Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered a startling and historic two hour speech on the Senate floor Friday about "recent developments which are turning 2007 into a ‘tipping point' for climate alarmism."
The Senator cautioned that bills being proposed by various members of Congress "come at a time when the science is overwhelmingly taking away the basis for alarm." These "so-called ‘solutions' to global warming...will have no measurable impact on the climate," and "will create huge economic harm for American families and the poor residents of the developing world who may see development hindered by unfounded climate fears."
In addition, Inhofe went right after the Global Warmingist-in-Chief Al Gore, as well as others in the media responsible for inciting all this hysteria (partial video of the speech available here):
We are currently witnessing an international awakening of scientists who are speaking out in opposition to former Vice President Al Gore, the United Nations, the Hollywood elitists and the media-driven "consensus" on man-made global warming.
We have witnessed Antarctic ice GROW to record levels since satellite monitoring began in the 1970's. We have witnessed NASA temperature data errors that have made 1934 -- not 1998 -- the hottest year on record in the U.S. We have seen global averages temperatures flat line since 1998 and the Southern Hemisphere cool in recent years.
These new developments in just the last six months are but a sample of the new information coming out that continues to debunk climate alarm.
After this introduction, Inhofe spoke about:
- Hollywoodans like Leonardo DiCaprio and Laurie David targeting children with climate fears
- Four essential points which totally debunk global warming hysteria
- Various entities that are distorting the facts and ignoring the climate history of Greenland
- Antarctic ice rising to its highest level since records have been kept
- The southern hemisphere is already experiencing a cooling from its 1998 peaks
- The weather measurement scandal at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- Climate fears are largely being driven by unproven computer models
- Al Gore's refusal to accept wagers or engage in debates concerning his theories
- Hysteria over polar bear extinction has absolutely no observable validity
- The number of former warm-mongers that have become skeptics
- Science not being determined by consensus
- Politics governing the UN's IPCC
- $50 Billion having been spent internationally on spreading global warming fears
- Skeptics being labeled as traitors
- Hundreds of skeptical scientists to be heard from in upcoming Senate report
- Carbon mandates don't reduce temperatures
The Senator passionately concluded:
In conclusion, I would simply point out that climate alarmism has become a cottage industry in this country and many others, but a growing number of scientists and the general public are coming around to the idea that climate change is natural and that there is no reason for alarm. It is time to stop pretending that the world around us is headed for certain doom and that Kyoto-style policies will save us - when in fact, the biggest danger lies in these policies themselves. As I have noted, new studies continue to pile up debunking alarm and debunking the very foundation for so called "solutions" to warming.
I know this was a long, long speech, but I just want the real people, not the money driven liberals and the Hollywood elitists, but the real people who are out there raising their families and working hard to know that help is on its way and that all the UN and media driven hype to sell American down the river will fail.
And that truth, as Winston Churchill said, "is incontrovertible, ignorance can deride it, panic may resent it, malice may destroy it, but there it is."
Bravo, Senator! Bravo!
Those interested should read Inhofe's entire address available here.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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Inhofe is the Battle ........the War is still coming
October 26, 2007 - 16:21 ET by Lame CherryBefore the lone Conservative GOP'er in the Senate is applauded for victory just remember that this fine man in Inhofe has but won the battle many have been waging for years exposing this nonsense of global power grab warming.
I predict just like nuclear winter.........that the globalist cartels WILL start shifting to a new method of power grabbing to destroy the western free peoples.
My logical deduction is the liberals will USE FOOD AND CLEAN WATER next as the power and taxation grab as that is what has been perculating in the UN for a few years.......a counter on every well in America taxed directly to the UN.
So I applaud Senator Inhofe, but baby this war is just shifting to a new front and we in the lingering Republic had better have Doc Limbaugh sending out the alarm as these dictators are still there and will shift to a new strategy toot sweet.
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Lame Cherry: "...we in
October 27, 2007 - 21:31 ET by alamojbLame Cherry:
"...we in the lingering Republic..." Awsome description, very accurate. A Republic still, but in grave danger......lingering only by the grace of God... Under attack from within...threatened from without.
Bravo indeed. Thanks Noel
October 26, 2007 - 16:31 ET by NortonPeteBravo indeed. Thanks Noel for bringing this to the faithful, I'll sleep better tonight.
Thanks Noel. I wonder
October 26, 2007 - 16:37 ET by RJhow many in Congress agree with him? Is there a list or chart out there showing where our representatives fall along the line between AGW alarmists and AGW skeptics?
OMG.... The one day I
October 26, 2007 - 16:41 ET by bigtimerOMG....
The one day I didn't tune it to the senate while posting here....among other daily things...
Thank you Noel...I will catch the whole two hours later.
Inhofe is a hero of mine...the msm has him on now and then, but he is like a lone voice in the wilderness for any of our Representatives in Congress.
Here is what I did catch and put on the OT for those that may be interested concerning GW and the UN.
Can't Vote
October 26, 2007 - 16:50 ET by Mike From CanmoreUnfortunately, can't vote for him. Wish we had some politicians with his fortitude up here.
*Argue for your limitations and sure enough you will achieve them.
Positive Rewards...
October 26, 2007 - 17:34 ET by heldmywInhofe took a risk. A big one.
When midwestern states are turning down new, cleaner power plants based on junk science hysteria, his call for sanity and repudiation of the rubbish the GoreGoyles have foisted on the world took some grit.
Bravo sir! You have earned respect of many of us who do not speak publicly, hold high position, or command the drooling followers of the liberal left, yet we can be counted on to watch your back.
Now, if only we had similar no-nonsense talk from our presidential candidates...
I can't wait for the hysterical left to wake up from the cold-cocking they just got and start squealing!
Wish I lived in Oklahoma! I
October 26, 2007 - 17:42 ET by wiwfWish I lived in Oklahoma! I would love to vote for this man!
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Come on down! The weather is
October 26, 2007 - 18:17 ET by tbbaxterCome on down! The weather is perfect right now!
We do have pleasant Falls
October 27, 2007 - 14:12 ET by AtheistRepublicanWe do have pleasant Falls and Springs here don't we? To bad that our summers and winters are so extreme.
I cant vote for him either.
October 27, 2007 - 17:02 ET by misterbee241I cant vote for him either. I've got the senile OFOW Warner and Webb.
Do ya think?
October 26, 2007 - 18:14 ET by okiehawk44Does anyone really believe that those promoting this or that catastrophy will take blame when we don't all die? NAH -- they'll just go on to the next scheme -- remember all those folks who believed this or that comet was getting ready to end life on earth as we know it? Did ya hear any apologies when life continued? Thought not.
A lone voice
October 26, 2007 - 18:32 ET by PopularTechI have encourage my local representative to speak with him on this issue and I wish more congressmen would speak out on this like he has. I think they are simply afraid to or do not understand the science (rather lack there of).
The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource
I can say without any shame
October 26, 2007 - 19:50 ET by MikeBI can say without any shame and without any regret that I voted for Senator Inhofe, and will do so any time he runs for office. He has been on the right (as in correct) side on the illegal immigration issue, and he is consistenly on the right side on global warming alarmism.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
I would if I could
October 26, 2007 - 20:34 ET by Cape Conservativebut I can't! What an outstanding representative you have, MikeB!
I did send him $$$ though for his upcoming re-election. Be a cold day you-know-where before I'd send any $$$ to those (mis)representing my state of residence!
He has been one of my
October 26, 2007 - 20:45 ET by bigtimerHe has been one of my favorite Senators for years and have posted as such...for a long time. His hearings on the environment were some of the best, the msm just didn't report this of course, now that Boxer is in the chair, she makes news now and then don'tcha' know.
What I would do to have him here in Montana representing us....
Thanks, Noel for
October 26, 2007 - 20:36 ET by Cape Conservativeletting us know about this courageous speech. We certainly won't hear about it in the msm for sure!!!! Oklahomans should be rightfully proud of their senator!
The "pet rock" of the week wins in 2008!
October 26, 2007 - 22:27 ET by w0tmHillary may be evil but she is NOT stupid. She herself recently said (in so many words) the new DNC "horse" to the White House and control of our government (for the rest of this century I believe) is child healthcare. When was the last time you EVER heard a liberal or even a Democrat (not always the same) admit to ANYTHING they said being wrong? NEVER! And you never will. The memory of the electorate is a few weeks at most. Way too many people vote solely from emotion.
The 2008 election will be decided by the issue of the week and by young single women. Those with kids are at 100% Hillary. So what if Gore has sunk himself and his GW trainwreck? So what if we win in Iraq? It will NOT matter to the "swing" voters. Healthcare and the nanny state is a rock solid winner for Hillary and all who yearn to run our lives.
We've lost -- get used to it! "People yearning to be free" is what readers here believe. We are in the minority. It's really "People yearning to be taken care of". It is basic human nature and it is worldwide. Given a choice, even animals will trade freedom for free food and shelter. Open the cages at the zoo and the animals will all be back for dinner! Some people will always cherish freedom above all else. They make a fatal mistake believing most others do too. Maybe if we had our own planet. Otherwise - we've lost. Prepare to become (far) Western Europe!
wOt... Oh gawd you sound
October 26, 2007 - 22:47 ET by bigtimerwOt...
Oh gawd you sound like my husband, so pessimistic.
You could be wrong ya' know....
Have a good one.
We are
October 27, 2007 - 21:34 ET by alamojbWe are surrounded...outnumbered...outgunned...betrayed from within?
Fix bayonets. Remember the Alamo! and CHARGE!!!!
Tancredo or Hunter for President!!!
and INHOFE for VP! (Wait,
October 27, 2007 - 21:36 ET by alamojband INHOFE for VP! (Wait, where is he on abortion?)
and INHOFE for VP! (Wait,
October 27, 2007 - 21:37 ET by alamojband INHOFE for VP! (Wait, where is he on abortion?)
w0tm, I agree. Conservatism is dead in this country.
October 28, 2007 - 11:26 ET by Dave RAs I see it, those who are willing to trade freedom for security now far out-number those are are concerned with true freedom.
How sad it is for the future of this once-great republic.
Thanks, Noel
October 26, 2007 - 22:33 ET by SeptemberWay to go, Senator Inhofe!
From the speech text:
"....turning 2007 into a "tipping point" for climate
alarmism."
I like the way he uses Dr. Hansen’s words tipping
point right back at him.
From meteorologist Joseph D’Aleo, August 2007:
"If the atmosphere was a 100 story building, our annual anthropogenic CO2 contribution today would be equivalent to the linoleum on the first floor."
What a great way to explain it to a layperson first time around in a discussion--especially if they are warmingists. Or to anyone who is undecided about the issue.
"Davis Strait is crawling with polar bears. It's not safe to camp there. They're fat. The mothers have cubs. The cubs are in good shape," he said, according to a September 14, 2007 article. --Mitch Taylor, Canadian biologist
I can just see the headline now, “Global Warming Makes Polar Bears Obese".
Reading the speech reminds me that there is a plethora of counter-alarmist scientific info which folks rarely hear about from the big fat media mouths. I'm incredulous. It takes a heck of a lot of denial on the crisis-mongers' part to smugly look the other way and continue to force upon the American people their regulations, proposed regulations and rising energy costs to atone for our alleged "sins".
***
There was an old lady who swallowed a lie (AGW)….I don’t
know why she swallowed a lie….perhaps she’ll die (but not from excess Co2).
wotm
October 26, 2007 - 22:40 ET by SeptemberWe've lost -- get used to it!
Nope. I never give up without a fight. Too early to call. And later might be also.
You're not drinking from the same water cooler as "Mr. Bleak" himself, Leo DiCaprio (or however you spell his name), are you?
Sen. Inhofe
October 26, 2007 - 23:23 ET by Army BratMy Hero!!
Happy Trails...
Inhofe
October 27, 2007 - 03:28 ET by Cool ArrowTimes have changed.
The MSM and Hollywood spit on Sen. Inhofe's Jimmy Stewart performance.
MSM/Hollywood aren't jaded, they're sold out.
Finally, a politician
October 27, 2007 - 07:55 ET by ConservativeRexFinally, a politician with a spine..and a brain! Keep and eye on this man, if he wants to, he could go far in politics. He has stood up to these Neo-Stalinist and told them where to get off, I like that!
Now if only about 2/3 of the spineless variety would speak up/out we could put this global warming nonsense to rest.
Inhofe usually makes this "historic" speech 2-3 times a year,
October 27, 2007 - 22:45 ET by BlindSightthough he seems a bit off of his pace this year.
Links to his speeches (starting off slowly in 2003 and 2004) are at his minority web page:
http://epw.senate.go...
It`s interesting to see Sen. Inhofe critizing Gore for refusing to take a bet on climate change, when Inhofe himself has refused to bet himself. Of course Inhofe is in good company, as Lindzen and many other prominent "skeptics" have refused to put their money where their mouth is:
http://backseatdrivi...
http://julesandjames...
Pres. George Bush: "Our guiding principle is clear. We must lead the world to produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions and we must do it in a way that does not undermine economic growth or prevent nations from delivering greater prosperity for their people."
Thank You
October 27, 2007 - 22:51 ET by BlondeDave High.
Why don't you just give it up?
We know who you are here.
We've seen it a thousand times before.
Cordially,
Blonde.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
And how often does that
October 27, 2007 - 22:52 ET by NL207And how often does that dumbass, Al Gore, make his bogus presentation every year? I'd bet it's once a week or more, but I don't see you complaining about that.
Do you think that if Senator Inhofe makes his speech as often as Gore does, he will win the Nobel Prize?
Who`s complaining? They just don`t seem very "historic" to me
October 28, 2007 - 01:00 ET by BlindSightPres: Bush: "Our guiding principle is clear. We must lead the world to produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions and we must do it in a way that does not undermine economic growth or prevent nations from delivering greater prosperity for their people."
BS... You don't know what
October 27, 2007 - 22:54 ET by bigtimerBS...
You don't know what you are talking about when it comes to Inhofe and speeches on the Senate floor when it comes to the environment and many other things... of course, once again you are full of BS.
Full moon makes some people crazy...especially the looney left.
Ooops...wait a second...only the looney left...go howl at the moon, make yourself useful.
bt, LMAO.
October 27, 2007 - 23:03 ET by Dave RYou could have saved yourself a lot of typing if you had just said, "BS, You don't know what you are talking about." and left it at that.
:-)
I`m always happy to be informed, soi when you think I`m
October 28, 2007 - 01:05 ET by BlindSighttalking out of my *ss, please feel free to set me straight.
Pres. George Bush: "Our guiding principle is clear. We must lead the world to produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions and we must do it in a way that does not undermine economic growth or prevent nations from delivering greater prosperity for their people."
Dave, you forgot "Regards,"
October 27, 2007 - 23:00 ET by Dave RAgain.
Less prosperity, more PC!
October 28, 2007 - 14:10 ET by SeptemberPres. George Bush: " 'Our guiding principle is clear. We must lead the world to produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions and we must do it in a way that does not undermine economic growth or prevent nations from delivering greater prosperity for their people.' "
I do like the man but he can be so dumb sometimes. His blessing on ethanol is a curse that is undermining growth and raising prices already.
Blue, not green, planet.---V. Klaus