Always Glad to Help (Globaloney E-Mail)

Here’s an unsolicited e-mail I received Thursday (extra hyphens and characters inserted; see Update for why):

Re: Your Glo-bal War-ming/ Political Site

I’ve been reading your website for a little while now and I love all the insight that you have!

The Glo-bal Warm-ing Aware-ness Org-ani-zation is looking to spread the word about global warming and its consequences. I was hoping that you and your readers might like to help.

Would you let me know if you would be willing to display our small logo on your website/blog?
We are also looking for contributors of content on our organization’s site: www.Glob-alW-arming.org.in - if you’re interested in contributing a story, we would love it if you could!

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you soon,

Scott
Spread Awa-reness About Gl-ob-al War-ming
Join us at: www dot GlobalWar-ming dot org dot in

Here’s the logo you will see when you visit the organization’s web site:

Far be it from me to turn down a cry for help, especially from someone who “love(s) all the insight” that I have(!). So of course I am displaying The Gl-ob-al Warmi-ng Awar-eness Organiz-ation’s cute green ribbon on my web site, and I have incorporated it into the following design, which I dutifully sent to them for their consideration, along with an offer to create relevant content:

I’ll let you know if I get a reply. :–>

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UPDATE: Yes, I know that the site is, from all appearances, a hybrid version of a splog, which is why I didn’t provide a direct link, and which is why I added the hyphens, in hopes of cutting down their search engine recognition.

UPDATE 2: Well, I got a reply…… (oh, you want me to tell you what it was? Sorry) ….. here:

I must say, I got a kick out of your blog post. =)
We’re simply providing another platform for debate.

If you would like, I’d be more than willing to post a counter argument on
our site, written by you, I think that people should see all sides of an
argument.

I’ll even give you a link to your site on ours.

So maybe it’s a splog, or maybe it isn’t. I replied: “I don’t think you are a serious site, or you would not have sent a form e-mail presuming I buy into globaloney. Stick around six months, prove you’re not a splog, and maybe some form of exchange makes sense.”

RELATED: A great column by Jeff Jacoby today — “Chicken Little and global warming”