How Al Gore Screwed Sen. James Inhofe Over LiveEarth

[kevinmc]

Jackson Williams

In March, when Gore was organizing the worldwide Live Earth concerts being held today, he envisioned one of the many simultaneous concerts being in Washington, right in front of the Capitol building. James Inhofe, the senator from Oklahoma who denies that global warming even exists, said he'd block it because there'd never been an overt political event allowed at the Capitol before, and he wasn't going to allow it now. (A concert designed to draw attention to protecting the Earth is politically overt? To a clown like Inhofe, apparently.)

Inhofe also grilled Gore when the former vice president testified about global warming that month before House and Senate committees. He kept referring to Gore in his questioning as "Senator Gore" instead of "Vice President Gore." True, Gore had once been a senator, but protocol and propriety say you refer to someone by the most recent title they've held, and Inhofe certainly knows that, so he was behaving like a rude and unmannered little boy.

Gore took the concert denial in stride and quietly made arrangements with the Smithsonian, specifically their National Museum of the American Indian, to sponsor a Washington concert under their auspices, to take place on the Mall, just two blocks from the Capitol. The surprise announcement only came this week, just 24 hours before today's Live Earth concerts. Inhofe has no control over what takes place on the Mall, of course, but he could have - and no doubt would have - made a stink if he knew that the Smithsonian, a federal institution, was partnering with Gore to get around the roadblock he'd threatened. Hell, he may yet do so after the fact; he is small enough of a person to attempt to hold up a funding measure or something.

Oh, and just who are the headliners performing at this last minute added concert in D.C.? Why, none other than the superstar Couple of Country Music, Oklahoma native and favorite son Garth Brooks and his wife Tricia Yearwood. Heh Heh Heh....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20070707/cm_huffpost/055290

[amitten]

1. !

:rofl:

[wildhorses]

2. wo0t

:patriot: that's MY candidate :applause:

[LiberalVoice]

3. Go Steelers. nt

:)

[BattyDem]

4. If there's one thing Gore has definitely learned over the last few years ...

it's how to beat the bastards at their own game! :rofl: :patriot:

[Just-plain-Kathy]

9. I hope that's true, and I hope he does it. ...n/t

[rosesaylavee]

14. Falling out of love with politics

is not the same as not knowing how the game works.

:applause: I am so grateful he has given us some of our dignity as a nation back this weekend. The DC concert was very moving.

[rodeodance]

5. there must be a pasture in OK for this fool.

[silverweb]

6. Love it!

How a person of maturity and intelligence handles an ignorant brat.

:D

[Harry Monroe]

7. The citizens of Oklahoma should be ashamed of themselves..

...to keep reelecting an idiot like this every 6 years. He is an embarrasment.

[Mrs. Ted Nancy]

25. He's an embarrassment alright.

One of the problems is that most Oklahomans are completely ignorant of Inhofe's quackery.
The main newspaper, The Daily Oklahoman (aka the worst newspaper in the US) loves him.
The television media in OKC rarely if ever report on national topics. And when they do,
the story is superficial. I routinely ask myself after a report on national affairs
"what the hell are they talking about?" In OKC, we know way more about Paris Hilton's
time in the pokey than we do about state or national affairs.
End of rant.

[Maat]

8. Boy, do I appreciate this!

My fundie relatives, who support Inhofe, and are diehard Southern Baptists and conservatives, live in Oklahoma.

[poverlay]

10. I can't believe that's on Yahoo news. Awesome...n/t

[Lisa0825]

11. I'd heard about the sudden addition, but didn't know the back-story...

SWEEEEEEEET!!!! :patriot: :hippie:

[DRoseDARs]

12. Didn't know Inhofe kept referring to Gore w/wrong title. Gore should have shot back w/ Mayor Inhofe.

What goes around comes around you sniveling little prick.

[regnaD kciN]

13. Or used Bartcop's title for him...Senator Pissquick

:evilgrin:

[sofa king]

19. Everyone, including that article, is incorrect.

Neither the honorifics "Senator" nor "Vice President" are permanent forms of spoken address, and they do not carry over once the office is left. Only a very few titles in America carry over into post-office life: Governor and General spring to mind.

Recently, some sources have decided that the title of "President" carries on after the officeholder has moved on. That's wrong, and it defies the precedent set by George Washington himself, who stated that there is only one President--currently that's the bag of hammers who stole the office.

Al Gore, like it or not, is now "Mr. Gore," or possibly, "The Honorable Mr. Gore."

[Soulshine]

22. Not all our Dem's ar spineless

I remember that meeting, I also remember Boxer putting that idiot in time out for acting like a brat! :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWpkBcWsAME

Makes me proud to be an American :patriot:

[mcg]

15. Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee Creek, Little Jimmy Inhofe can be beat!

HA HA HA

[sellitman]

16. Inhofe is an ass but I bet the order came from Rove.

Sounds like a Rovian ploy to me.

[Catchawave]

17. I thought the American Indian museum was the perfect

venue ! Afterall, they are the original environmentalists :D

Good for Al !

[Dudley_DUright]

18. Some good tunes too

I especially liked the Native American blues band called "Blues Nation". The lead singer and guitar player sounded almost exactly like B.B. King. :-)

http://www.bluesnationband.com/

[mcg]

20. 'Blues Nation' is from Oklahoma, same state as Inhofe.

Oh, the sweet irony.

* Country stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are also from Oklahoma. They sang the beautiful song "We Shall Be Free" at the concert. The lyrics (a must read):
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/brooks-garth/we-shall-be-free-5048.html

* The National Museum of the American Indian is one of the closest buildings, within earshot, to the Capital (Inhofe was one of the republicans who prevented Live Aid from being held on the Capital grounds).

* "Oklahoma's two senators Coburn and Inhofe do not support bringing about Native American Day, they are unwilling to introduce a joint holiday resolution on the senate side of the house. These two senators are the biggest reason you will not see a national holiday recognizing all that Native Americans have done and gone through to make America the freest country on earth today."
from http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=4302

* Attendants of the concert visited the museum, heard speeches by Native Americans, and saw dancing performed by Virginian tribes at the Folklife festival on the mall.

A look at what kind of $#@%*+!&$ Inhofe is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe

a good post about the concert:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/7/0225/54704
and about potential challengers to Inhofe:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/19/082/20749

[jwirr]

21. And yet another stab to inhofe was the appearance of the native

american group for his own state. Who else appeared in this concert and who many people attended that one?

[mcg]

23. Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, also from OK,

they sang "We Shall Be Free", lyrics:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/garthbrooks/weshallbefree.html
also
Native Roots - an excellent Reggae band (I bought one of their CDs)
Yarina
The Plateros
The Breaking Wind
The Reddmen

schedule
http://www.nmai.si.edu/motherearth/index.html

[Hand]

24. HAR HAR HAR!!!!! nt