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Friday, February 26, 2010
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism, Commitment to Independent and Verifiable Science, Improving the Service of the Federal Bureaucracy, Gas PRICE Act, Global Warming, Cap-and-Tax Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Climategate, Commitment to Oklahoma, National Infrastructure and Public Works Accomplishments, Gulf Coast Hurricane Response, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmental Accomplishments , National Security and Energy Independence, Get the Facts on Energy & Gas Prices
Jay - One of the things I like about Inhofe is his sense of humor. Sure, he's an "adamant denier," but he does it with a smile. The other side seems to grimace on, blogs against the current. Six years ago, when Inhofe was in Milan, green activists were so infuriated by his mere presence that they papered "Wanted" posters with his picture across the conference center, emblazoned with his famous quote about global warming: "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." His quip: That was the "first time the environmentalists have ever quoted me accurately."
Just recently, in December, Inhofe led a "truth squad" at the Copenhagen climate summit. Mother Jones, for one, was not amused. Not that Inhofe cares. He who laughs best . . .
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism, Commitment to Independent and Verifiable Science, Gas PRICE Act, Global Warming, Cap-and-Tax Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Climategate, Commitment to Oklahoma, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmental Accomplishments , Get the Facts on Energy & Gas Prices
In his column today, Tom Friedman of the New York Times wonders whether "we can have a serious discussion about the climate-energy issue anymore." From our end, we believe the answer is yes. That is, one can simultaneously see the good-humored fun in kids building an igloo in honor of Al Gore and legitimately question whether the IPCC-backed consensus on global warming - that a climate catastrophe is well-nigh upon us - suffers from serious flaws (think Himalayan glaciers). And we believe one can support an energy policy that draws on all of America's domestic resources-coal, natural gas, oil, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear-and that such advocacy can be rooted in prudential concern for cost, jobs, energy security, and reliability, rather than rank corporate shilling.
We lament the fact that Mr. Friedman, justly regarded as he is for the eloquence of his prose and the force of his arguments, categorically dismisses those of a skeptical bent as given to "errors and wild exaggerations." Some may be, but many are not. Such a dismissal is simply incorrect - one thinks of the University of Alabama-Huntsville's John Christy or Australia's Ian Plimer - and contrary to the spirit of open intellectual engagement. Nevertheless, in hope of serious debate, we take issue with several of Mr. Friedman's assertions:
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism, Commitment to Independent and Verifiable Science, Global Warming, Cap-and-Tax Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Oklahoma, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmental Accomplishments , National Security and Energy Independence
The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the world's most eminent climate scientists.
Their predictions - based on an analysis of natural cycles in water temperatures in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans - challenge some of the global warming orthodoxy's most deeply cherished beliefs, such as the claim that the North Pole will be free of ice in
summer by 2013.
According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 - and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this.
The scientists' predictions also undermine the standard climate computer models, which assert that the warming of the Earth since 1900 has been driven solely by man-made greenhouse gas emissions and will continue as long as carbon dioxide levels rise.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism, Commitment to Independent and Verifiable Science, Global Warming, Cap-and-Tax Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis
Mr. President, I thank the managers of the bill and the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee for the debate that has gone on. The chairman was opining a few moments ago that the debate today had been focused on gas and high gas prices and that somehow her bill was going to push gas prices even higher. That may happen. I don't know that. What I do know today is that the American consumer is fed up with $4 gas, and anything we do that would even risk pushing gas prices higher ought to make the American consumer mighty unhappy.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism, Commitment to Independent and Verifiable Science, Improving the Service of the Federal Bureaucracy, National Security and Energy Independence
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism, Global Warming, Cap-and-Tax Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed
Last night Senator Inhofe discussed global warming alarmism and eco-terrorism with Michael Savage. Miss the interview? No problem, click on the link abote to listen now.
After you have listen to the interview, take a look below and read more about the severe economic impact the Lieberman-Warner bill will have on American families if Democrats have their way. Check out the US Senate Minority report featuring well over 400 scientists disputing man-made global warming claims. And check out the section below on Senator Inhofe’s work combating eco-terrorism. We have included several links below as well as a few YouTube clips of Senator Inhofe speeches on global warming and TV interviews [ Click Here for Sen Inhofe's YouTube Channel ]. We think you will enjoy them.
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Monday, March 3, 2008
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism
Last night Senator Inhofe was a guest on the Michael Reagan show and discussed eco-terrorism in light of the recent news out of Washington State.
Through his position on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Inhofe conducted hearings on eco-terrorism and crafted bi-partisan legislation to provide law enforcement the tools they need to adequately combat such radical extremists’ dangerous tactics. The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act was drafted with technical assistance from counter-terror experts at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On November 27, 2006, President Bush signed into law Senator Inhofe’s legislation, S. 3880, which expands criminal prohibitions against the use of force, violence, and threats involving animal enterprises and increases penalties for violations of these crimes.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism
Lawyers for the people who pled guilty and are now being sentenced for a crime spree that included the 1998 Vail Mountain arson naturally argue that their clients are not terrorists, no indeed.
"KEVIN TUBBS IS NOT A TERRORIST," Tubbs' lawyer wrote in melodramatic fashion in a court brief (the capital letters were his). The given reason: Tubbs' violence was motivated by a love for animals and an "overwhelming feeling of despair."
Tubbs, a supporter of the Earth Liberation Front, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Eugene, Ore., to more than 12 years in prison.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism
Eco-terrorism is in the news again this week, providing an opportunity to highlight the new federal law written and shepherded through the Senate by Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) to combat such acts of violence.
A May 25, 2007 Rocky Mountain News reported on animal rights extremists: "They wanted to save the forests, to protect animals such as the lynx, to send a message to governments and corporations that putting profits before the good of the planet would not be tolerated. Instead, the environmental radicals who unleashed arson and other destruction during a five-year span starting in the mid-1990s - including the 1998 fires on Vail Mountain - have found themselves in a federal courthouse here this week, branded as ‘terrorists.'"
In addition, a federal judge ruled this week that radical environmentalists were guilty of using "elements of terrorism" for torching SUVs in Oregon. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken told the convicted arsonist: "It was your intent to scare and frighten other people through a very dangerous and psychological act – arson." Judge Aiken added, "Your actions included elements of terrorism to achieve your goal."
These types of eco-terror acts are the reason Senator Inhofe authored the "Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act," which was signed into law by President Bush in November 27, 2006.
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