Inhofe on global warming: "God's still up there. Were going through these cycles."

[babylonsister]

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/25/inhofe-god-cycles/

Inhofe on why global warming isn’t real: ‘God’s still up there. We’re going through these cycles.’

On C-Span’s Washington Journal this week, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the godfather of global warming deniers, said that he will travel to the climate change summit in Copenhagen this fall to present “another view.” “I think somebody has to be there — a one-man truth squad,” he said. Throughout the program, Inhofe went through his tattered global warming denier claims: that climate change is a “hoax,” that CO2 is not a pollutant, and — latching on to the latest false right-wing talking point — that clean energy legislation will cost American families $1,700 a year. At the end of the interview, Inhofe explained what guides his views:

CALLER: Yes, I agree with the Senator on what he says about the climate change. I believe that the world is just changing like it usually does. <...>

INHOFE: I think he’s right. I think what he’s saying is God’s still up there. We’re going through these cycles. … I really believe that a lot of people are in denial who want to hang their hat on the fact, that they believe is a fact, that man-made gases, anthropogenic gases, are causing global warming. The science really isn’t there.

[fascisthunter]

1. Why can't a Safe fall on him

as he looks up

[Buzz Clik]

2. God needs to help Inofe find his ass. The poor man is incapable, even when using both hands.

No one doubts that climate changes all by itself. It's the added effect of human activities that is the problem.

Simpleton.

[pattmarty]

14. No, what "god" needs to do is, come get him and the other crazies, NOW!!!!!!!

[Bill219]

3. This guy scares the crap out of me...

the fact that he denies the science behind it and has to invoke a deity is a frightening thing!

[timeforpeace]

4. We might be cooling but that's decreased solar activity not God. She's got other stuff to do.

[Quixote1818]

13. The slight cooling in recent years was due to La Nina. See video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwnrpwctIh4

[kestrel91316]

5. CO2 levels are at their highest in what, 30 MILLION years???

And the increase can be directly attributed to burning fossil fuels.......

But the warming is just a "natural cycle"......

I want some of what these guys are smoking.

[lysosome]

8. But remember that this guy thinks the earth was created 6000 years ago.

One man squad indeed. This guy can't count.

[zbdent]

15. which really screws up the idea of the "cycles"

since the cycles deal with much more than just 6000 years ...

[lysosome]

17. Heh, good point.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

6. The reptiles don't seem to know much about nature.

Besides this moron, we have Gov. Sonny Perdue(R) leading a prayer for rain during a drought and Charlie Crist(R) taking credit for preventing hurricanes from hitting Florida by praying.

I wish life was that easy!!
I really need some money so maybe some Repuke will say a prayer for me.

[irislake]

7. What a relief,

I was getting worried.

[mwb970]

9. "God's still up there." Up where, Senator?

What a frakkin' simple-minded idjit! The idea of God as being "up there" in some Heaven that's "in the sky" is one that I rejected for good when I was 12 years old. The clouds are "up there". Mars is "up there". Alpha Centauri is "up there". But your God is not "up there", you clown.

For a grown man to cling to a version of a "God in the sky" that wouldn't satisfy a child is just pathetic.

[laughingliberal]

10. The deniers would do well to remember

God was 'up there' during the time of the dinosaurs but they're extinct just the same.

[rexcat]

11. It is always amazing that idiots like Inhofe...

who don't believe in science use science to back up their claims. He has a complete lack of understanding of the scientific process and the facts of global warming.

[malachi]

12. Oklahoma -All you need to know.

[jgraz]

18. Come on, Oklahomans. Even you can't be THIS stupid.

Please elect someone who's not a moran.

[babylonsister]

19. Nope, and not fair. I live in TX, and don't even think about bashing

Dems there. He's a disaster; doesn't mean the whole state is.

[vinylsolution]

16. You've gotta wonder....

... exactly how much cash Big Oil has thrown at him, over the past eight years.

As long as those nice fat checks keep coming, he'll believe - and say - anything they want him to.