I thought I was appropriately deferential and congratulatory. But here’s to all who accused me of being too cynical about Gore’s Nobel:

Nevertheless, I feel obliged to note that a casual search of my weblog will make it patently clear that my criticisms of Gore’s misleading and hypocritical crusade to save the planet does not preclude my sincere and measured exhortations to save our environment….

Moreover, weighed in the balance, I’m probably more of an environmentalist than Gore is; especially where preserving the crystal-blue waters in my part of the world, the Caribbean, is concerned.

Therefore, I make no apologies for expressing such utter contempt for scaremongering headlines like “Earth in the balance” and “Planet in peril”, which are so politically motivated and commercially driven.

But I challenge acolytes of this environmental Cassandra to tell me what is more self-indulgent and cynical than Gore and other rich folks leaving their profligate carbon footprints all over Mother Earth, and then purchasing “carbon credits” for absolution? (And please do not miss – as too many of you have on previous occasions – my allusion here to papal indulgences….)

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