If not the densest, Oklahoma senator James Inhofe is at least among the most ignorant and dangerous US Senators, primarily for being perhaps the most vocal (and dishonest) global warming skeptic in the US Congress (he also supports a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage – and he campaigned for his Senate seat in 1994 using the phrase "God, guns, and gays"; see alsothis). Inhofe's statements on AGW have been reputiated even by the handful of contrarian scientists Inhofe constantly cites.In his own words, climate science "kind of reminds ... I could use the Third Reich, the Big Lie ...” He has also pulled a Delay and compared the United States Environmental Agency to the Gestapo and compared EPA Administrator Carol Browner to Tokyo Rose. I think this quote is revealing: According to Inhofe AGW is "the second-largest hoax ever played on the American people, after the separation of church and state." In fact,the UN cooked it up to destroy America. His evidence? TheOregon Petition, at least.
He is constantly caughtlying, but persists in saying that there is a scientific consensus thatclimate is getting cooler. In general, he has pretty muchdeclared war on science, although he doesn’t seem to have aclue to what it is. His most famous stunt was compiling a list of “high-profile scientists” (such asChris Allen) who oppose AGW, a list overlapping with the Discovery Institute rooster and known HIV denialists, plus several climate scientists who explicitly accept AGW (here,here, andhere; the point doesn’t seem to have been honesty anyway). After massive criticism Inhofe changed the list to “scientists whose research undermines AGW” – despitethe complaints from the scientists that their research did no such thing.
His stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict is firm, and he appears to think that the only legitimate guideline is – the Bible (morehere, and some curious tidbitshere).
If you are wondering where people like Inhofe are coming from (apart from Oklahoma), you may look at this rather disconcertingdiscussion.
Diagnosis: Confirmation bias incarnate; blindly flailing fanatic who is unable to separate facts from political opinions or evidence from Stalin-strength ideology. Extremely dangerous.
... andhe scores, yet again. Unfortunately his fans can't distinguish an own goal from a real goal, and continue to cheer him on.
ReplyDeleteHere's Inhofe with his final, slamdunk proof that climate change is a conspiracy: climate change is refuted by the Bible. And to corroborate the evidence, he points out that climate change is a particularly popular idea among liberals, whereas Christians reject it (note the two compared classes).
ReplyDeleteBut surely it is an exaggeration to call Inhofe "delusional".Well ...
ReplyDeleteInhofe apparently also thinks thatObama is planning to disband the military. But it’s not hyperbole!
ReplyDeleteInhofe seems to have changed his mind aboutwho’s allegedly behind the global warming conspiracy from George Soros to Michael Moore (never mind that global warming was first discussed in the 1890s and got established in the 1950s).
ReplyDeleteThis. The nightmare never ends.
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