Senate GOP embrace Inhofe’s boycott of Clean Energy Jobs Act.
Senate GOP embrace Inhofe’s boycott of Clean Energy Jobs Act.
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Senate Republicans have endorsed Sen. Jim Inhofe’s (R-OK) plan to boycott the legislative markup of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733), scheduled to begin tomorrow. Inhofe’s GOP compatriots on the environment committee hope to block action by refusing to participate in the markup on the pretext that the Enviromental Protection Agency’s economic analysis of the bill is not “complete.” In a letter sent to committee chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member Inhofe and his counterparts on five other committees said any attempt to begin the markup before acceding to his demands “would severely damage” its chances for passage:
We understand that there may be an attempt to report S. 1733 from the Committee not only without a satisfactory analysis, but also without sufficient opportunity to address the bipartisan concerns raised over the course of legislative hearings on the measure. As we are sure you will understand, from our viewpoint, such an approach would severely damage, rather than help, the chances of enacting changes to our nation’s climate and energy policies.
The signatories are the top Republicans on the six Senate committees that will consider this legislation — environment, energy, agriculture, commerce, foreign relations, and finance. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX, ), like Inhofe, flatly deny the reality of climate change. However, several of the signatories have claimed concern about the threat of global warming — Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Dick Lugar (R-IN), who in 2006 warned of the “significant long-term risks to the economy and the environment of the United States from the temperature increases and climatic disruptions that are projected to result from increased greenhouse gas concentrations.” Evidently their commitment to partisan obstruction is greater than their concern for the future of the nation.
Download the letter here.
We're going to be very patient. We're going to wait for them to come. We're going to sit there every day and ask them to please come back to the table. We're not going to rush this through because we don't think that would be the right thing to do.
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It’s amazing– do Repubs realize how out of touch they are? How removed they are from reality? How each comment they make shows hatred towards the majority? How they are totally disconnected with reality? How they show how condescending they are to voters? Repubs are an ignorant, hateful, lying, dishonest bunch of anti-American dolts. Period. Prove it otherwise.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:35 pmRepublicans : The party that laughably and stupidly believes that political partisanship and obstructionism is not only necessary , but is much more important than resolving issues and getting anything done ……………
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:36 pmqt:
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:36 pmbut also without sufficient opportunity to address the bipartisan concerns raised over the course of legislative hearings on the measure
But Dear Senator, THERE IS sufficient opportunity! The opportunity is there, you just decided not to take it.
You sir, are a dick.
As we are sure you will understand, from our viewpoint, such an approach would severely damage, rather than help, the chances of enacting changes to our nation’s climate and energy policies.
We know very well what sort of changes you want to make to those policies, Inhofe, so a threat like this is not very scary.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:37 pmHey, Boxer runs the committee. If they don’t show up for the markup, they don’t get any input. Too bad, there, eh?
They can vote against it or filibuster it on the floor, but they can’t say they weren’t invited to help craft it.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:37 pmIf they refuse to perform their job duties I respectfully suggest we the taxpayers decline to pay them or to continue to provide their “socialized” health insurance. After all, Republicans claim to want the government to operate like a business. That is what would happen to them if they acted out like this in the private sector.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:38 pmLet me see if I have this right. Inhofe states that the Republicans are boycotting the markup for a bill that they have no intention of voting for. And that their boycott jeopardizes passage of the bill with votes from the Republicans? I must be missing something.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:43 pmIf GOPers were 2-year-old children, would Southwest Airlines force them off the plane? I’m thinking yes.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:44 pmYikes, those dead eyes. Creepy. Are we sure he isn’t an alien?
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:45 pmI think this is certainly going to be a better bill if they aren’t in the room when it is crafted. It’s not like any of them would vote for it anyway.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:46 pmToo bad George Lucas isn’t still making movies.. think we got a new guy for the Emperor.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:47 pm(sorry..was too ez)
NinerFan says:
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Yikes, those dead eyes. Creepy. Are we sure he isn’t an alien?
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I’m certain that he IS an alien ; his fellow aliens dropped his dopey ass off on Earth , because they couldn’t take his stupidity and nonsense any longer ……….
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:47 pmThis is a good plan by the Repubs… could they do the same with the democratic process in general – and just abstain.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:55 pmI suppose we ought to call them the “rains of Kilimanjaro”
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:56 pmRepublicans are ideologically opposed to the government solving problems because, in doing so, it proves that it can.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:57 pmCan you imagine a race of aliens so undeveloped that Imhofe was chosen to lead an expedition to another planet?
Sheesh.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 pmGood to see you again, RantingTommy. And your insights.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:59 pmWhat we need to pass one law, lobbiest can lobby but NO congressmen or senator can not take a dollar from then or gifts to run. No family member of any senator or congressmen can work for a lobby firm, and business, law office,wallstreetjob when leaveing office a 5 year ban for working at any firm mention above. That would clean the ass,s out of office. Maybe we can finally get some honest people to run who love there country, I bet there are a lot of smart honest people in America
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:01 pmI love watching wingers crap in their nest and smile glowingly as the wallow in it. What a bunch of delusional losers.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 pmThey just can`t help but say NO!Party first,then big business so when does the good of the country trump any other issue with the REICH wing nuts?
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:08 pmI want to see all Reich wing nut jobs birth certificates just to see what planet or planets they were born on!!!!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:10 pmJeebus….I thought I was white…
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm“As we are sure you will understand, from our viewpoint, our approach is to severely damage, rather than help, the chances of enacting changes to our nation’s climate and energy policies.”
Fixed it for you Inhofe.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pmI’m sorry to be so petty, but this guy is super ugly. He looks evil. Maybe he was Darth Vadar at some point in time.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pmThese repubs wear their ignorance and arrogance on their sleeves and they seem to be proud of it.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:25 pmI know that I keep repeating this but…
We must stop considering those who Believe that the Rapture is imminent when making plans for the future. Since they don’t Believe there is going to be a future it’s impossible for them to make sound decisions regarding said future.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pmThe repiggies have become the go-to party for morons, imbeciles, lunatics, crooks and sadists.
The repiggies are led by morons, imbeciles, lunatics, crooks and sadists.
It certainly isn’t your grandfather’s republican party anymore.
It has established “The Stupid” as an exemplar.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:36 pmYou are correct Pete. If a man believes he is going to die on the morrow, he will behave in ways quite different than if he believes he will likely live for many years to come.
If I thought I was likely to die tomorrow, I would probably spend money lavishly and take unnecessary risks just for the thrill. I would not be fit to manage any sort of government. That is what you get when you vote for a Republican that believes in the Rapture.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:37 pmI mean, seriously, this moron Believes that God will fix whatever we do to the planet, at least long enough for the Tribulation to end.
Here’s a newsflash: God didn’t turn Lake Erie from a cesspool back into a thriving fishery. He didn’t make DDT inert leading to the return of the Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon and Brown Pelican and countless other birds. He didn’t neutralize the sulfur in coal and mitigate acid rain. He didn’t magically scrub much of the particulate pollution from the air. He didn’t even remove the lead from gasoline.
I find no reason to think that any magical force will reduce or mitigate human emissions and I have every reason to think that we humans can do so without ending civilization. It’s only the truly ignorant and unimaginative who think we can’t.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:37 pmI agree pete. We shouldn’t put people who don’t believe there will be a future in charge of the future. Similarly, we shouldn’t ever again put people who don’t believe that Government can work in charge of our government.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:42 pmImAHoof is one of the stupidest people to hold elected office in this country.
Thanks for helping screw the entire planet into the ground Oklahoma.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pmHurry up, Jesus.
Let’s get this rapture thing going and fast.
Take these morons and dopes off this planet, please.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:46 pmI am really afraid that we are now starting to pay the price for the lousy education system we have had for years in this country. The lack of science, history, math, critical thinking and civics are coming home to roost. If the rest of the world is smart they will run away from us as fast as possible. We were once the smartest, most productive and free country in the world. We have now become one of the dumbest and lest educated people’s in the world. We have become another great empire that will have fell from within.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:58 pmWe’re going to be very patient. We’re going to wait for them to come. We’re going to sit there every day and ask them to please come back to the table. We’re not going to rush this through because we don’t think that would be the right thing to do.
hahahahahaha
My party will be flinging feces from afar onto your table, sweet cheeks.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:02 pmInhofe is a man that really believes that the earth is only 6000 years old, that god created everything in 6 days and rested on the seventh, and man walked with dinosaurs.
How in the world does anyone put a man like this in any position of power? Are people in this country really this stupid? I guess I just answered my own question.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:04 pmI have the feeling that Jimmy and his ilk wouldn’t be among the saved anyway. I can just imagine God, or his proxy, meeting Jimmy and saying…
“I heated up a whole phucking planet. What bigger sign did you want?”
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:05 pmThe earth was designed intelliguntly.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:05 pmnormalasf says:
If GOPers were 2-year-old children, would Southwest Airlines force them off the plane? I’m thinking yes.
Oh yeah?
And if the libs were 18-year-olds, would they be admitted to Harvard. I’m thinking yes!!!
(sigh) … nevermind
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:11 pmDon’t go selling all kids short, angels81. I used to employ a bunch of teenagers and they weren’t so very ill-educated. Smart kids learn no matter what we do to them. There are certainly “problem kids” and problem parents and problematic schools but, the vast majority of “public school victims” do just fine if not better.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 pmLet’s see ……. Imhoffe, from Oklahoma, a major oil and gas producing state. Hutchison, from Texas, a major oil and gas producing state.
Lisa Murkowski, from Alaska, a major oil and gas producing state.
I am sure none of those three have taken a cent from the energy lobbyists, so I am sure they are voting from their true hearts.
Am I right? Am I? HMMMMM!
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 pmCaption Contest:
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November 2nd, 2009 at 9:13 pmIf you libs like the Earth so much, why don’t you marry it?
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:14 pmLibs,
I do have to swipe my debit card at the gas station so I can have that unleaded goodness to make it to work at the pizza joint. Please leave me something to buy.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 pmPolluting industries don’t want to spend the money to clean-up their act. That’s what’s behind all this. If they’re forced to, it would betray one of the reasons why they left the country in the first place. A living wage and environmental laws causes them to tremble. But a dose of Inhoof helps to calm them down.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:32 pmpete says:
I agree a lot of the young are smart and see threw the BS. I still am shocked on how little they know about the history of this country, science, math, critical thinking. I’m amazed at how many kids can’t name the great lakes or even tell you were the state is they live in on a map. A good number of them learn threw street smarts and have good logic skills, but the bottom line is, our education system sucks in this country.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:37 pmI cannot wait for this energy company shill to go to Copenhagen with his “truth squad” and get laughed out of Denmark.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 pmDayum, that’s one friggin’ SCARY picture!!!
Now I’m gonna have nightmares. :o(
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 pmHow the hell does Inhofe keep getting elected? Okies have to be the most ignorant bunch of morons to re-elect this guy and Colburn.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:55 pmI understand that Oklahoma has oil money. But they are also a target for wind energy. So OK wins with a clean energy bill.
So why does Inhofe oppose it ?
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:26 pmI’m not saying there aren’t problems but I don’t think it’s fair to say “the education system sucks”. Mostly it has to do with money. Higher income districts have better schools whether public or private. A long time ago I attended schools in a small farm community and then a very affluent district and I sure saw the difference. To this day, students from my high school do very well.
They can afford motivated teachers, robust extra-curricular programs, and the best new teaching materials. They graduate virtually every student. They send 80% or so on to college. They also offer college level courses down to the tenth grade in physics, history, chemistry, several foreign languages, English and world literature, and calculus. Their students are motivated to take in as much as they can stand. They have a culture of academic achievement in a public school.
The small farm school was, and is, quite different. The teachers were dedicated but uninspiring and there wasn’t so much outside the three “R’s”. They still have a pretty good graduation rate but many more students go straight to work, with or without a stint in the military. As a somewhat odd intellectual I was remembered, thirty+ years later, as a “mad scientist”.
The community where I employed the teenagers was in between. They didn’t get new Porsches for their sweet sixteen or spend Christmas in Monaco but, as I said, they were pretty well educated and capable of moving on.
I’m well aware of the horror stories but they are still atypical. I think that national standards need a major overhaul and I think that most any investment in education is positive.
I heard a gal on local radio who proposed a student exchange along the lines of foreign exchange programs. Send students from rural Wyoming to spend a quarter, or even a week, to some urban or suburban school. Give city kids a little taste of big sky country.
And we could do the same with teachers as well as instill more cooperation between primary and secondary schools and local colleges. If we can find ways to keep lots of options, and instill that culture of academic achievement, the kids do the rest.
Sorry. I didn’t mean to ramble on but I have considerable passion for the subject.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 pmHarold, I’m thinking it’s a man whose face has been stripped of its humanity.
I’m with Annie – too scary! Hmmm, that gives me an idea for a good Halloween costume for next year…
Now I’ve gotta go look at cute cats, they’re easier on the eyes than brillo pads. Goodnight!
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 amMaybe Boner could get this guy to the tanning booth. He looks like he crawled out from under a rock for the first time in years.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 amMaybe his face looks like that from years of having his head up his a$$.
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Kenneth. I cant decide what is the most pathetic thing about you. The way you constantly lie. Your incredible stupidity or that you are so brainwashed you pretty much have no higher brain function whatsoever. You are stupid and pitiful and really need to STFU. I could easily explain to a normal human why you are so full of shit but you are far too stupid to understand the simplest of concepts so I wont waste my time even TRYING to get through to you
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:02 amThe stupid troll is simply lying. Leaving aside the fact that the GOP has held the Presidency for 22 of the last thirty years, and had the House and/or Senate for 20 of those same 30 years, Red States/communities are Red and Blue ones are Blue. Check any reliable study and one will find that schools in Blue states/communities do better in many areas than those in the Red ones.
The tax base has even more to do with graduation rates and students who go on to college. One of the biggest challenges to our school systems is the Reichwing freaks who insist on rewriting history, teaching fantasy in science class, and implementing ridiculous “no child left behind” acts instead of fostering stimulating curricula that actually teach students how to think and learn and reason.
It’s really hard to get kids excited about exploring the wonders of the universe when a substantial number of people, in and out of public schools across the country, simply pass by those wonders with an inane pronouncement that “Goddidit”. No wonder so many students, despite our best efforts and many successes, couldn’t figure out how to melt ice in the Sahara. Their head is full of some of the most ignorant BS that plagues the modern world.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:06 amI spoke to a reporter here the other night about how much Oklahoma’s tax revenue was lagging due to increasing exemptions for corporations, which are the main contributors to our base. So instead of decent schools, the state is forced to find revenue for prisons, welfare and rehab programs.
Inhofe and his party continue to maintain that this recipe for our social and cultural malnutrition works, and are oblivious to any statistics that prove differently.
MapleStreet, when Inhofe took office as mayor in ‘73, Tulsa was still trying to hold on to it’s Oil Capitol status. The majority of companies relocated their headquarters to Texas under his watch. Nevertheless, he is primarily the champion for the oil and gas industries, and our corporate electric companies that get subsidized coal for their fuel.
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:44 amThere is a strong movement for wind energy here. I read that OU in Norman, intends to purchase 100% of their energy from wind power by 2013. There are several wind energy companies in Norman that are doing well.
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Kenneth you are so incredibly stupid and brainwashed it would embarass anyone with any functional braincells. Just STFU since you are so stupid you never know what you are talking about and so brainwashed all you can do is spew out the stupid Rush TOLD you to think. Look up the ranking of the states. Blue states take nine of the top ten states are BLUE STATES you brainwashed MORON. Json online??? You are a joke a sad joke but I do love to laugh at morons as stupid as you
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:53 amFirst the GOP opposed saving the economy.
Then they opposed health care for all.
Now they oppose efforts to put Americans to work with green energy jobs.
What’s next? Will the GOP come out against Mom and apple pie?
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:51 amThey guy’s face gives it away: a quart of hard liquor every day.
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:58 amLeprosy and the Plague
Boxer: “We’re going to sit there every day and ask them to please come back to the table.”
Perhaps if she sweetens it to “pretty please”…hey, that might work!
Of course, if the Democrats–and especially the ‘leadership’–in the House of Lords had any sense, integrity, or backbone, they would convert the visuals of those empty seats into a devastating political statement and pummel the Republicans.
Tired of this? Then stop wasting your vote on Democrats. Vote for independent parties or write-in your own candidates. (I’ve been doing the latter for 15 years now.)
The choice between Democrats and Republicans is like the choice between leprosy and the plague: They are different diseases, but both are fatal.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:06 pmHas no one ever noticed Inhofe’s family resemblance to the woman from Exorcist: The Beginning?
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/06/images/2004120601300201.jpg
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:33 pm