride and went on Theo Campaign trail, got Theo to sponsor Ecofest so that Stephan can get some money in his pocket and Alita can get through with Integrating on SXM since she does not have a diploma. Hope Laveist will let her slip through.

I don't know what Alita is thinking or what those Eco-award people are thinking. LOL, I know what I think. And that is, you are either a journalist or a volunteer or you are Theo's or whoever's buddy, I don't care. You mix those functions up, you are in deep deep doo-doo as far as your credibility as a journalist is concerned, because you become the lap dog of whoever you volunteer for. Alita has become the public relations officer for all those clubs she volunteers for - and The Daily Herald foots the bill!
I have nothing against Alita and I have nothing against those organizations. But from a professional point of view I find the mix up of functions highly troubling. Whatever Alita writes about, it will always be perceived as public relations and as we all know, that is a far cry from independent journalism.
As far as the value of this award is concerned .... need I say more?

O Psilos

This ecoaward thing is a typical Sint Maarten story. An immigrant from Africa landed upon our shores years ago. He happens to be black so he can pretend to be a Caribbean man. Most of you out there probably think him local. He’s not. He babbles in some strange dialect we hardly understand. He claims to have an education he doesn’t have. He doesn’t contribute to the environment. Not here or anywhere else in the world. He just talks about it. His green voice foundation went belly up. Nobody asked why. Then he starts publishing some 6 page eco magazine with irrelevant articles that are badly written. Environment as a profitable venture. And now he starts blessing our community by giving ecovision environmental awards. Mind you, even life time awards as if he been around for a while. I must admit. This self proclaimed Ecogod is truly great in one thing: Acting.
Is there any value to this award, you asked? It is like the Antillean guilder.
You can get around with it locally but in the real world people laugh at it.

Here's what you do. You put links in your comment which refute or offer up evidence and data that conflict with the science presented by the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). You are not being censored in anyway, that's what the comment function is for, to offer up your own view or dispute that of the writer you are commenting on.

Here for example is the link to the documentary you mention.

Global Warming Swindle - Video

And here are some links which respond to the claims made in it.

“The Great Global Warming Swindle” is itself a Fraud and a Swindle

CCC - Great Global Warming Swindle - step by step.

Scientists move to block emissions 'swindle' DVD

Climate scientist 'duped to deny global warming'

Wiki Entry

And heres a link to the Wiki page on Martin Durkin, the director of the GGWS, feel free to log in and make any corrections you see fit if you desire. As you can see, he is a known anti environmentalis and even claimed that breast implants are good for womens health. He is a dick, in my humble opinion of course.

You are the skeptic, it's up to you to present your case, I am not a skeptic and I have no interest in presenting a flawed and misleading argument that Durkin presents in GGWS. I have never said CO2 is the sole cause of GW, but it is a major cause and possibly the most easiest to solve if we really wanted to.

CO2 'rising three times faster than expected' - 4th June 2007

Tell me, where is your opposition in moving from carbon based fuels, pursuing progressive technology, energy use and production and starting the process of ending the destruction of our planet coming from?

Present your case and do it well, because crap like the GGWS doesn't cut it here. People like you won't deny that GW is happening, you just cast doubts and confusion which only misleads and casts seeds of doubts in people. Just like GW Bush did with claiming Saddam was behind 911, completely false, but because of the propaganda, 30% or Americans still believe it.

My posts are not all about gloom and doom.

Caribdude

CO2 is Life!

(Added to comment - Please go and read this article from last month's Vanity Fair about Myron Ebell, one of the assholes behind the above propaganda ad. Read it, you will understand where so called 'skeptics' are coming from. - Caribdude)

It turns out that music by the artist Cher is causing Global Warming.
We should all do everything in our power to prevent any song recorded
by Cher, Sonny and Cher, and perhaps even Michael Bolton from ever
being played again.....not just for us, but for our children and grandchildren.

I salute Island 92, Bogart and Dutch for sticking to these new guidelines.

John