Comments on: Inhofe trashes generals who advocate for bipartisan clean energy legislation: They crave “the limelight.”

By: raleigh Latham

raleigh Latham — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:06:40 +0000

Next thing Inhofe will call Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, JFK, and Martin Luther King gay communists who wanted to destroy America.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:00:55 +0000

This is beyond the pale. Inhoffe has impugned the character of respected retired military brass. Sens. Boxer, Merkley, Whitehouse and others on the Environment Committee should publicly demand an apology from Inhoffe.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:10:24 +0000

Inhofe attacking generals as craving limelight? That is just chock-full of irony…

By: richard pauli

richard pauli — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:42:12 +0000

Perhaps the newly formed AGW geography deserves his name – the Inhofe Desert Wastelands, the Inhofe Oceanic Inundation, an Inhofe glacier moraine…. Maybe any newly defined geological object from climate destabilization should be called an Inhofe object.

By: PurpleOzone

PurpleOzone — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:30:11 +0000

To Inhofe, attacking generals as attention-needy: “Have you no shame, sir? Have you no shame?”

By: Edward Greisch

Edward Greisch — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:22:27 +0000

Laughing out loud at the headline. I didn’t know Inhofe was a comedian.

By: Leif

Leif — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:09:56 +0000

I have said this before but it warrants another time. The present US military budget is $600+ billion dollars. Full implementation of Lester Brown’s Plan B 4.0 is estimated at $187 billion. The military should fund the full “first year” cost’s, to show good faith, out of the military budget, which would still leave $400+ billion, about 5 times the next highest which is China. This action would not impact the national debt as the money has already been allocated. As a concession from other world governments they would agree to fund the following year’s “Plan B”, ~ 12% of their military budgets. I content that two years of this action would defuse international hostilities, including terrorism, to such a degree that future funding could easily be made with savings on all military expenditures and still have some change left over. A win, win for all, especially the earth and poor.

By: ken levenson

ken levenson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:56:57 +0000

To really move public opinion I think Obama must appear with Military Joint Chiefs and captains of industry – every time he speaks of climate change and clean energy. There should be an active military general there every time…he should be taking military leaders with him to Copenhagen.

All to many seem to think this is about “comfort” and “lifestyle” – this is at root about our security and whether we like it or not, and while it may seem hard to be more militaristic to some, the military is going to play an ever more increasing role as the world is destabilized by climate change.

Time to put the military people up front on this, everyday. The crazies will never be satisfied but most fence sitting moderately conservative folks will be swayed….and that will make a big difference politically….giving much more room to push forward.

By: GS

GS — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:53:57 +0000

He’s also a member of the Christianist cult The Family, Sen. Inhofe.

By: mike roddy

mike roddy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:40:02 +0000

Thanks for the Sunday morning humor. Inhofe has pretty much earned the lifetime Dumbest Senator and Dumbest Member of Congress awards, along with making the Most Corrupt lists. From what I can tell, other countries, especially Australia and even Denmark, have legislators who could provide him with a little competition.

I think it’s time for an international competition. Could Inhofe be the dumbest member of a legislative body in the world? Show us what you’ve got, Copenhagen attendees!