This guy is out of control

"You don't make the rules, you used to but you don't anymore...Elections have consequences, I make the rules"

Solutions, solutions, solutions.

Giving any legitimacy to Inhofe's insane claims? Not.

--- Oh, he's going to take up his extra three minutes to make us all vomit.

I have to add, Barbara!! You go, Barbara!

I'm sure you're every bit as amused, David.

Thanks for the post

I dunno whether Imhofe was like Spinach for Popeye or whether he's just more comfortable in the questions, but he seems to be warming up.

I was so appalled by Inhofe's conduct. What a game - yes or no questions, constant interruptions, whining. This is how a senator acts? Pathetic.

I called his office to register my disgust. I'm sure the aide hung up the phone and rolled her eyes (she didn't even ask for my name or district; I'm not from his state, FYI, but I think any American can call any of these senators as they are making decisions for the entire country), but she was polite on the phone ...

and, I still think it's worth the two minutes to call, here's his DC office number if you're interested:

202-224-4721.

Whoo hoo!!!!

Who would've thought?

Whoever wrote this "article" makes me almost as
nauseous as Barbara Boxer.

Hello, my name is Ima Schmendrick and I'm the East Coast representative of the Flat Earth Society. We're having our annual meeting in Baltimore next month, and after watching Senator Inhofe today in the senate, we were wondering if he could come and give our plenary talk.

It's titled "From Copernicus to Hansen: Four Hundred Years of Junk Science."

Benny Big Eye

By the way, Inhofe was correct in cutting off
Gore's constant pontificating ... what a bloated
bag of hot air that guy is. And the fawning senators
were more than annoying, they were, well, stupid.

I would like to register my disgust with Ms Mansfield's disgust. Phone number please.

Anti-greenhouse religion' scorched by Czech prez
Klaus says environmental extremism modern equivalent of communism.

As Al Gore takes testifies before two congressional committees today on "global warming," Czech President Vaclav Klaus is warning "the anti-greenhouse religion" espoused by the former vice president is the modern equivalent of communism.

Gore spoke this morning to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and will appear before the Senate Environmental and Public Works panel this afternoon.

In a letter issued Monday to the energy panel, Klaus wrote, "It becomes evident that while discussing climate we are not witnessing a clash of views about the environment, but a clash of views about human freedom."

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Responding to questions by U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and former House Speaker Denny Hastert, R-Ill., the Czech leader said: "As someone who lived under communism for most of my life I feel obliged to say that the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity at the beginning of the 21st century is not communism or its various softer variants. Communism was replaced by the threat of ambitious environmentalism."

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He added, "The so-called climate change and especially man-made climate change has become one of the most dangerous arguments aimed at distorting human efforts and public policies in the whole world."

In a letter to Klaus, Barton, the committee's ranking Republican, and Hastert, ranking Republican on the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, asked the Czech president to comment on global warming, based on his background as an economist and political leader, especially since he is familiar with European responses to global warming.

"We believe your perspective on the political, economic and moral aspects of the climate change debate can be useful as we seek to assess the potential impacts of proposed U.S. climate-related regulations on the economic well-being of its citizens and their ability to contribute to future economic vitality and innovation here and abroad," Barton and Hastert said.

Klaus urges policymakers to rely on free-market principles, not government coercion, in formulating public policy. In his written response to the House committee members, the Czech leader said:

"I warn against adopting regulations based on the so-called precautionary principle which the environmentalists use to justify their recommendations, the clear benefit of which they are not able to prove." Klaus added, "Responsible politics should take into account the opportunity costs of such proposals and be aware of the fact that the wasteful environmentalist policies are adopted to the detriment of other policies, thus neglecting many other important needs of millions of people all over the world. Each policy measure must be based on a cost-benefit analysis."

Last month, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., ranking member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, congratulated Klaus for speaking out against the fears of man-made global warming. Klaus had told a Czech newspaper on Feb. 8 that fears of catastrophic man-made global warming were a "myth" and critiqued the U.N.'s report, calling it "political." Klaus also said other government leaders would speak out, but "political correctness strangles their voice."

"President Klaus is to be commended for his courage in speaking not only the truth about the science behind global warming fears, but the reality of the politicization of the U.N.," Inhofe said. "President Klaus's reported comments questioning the fears of catastrophic man-made global warming are in line with a growing chorus of scientists, peer-reviewed literature and government leaders who are finally realizing the true motivations behind climate scares. The scientific and political momentum is clearly shifting away from climate alarmists to climate realists," Inhofe said.

Klaus also said other government leaders would speak out, but "political correctness strangles their voice."

In other words, politicians who fail to protect the environment don't get re-elected.

We're very tolerant of trolls here -- just ask jabailo -- because we value open debate, and trolls' own words tend to discredit them. But I would caution you to refrain from personal invective, and to refrain from posting entire articles in comments. If you obey those simple rules, you can hang around here making yourself look silly as long as you like.

www.grist.org

Hey, wasn't the Czech Republic part of the coalition of the willing?  They're really batting 1000 on what disastrous Bush policies they're willing to support.  Come to think of it, same thing goes for Australia and its PM.  I'm beginning to see a trend here...

David Roberts,

It's a bit contradictory to say you value open debate, but that "trolls" (people who disagree with you) tend to discredit themselves. Refrain from personal invective? Where is the personal invective you are talking about? Maybe you are referring to feeling nauseous. But that isn't personal invective. That is just describing a physical sensation. Calling Inhofe's claims "insane" or characterizing him as "whining" is closer to personal invective.

To P Brazelton: Aren't you off the subject? Oh yeah, with you maybe everything can be reduced to the same subject: political tunnelvision.

David Roberts,

Truly tolerant people never characterize themselves as tolerant, any more than truly good people call themselves good. Live and learn.

PSS: Calling me silly is silly, thilly.

It sounds like they want to blame environmentalists for making global warming worse

Because enviro's opposed new nuclear power plants  the republicans want to discredit enviro's.  

I wish all the sessions were styled this way, I would read every single one of them.

Paging Marc Morano....Mr. Morano, why are hiding behind the name "bertignac?"

Dave, can we please get a little troll patrol, please?

Benny Big Eye

If we are winning this debate, and the 'skeptics' are such a small minority, why is CNN headlining the hearing with the skeptic's view, and picture of Gore obviously chosen to make him look hysterical?

a liberal in redsville

CNN seems to have increased its number of headlines that smack of opinion. I'm of the old school: journalists should report the news and let the viewers/readers form their own opinions. That's also why I've turned to the internet where one can find important topics that are under-reported or not covered at all in mainstream news.

Rooting for the Dims? the Repubs? Then you have been Hegelianed -- Hegelian dialectus, that is.

Al Gore is a 33rd-degree Mason, which means he is a Luciferian and a globalist (you know, like George Bush, Condi Rice, and Dick Cheney! They are neocon globalists but globalists nonetheless.). Globalists only have one goal: World domination. In their world, We the People will be their serfs. The Gore family owns tons of stock in Occidental Petroleum. Do I need to connect those dots for you too?

Lamar Alexander is a New World Order globalist too. So is most of the U.S. Senate.

Don't believe a word those bastards utter, it's all BS. And the "arguing" and "partisanship" you are witnessing is a charade, an act.

These a-holes are gonna tax all of us to death, that what this is all about -- more money in their pockets. Swallow this crap at your and the country's risk.

Wake up!!