The Florida Manatee Conspiracy of Ignorance [Paperback]

Tom McGill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2004

This book dramatically and factually exposes the radical environmentalists and manatee-protection bureaucrats.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Captain Tom McGill has hit the nail on the head! He exposed wildlife agencies in their use of junk science. -- Ron Pritchard, Commissioner of Brevard County

Laws made without fairness and fact cannot be enforced. McGill has done excellent job explaining the issue of manatee protection. -- Rep. Bob Allen, March 2004

Tom McGill's factual book will become the "Bible" for arguments against the waterweay over-regulators and radical environmentalists. -- George Reynolds, Past CFFW President and Founder

About the Author

Tom McGill is a retired aerospace executive who has taken up a 2nd career as a Charter Captain and Author.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: RALCO (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975294504
• ISBN-13: 978-0975294505
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,041,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointingly biased and opinionated, October 4, 2004

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Walter Nelson, PhD "WGN" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Florida Manatee Conspiracy of Ignorance (Paperback)

I've tried to read this book in an unbiased fashion and am not affiliated with any sort of special interest group, whether it be the so called "$MC" or the extremists at the other end of the spectrum ("$tanding Watch" and others). The use of the State's data in this book is, unfortunately, quite biased and inaccurately presented. The author appears to have been incredibly selective in which information he uses in the book. He has picked and chosen which data support his anti-regulatory position, ignored data that didn't support that position, and came to several biased and misleading conclusions. I'm also not quite sure what is the basis for the conspiracy that the author implies. Environmental protection isn't exactly a Fortune 500 career. On the other hand, boating is a multi-billion dollar business in Florida and I suspect that the boating lobby in Florida is far more powerful and influential than any environmental advocacy group. A conspiracy by boating groups to misrepresent scientific research seems more plausible. The author does not entertain the possibility that regulating the speeds of over 1 million registered boats in Florida isn't a government conspiracy, but simply a common sense thing to do for people as well as wildlife. If this book is intended to be a serious discussion on manatees and recreational boating in Florida, it fails badly and is far too opinionated for all but the most hard-line anti-regulatory audience.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very insightful, September 7, 2004

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John Astin "John" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Florida Manatee Conspiracy of Ignorance (Paperback)

As a fellow boater from Georgia, I too have been regulated to death over non sensical issues all in the name of some phony good claimed by those misled, yet followers of the ignorant.
My rights have been affected so much so, that something I truly care about and love, our natural waters and wildlife, that I can no longer boat in areas claimed as "protected". The madness has to stop and I believe Captain Tom's efforts have made an effort towards that at least in Florida. We need him in my state too.
I appreciate the thought Captain Tom put into this subject. Interesting reading.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Manatees only endangered by USFWS/FWC, but they are helped by McGill's Book!, January 8, 2006

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Julie K. Smithson (London, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Florida Manatee Conspiracy of Ignorance (Paperback)

Implementors of The Wildlands Project [no, I don't see 'black helicopters] certainly are howling mad that Captain McGill's obvious caring and affection for the manatee shine through so clearly. Followers of the likes of Dave Foreman and Reed Noss seek to slander the decades of hard work, serious research and honest effort that make this book a must for all schools and libraries. No, "Conspiracy of Ignorance" doesn't waste the reader's time with the sugar coating of Language Deception, but it does provide the meat and potatoes of facts, unvarnished. I hope that many, many more will read this book for themselves and consider that Captain McGill does not stand to profit from the manatees. He clearly seeks only to share the truth about them -- a truth that no one supporting The Wildlands Project will acknowledge or admit. While the proofreading could have been better, this remains a book with facts to be reckoned with.