Obama: It's 'Disturbing' That A Climate Change Denier Chairs Senate Environmental Committee
Source: Huffington Post
President Barack Obama told Vice News in an interview released on Monday that it was "disturbing" that the chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works denied the existence of climate change.
Obama was referring to Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), who threw a snowball on the Senate floor earlier this month to help make his case that climate change isn't real. Even though Inhofe cited record low temperatures across the country as evidence that climate change was overplayed, the country has actually been experiencing a warmer than average winter.
"That's disturbing," Obama said when Vice's Shane Smith pointed out that the stunt would have been funny if it weren't for Inhofe's chairmanship.
Inhofe, who wrote the book The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future, has also cited Scripture as part of his argument for why climate change isn't real.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/16/obama-jim-inhofe_n_6881450.html
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)Can not wait for your explanation.
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nilram
(2,888 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)you have to understand black and white thinking
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)... Are always disgruntled.
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)with a wide array of viewpoints and experience? because he believes in a balance of viewpoints and experience to reach compromise. compromise is an art. no one is ever happy but the issues are improved. how did he know many would turn out to be bitter, immature and dysfunctional bigots who love their personal interests more than they believe in the well being of the country?
however, this is not topic about his cabinet - this is about the congress and he did not choose the asshole denier.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)There's a video there, and it was posted today. I should watch it but I wanted to post it first
IDemo
(16,926 posts)Archae
(46,328 posts)That's putting it mildly.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)There are so many issues for Democrats to hammer Republicans with come election time. They are the party of stupid haters. And yet, they now control both houses on Congress. Why the hell can't Democrats beat these people?
To answer this question, one must first answer cui bono?
riversedge
(70,239 posts)red dog 1
(27,816 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)Luke Zee
(23 posts)No. It's an embarrassment to the country! (Those 12 guys who landed on the moon were not from Denmark.)
calimary
(81,297 posts)Glad you're here! It is ABSOLUTELY an embarrassment that he even walks the halls of Capitol Hill as anything but a tourist.
Luke Zee
(23 posts)And yes, Ihnofe=Asshole.
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)a Committee to publicly answer for this travesty (of his position) in this time of crisis.