http://newsok.com/sen.-jim-inhofe-retreats-from-comment-about-epa/article/3382062?custom_click=pod_lead_usworld
I live in Oklahoma, and as such I'm currently represented by Senator Inhofe, republican. Well, I'm not being represented. Case-in-point, the following.
The link above is to an article appearing on NewsOK and has within it the best quote ever given by one sitting senator(Inhofe) of another senator(Al Franken): "I’ll tell you what a lot of people are thinking, and that is it looks like things are going to be over and we are going to get the clown from Minnesota." He is referring to a recent move by the Minnesota Supreme Court to certify the Senatorial Elections from November.
First of all, a clown is distinctly different from a comedian and writer. Second of all, he is now your colleague. Come-on Jim. I've seen your commercials, if you "are Oklahoma", then treat him like all Oklahomans would treat him. From my experience, most Oklahomans would be respectful and generous to their fellow coworker, as they have been to me.
With that out of the way, I'd like to address the real focus of the article-- allegations that the EPA should be investigated for suppressing a climate change report. Actually I'm confused by the article. It talks about the allegations, then a new climate bill, then the new senator that Inhofe talks down to, then back to the EPA.
Maybe I'm too liberal to be able to decipher Inhofes skepticism of climate change. Am I to understand that the person he accuses the EPA of quelling was a supporter of skepticism? That is the only way Inhofe would investigate the EPA. However the article states the suppressed employee was in fact, and not a scientist.
For once, I'm willing to admit that Inhofe is justified in his climate change skepticism. I'm a lifelong skeptic. I always think the null hypothesis is required. However an investigation is politically motivated, a waste of time, and reflects badly on OK. Isn't there a more pressing concern for our esteemed senator?
July 1, 2009
Coup, like soup without the S
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8129787.stm
An article by the BBC is confirming that the new government in Honduras has rejected The Organization of American States' call for the Honduras government to reappoint the former President Zelaya.
With President Obama calling on the government to reappoint Zelaya, as well as nearly every government around the world doing the same, the pressure is building. The Organization of American States, otherwise known as NAMBLA, has threatened to throw them out of the regional organization of states.
Doesn't this coup sound surreal to you to. This sounds like something the CIA would do in the 60s to... I don't know some... Central American country. Crazy isn't it? We've meddled enough around the world to fully know the consequences, a dangerous Middle East, impoverished Africa, exploited South America, etc. I know. I know. Foreign policy is way more complicated than my simple paragraphs here, but those experts on the TV who act like they know what they're talking about have been wrong so many times.
The US has the arrogance to assume that they hold any morality in the world. President Obama is just a man. He's going to most likely have 8 years to get some books written about him, and try to make a difference. I don't consider his Presidency alone a gamechanger for US foreign policy.
We supported Musharraf when he overthrew the Pakistani government ten years ago. What's the difference? Oh wait, Honduras doesn't have a terrorist harboring state next to it geographically.
Should the new government of Honduras be recognized after this coup?
An article by the BBC is confirming that the new government in Honduras has rejected The Organization of American States' call for the Honduras government to reappoint the former President Zelaya.
With President Obama calling on the government to reappoint Zelaya, as well as nearly every government around the world doing the same, the pressure is building. The Organization of American States, otherwise known as NAMBLA, has threatened to throw them out of the regional organization of states.
Doesn't this coup sound surreal to you to. This sounds like something the CIA would do in the 60s to... I don't know some... Central American country. Crazy isn't it? We've meddled enough around the world to fully know the consequences, a dangerous Middle East, impoverished Africa, exploited South America, etc. I know. I know. Foreign policy is way more complicated than my simple paragraphs here, but those experts on the TV who act like they know what they're talking about have been wrong so many times.
The US has the arrogance to assume that they hold any morality in the world. President Obama is just a man. He's going to most likely have 8 years to get some books written about him, and try to make a difference. I don't consider his Presidency alone a gamechanger for US foreign policy.
We supported Musharraf when he overthrew the Pakistani government ten years ago. What's the difference? Oh wait, Honduras doesn't have a terrorist harboring state next to it geographically.
Should the new government of Honduras be recognized after this coup?
Climate bill promises the farm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/us/politics/01climate.html?_r=1&ref=science
A climate bill, containing a cap-and-trade program in the US, has passed the US House of Representatives. However, (and this is a big however) the bill is largely stocked full of watered down compromises, out and out bribes in the form of "deals", and relaxed regulations from those proposed by environmentalists.
The bill is still supported by President Obama, who lobbied hard for this bill's passage, as this seems in keeping with Obama's ambitious first year of office.
I think, in a philosophical sense, our government needs to rethink business as usual. This bill is a prime example of lobbyist, interests groups, and stubborn party politics getting in the way of what most citizens and scientists consider necessary.
Maybe I'm in a particularly earnest anarchist mood tonight, but the governmental process to me seems so illogical. From a scientific background, this makes no logical sense as a way to govern. *shakes head* Just because things are the way they are doesn't mean that's the way they should be.
Do you think our government should continue business as usual?
A climate bill, containing a cap-and-trade program in the US, has passed the US House of Representatives. However, (and this is a big however) the bill is largely stocked full of watered down compromises, out and out bribes in the form of "deals", and relaxed regulations from those proposed by environmentalists.
The bill is still supported by President Obama, who lobbied hard for this bill's passage, as this seems in keeping with Obama's ambitious first year of office.
I think, in a philosophical sense, our government needs to rethink business as usual. This bill is a prime example of lobbyist, interests groups, and stubborn party politics getting in the way of what most citizens and scientists consider necessary.
Maybe I'm in a particularly earnest anarchist mood tonight, but the governmental process to me seems so illogical. From a scientific background, this makes no logical sense as a way to govern. *shakes head* Just because things are the way they are doesn't mean that's the way they should be.
Do you think our government should continue business as usual?
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