Inhofe: Don’t Worry About Global Warming Because ‘God’s Still Up There’
Inhofe: Don’t Worry About Global Warming Because ‘God’s Still Up There’
In an interview with Fox and Friends this morning, outgoing Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works James Inhofe (R-OK) argued that the current wave of unprecedented warming is due to “natural changes.” “God’s still up there,” Inhofe said, and to the extent there is warming going on, it is “due to the sun.” He added, “George Soros, the Hollywood elitists, the far left environmentalists on the committee that I chair — all of them want us to believe the science is settled and it’s not.” Watch it.
Despite Inhofe’s repeated efforts to muddy the picture, there is no real scientific debate over whether global warming is manmade or naturally-caused.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body which involves thousands of scientists from over 120 countries who develop detailed reports on climate change, produced a report in 2001 which was reviewed by more than 1,000 top experts, including so-called “climate skeptics” and representatives from industry. The report stated, “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.”
Most recently, the National Academy of Sciences has unequivocally concluded that natural causes cannot explain the unprecedented warmth over the last 400 years. Rather, “human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming,” the report states.
Transcript:
INHOFE: Now look, God’s still up there. We still have these natural changes, and this is what’s going on right now. New science comes out. I had a news conference yesterday, Brian, and the reason I did is because we were going to go over to Nairobi, take a bunch of scientists to get the true science over there, only to find out that the registration had dropped off. Almost no media was over there. So we had the same news conference yesterday right here in Washington, D.C.
We had all these scientists and all of them came to the conclusion, yes, part of the globe is warming. Let’s keep in mind, now, the southern hemisphere has never been warming and changing in the last 25 years. The last time I checked that’s part of the globe.
But if the northern hemisphere is warming up, it’s not due to manmade gases. And that’s what these people all come to the conclusion. And yet the other side, the far left, the George Soros, the Hollywood elitists, the far left environmentalists on the committee that I chair — all of them want us to believe the science is settled and it’s not.
By the way, there’s all kinds of new things. Gretchen, you’ll enjoy this. Get your violin out and get ready. They came out with a great discovery just a few weeks ago. And this came from the geophysical research letters and you know what they said? Hold on now! They said the warming is due to the sun. Isn’t that remarkable?
GRETCHEN: Wow.
BRIAN: That’s a Fox News alert.
GRETCHEN: That is a Fox News alert.
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God who?
November 17th, 2006 at 10:52 amHe is “factually” correct. I flew in from Los Angeles today and in our descent as we passed through the clouds i saw both JC and God sitting in the clouds up there so it is all good.
November 17th, 2006 at 10:56 amWhat an @$$hat. How many days until Boxer runs the committee and tells this idiot where he can take his opinions to where the sun doesn’t shine?
November 17th, 2006 at 10:58 amThe last time I checked that’s part of the globe.
Are you sure? Because there are some folks out there that doubt whether there is a Southern Hemisphere:
http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm
November 17th, 2006 at 10:59 amGolly! Christian Creationist Cultists are going to kill us all.
November 17th, 2006 at 10:59 amThat does it. The government no longer needs to do anything. God will provide.
Does it ever occur to Inhofe that God is not some sort of parent that just allows his kids to do anything they want and spoils them rotten?
Good grief!
November 17th, 2006 at 11:00 amWow, i guess the party of personal responsibility and accountability is really extinct.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:01 amHappy Guy, would you like to weigh in now?
November 17th, 2006 at 11:04 amALL HAIL THE FOX NEWS QUESTION-MARK HEADLINE!
November 17th, 2006 at 11:04 am“God’s Still Up There.”
Yeah, and he’s sitting there sweating in his bermudas and flip-flops, drinking a tall iced tea with lemon, thinking about how he’s going to punish intellectual suicides like Inhofe.
Christ on a cracker…
November 17th, 2006 at 11:05 amHeterodoxy (good word btw, had to look it up) the party you speak of doesn’t need personal responsibility. Afterall, God is still up there!
November 17th, 2006 at 11:06 amWho was it… Remember that insane Christian Creationist Cultist here in Northern California who proclaimed that all of the redwood trees needed to be cut down and sold to Republican paper and lumber corporations because “when Jesus returns” he’d want to know why “we” hadn’t used all the “gifts” that his Jesus god “gave us?”
Man, Christianity is zero different than that entertained by Islamic kooks. The deity oriented religious are all profoundly insane and all merely the same coin, different sides.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:10 amThat’s not the worst of this propaganda. Try finding any information on any government web site. The NASA, NOAA and the US Geological Survey websites are useless. The best science sites are from Britian.
The emperor without clothes who goes around claiming to be the president thinks that if you do not acknowledge a problem, it is not a problem. I have a real problem with that.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:11 amIf god will take care of global warming, why doesn’t he take care of Iraq, BinLaden, terrorism, world hunger, the republican party etc…
November 17th, 2006 at 11:12 amThey said the warming is due to the sun. Isn’t that remarkable?
GRETCHEN: Wow.
BRIAN: That’s a Fox News alert.
GRETCHEN: That is a Fox News alert.
Hey Gretchen, They say that the average citizens stupidity is due to the Fox News Network.
Gretchen: Wow, that’s a Foxs News ale…..heh wait a minute.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:13 amLet’s give the Repugnants some credit here. Baby steps…at least they have figured out that the sun makes the earth warm. That’s science. Give them 10-20 more years and maybe they’ll come around to the rest of the science that makes up Global warming. You can’t set the bar too high with these people or you’ll always be disappointed.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:14 amSorry to cause offence, but it is true. The most ignorant people on the planet are running the most powerful country in the world! And screwing up the rest of the world!
November 17th, 2006 at 11:15 amfrom the nyt:
9 Billion-Year-Old ‘Dark Energy’ Reported
By DENNIS OVERBYE
Published: November 17, 2006
A strange thing happened to the universe five billion years ago. As if God had turned on an antigravity machine, the expansion of the cosmos speeded up, and galaxies began moving away from one another at an ever faster pace.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/science/space/17dark.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
November 17th, 2006 at 11:16 amYa, “…God is up there!!!!…” why do you live in a house Mr. Inhofe? why don’t you stay out in the cold weather and rainy days and nights …God is still up there ..but He told you to use your brain Mr. Inhofe. Why do you see a doctor Mr. Inhofe..? to help you…but God still up there..and he told you to use your brain,because you need medicine and help. God is not against science…stop this backwardness and challenging scientists..in their fields..you don’t have their knowledge..admit it…you have the power to vote only… because you are only a politican Mr. Inhofe.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:20 am“They said the warming is due to the sun. Isn’t that remarkable?”
He’s right you know. The sun shines. People run inside and power up their air conditioners, using electricity provided by giant power plants that emit greenhouse gases. Then they jump into their SUV’s to go down the street to get chips and beer to consume while they hide from the sun and watch Fox news tell them it’s not their fault.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:20 amWow! That’s great news, Senator! So we can dump as much toxic sludge into our drinking water as we like, pump pure carbon monoxide into the air like there’s no tomorrow, and rip down every last tree in every last forest on earth, because God’s still up there and he’s going to protect us from our suicidal ways.
I think I’ll go jump in front of a freight train right now. God’s still up there and he won’t let anything bad happen to me.
Jesus H. Christ! How do f*cking idiots like this get elected?! I want to dope-slap every moron who voted for him.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:24 amThe REAL reason for global warming is that SATAN is getting a hold of our EVIL planet and trying to turn it into HELL! If there were only more GOD fearing Christians out there to do GOD’s work…..SAVE us all from the islamofascists who are turning the world into SATAN’s new HELL!
/sarcasm off
The scary thing is, there are some freaks out there who believe this or something similar. (Rapture anyone)
November 17th, 2006 at 11:25 am#10 Zooey, great one……”Christ on a cracker” is better than my old one of “crap on a crutch”…..Blessings
November 17th, 2006 at 11:25 amHe should be made to provide evidence supporting his assertion that the science is not settled.
Why are these people not challenged on their false claims? It is maddening that they continually get away with baseless assertions!
November 17th, 2006 at 11:28 amI do believe that the sun has been eliminated from the list of possible causes for increasing global temperatures. The suns variability has not changed as far back as we can tell, and hasn’t changed at all since we’ve had the technology to measure it accurately. So lets see, the sun’s output doesn’t change but global temperatures rise… hm…
I guess God left the oven on or something.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:28 ami thought there were many scientists out there who say warming may be because of the sun’s increased output. i have recently read many articles about other planets in our solar system experiencing warming like the earth. or am i a moron?
November 17th, 2006 at 11:29 amJJ – I tried to join the Flat Earthers, but had technical difficulties. Has anyone else been able to successfully join? This is something I would very much like to do.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:36 amWhy are these people not challenged on their false claims? It is maddening that they continually get away with baseless assertions!
Comment by Jeffrey Stewart
He was on Fox News.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:36 ami bet what inhofe said gave james watt a boehner
November 17th, 2006 at 11:39 amFreakaloin…I’ve read the same things about the entire solar system warming. “http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/news/expandnews.cfm?id=9252″
November 17th, 2006 at 11:40 amHowever the earth is trending towards levels of CO2 and temperatures that are far greater than previous ice ages. Historically, temperature and CO2 levels have shown to correlate almost exactly.
Once again, the ironic conflict within their statements is lost upon them…
I cannot stand the “everything will be okay when Jesus comes” mentality. It allows them justification for any and all screw ups their ignorance, arrogance, or malice may create.
If and when Jesus does show up, the first thing he is going to ask you is “Where were you when my Father’s creation was being destroyed?”
As you treat the least among you… try to think beyond your humanocentric nose for once jeezeefreeks. Its what Jesus DID.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:41 amSecond Law of Thermodynamics
> Baby steps…at least they have figured out that
> the sun makes the earth warm.
This is amusing. These Creationist cultists have for the past 200 years demanded that the Second Thermodynamic Law means that evolution doesn’t take place. And for the past 200 years, normal people telling these insane cultists to step outside and look up at the brightly burning object in the sky always results in abject silence from the god damned cultists who refuse to understand — willfully refuse to understand — that the Sun makes the Earth an open system.
Funny how this god damned insane Christian cultist finally recognized the Sun in his sky.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:45 amYou have to hand it to Gretchen and Brian – they certainly exemplify Faux “news” and its ability to be fair and balanced.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:46 amHe is really scary. Would that the neocons had never used the backs of the Christian Nonthinkers to get their way with our government.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:46 amGlobal warming is the interaction of the sun and green house gases.
Isn’t he like Neville Chamberlaine in a way?
November 17th, 2006 at 11:46 amGretchen, did you know my family has never had a cold, disease, divorce, or voted Democratic?
November 17th, 2006 at 11:47 amWow, that’s incredible!
Furthermore, we go to Church every Sunday, pray when we get up & before bed and only solicit money on weekdays.
Good for you, Senator. You’re a great American.
Yes, I know.
Mr. Inhofe, does your family have any deficiencies?
Not that wer’e aware of. We’ve never even had a homosexual in our family.
My goodness, now that’s a Fox News alert! Praise the Lord. May I ask you, sir, who’s your Pastor?
Ted Haggard. Have you heard of this wonderful man?
I just don’t get why these Republicans are so against the environment. Don’t they realize that the end of the world is bad for business?! I thought conservatives were supposed to be all about long-term investments. You can’t invest in anything more important than the planet we live on. Damn theocrats.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:48 amYes, Jim-Bob…God IS up there.
Trouble is, jackasses like Bush, Cheney, Rove…and YOU are DOWN HERE, effing it up for us and our children who have to inherit this planet.
Thanks to Fox News stupidity is more contagious than ever before. Fox News replies: “CATCH IT!”
November 17th, 2006 at 11:52 amThe science is sound: the current rampant warming trend is a direct result of human activity (burning stuff). There is no question about it.
The nay-sayers are simply people with other agendas, and those people do not live in a reality-based world.
Do the words “reality-based” ring a bell.
I thought so.
It’s funny, but while Inhofe is unwilling to accept scientific facts concerning global warming, he is perfectly willing to believe in an imaginary, omnipotent being whose existence is highly questionable, at best. At worst, it is poppycock.
I lean toward the latter.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:52 amWonderful! I was worried there for a second. Glad to know the whole “global warming” thing is taken care of.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:52 amGRETCHEN: Wow.
BRIAN: That’s a Fox News alert.
GRETCHEN: That is a Fox News alert.
Their time spent in higher education obtaining degrees in journalism certainly wasn’t wasted.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:54 amThis is the zaniest thing I’ve heard yet. Just like the catholics who believe that the fingers dipping into the chalice after swabbing the inside of a handicapped, immunocompromised individual before picking up your host will not be contaminated by “germs” because the hosts have been blessed by God. What a load of pure hooey!
November 17th, 2006 at 11:57 amWhen the dems take over in Jan. won’t some of them control the committee’s dealing with enviromental issues? Maybe then we can have common sense and science guide our enviromental policy instead of God.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:58 amThe minds of our leaders have been turned to pure mush. Maybe it’s in the water in Washington??
November 17th, 2006 at 11:58 am(Inhofe):
November 17th, 2006 at 11:58 am“And furthermore, where I come from is the center of the universe. It is flat, and therefore the world, and the universe, is flat.
And that is why the sun makes it so hot.
Does he understand that the Earth actually orbits the Sun, and that the stars are actually not encased in giant glass orbs? Does he also understand that God doesn’t actually carry the Sun accross the sky in his great chariot of fire? What a moron…
November 17th, 2006 at 11:59 amInhofe is an IDIOT!!!
November 17th, 2006 at 11:59 amgod is still “up there”???
Obviously, Inhofe is still “out there.”
November 17th, 2006 at 12:00 pmDig hole in sand. Insert head… Stay. Good boy.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:01 pmZooey, he is a Cracker on Christ.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:09 pmooook. *walking away slowly*
November 17th, 2006 at 12:10 pmZooey, he is a Cracker on Christ!
November 17th, 2006 at 12:10 pmI seem to recall Inhofe being the idiot who said that we would never run out of oil….God had put just enough oil in the ground to last us through the end times, and then after the rapture and establishment of The Kingdom of God on Earth, we would no longer need oil anyway.
That is what he means when he says “God is still up there”.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:11 pmInhofe: God Will Save Us From Global Warming…
Via Talking Points Memo, the Center for American Progess has posted a video of outgoing chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, James Inhofe, being interviewed on Fox News.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:12 pmHe continues his crazy denial of anthropogenic climate chan…
OK, if the sun is causing global warming (not really a stretch when you think about it — I mean, it warms me up when it’s out)and “God is up there”, maybe he was trying to say that God is the sun.
But that’s stupid, everybody knows JC is the sun.
What a dope.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:13 pmAnd to think the fine people of this country elected this man to office…
November 17th, 2006 at 12:16 pmPerhaps Inhofe’s god is still up there, but is simply bedridden with emphysema, cancer, and unconscious from all the carbon monoxide….
November 17th, 2006 at 12:18 pm[...] Watch Video [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 12:18 pmThe old ‘win win’ line….if something bad happens…’the lord works in mysterious ways….if something good happens…’thank you god’…
November 17th, 2006 at 12:21 pm“True Science”
“Far Left”
“Hollywood Elite”
I’m almost surprised he didn’t get in “San Francisco Values”.
Can the GOPers ever just talk honestly to us?
November 17th, 2006 at 12:22 pm[...] Outgoing Cruel-Joke Senate Environment Chair James Inhofe: Don’t Worry About Global Warming Because “God’s Still Up There,” climate change caused by “sun.” [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 12:22 pmChris, whoa, the fine folks of Okiehoma elected this moron to represent their state in the Senate. The Republigrunts were the ones who elevated him to “Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works”.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:24 pmThe rest of the country shakes its head in wonder!
Jeez, how classy of the fox news anchors here to interrupt this guy every time he tried to speak with their skepticism and support for the opposing side of every argument, even though that’s what a good journalist is supposed to do.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:27 pm“God is still up there.” Oh, yeah…that’s a great strategy! (sarcasm) Just sit back and expect God to straighten all our problems out for us…
Would that be the same God who according to the Old Testament decided to wipe out nearly every single human being on the planet with the Great Flood — or razed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to the ground — because He was displeased with them? Seems to me that people like Inhofe could stand to think twice — and read their Bible again — before they assume that God is infinitely forgiving. If I remember correctly, the New Testament also says that God’s willingness to forgive is at least somewhat dependent on our repentence and our willingness to amend our ways. Does it sound to anyone here as if Inhofe is in any way repentent or willing to make amends for the damage that we’ve already done to our planet? Not to mention the fact that if you believe that God created our planet and our environment, the damage which we inflict on it in the name of our comfort could not only be interpreted as ingratitude and contempt, but it could even be argued that we are trying to put ourselves in the place of God and destroy His creations to make way for our own. According to the Biblical stories, the angel Lucifer was cast out of heaven for trying to usurp God’s place…what’s to say that God might not possibly choose to do much the same with us and leave us to suffer the consequences of our own actions? That is, after all, what even the most loving parent is sometimes compelled to do on behalf of an extremely willful and obstinate child…
November 17th, 2006 at 12:27 pm“God is up there?” Yes he is, Mr. Inhofe, and that’s why he keeps sending environmentalists to tell you that we are f$%^ing up the planet.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:38 pmSigh… God works in mysterious ways
Science is not settled? Wasn’t that what they said at the trial of Copernicus?
November 17th, 2006 at 12:39 pmAnyone here remember the last Ice Age?
Is it time for the Meltdown Age.
Did you know that when progressives fart they
November 17th, 2006 at 12:40 pmare contributing to global warming!
That’s my Senator (with still a majority approval rating mind you). However, the tides are changing, even in the OKC. “In a time of deceit and lies, telling the truth is truly a revolutionary act” Orwell
It’s fun to raise hell in the heartland
November 17th, 2006 at 12:41 pm“God’s still up there,†Inhofe said,
Where, point him out.
and to the extent there is warming going on, it is “due to the sun.â€
Well,Duh!!! It is the sun’s heat getting trapped by greenhouse gasses.
He added, “George Soros, the Hollywood elitists, the far left environmentalists on the committee that I chair — all of them want us to believe the science is settled and it’s not.â€
Scientists as a majority say it is settled. Only you idiots expecting the invisible man in the sky to step in and “save the world from queers” cannot understand science enough to understand the evidence. This shows us the idiocy of “Creationism” right here.
The invisible man in the sky is not going to save you moron
November 17th, 2006 at 12:43 pmGawd??????? gawd who??? Sure it isn’t the tooth fairy or santa clause, or the easter bunny…
If any of these dingbats mention this old bearded sky fairy in any of their so called speeches headed towards election, I immediatly make a mental book mark so that I can vote against them….
Religion is the scourge of humanity…..
November 17th, 2006 at 12:45 pmOne thing is abundantly clear: Inhofe is NUTS! This guy is so paid off by special interest that he’s chop down every tree on the planet and polute the water if he could. I mean come on Inhofe, no one can be a stupid about global warming as you pretend you are. Let’s say for argument sake inhofe is wrong, you can’t undo centuries of polution overnight. And there’s one thing Inhofe has forgotten, a hotter planet could spell the end of mankind.
Maybe Inhofe thinks that roaches will elect him President he and they are the only living creatures left on earth.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:46 pmGuys, Guys, Guys!
November 17th, 2006 at 12:51 pmYou all seem to be outright bright (except some trolls…), but
You can’t see the truth? Fox is a satirical channel. Like the Comedy Channel.
And people who believe that anything on Fox is NOT A JOKE don’t have all of their marbles together. Regarding God:
1) Religion is opium for the people. Opium = Illegal Substance.
Illegal Substance = War on Drugs = Inhofe and friends = Jail
2) Undead = Zombie, Christ = Undead = Zombie. Christianity = Zombie-ism = worshipping the Undead = not caring about the living.
3) God looks like Charlton Heston and has left this universe for a hospital stay somewhere else. He got sick from the infinite stupidity of ‘his’ ‘creation’ Adam and Eve. Adam + Eve x multiplication = Human Mankind = INCEST. INCEST = Republicans = Inhofe. Any questions?
Maybe Inhofe thinks that roaches will elect him President he and they are the only living creatures left on earth.
Comment by The Unknown Democrat — November 17, 2006 @ 12:46 pm
Unknown Democrat,
November 17th, 2006 at 12:53 pmThey’d be just about the only ones who would vote for him!
Talk about his constituents…
IS FOX A HOAX?
November 17th, 2006 at 12:53 pm#73
November 17th, 2006 at 12:59 pmRoaches are not THAT dumb!
Barbara Boxer is Jewish dingbat.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:00 pmJews believe in a fairytale G-d.
Did progressives vote for her?
…& the earth is hollow & Satan is “down there”!
November 17th, 2006 at 1:02 pm#76,
misogyny and anti-semitism in one short sentence.
go tell it to redstate.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:07 pmInhofe: Forget Global Warming, “God’s Still Up There”…
Republican policymaking at work — pray like hell!…
November 17th, 2006 at 1:08 pmGod who?
Comment by DieNowForPeace — November 17, 2006 @ 10:52 am
Our lord and savior, Jesus Christ.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:09 pmOath of Office for Senate & House of Reps
‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God’
maheanuu Does this mean you do not vote?
November 17th, 2006 at 1:10 pmBarbara Boxer is Jewish dingbat.
Jews believe in a fairytale G-d.
Comment by I have BDS — November 17, 2006 @ 1:00 pm
Their God is the same as the Christian God smart guy.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:10 pmDear James Inhofe,
God is still up there. And he’s getting a might bit pissed that you continue to support and defend the folks that are smogging up the skies and defiling the streams. The earth is God’s footstool, not yours, and you’re doing an piss-poor job of keeping it clean for his holy feet.
While Global Warming may be a hoax, the Wrath of God at unfaithful servants who aren’t keeping his footstool clean is very very real.
Have a blessed day,
November 17th, 2006 at 1:11 pm…
“God’s Still Up There.â€
Yeah, and he’s sitting there sweating in his bermudas and flip-flops, drinking a tall iced tea with lemon, thinking about how he’s going to punish intellectual suicides like Inhofe.
Christ on a cracker…
Comment by Zooey — November 17, 2006 @ 11:05 am
Blasphemous!!!!
November 17th, 2006 at 1:12 pmIf god will take care of global warming, why doesn’t he take care of Iraq, BinLaden, terrorism, world hunger, the republican party etc…
Comment by Mark — November 17, 2006 @ 11:12 am
It’s called trials and tribulations.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:12 pm#67 I have BDS
Did you know that when progressives fart they
are contributing to global warming!
And when bible-thumping Republicans fart, it’s called a Fox News Alert.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:13 pmtrueblood you anti x-tian right?
November 17th, 2006 at 1:15 pmIt’s called trials and tribulations.
Comment by Daryll
and it seems you are our trial today…
November 17th, 2006 at 1:16 pm#70
If any of these dingbats mention this old bearded sky fairy in any of their so called speeches headed towards election, I immediatly make a mental book mark so that I can vote against them….
Religion is the scourge of humanity…..
Comment by maheanuu
November 17th, 2006 at 1:17 pm#81 I have BDS
maheanuu Does this mean you do not vote?
That probably made sense to you, but outside of the context of whatever is flying around inside your brain right now, not so much. Time for a med check.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:17 pmtrueblood you anti x-tian right?
Comment by I have BDS
I am smart enough to know that I do not know the answer as far as an all-powerful being goes.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:19 pmChimpeach you funny that is a good on. hahahaha
November 17th, 2006 at 1:19 pm“God’s Still Up There.â€
Yeah, and he’s sitting there sweating in his bermudas and flip-flops, drinking a tall iced tea with lemon, thinking about how he’s going to punish intellectual suicides like Inhofe.
Christ on a cracker…
Comment by Zooey — November 17, 2006 @ 11:05 am
Blasphemous!!!!
Comment by Daryll
Actually, it’s pretty darned funny.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:20 pmNice visual, Zoo!
#91
November 17th, 2006 at 1:22 pmLook back on some of your comments about x-tains here.
Blasphemous!!!!
Comment by Daryll
Yes!!
Mark another thing off my “Things to do Before I Die” list.
Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
November 17th, 2006 at 1:25 pmtrue:
Yeah, and he’s sitting there sweating in his bermudas and flip-flops, drinking a tall iced tea with lemon, thinking about how he’s going to punish intellectual suicides like Inhofe — and Daryll.
Christ on a cracker…
Heh.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:27 pmWhere is unbelievable with all the global warming support?
November 17th, 2006 at 1:27 pm#21 “Jesus H. Christ! How do f*cking idiots like this get elected?! I want to dope-slap every moron who voted for him.”
Not enough Okies moved to California.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:27 pmJesus will do whatever he wants to do. If he wants the temperature to become 87 degrees in the Northeast region during the holiday season, so be it.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:28 pmLook back on some of your comments about x-tains here.
Comment by I have BDS
What the f*ck is an “x-tian?”
That seems disrespectful, Bloody Diarrhea Syndrome.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:28 pmi thought there were many scientists out there who say warming may be because of the sun’s increased output. i have recently read many articles about other planets in our solar system experiencing warming like the earth. or am i a moron?
Comment by Freakaloin — November 17, 2006
Please define “many”, and give their area of expertise. The wingnuts seem to think PhD is PhD.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:30 pmI’d like to thank the majority of the posters here for ignoring the religious fanatic trolls. They’re morons. Why engage them?
November 17th, 2006 at 1:31 pmFreakaloin: “am i a moron?”
Yes! Next question.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:32 pmActually, Inhofe’s remarks remind me of that story about the man trapped in a flood. A few people come by in a boat and offer to take him to safety, but he refuses and says “God will help me.” The flood waters continue to rise, and so he goes to the upper story. Soon another boat comes by and another group of people offer to help him, but again he says “God will save me.” The waters keep rising, and so he climbs up onto the roof. A rescue helicopter sees him and the people inside say, “Come on, come with us! What’s the matter with you?” Once again, he says “God will save me.” Finally, the house completely sinks below the water and the man drowns. When he gets to heaven, he yells at God “What happened? Why didn’t you save me?” God calmly answers back “I tried to — I sent you two boats and a helicopter.”
Inhofe, it appears, expects God to save us from ourselves through some sort of huge miraculous intervention…when maybe some of what we’re seeing might just be God’s way of telling us, “Come on, already…get off your oversized asses and do something! I’m not the one who created this mess — I shouldn’t have to clean it up for you.”
November 17th, 2006 at 1:33 pmJesus will do whatever he wants to do. If he wants the temperature to become 87 degrees in the Northeast region during the holiday season, so be it.
Comment by Daryll
What if Jesus decides to reveal to you that he was simply a man, and not the son of god? Will you believe him?
November 17th, 2006 at 1:35 pmI am smart enough to know that I do not know the answer as far as an all-powerful being goes.
Comment by trueblue
True…please, rethink that answer of yours because trolls here only understand monosyllables. :)
November 17th, 2006 at 1:37 pmIt’s called trials and tribulations.
— Daryll
Did you go to South Africa to protest yet Genius?
How about those predictions you made about the election?
November 17th, 2006 at 1:38 pmIs Jesus mad again?
Oh why is Jesus punishing us by turning up the Sun?
November 17th, 2006 at 1:41 pmJesus will do whatever he wants to do. If he wants the temperature to become 87 degrees in the Northeast region during the holiday season, so be it.
Comment by Daryll — November 17, 2006 @ 1:28 pm
Then you admit Jesus wanted the Dems to win on Nov 7th. Thank you for that clarification!
November 17th, 2006 at 1:41 pmHey, folks, I have to admit I like Daryll. You dont get to his level of ignorance just like that.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:42 pmSenator Inhofe is a bloated sack of protoplasm…#85 Zoo
November 17th, 2006 at 1:45 pmHere in Britain if any polititian made these sort of claims that so blatently flew in the face of the global scientific consensus over this the interviewer would rip them to shreds. I`m amazed that the woman interviewing him didn`t do likewise. Why didn`t she demand that Inhofe would explain why no articles skeptical of global warming have appeared in any peer reviewed science journal for over a decade now? Why didn`t she stress the fact that your country`s highest scientific institution, the NAS and it`s sisters organisations in every country on Earth agree with the IPCC
Can any American reading this please enlighten me?
November 17th, 2006 at 1:45 pmOh why is Jesus punishing us by turning up the Sun?
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist
It goes to 11…
November 17th, 2006 at 1:46 pmTwo things.
First, it’s not true that there is no real scientific debate about the causes of global warming. It’s just not, and pretending it is makes you look dumb. And to the extent the debate is not there, it’s a shame to the scientific community, since we don’t actually know. We have some working theories, none of which are remotely proven.
Second, there’s no hypghens after adverbs. “Naturally-caused” should be “naturally caused.”
November 17th, 2006 at 1:47 pm#85 Zoo
Comment by TerrytheTurtle
Yes, I am a blasphemer.
It was a personal goal to have Daryll call me a blasphemer, and I have finally met it. :)
November 17th, 2006 at 1:49 pm#110 Juan C.
Hey, folks, I have to admit I like Daryll. You dont get to his level of ignorance just like that.
I picture Daryll running frantically from room to room, trying to escape the truth. But, sooner or later, it’s going to corner him.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:50 pmCan any American reading this please enlighten me?
———-Mike
Sure, See the picture? The reporter is a Fox news reporter.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:51 pmWe here at TP affectionately to them as Faux News.
Faux News never asks the Republicans the hard questions.
St Darryl – you are back. We heard you had been raptured along with Rick Sanitation…what happened? Did you fail the entrance exam? Have you been cast out for doubting that Jesus wanted Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker?
Christ on a cracker – it must suck to be you…
November 17th, 2006 at 1:52 pmJesus will do whatever he wants to do. If he wants the temperature to become 87 degrees in the Northeast region during the holiday season, so be it. — Daryll
************************
And when was the last time that actually happened, Daryll??? I do take it that you mean the Christmas holiday season, and not July 4th…
I was raised United Methodist, and even though I’ve since realized that I coudn’t in my wildest dreams ever have the slightest hope of really being able to understand the nature of God (which makes me, as I see it, more of an agnostic), I still remember one piece of incredible wisdom attributed to John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist church. He said, “pray as if everything depended on God — work as if everything depended on you.” Jesus meant His followers to be pacifists, not passive-ists! (I didn’t make that last bit up myself…someone else did in response to one of my posts on another thread somewhere earlier this week, although I can’t remember who. Kudoes to whoever it was…)
November 17th, 2006 at 1:52 pm#112
Why didn`t she stress the fact that your country`s highest scientific institution, the NAS and it`s sisters organisations in every country on Earth agree with the IPCC
Can any American reading this please enlighten me?
It’s Fox News. I know that doesn’t sound like much of an explanation, but it’s what we’ve come to expect from them. They’re not real sticklers for that factual stuff.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:55 pmMike the Brit – do you read the Sun for the enlightenment Rupert Murdoch can bring you about the world around you? Well Fox News is the Sun without the T&A. QED.
November 17th, 2006 at 1:56 pmZoo – no one who quotes the Holy Script of Ren and Stimpy can be a blasphemer…
November 17th, 2006 at 1:59 pmBDS,
See what I mean about getting deleted? Heh.
Try using the * next time.
November 17th, 2006 at 2:00 pm101. So am I a moron?
Moron? No, I don’t believe so, but perhaps you are suffering from a bit of willful ignorance.
I have no idea what you might be referring to regarding the other planets in our solar system. I think you are making that part up…..if not, please provide a reference.
As for solar output increasing……the answer is probably….a little bit. Scientists/astronomers have measurements from solar orbiting satellites for the last 3 decades, which indicate that perhaps solar output might have increased ~0.1% overall. What does this mean? Very little. We have no reliable measurements for prior to the mid 1970s of the solar luminosity, and the variations on a daily, hell, on an hourly, basis due to sunspots, prominences, etc alone can be larger than this. Astronomers know from observing stars much like our own sun that variations of 1% in the luminosity of a star over short periods are not uncommon. None of this takes into account that the Earth is in an elliptical, not circular orbit, and that the amount of energy that reaches the surface of the eart at our closest vs furthest points from the Sun cause canges in the amount of energy hitting the surface of the Earth to vary on an annual basis.
In short, it is a hideously complicated issue, and Inhofe putting himself in the position of an authority on global warming just proves what a jackass he is. The atmosphere of our planet is becoming increasingly warmer on average. This cannot be disputed. If anyone wants to argue the merits of the whys……go educate yourself. Inhofe has quite obviously not done that.
November 17th, 2006 at 2:03 pmWere you deposited naked (because the Rapture took you naked right?) back on the street just like Ahnald in Terminator. That must have been the bomb, St Darryl.
November 17th, 2006 at 2:03 pmThe Politically Incorrect Guide to Science
by Tom Bethel
Here’s a handy one-volume guide to some of the most contentious issues of our day, including:
Why fears of nuclear power aren’t science, but unscientific scaremongering .
Why species are increasing, not disappearing .
Why global warming (and other temperature changes) are not caused by humans (remember the Ice Age?)
Why embryonic stem cell research is snake oil medicine (which is why it needs government subsidies) .
Why Darwinism is crumbling Read this unbelievable and let go set your mind free. Remember critical thinking not closed minded
November 17th, 2006 at 2:04 pmyou can do it.
Zoo – no one who quotes the Holy Script of Ren and Stimpy can be a blasphemer…
Comment by TerrytheTurtle
Let’s tell Daryll…poor thing.
November 17th, 2006 at 2:05 pmWhat the f*ck is an “x-tian?â€
That seems disrespectful, Bloody Diarrhea Syndrome.
Comment by Zooey
What the F*ck is ‘f*ck’?
November 17th, 2006 at 2:09 pmZooey
November 17th, 2006 at 2:12 pmIs that better fuqk?
“”Jesus will do whatever he wants to do. If he wants the temperature to become 87 degrees in the Northeast region during the holiday season, so be it. “”
Guess that I need proof Daryl, since there is only one book that even mentions this mythical person you call Jeezbus… And that one was written long after this figment of your imagination supposeded existed, preformed his “miracles”, was crucified and then rose again only to preform more miracles and then have a bunch of winged creatures come down to carry him up into the heavens on a beam of light… Hell boy, I have read Grimm’s and other Fairy Tales that made more sense.
Don’t you think that if this so called “son of god” existed and actually lived that there would be mention of him in the roman governments texts etc? We do know that there was a Herod, but no mention of Jezzbus or any of his miracles???
There have been thousands of gods since the beginning of thought by human beings, as people needed to be controlled and religion is a form of government… How can anyone in their right mind believe in these things that have been fabricated from before the bronze age?
Religion to me, is authoritarianism pure and simple.. Those who need it are needing a crutch to get through this life, and depend on religion or their belief in it to hedge their bet on the shitty life they are in now.
Just another opiate for the mind, imho….
I would rather follow Dr. Richard Dawkins example and be free from all the false dogma and silly beliefs…
November 17th, 2006 at 2:19 pmYeah, God will keep us from ruining the environment….. who are these people?
November 17th, 2006 at 2:22 pmIn my observation:
November 17th, 2006 at 2:23 pm“Daryll” is perhaps the religious alter ego of some other resident troll……
“Daryll’s” utterances are a classic stereotype of an abused and denigrated adolescent who has found refuge in a fantasy world. Easy for a theatrically minded blog addict to ape, all he’d have to do is watch re-runs of the 700 club……
Statements such as: “Jesus said vengeance is mine” betrays a true ignorance of ever having really read the bible. The words of Jesus of Nazareth are those of a peace-maker, albeit a closet revolutionary……
Daryll, if you are actually what you present to others here on this webblog, all I can offer you is….. “better luck next time…..”
Hey, pudge! What the f%ck is a ‘hypghens’, moron?
November 17th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
#128
Why fears of nuclear power aren’t science, but unscientific scaremongering .
Chernobyl and Three Mile Island were just bad dreams. Never happened.
Why species are increasing, not disappearing .
Really? What species? Name a couple. Are you talking about the numbers of a certain species or the number of species. If the number of species is increasing, that would probably count as evidence of evolution. Or an alien invasion.
Look, the author knows there are people out there just dying to hear that science is wrong, so he writes a book saying exactly that and makes a lot of money. The people who want to hear that sort of thing (like you) are not about to check the facts, or look for alternate explanations or refutations. I can guarantee you that most, if not every single one, of his claims can be debunked by a real scientist, using scientific method, as opposed to half-truths and rhetorical devices.
But, that would contradict your preconceived notions and therefore would be unacceptable to you. If you don’t like science, don’t use it. Rely on magic instead. See how far it gets you. But, don’t try to say science is wrong if you don’t accept the means by which it’s determined to be right or wrong.
November 17th, 2006 at 2:27 pmTeach the controversy, man. Interview people who don’t believe that the southern hemisphere is part of the globe.
November 17th, 2006 at 2:28 pmRely on psuedo-science instead. See how far it gets you.
Comment by chimpeach
November 17th, 2006 at 2:34 pm#136
If you don’t recognize science, how the hell would you know pseudo-science? Oh wait, pseudo-science is anything that doesn’t reach the conclusions that you want it to. That’s right.
November 17th, 2006 at 2:42 pmI guess Inhofe thinks God will be happy that we screwed up the planet.
Pretty wierd. God will probably be really pissed.
Inhofe will have to miss the “raputre” Awwwwww……………
November 17th, 2006 at 2:49 pmchimpeach
November 17th, 2006 at 2:54 pmI know inbreeding produces mutants like you.
We do not need to repeat that experiment any more
so make should you stay away from any relatives, cousins, sisters etc.
#136
Why fears of nuclear power aren’t science, but unscientific scaremongering .
Chernobyl and Three Mile Island were just bad dreams. Never happened.
Refineries have had serious accidents in the past.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:00 pmDoes that keep you from using gasoline in your car?
The more ideological the politician, the more useless it is to listen to what he/she has to say.
And yet we must respond, because our country is better than what Inhofe represents: thought driven purely by hatred.
Inhofe is a national disgrace.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:01 pmDON’T WORRY! BE HAPPY!
November 17th, 2006 at 3:02 pmooh Chimpeach wins by a snotting. IDS reaches for the schoolyard ad hominem and its all over! Congratulations to Chimpeach – today’s “Golden Medal for Defense Against the Dark Arts of Faith-based Science” is on its way to you… by UPS, not by magical transmutation…
November 17th, 2006 at 3:07 pmYes!!! God is still “up there.” And she will soon send her wrath to crisp your flesh as your reward for so betraying your stewardship of earth and her ecology. Your “rapture” will be first experienced as a severe hot flash.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:09 pmInhofe is my senator and I’m not sure he really believes his own bullshit. He’s playing to the moronic majority here in Oklahoma and knows that as long as you keep saying “God” in a faithful tone, the idiots will keep voting for you. If our state Democratic party could ever find a halfway legitimate candidate, this guy would be toast. But, to tell you the truth, the Dems here are nearly as bad as the GOP.
SAVE US FROM OURSELVES!!!
November 17th, 2006 at 3:11 pmJesus doing jumping jacks, No Fool, I thought that was menopause. Do you mean to say…?
November 17th, 2006 at 3:12 pmWhat SPF would Jesus wear?
November 17th, 2006 at 3:33 pmThis guy (Inhofe (R-OKee dokey)) is proving himself wrong in his own irrational rant. If “the Sun” is the cause of recent warming and if “the Southern Hemisphere” is part of the globe (last time he looked up you know where), then why isn’t “the Sun” causing increased heating in the Southern Hemisphere? Could it be that there is less human population, fewer smoke spewing automobiles there in the Southern half and thus less concentration of GreenHouse Gases over that region? Doh.
(Of course there may be many other complex explantions for hemispherical disparity –if true– but to outright dismiss the conclusion of learned scientists around the world is the height or elitist arrogance.)
November 17th, 2006 at 3:38 pm“Now look, God’s still up there”
up where? the sky? Oh yeah, we all know that God lives in the sky. Im so freaking tired of this kind of talk with the republicans.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:38 pmI’d probably be a republican if they werent such idiots. Whats become of the republican party?
I am from Oklahoma and many of us have no respect for this man.
I have never voted for him.
Please forgive the others they know not what they do.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:43 pmI don’t think JC would need any sun screen. He was almost black, right?
November 17th, 2006 at 3:44 pmInhofe, Darryl, and others “Christians”:
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. John 18:36
Why do you insist on confusing the spiritual and material worlds? God gave us the material earth, to use wisely as good stewards while He attends to the spiritual world.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:48 pmSomeone stop Jesus and his Holy SUV!!!!!
November 17th, 2006 at 3:48 pmThese comments let us know who lobbies thie senator.
He doesn’t work for the people, but for their masters at the oil companies
#153
He doesn’t work for the people, but for their masters at the oil companies
Comment by mytwocents
Do you use gasoline in your car?
November 17th, 2006 at 3:53 pmYou must stop supporting oil companies!
What is this about a globe? Last I heard from the “true scientists”, the earth was still flat.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:59 pmCheck this out!
http://algorescarbonfootprint.com/
November 17th, 2006 at 3:59 pm[...] In an interview with Fox and Friends this morning, outgoing Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works James Inhofe (R-OK) argued that the current wave of unprecedented warming is due to “natural changes.†“God’s still up there,†Inhofe said, and to the extent there is warming going on, it is “due to the sun.†He added, “George Soros, the Hollywood elitists, the far left environmentalists on the committee that I chair — all of them want us to believe the science is settled and it’s not.†Watch it. [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 4:02 pmI have to say the “big guy” has done such a great job keeping people from starving, the innocent from suffering, the poor from getting poorer, hate from being spread, evil from gaining power… etc… that i feel good about just kicking back and not worrying about this global warming thing either.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:04 pmLook…. I’m a life-long Liberal Democrat, and I no longer buy the Global Warming scam – it IS a hoax, and Al Gore is a complicit shill. And no, I don’t work for a oil company, nor do I think they are anything more than scum. In fact, they are behind this scam, despite their attempts to appear to be aginst it. (Research Enron’s role in the environmentalist movement, you’ll get the idea.)
What better way to keep the Left on this issue then to have a notorious nitwit like Inhofe declare it a hoax. Don’t be a sheep or a Pro Wrestling fan, think for yourself. Not everything is black and white.
Check this out, and don’t pre-judge: http://www.breakfornews.com/audio/InsideTrackNews060308.mp3
November 17th, 2006 at 4:06 pm#158
November 17th, 2006 at 4:08 pmGet off your fat ass and do something.
To support his argument, Faiz makes the following statement (after incorrectly stating “there is really no debate”):
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body which involves thousands of scientists from over 120 countries who develop detailed reports on climate change, produced a report in 2001 which was reviewed by more than 1,000 top experts, including so-called “climate skeptics†and representatives from industry. The report stated, “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.â€
The problem here is that he is quoting from the IPCC SAR Summary for Policymakers, which was written by a committee of government representatives, not climate scientists and it was not reviewed by climate scientists who wrote the individual chapters in the IPCC report.
The relevant chapter of the report, Chapter 12, Detection of Climate Change and Attribution of Causes flatly contradicts the Summary:
Uncertainties in the estimated climate change signals have made it difficult to attribute the observed climate change to one specific combination of anthropogenic and natural influences.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:10 pmCan the “Fox and Friends” (what an awful name!) crew be any more dimwitted? Just going along with the diarreha flowing from that Okie’s mouth with their only response being a dismissive laugh to his assertion that the Sun is the cause of global warming…makes me sick.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:21 pmInhofe’s assertion that “God is still up there,” is unverifiable. Actually, God may not be up there at all. He may be over here, or perhaps down there. He may be in the bathroom. He may have hit the microwave to sanitize the planet (God knows it needs it), then left for vacation.
It’s just as likely that Global Warming is evidence that God is no longer up there, if he ever was. Same goes for the recent tsunami, or the earthquakes, or the wars, or the killer viruses, or Katrina, etc. etc. etc. If anything, all of these, throughout history, are counter-evidence to God.
As for blasphemy, if there is no God, there is no blasphemy. And profanity, what the hell IS profanity?
November 17th, 2006 at 4:23 pmPlease, people, be more kind to Sen. Inhofe! Show some respect! It is difficult to be a US Senator when you are perpetually tripping on LSD. Imagine how difficult it must be to concentrate not just with all the heightened textual sensations that accompany ongoing psychedelic use, but with that one white bearded guy floating around on a cloud “up there” watching every little thing that he thinks and does.
My only question is when Sen. Inhofe is going to pull a Haggard.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:28 pmZooey
Is that better fuqk?
Comment by I have BDS
Don’t ask me, I’m not in charge of the f*ck filter.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:32 pm… where ignorance is bliss …
November 17th, 2006 at 4:35 pmThe sun warms the earth? really? NO!!
“Thats a FOX NEWS ALERT!!!” HAHAHAHAHAHA
WHAT A JOKE!!!
THATS A FOX NEWS ALERT! DOH!!!
November 17th, 2006 at 4:46 pmYes, just like god’s taking care of preventing children from being molested and cancer patients from horrible cruel deaths…
November 17th, 2006 at 4:47 pm#159, I hope you have your sarcasm hat on. You’re the funniest one on this board if you do. If not, well, why don’t you go see what Darryl and IBS are up to. I know they’re not doing anything social for the forseeable future.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:48 pmNo, global warming isn’t a HOAX. The hoax is the REASON they’re giving for it. The planet goes through natural cycles of warming and cooling, creating small ice ages and drought periods.
The Sun IS the cause, but it’s not solar heat, it’s solar magnetic radiation. It varies throughout a 36-year cycle, and the major, major hurricane periods occur every 36 to 38 years.
CO2 doesn’t rise, it’s heavier than normal air. All this about fossil fuels depleting the ozone layer is bullshit – the ozone at the poles varies naturally, and it’s ONLY AT THE POLES, it doesn’t affect 90% of inhabited land.
The energy industry is going to reap the “clean-up” contracts, after they’re done playing the “bad guy” and having morons like Inhofe become their spokesmen. Who would suspect that what he’s saying (aside from this God bullshit) is totally correct? He’s an idiot, right? But that’s what these Right-wing icons and Faux News people are about – they’re the dedicated bad guys that we’re conditioned to immediately disbelieve.
You’re being scammed. Stop buying this political sham theater. Left vs. Right politics is a huge money-making scam – there is only 1 party, with 2 corrupt subdivisions.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:48 pmI’m a life-long Liberal Democrat, and I no longer buy the Global Warming scam – it IS a hoax, and Al Gore is a complicit shill
Comment by Rumpl4skn — November 17, 2006 @ 4:06 pm
I’m less willing to buy that you’re a life-long liberal than I am willing to buy the Brooklyn Bridge.
We aren’t gullible here. Sell your lies elsewhere.
Denying Global Warming is like denying that the sky is blue…
November 17th, 2006 at 4:50 pmI’ve know Jim Inhofe for over 30 years and he wasn’t always this crazy. In fact, he was a good person with conservative values who was an extremely friendly person to everyone. He and his beautiful wife Kay were always the first to have a nice word for someone. Then about ten years ago Jim really changed. Now he’s mean, petulant and so stubborn even his friends are embarrassed for him. It’s a mystery why the man changed so much.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:51 pm#139
I know inbreeding produces mutants like you.
We do not need to repeat that experiment any more
so make should you stay away from any relatives, cousins, sisters etc.
I’m sorry. I had to go do something productive.
So, you think that “fears of nuclear power aren’t science, but unscientific scaremongering”, right? According to your little anti-science book it is, anyway. Why don’t you call the DOE and tell them to forget about Yucca Mountain, that you’ll be glad to store that radioactive waste for them. Those silly people in Nevada think it’s dangerous. Where were you going to have the repository? In your basement or backyard?
November 17th, 2006 at 4:51 pm“God is up there..”
The earth is more or less round, as is the known universe. So which way is up exactly? And precisely where is “there.”
Sorry, just more nonsensical questions from a George Soros water-carrying, Hollywood baby-killing, crack addicted far left spooge guzzler.
I should know my place by now and keep the intellectual heavy lifting to inbreads from a state that’s shaped like a frying pan.
yee hawwwww
November 17th, 2006 at 4:51 pmThe Sun IS the cause, but it’s not solar heat, it’s solar magnetic radiation. It varies throughout a 36-year cycle, and the major, major hurricane periods occur every 36 to 38 years.
Comment by D. Douglas — November 17, 2006 @ 4:48 pm
Look, Seixon asserted than nonsense many months ago and was solidly debunked and defeated. And you are half the pansy that he was, so quit now while you’re ahead.
Global Warming is real. The concept is quite simple. If you don’t understand it, go back to 5th grade Science and stay awake.
November 17th, 2006 at 4:54 pmI would like to apologize to everyone on behalf of Oklahoma for the continued mindless sewage which comes from Imhoffs mouth. So what is he arguing for? Pro-Pollution?
November 17th, 2006 at 4:58 pm“Look back on some of your comments about x-tains here. ”
Comment by I have BDS
Notice how you change the subject so you can play the victim in lieu of making an argument.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:02 pm#159 Rumpl4skn
Look…. I’m a life-long Liberal Democrat
Actually, if that http://www.breakfornews.com website is any indication, I think you’re a paranoid schizophrenic. So, do you also think that AIDS is a hoax, as it says on the website?
How do you know the internet isn’t a hoax? Maybe the whole thing is all the same website run by one guy and you only think you’re communicating with other people. Did you ever consider that little possibility? Hmmmm?
November 17th, 2006 at 5:02 pmwasn’t there something about: god helps those that help themselves? I can’t believe that is an argument made on national TV. Oh sorry. fox news.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:05 pm101. Cited many articles about other planets warming. Please cite one. Just one.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:05 pmNovember 17th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
So, do you also think that AIDS is a hoax, as it says on the website?
Comment by chimpeach — November 17, 2006 @ 5:02 pm
====================================
Nice attempt to READ the text on that site. No one says AIDS is a hoax, it says AZT is a Big Pharma scam. AZT kills more people than it helps, but it brings in trillions, so it’s the only treatment.
I understand why you guys are buying this stuff, you’re been programmed to accept it. So was I. I just don’t anymore. You won’t know the truth until the whole scam is over , trust me.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:12 pm#
To support his argument, Faiz makes the following statement (after incorrectly stating “there is really no debateâ€):
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body which involves thousands of scientists from over 120 countries who develop detailed reports on climate change, produced a report in 2001 which was reviewed by more than 1,000 top experts, including so-called “climate skeptics†and representatives from industry. The report stated, “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.â€
The problem here is that he is quoting from the IPCC SAR Summary for Policymakers, which was written by a committee of government representatives, not climate scientists and it was not reviewed by climate scientists who wrote the individual chapters in the IPCC report.
The relevant chapter of the report, Chapter 12, Detection of Climate Change and Attribution of Causes flatly contradicts the Summary:
Uncertainties in the estimated climate change signals have made it difficult to attribute the observed climate change to one specific combination of anthropogenic and natural influences.
Comment by Hippie with a pistol — November 17, 2006 @ 4:10 pm
Hey “Hippie”: the second paragraph you quoted does in NO WAY contradict the first!! IDIOT!!
November 17th, 2006 at 5:12 pm“Why didn`t she demand that Inhofe would explain why no articles skeptical of global warming have appeared in any peer reviewed science journal for over a decade now? Why didn`t she stress the fact that your country`s highest scientific institution, the NAS and it`s sisters organisations in every country on Earth agree with the IPCC
Can any American reading this please enlighten me?”
Comment by Mike
I’m sure Inhofe would have simply answered that these scientists are just trying to get funding from George Soros and/or are trying to impress the elitist Hollywood babes.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:14 pmI forget. Is he an Oklahoma Bozo or a Nebraska Bozo?
November 17th, 2006 at 5:14 pmAll I can say is that if Inhofe et al would like to bury their heads in the sand, I think the least we can do is grab our shovels and help out.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:18 pmI understand why you guys are buying this stuff, you’re been programmed to accept it. So was I. I just don’t anymore.
No, we aren’t ‘programmed’. That is such a lying neocon in progressive’s clothing thing to say…
We think for ourselves. Can we help it if reality has a liberal bias that leads us all independently to the truth via facts and evidence?
Try it sometime. It’s not as scary as the necons tell you it is…
You won’t know the truth until the whole scam is over , trust me.
Comment by Rumpl4skn — November 17, 2006 @ 5:12 pm
Trust you? Why? We don’t do blind faith over here. You want us to accept an assertion – you first must prove it. With qualified Science experts…
November 17th, 2006 at 5:32 pm#182
I understand why you guys are buying this stuff, you’re been programmed to accept it. So was I. I just don’t anymore. You won’t know the truth until the whole scam is over , trust me.
And you’re gullible and will buy into scary stories about hoaxes without actually verifying what you’re being told. Conspiracy theories are so much fun. And they make you think you have a reason to feel smug and superior. Don’t waste your time on us. We’re too stupid.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:33 pmThe man is an idiot and an embarrassment to my home state. Then again, a majority of my fellow Oklahomans voted for the idiot…hmmm….
November 17th, 2006 at 5:37 pmSo Okies elected this clown. Do they feel like they got their money’s worth? Will the Dems please run somebody with a functioning cranium against this dogmatic zit? Thank you.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:37 pmSome people need chained to a chair and be forced to watch the Lorax by Dr. Seuss over and over again…being they were obviously taught nothing in their childhood that was intelligent.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:46 pmMr. Imhoff,
November 17th, 2006 at 5:57 pmYou got it exactly backwards. The science IS settled. The fact that G-d exists is not settled. Something about faith……………..
I just realized something.
November 17th, 2006 at 6:14 pmI think Gretchen Carlson was a newsreader here in Richmond, Va 10 years or so ago and had to leave in disgrace after breaking up the marriage of an older man with whom she worked (and “dated”) at WRIC Channel 8. Ruined the guys career AND marriage.
Jean Burnham,
Read Chapter 12. Note that I cited the Chapter, which indeed contradicts the statement Faiz selected from the Summary for Policymakers which was not reviewed by the authors of the IPCC SAR. The statement I provided summarizes Chapter 12 concisely, but I suggest you read Chapter 12 and see for yourself.
But it’s so much easier to call soomebody an idiot than do the research, isn’t it?
More from Chapter 12:
The response to anthropogenic changes in climate forcing occurs against a backdrop of natural internal and externally forced climate variability that can occur on similar temporal and spatial scales. Internal climate variability, by which we mean climate variability not forced by external agents, occurs on all time-scales from weeks to centuries and millennia. Slow climate components, such as the ocean, have particularly important roles on decadal and century time-scales because they integrate high frequency weather variability (Hasselmann, 1976) and interact with faster components. Thus the climate is capable of producing long time-scale internal variations of considerable magnitude without any external influences. Externally forced climate variations may be due to changes in natural forcing factors, such as solar radiation or volcanic aerosols, or to changes in anthropogenic forcing factors, such as increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases or sulphate aerosols.
The presence of this natural climate variability means that the detection and attribution of anthropogenic climate change is a statistical “signal-in-noise†problem. Detection is the process of demonstrating that an observed change is significantly different (in a statistical sense) than can be explained by natural internal variability. However, the detection of a change in climate does not necessarily imply that its causes are understood. As noted in the SAR, the unequivocal attribution of climate change to anthropogenic causes (i.e., the isolation of cause and effect) would require controlled experimentation with the climate system in which the hypothesised agents of change are systematically varied in order to determine the climate’s sensitivity to these agents. Such an approach to attribution is clearly not possible.
November 17th, 2006 at 6:43 pm“And when bible-thumping Republicans fart, it’s called a Fox News Alert.” – by chimpeach (#86)
Repuglican’s don’t fart, they can’t, their @$$-holes are too tight. I believe that has something to do with their need for young boys, but I don’t have any confirmation of their ‘Top/Bottom’ status yet ;)
November 17th, 2006 at 6:48 pmThe Southern Hemisphere is actually warming, by the way.
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/temp/jonescru/graphics/nhshgl.jpg
November 17th, 2006 at 6:50 pmTime for Global Warming Action!
We need your help to contact the incoming Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and to raise national global warming action is a top legislative priority next year.
Momentum is building, but we continue to face resistance from big polluters and special interests, who stubbornly oppose action on global warming.
2007 is a critical year. And we need Congress to act.
Send an email to future Speaker Pelosi today.
Good news is that we only have to deal with this guy until January 1 – then Pelosi takes charge :)
November 17th, 2006 at 6:55 pmjust give ‘em enough rope…
November 17th, 2006 at 7:11 pmSenator Inhofe, did you hear about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac?
She stayed up all night worrying if her dog was up there.
November 17th, 2006 at 7:20 pmFYI, the Us Govt does acknowledge GW:
from US EPA website (today)
Science
For over the past 200 years, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, and deforestation have caused the concentrations of heat-trapping “greenhouse gases” to increase significantly in our atmosphere. These gases prevent heat from escaping to space, somewhat like the glass panels of a greenhouse.
Greenhouse gases are necessary to life as we know it, because they keep the planet’s surface warmer than it otherwise would be. But, as the concentrations of these gases continue to increase in the atmosphere, the Earth’s temperature is climbing above past levels. According to NOAA and NASA data, the Earth’s average surface temperature has increased by about 1.2 to 1.4ºF since 1900. The warmest global average temperatures on record have all occurred within the past 15 years, with the warmest two years being 1998 and 2005. Most of the warming in recent decades is likely the result of human activities. Other aspects of the climate are also changing such as rainfall patterns, snow and ice cover, and sea level.
If greenhouse gases continue to increase, climate models predict that the average temperature at the Earth’s surface could increase from 2.5 to 10.4ºF above 1990 levels by the end of this century. Scientists are certain that human activities are changing the composition of the atmosphere, and that increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases will change the planet’s climate. But they are not sure by how much it will change, at what rate it will change, or what the exact effects will be.
November 17th, 2006 at 7:26 pm[...] The sun is warming the earth! [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 8:24 pmGreat clip. Its unreal how someone with this point of view would hold an important public office. There’s nothing wrong with having faith, but using it as truth vs numerous studies is ridiculos.
November 17th, 2006 at 8:32 pmWho voted for this guy? How does he get into office with these views. Its sad when religion clouds scientific judgement to this degree.
November 17th, 2006 at 8:34 pmhttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=keeling+curve&btnG=Search+Images
November 17th, 2006 at 8:38 pm[...] In this interview, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) claims that global warming is not caused by humans. He argues that liberals “want us to believe the science is settled and it’s not.†Why is is the atmosphere getting warmer? Inhofe: “God is still up there and we still have natural changes [in the atmosphere]” [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 8:39 pm#130-
Jesus is mentioned in several Gnostic writings and extremely briefly in Josephus. Although in Josephus he appears in one paragraph. Early versions say, “who some claim is the messiah” and later versions say “who is the Messiah. ”
3 facts about Jesus are generally accepted by most scholars: he was born, taught his followers in the desert, and was executed for sedition.
I personally think that’s pretty much sums him up. (My father is a retired pastor with 2 masters of divinities, I got all this trite drilled in for years.”
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Of course in the off chance that god created the Earth and is still “up there” wouldn’t he be pissed of the mess we lowly humans are making of it? I know I would be.
November 17th, 2006 at 9:26 pmYep, they’re right. That is a Fox News alert.
November 17th, 2006 at 10:10 pmI am a Christian.
I believe in Freedom of Religion if that is what you believe.
I believe in Freedom From Religion if that is what you believe.
I believe the earth is round.
I believe the planets revolve around the sun.
I believe in global warming. (We are responsible for the care of our planet).
I believe in Science and the Bible
I believe that the Bible is not meant to scientific it is meant to tell us how we should live our lives (loving, and caring, for all people).
I believe that Science is not meant to be a religion.
I believe that John Kennedy said it best about religion and politics (a Catholic) and Jimmy Carter (a protestant) said it best about religion and politics of the world.
I believe that all Religious Fundamentalists of all faiths have always gotten it all wrong. Some people naturally do not understand the term “False Prophets” because they like to be told what to do, even if it is by some crackpot. They don’t want to question. They are especially susceptible to being misled by people interested in power and greed.
I get very angry as the rest of you do, at the inability of people to understand what is happening to our country.
For instance if someone says, “God told me to invade this country that never did anything to us, kill a bunch of innocent people, plus lose thousands of our own young people”, you should instantly brand him a deceiver (not a decider) or a lunatic because that is blasphemy.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:06 pmThis guy and his ilk poses a direct threat to the lives of us and our families.
Does he think he’s going to escape when the ocean rolls in?
November 17th, 2006 at 11:52 pmThere are two questions that need to be answered:
1. During the Medieval Warming Period, CO2 increased, right along with the temperatures, much the same as it is doing now. This is the time in our history that the ice caps melted in Greenland, Eric the Red and his family set up their home there for 300 years. During this time there were no internal combustion engines producing “greenhouse gases.” What produced the CO2?
2. There are no scientific records that show any appreciable rise in the surface of the earth’s oceans during the Medieval Warming Period.
Just because CO2 and warming occur at the same time does not necessarily mean one caused the other. Did the warming of the northern hemisphere cause the CO2 to increase or the opposite. A third occurence could just as easily have caused both. After all there were no automobiles from 1000 to 1400 AD, during the Medieval Warming Period. See pages 64-65 of the September 2004 issue of the National Geographic magazine.
November 18th, 2006 at 12:16 amIsn’t that bsd person the same idiot who opines on all those right wing nut job sites. Maybe he forgot to take his medicine today
November 18th, 2006 at 12:29 amWhen you get right down to it, I find it remarkable that I run my car on solar power.
It’s just that some strange chemical reaction took place billions of years ago and started this life thing on earth.
And it’s all been powered by the sun.
November 18th, 2006 at 12:30 amHE’S FROM KANSAS! DON’T YOU YET UNDERSTAND THAT KANSAS IS NOT OF THIS EARTH??
November 18th, 2006 at 4:34 ami wonder how he’s gonna feel when TXU builds those 11 new coal fired power plants in texas and the monsoon winds and rains dump all that acid on oklahoma………
mikeeeee
November 18th, 2006 at 7:52 amIt is all my families fault
Sadly my family must take responsibility for the existence of G. W. Bush. and indirectly through his inaction, Global Warming as well. Back in 1138 one of Bush’s ancient Grandfathers, Wladyslaw II, became king of Poland (kind of like Bush) and allowed his wife to convince him to Blind and Mute his uncle, Piotr Wlast (My ancient Grandfather), who was the Palatine of Poland. Apparently in a Bush like stroke of genius he figured if he could make an example of the second most powerful Prince in the region then all the nobility and boyers would cower before his despotic reign, however, unlike Wladyslaw, old Piotr was a kind and generous man who was highly respected by the nobility, boyers and the Princes of Kiew (he married a Princess from Kiew). Within a few Months a huge army came to call on the inept King Wladyslaw and in a moment of weakness old Piotr decided not to kill Wladyslaw, but instead to let him and his nasty wife Agnes go into exile. The history books generally refer to Bush’s ancestor as “Wladyslaw II, the exiled king of Poland”. If old Piotr had only executed Wladyslaw then there would be no George Bush and we would be well on our way to stopping Global Warming.
If you want to really know how George Bush thinks then check out his family tree at one of the genealogy websites. The man thinks of himself like an emperor because he believes that he has been ordained by birth. He comes from a very long, royal blood line that goes back some 45 centuries. It is unbelievable, but true. America has put an ego maniac in charge of the most powerful country in the world. Some of Bush’s more memorable ancestors include Attila the Hun, Herod the Great, Nero, Alexander the Great, Caesar Augustus, Rameses the Great, Priam,
Agamemnon and the list goes on for another 4000 or so rulers. He can even claim Vlad the Impaler (aka Dracula) as a distant cousin. Even more disturbing is that this same blood line has been responsible for many US presidents and world leaders (ex. Winston Churchill).
I don’t expect anyone to beleive any of this without proof, but if you check it out you can see for yourself.
If your looking for something entertaining to read then check out some of the denial websites. After reading a few comments you will realize how a
November 18th, 2006 at 8:16 amjerk like inhofe got elected. Apperently the majority of voters in Oklahoma never graduated from elementary school, since the most basic science is beyond their ability to grasp. Comments like ” The fact that it is cold in winter proves that there is no global warming” are the norm. Apparently they never learned that the cold in winter is caused by less sunlight hitting the northern hemisphere due to the Earths tilt.
somewhere. deep in the midwest, there is a huge tent and a snake without its handler. Somebody give Mr. Inhofe a ride back to the revival!
November 18th, 2006 at 8:29 amI am from Oklahoma ……My apologies to the rest of the Nation for this IDIOT! I have NEVER voted for this idiot and I am ashamed that he represents my state….hopefully not for much longer….I pledge that I will do my part in trying to get him out come 2008! He does not represent all of us….there are some of us in this state who have a brain!
November 18th, 2006 at 8:56 amOne of the best things to come out of the Dem control of the Senate is getting this Joker out of the Committee Chairman’s seat.
I’m from Oklahoma, and the loss of power for the state that comes from having both of your senators in the minority is worth it to get this guy out of spotlight just a little!
Justin
November 18th, 2006 at 9:29 am[...] Watch this. Jim Inhofe is an ass. Although it sucks for my state to have both Senators in the minority, I am so glad this joker is getting kicked out of the Committee Chairman’s seat for Environment and Public Works.  He has done more to hurt our state’s image than anyone in recent memory. My favorite comment from the Think Progress post: [...]
November 18th, 2006 at 9:37 amHey INHOFE! don’t abuse HIM! You should jump off a plane without parachute. God is up there!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:29 amFirst- Inhofe didn’t say the sun cause Global Warming- he quote a source
and FALSELY.
The report said it was an intense pattern of Sunspot activity that had an effect of global temps.
Inhofe like all REPUB/KRISTAIN/BIGOTS used Faux News to ridicule.
I can only hope one day Faux News gets its license pulled.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:07 amone more thing. It is good to know god didn’t cause all those biblical disaters. Guess the Book is really fiction after all.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:09 amTHIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE REPUBLICANS LOST BIG-TIME ON NOVEMBER 7th. THEY ARE ALL INSANE. TO COMMENT NUMBER 210: THE INCREASE OF C02 DOES HAVE NATURAL SOURCES TIED TO SOLAR OUTPUT CYCLES, BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW. HUMANS ARE CAUSING THE CURRENT RISE IN C02 SPECIFICALLY WITH CARS AND AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF LOUDMOUTH REPUBICANS AND RELIGIOUS LUNATIC GAS BAGS FILLING OUR ATMOSPHERE WITH HOT AIR AND POISONOUS RHETORIC.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:44 amWhat a lying sack of shit!
November 18th, 2006 at 12:03 pmwow,max headroom doesnt look so fictional anymore.
November 18th, 2006 at 12:17 pmThe operative word in this article is “outgoing.” Yer on the way out, punk.
November 18th, 2006 at 12:27 pmMethane Gas –
Chairman Inhof: “God farted, Just chill out people”
November 18th, 2006 at 2:11 pm“And yet the other side, the far left, the George Soros, the Hollywood elitists, the far left environmentalists on the committee that I chair — all of them want us to believe the science is settled and it’s not.” Name calling is not an argument.speaking against the opponent rather than to the issue, in which the premises may only make a personal attack on a person who holds some thesis, instead of offering grounds showing why what he says is false, to attack the premises of an argument by personal attacks on the character of the proponent.
November 18th, 2006 at 3:22 pmOnhofe is just showing what a small brain he has. Its pure propaganda.
Okay, we can agree that global warming is happening due to human activity, primarily the creation of CO2 from the burning of carbon-based fuels such as coal and oil.
The question is, how do we remedy the problem? Given current population trends, reducing the amount of these fuels used by using more emissions-friendly technology can at best, reduce the rate of increase in emissions. Eventually the demand will outstrip our ability to clean it up unless we invest in new technology.
Part of that equation is birth control. Let’s face it — if there were 100,000 people on earth, we would not be significantly affecting the global temperature.
Another piece of the puzzle is conservation.
Another piece is finding energy alternatives. We already have one called nuclear fission. Getting the government to stop protecting utilities via regulations placed on small producers is one step here. If you put too many solar panels on your home, you become subject to small-utility regs. ARGGG.
And finally, we have to admit that someday, despite our best efforts, our planet may become uninhabitable due to forces beyond our control. A couple of mega volcanos? Asteroids hitting earth? Then again, these could be just the thing earth needs to correct the CO2 thing. The human population would be eliminated or reduced to a non-threatening number.
Now, the big question is, how much are you willing to adapt your lifestyle to do your part now? Don’t count on government to change your lifestyle for you. They can’t find their rears with both hands. The only thing that will have an effect will be a huge grass-roots effort to get as many people involved in the solution as possible. This may include boycotting enviro-unfriendly businesses, but make sure you conduct such boycotting in as constructive a manner as possible. People turn off your message when they see you as radicalists.
Peace Out
November 18th, 2006 at 3:58 pm[...] Inhofe: Don’t Worry About Global Warming Because ‘God’s Still Up There’ [...]
November 18th, 2006 at 5:00 pmObviously the last election proves that God is a Democrat and is she ever pissed at the citizens of Oklahoma (and Daryl) for bearing false witness.
The planet is warming and according to all models Oklahoma is moving into a period of permanent drought. Better start selling the farms and making a move to California (again).
To do my part, I’ll drive/fly/walk around it if I have to but I have God has warned me to never, ever again step foot in Oklahoma. I promise from now on to boycott any and all products and services originating in that state.
November 18th, 2006 at 8:50 pm[...] Transcript and video at Think Progress. [...]
November 18th, 2006 at 11:22 pm[...] Contrary to what I may have led some people to believe in this post about the environment apparently the earth is just fine. This comes from the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works – listen here: Think Progress » Inhofe: Don’t Worry About Global Warming Because ‘God’s Still Up There’ [...]
November 19th, 2006 at 3:40 pmInhofe is a paid fossil head for fossil fuel interests
He said that the temps of the southern hemisphere have not been raised the last 25 years. That, as many other things that he has said,
is simply untrue.
This proves him to be wrong:
ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/anomalies/monthly.land_and_ocean.90S.00N.df_1901-2000mean.dat
November 20th, 2006 at 6:16 amLooks like Christian Bigotry is alive and well among these comments, but not cognitive thought. . Bigotry against anothers religion is as bigotry against anothers skin. Besides sciene is never fully settled, it continues to evolve.
November 20th, 2006 at 8:18 amwtf? if god was guna do something about it why hasnt he?
November 20th, 2006 at 9:15 am[...] Think Progress reports, and provides video. INHOFE: Now look, God’s still up there. We still have these natural changes, and this is what’s going on right now. ” New science comes out. I had a news conference yesterday, Brian, and the reason I did is because we were going to go over to Nairobi, take a bunch of scientists to get the true science over there, only to find out that the registration had dropped off. Almost no media was over there. So we had the same news conference yesterday right here in Washington, D.C. [...]
November 20th, 2006 at 9:57 am“Geophysical Research Letters”… gotta love the Google… http://www.agu.org. #1 corporate donor? ExxonMobil… Appears to be what may have originally started as a legitimate research clearinghouse, but now appears to be a self-serving puppet of the largest fossil fuel provider in the US.
November 20th, 2006 at 4:20 pm“Global Warming is caused by the sun!” are you kidding dickhead!
It’s the atmosphere that creates the temperatures we have on Planet Earth, without the atmosphere, the earth would be a temperature of -15 degrees celcius.
To state that the sun causes global warming is absolutely flawed.
November 20th, 2006 at 9:00 pmBigotry is discrimination based on false pretense, ie. stereotypes and similar deceptions. Calling something what it is in NOT bigotry. The statement, “Many Jews are bankers” is not a bigoted statement, nor is “Many bankers are Jews.” The statement “Jews control international banking” IS bigoted, because it is patently false.
“Christian Fundamentalists are intolerant, ignorant, unscientific, and politically dangerous”, therefore, is NOT a bigoted statement, but the simple, unequivocal truth. It is a delightful irony that those who would round up anyone who disagrees with them and put them in concentration camps (Or at the very least take away their civil rights) always shout “Discrimination!” when anyone rightly criticizes them. Their mindset is the same as that which caused the Crusades, the Inquisition, Native American genocide, and the Holocaust. To deny that fact is to be as ignorant and dismissive as they themselves are.
“Why didn`t she demand that Inhofe would explain why no articles skeptical of global warming have appeared in any peer reviewed science journal for over a decade now? Why didn`t she stress the fact that your country’s highest scientific institution, the NAS and it’s sisters organisations in every country on Earth agree with the IPCC
Can any American reading this please enlighten me?â€
That would require that your average American knew ANY of that, when unfortunately most have no clue where Great Britain is (Near Canada, maybe?), and believe that the end times will happen in their lifetime, lying to their kids makes them better people, the Moon changes shape every month, AIDS is a punishment from God, and the Earth was created on October 21, 4004 BCE at 9 AM (On a Sunday, of course). At least, that’s what all the census people tell us. I wonder how many of them are conducted in Oklahoma?
As for Inhofe’s ability to get elected, the problem there is that most of the intelligent people in Oklahoma leave as soon as they can.
November 21st, 2006 at 9:38 amI saw Sen. Inhofe on another main stream media channel (not Fox) the past weekend and he made similar idiotic comments, although since it was not Fox he did not throw “god” into the mix. His sarcastic mud-slinging comments about democrats just fuels the red-blue divide.
November 21st, 2006 at 11:43 amWhat an idiot! Can there be any doubt as to why this crowd lost control of Congress?
November 21st, 2006 at 12:35 pmJames Inhofe is an even more dangerous idiot than I thought…
Sen. James Inhofe — thankfully the outgoing chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee — on FOX & Friends the other day:
November 21st, 2006 at 2:59 pmNow look, God’s still up there. We still have these natural changes, and this is wha……
[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/17/inhofe-hoax/ [...]
November 21st, 2006 at 11:04 pmThere are alot of folks worshipping at the altar of their god called science. Real science using correct methodology allows the evidence to lead to the truth. What I see here is pre-conceived viewpoint being supported by convenient facts that buttress that view. A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth. Gore tells it and his liberal cronies repeat it hoping to inculcate more lemmings. The height of conceit is to imagine that we puny little humans can actually affect our ecosystem to the point of melting the ice caps and flooding the beaches. Will all of you brainwashed neo-scientists be available for futher debate around 2010 when the earth’s normal cyclical temperature again shows a cooling trend, although not quite as fast due to all the hot air emanating from the Gorites. Please, no sensless screaming. Let the facts, history and the future decide the day.
November 23rd, 2006 at 12:24 am[...] In an interview on US TV this morning, outgoing Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works James Inhofe (R-OK) argued that the current wave of unprecedented warming is due to “natural changes.” Don’t worry, he said “God is still up there”, global warming is “due to the sun” and don’t let the Hollywood elite, George Soros, the majority of the world’s climate scientists or the ‘far leftists’ who sit on the Senate committee tell you different. Watch the interview here. read/post comments [0 comments | 0 views] [...]
November 27th, 2006 at 7:18 am[...] Inhofe: Don’t Worry About Global Warming Because ‘God’s Still Up There’ – [Think Progress] [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 10:53 pmMost people this side of the Atlantic realise Inholfe is a bit of track as regards global warming.
By the way is there any chance you guys could turn down the heating a bit and dirve smaller cars.
Thanks
December 14th, 2006 at 8:40 pmglobal warming warming is manmade and god is not going to let all go away when we prey he does not do anything for us he gives us the power to do somthing about it if we prey to him right now and ask please stop global warming he’s not going to he gives us the power to do somthing. ignoring global warming is not going to make it go away and god is not going to let it go away for us
December 18th, 2006 at 12:43 pm[...] On November 17th, Inhofe, Republican Senator from Oklahoma, told Fox News viewers not to worry about global warming. Why shouldn’t we worry? Because “God’s still up there,” he said. In July, he compared Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, to Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Inhofe is the outgoing chairman of the Senate Committee on, get this, the Environment and Public Works. [...]
December 21st, 2006 at 7:49 pmA world full of men who enact laws to make the unconscionable legal and then hide behind an invisible psychotic when caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Or weep and ask for forgiveness. Or buy their way out of the mess. Or all of the above. Jesus Christ on a rubber crutch. And how do these rich bastards keep the people in line? Well, in America they use television. Promise everything. Deliver nothing. Watched any lately? Ever? What a bunch of tripe. In third world countries they use weapons supplied by you-know-who to keep order. The root cause? In my opinion? Most of them have little bitty “roots”. Yeah, yeah, I know, Freud sucks, too. But think about it. Man, Dubya’s must be less than an inch! Lets see your god get you outa this one, W.
December 21st, 2006 at 8:17 pmWell, it kind of make you think. Ummm, what does he have in stock , who were these scientist he speaks of, and why is he so determined to delude obvious signs of damage do partly by global warming. Furthermore, why only gather data from just one area.This is my theory, this man has stock in money producing oil,factories, and the car industry. Yes, in other words he doesn’t give a damn about future generations, or even the envirnoment( his job by the way). Just him and his cohuarts can keep their pockets fat. This is his plan……. get a couple of unnamed scientist’s, let them go to a remote location that seems to be “damaged”, give a few false numbers(to make people calm down), then clintch(sp)his money and hope it goes away. Just like the old farts before him. Cover it up and wait for it to go away. We need to elect someone who truely cares>_
December 27th, 2006 at 12:29 pmall of your comments were just a shame and disgrace to the God of the universe.. the creator of all things.May God have mercy on your souls.
January 7th, 2007 at 7:35 pmAll I can and have to say is that you are all confused. God? Science? The Sun? The Earth? What? What? What? Love yourself and love whatever and whoever you want to, live and let live and forget about everything else.
January 8th, 2007 at 11:56 amhahahahah! holy bejesus is right! these politicians don’t give a patooty because they won’t be alive to see how bad this “sun warming” is going to get. The younger generations will be left to scramble around trying to “un-destroy” the world. All of this could have been prevented, or at least truncated to a degree if only they’d listened way back when. Heck, if they started listening now, at least it could help a whole lot. If only they’d (current politicians) figure out a way that they can make money and do the right thing at the same time…now wouldn’t that be peachy.
January 8th, 2007 at 5:14 pmObviously, the concept of ‘reasoned discussion’ has left the arena of environmental debate – just as it vanished long ago from political and religious debate.
Only a couple of the comments I read here even bothered to address the empirical evidence for (or against) global warming as being caused by human activity. Most of these posts simply engaged in sophomoric name-calling.
How very sad. Perhaps we should remember that monolithic science led to the concept of the planets revolving around the earth, the belief that the white man was intellectually superior to all other races, and that man would never fly.
Science is about the search for the truth, not about justifying your own emotionally-invested viewpoint despite all evidence to the contrary.
January 18th, 2007 at 5:14 pmI am impressed by the high-brow, rational, open minded, intellectual discussion on this site. The tolerance and kindness expressed to dissenting opinions and other spiritual perspectives is impressive and heart warming.
Just kidding.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:39 amlet me tell you something “eric” go to hell you jerk if you don’t care for this kind of conversation why bother even saying anything!! ohh my god get a life. ok? bye
January 25th, 2007 at 11:14 pmI started in University in the mid 70’s and planned to major in environmental studies. It was a field basically dominated by a bunch of alarmist wacko’s. At the time (if you remember) the scientific consensus was that we were heading into another ice age. A June 24, 1974 Time Magazine article was entitled, “Another Ice Age?”. The article stated, “whatever the cause of the cooling trend, its effects could be serious, if not catastrophic”. These idiot scientists were probably graduates of the first Earth Day crowd…remember 1970?…which was dominated by a bunch of lunatic left wing hippies (just my guess).
Now some 30 years later we have these same lunatics shouting, “the sky is falling….global warming is upon us….we’re all gonna die!”. I wish they would make up their minds. Fortunately I changed my degree to Civil Engineering, and am now a registered professional. Civil Engineers basically study a lot of advanced physics, chemistry …and stuff like that.
True sceintific study is based on the “scientific method”, and unfortunately most climate scientists have left this by the wayside. Earth’s mean global temperature appears to have warmed by about 1 degree F during the 20th century. About half of that warming occured prior to 1940. There was a global cooling period from 1940 to about 1970 (which brought out all the ice age lunatics), which was also a period when man-made greenhouse gasses were increasing significantly. Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) has become a religion. These so-called scientific studies are based upon un-proven models. There is so much that is not understood about the earths climate. Let REAL science prevail! Right now we have a lot of alarmists crying, “the sky is falling”, with no REAL evidence to back it up. Rational, educated people like myself who question the hysterical global warming crowd are compared to “holocaust deniers”. It’s like the inquisition all over again.
Bottom line…I have serious questions whether AGW is occuring. So far there is no REAL scientific evidence to support that conclusion. More study is needed. What I fear more is nuclear war, terrorism, pandemic diseases…etc., which are far more likely to occur, and would have a much greater impact on us humans.
January 30th, 2007 at 11:39 pmThe Whole Solar System is Undergoing Global Warming.
http://www.stoplying.ca/articles/07/feb/globalwarmingscam.htm
Martian Ice Shrinking Dramatically
New gullies that did not exist in mid-2002 have appeared on a Martian sand dune.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/newsroom/20050920a.html%20
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Mars may be going through a period of climate change, new findings from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter suggest.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/newsroom/pressreleases/20031208a.html%20
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Prediction of a global climate change on Jupiter
Philip S. Marcus
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v428/n6985/abs/nature02470.html%20
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February 7th, 2007 at 12:30 pmIt’s all for a GLOBAL TAX, are you ready to PAY, since some of you are “buying” this Scam? I guess Humans are to blame for other Planets global warming too ~sigh~
There is no global warming. Plain and simple. The fact is that the globe has warmed less than 1 degree in the past 100 years. The alarmist facts:
Exactly. Short on facts, high on agenda driven speculation. Next we’ll have Gore v. NASA over satallite data that doesn’t match his silly DocuDrama a la Michael Moore. These liberals hate Bush and Halliburton so much they’ll make anything up that works against those they hate, facts or not. Fact is you can’t snap your fingers and change the energy source of a civilization. I think a start would be a wind farm off Nantucket, OH I FORGOT the leftest liberal elite lives there and doesn’t want their view ruined.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:59 amUMMM WTF AI NO OFFENSE BT DERE IS GLOBAL WARMING WEATHER U LIKE IT OR NOT WETHER YA WANNA BELEIVE IT OR NOT ND “GOD” IS obviousley not gna just solve da problem if there even is one 8-)AND HU R U TOO THINK U CAN TRY N CONVICE ALL THESE PEOPLE TO NT HELP ELI MINATE GLOBAL WARMING ND ATLEAST SLOW IT DOWN FOR OUR CHILDRENS SAKE HOW DO U THINK THEY WILL LIVE .. BY NOT HELPING UR JUST KILLING OUR FUTURE!!!!!!
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