Inhofe: How come you guys never notice when it gets cold?...

[Virginia Dare]

well, if the earth is round, how come we all don't fall off? My God, this guy brings new meaning to the word idiot. :dunce:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/21/AR2007032102060.html

Inhofe informed Gore that scientists are "radically at odds with your claims." Displaying a photograph of icicles in Buffalo, Inhofe demanded: "How come you guys never seem to notice it when it gets cold? . . . Where is global warming when you really need it?"

Oh, it's coming pally boy, it's coming. :freak:

[yardwork]

1. I wonder what his IQ really is - maybe 20?

[wiggs]

16. He's not dumb...but he assumes the public is. 30% of America eats it up. nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

38. Senator James DummKopf: there are seasons - winter, spring, summer, autumn

Global warming does not affect the tilt of the Earth's axis as it makes its annual trip around the Sun.

[whistle]

2. Inhofe has his head where the sun does not shine

[Bill McBlueState]

3. and this is the problem we have in the US

When top federal elected officials are so scientifically illiterate that they're still in "last week's whether is an argument for or against global warming" mode, it's a wonder we can get any federal policy right.

[moggie]

9. Remember the Office of Technology Assessment?

It existed to provide Congress with expert analysis of scientific issues, and it did a pretty good job... until Newt's gang abolished it.

[mmonk]

4. Dead give away it's all over his head.

[rodeodance]

15. Idiots in high places of the US gov!

[Atman]

5. Someone send him a dictionary; "Climate" and "weather" are not the same things

He's a fucking douchebag. He's douchebaggier than Novakula.

.

[NYCGirl]

6. Senator Inhofe — please listen:

"Climate" is different from "weather".

[Virginia Dare]

26. You can't reason with willful ignorance...n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. Exactly. Cognitive dissonance dismisses the facts as irrelevant.

[Cha]

7. That's why inhofe, barton, and

the corporatewhore bunch need to hear that it's "GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE".

[NMDemDist2]

8. right -- what an ass

snip.. climate zones could shift. Some areas might become warmer and drier than they've been in the past. That could reduce water supplies and productivity on farms. An official in China said global warming could be responsible for the recent drought that cut China's grain harvest by 10 percent. Scientists warn that climate changes could lead to more frequent extreme weather in places people aren't used to it: very cold or hot spells; droughts or storms.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june01/global_warming.html

[bdamomma]

10. what a jerk this guy is, they just do not want to believe the facts.

[Junkdrawer]

11. If you can't win an argument, at least appeal to the Below-100 IQers...

Where do you think their 29% base comes from? :shrug:

[AndyA]

12. On behalf of Oklahoma, I apologize for the embarrassment that is James Inhofe.

Apparently, he's still stuck in another decade. Or on another planet.

Just know that not EVERYONE in Oklahoma is stupid enough to vote for him, and that there are a good many of us fed up with him, and the number is growing daily. Many of us are working to make sure this is his last time in Congress.

[tulsakatz]

24. absolutely!!

as a native Oklahoman, this man is a major embarassment to me!!

I was so glad when Barbara Boxer put him in his place!!

[guitar man]

25. I'll second

..or third that apology. He's had his head up his ass so long he's gotten used to the smell I guess. :shrug:

[Pacifist Patriot]

30. Don't sweat it. That's how I feel about being from Florida many times.

[AndyA]

35. Oh, of course Florida is MUCH WORSE than Oklahoma!

:rofl:

Seriously, you guys had Katherine Harris, and she was pretty bad. And Jeb as Gov. But with a losing team like Inhofe/Coburn/Sullivan, you just couldn't possibly do worse.

Unless it was Bush/Cheney/Rove. That would be worse.

[karlrschneider]

40. I'll add my apology as well, and for the other braindead Senator too.

:eyes:

[XOKCowboy]

41. Even as an ex-Okie I apologize also

I lived in Tulsa when he was mayor and he seemed pretty benign. Just another rich Republican politician which wasn't that unusual in the early 80s.

[donco6]

46. Then I have to apologize for Colorado:

Tom Tancredo
Marilyn Musgrave
Wayne Allard
etc. etc.

You don't have a corner on the market for idiot legislators. If that makes you feel any better.

[niyad]

13. the fact that the "radically disagreeing scientists" (all 3 of them) are all in the pay of the oil

companies has, I guess, escaped jerkinhofe's notice, yes??

[CrazyOrangeCat]

14. Dipshit.

:dunce: :argh:

[Old and In the Way]

17. As someone who lives on the 45th parallel.....

I'm 1/2 between the equator and the North Pole. I can tell you, the trend in our winters is definitely moving south.

What an embarrassment for the people of Oklahoma. Do you realize how dumb that rebuttal is?

[vickitulsa]

27. It's truly embarrassing to be from the same state as Inhofe.

What I believe is that he's the old classic style of "say anything" type of politician, knowing as he does that once you've held a few public offices in this state, people begin to think of you as smart or worthy in some sense and tend to re-elect you time and again.

I think it may have something to do with the public thinking they benefit from having a pol with "tenure" in the bizness of government, so their voice may be heard more often and loudly in the melting pot of Congress.

There's no excuse for it, though. I've wondered often if Inhofe's re-elections have been affected by the voting machine rigging or other illegal means to insure he stays in office. When I mention his name to people in Tulsa, most of them turn up their noses and huff and snort in disgust. Seems most folks are well aware of his idiocy and other shortcomings.

So who is it, really, who votes for him? I believe it is sad for Oklahoma that it has the long history it does as an "oil and gas state." You can imagine that the influence here of the wealthy energy interests is powerful.

Inhofe embarrasses me beyond describing, and on this issue of global climate change more than any other. Some day (and before much longer, I fear), he will be humiliated before everyone when the results of climate change get more drastic and convincing even to the morans!

[Old and In the Way]

39. I certainly know there are many fine Oklahomians (?) that detest this man

and his bought-and-paid -for positions on climate change. You have to wonder how a majority would continue rewarding someone with paleolithic attitudes on some fundementally sound science on climate change. I have 2 Republican Senators, but they are far more moderate and centrist in their positions on most subjects.

In some ways, though, I'm quite happy to make Imhofe the face of today's Republican Party. Longterm, he's not doing his Party any favors by being an obvious sockpuppet for Exxon-Mobil's bottom line.

[ProgressiveFool]

18. My standard reply to anything like that from now on

is "Are you really that stupid?"

I know it's Ad Hominem, but I can't take it anymore... willful ignorance is incomprehensible to me...

[mikelgb]

33. i seriously considered calling his office and asking

[tavalon]

48. That's not ad hominem,

that's rhetorical. :evilgrin:

[baldguy]

19. The Buffalo photo was taken during our October ice storm last year.

Two weeks later all the snow & ice was gone and it was 65-70 degrees - about 15 degrees above normal for late Oct/early Nov.

His statments show a deliberate misrepresentation of what global warming is: mondern human activity putting more energy into the weather system, making it more chaotic and thereby creating more frequent and more extreme conditions.

[hedgehog]

31. I'd say the ice storm was a direct result of global warming

Arctic cold fronts aren't supposed to dive down this far south that early in the year!

Call it global warming or global climate change, the atmosphere is getting out of whack!

[tulsakatz]

20. please write to him.........

....and tell him what an ass he is!!

http://inhofe.senate.gov/contactus.htm

[cooolandrew]

21. Dear, oh dear. He hasn't a clue. It will always be colder...

... in the winter as the earth tilts away from the sun in winter. That still doesn't ignore the fact we are insulated by the gases and the heat will be noticed come summer time.

[alfredo]

22. At night he thinks it is dark all over the world.

[tk2kewl]

28. LOL!

:rofl:

[alfredo]

37. You can't imagine what happens when he closes his eyes.

[rock]

23. It is amazing how many confuse

climate with weather.

[kestrel91316]

32. He's not stupid. He's being DELIBERATELY PERVERSE.

The simple truth is that he DOESN'T CARE what becomes of the planet. He's goin' home to Jebus when he dies, and truly doesn't give a rat's ass about everyone else's future right here on earth.

[NYCGirl]

34. He's doing a great impression of stupid, though. But you're right. NT

[XOKCowboy]

42. I wonder if he doesn't worship Mammon more...

that Jesus. He's got ties to Big Oil from WAY back.

Then again it could be just what you said.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

36. His example actually bolsters the consensus view.

Inhofe cited record-breaking cold weather. Climate change models predict more extremes in weather (hot and cold) as the average global temperature rises.

[depakid]

43. What's up in Oklahoma?

How can they send two certifiably delusional people like Inhofe and Coburn to represent them? It's beyond bizarre... it's an embarrassment. I don't understand what the appeal of these two is.

Must be something.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

44. Oh for Offler's Sake...

That is a stupid, stupid man.

[SoCalDem]

45. Poor little twit..doesn't understand the difference between weather & climate

perhaps Barbara can ask a 5th grade science class to come in & brief him before the next hearing :)

[cosmicdot]

47. did tax money go to making his visual aids?

i.e., the blown up "pledge" he wanted Al to sign?

what a moran


Dana "Hoover Institution Fellow" Milbank likes continue the lie:
"Gore...a failed Democratic presidential nominee..."

[Big Pappa]

49. Sometimes

I think it does not take a lot brains to be a senator.