Video: Inhofe to dig into EPA head over suppressed report
posted at 5:05 pm on July 7, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Senator James Inhofe plans a robust round of questioning when the head of the EPA appears before the Senate. Inhofe has picked up the cause of Alan Carlin, a 30-year employee of the federal agency, whose report questioning the science behind the global-warming theory was ignored by the Obama administration and the EPA. Carlin said that agency told him to stop questioning policy, and Inhofe wants to know why:
Anthony Watts has more inconvenient questions, noting that June 2009 temperatures were lower than any June in the last 50 years. Bruce McQuain connects the dots on the data.
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Obama better pray that the Democrats hold onto Congress because there are so many landmines awaiting him if the Republicans get subponea power.
RedSoxNation on July 7, 2009 at 5:08 PM
No need to question science. That’s been going on for decades with the myth of evolution.
Science=critical thinking=go along with the crowd, never question.
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 5:09 PM
He looks like a mean Republican.
That’s what those meanies do…talk about things that are soooo complicated and nobody cares, anyway.
I bet he cheats on his wife, like all those Republicans.
He only cares about rich people, not single moms and teenagers who desperately need sex-change operations and undocumented workers who need healthcare and good, reliable public transportation.
guntotinglibertarian on July 7, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Hey, the scientists voted on it, and reached a consensus. Once science is voted on, it becomes a fact. That’s what I heard, anyway.
Vashta.Nerada on July 7, 2009 at 5:11 PM
I’m more concerned about dysgenics.
guntotinglibertarian on July 7, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Inhofe is a hate crime.
lorien1973 on July 7, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Bill Hemmer is gosh darn cute! Gosh!
SouthernGent on July 7, 2009 at 5:12 PM
he also thinks gays should be stoned
blacks lynched
muslims sniped
trannies buried alive
etc etc
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:12 PM
That’s right!! People like him are just haters and hate is NOT A FAMILY VALUE!!
guntotinglibertarian on July 7, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Comparing the unproven science of global warming with the proven science of evolution is apples and oranges and isn’t relevant to the bogus climate change crap.
rayvet on July 7, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Don’t even think about it Gent. He’s mine!
katy on July 7, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Actually, the sharia-approved method of execution for gays is to build a tall wall of brick or stone and then push it onto them. In a pinch, if your Mooslim brothers are too busy praying with their noses up each other’s butts or honor-killing their daughters, you are allowed to throw gays out off of a tall building.
Stoning is for adulterers.
guntotinglibertarian on July 7, 2009 at 5:16 PM
I have a slight feeling that the administration is burying a lot of reports in all areas.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 7, 2009 at 5:18 PM
yea i remember hearing about the old “dropping of the cinderblock” trick
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Yah, Starting with the Obama’s entire life history and paper trail.
katy on July 7, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Today Algore compared fight against climate change to battle against Nazis.
Therefore,
Inhofe = Hitler?
Brat on July 7, 2009 at 5:19 PM
In the states we call it the Janet Reno.
Upstater85 on July 7, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Why would anyone spout such hate-filled heresy like this?
Who is this guy to question consensus and science…?
Helping the planet makes me feel good.. and as long as it makes me feel good, then it’s got to be right….right?!
ted c on July 7, 2009 at 5:20 PM
I’m sure you have a much better chance than I ever would. ;-) Just invite me to the wedding!
SouthernGent on July 7, 2009 at 5:21 PM
lol hahaha
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Don’t you DARE belittle him! He’s a Nobel Prize laureate. Right up there with Jimmah Carter, Paul Krugman and Yasser (the molester) Arafat.
Leave Al Gore alone!!!
guntotinglibertarian on July 7, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Hey, you know who’s been doing a sick job of late here holding the fort?
ED.
Cannot believe the number of posts up these past few days solo. Thank you.
saus on July 7, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Grill EPA Head
maverick muse on July 7, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Fixed. After all, what Krugs “won” is not a Nobel Prize. He won an economic award administered by the Nobel Foundation. On their website, they specifically state that it’s not a “Nobel Prize”, and never was.
Del Dolemonte on July 7, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Oh my God Gent, you can’t give up that easily!
Now I feel dirty. Like I stole him from ya…. :(
katy on July 7, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Oh, I don’t know about that. I see 2 sets of people claiming science is on their side and demanding that no one question it. There is no such thing as a “proven theory.” Newton’s theory of gravity was “proven” until Einstein came along. Just sayin’.
theotherKate on July 7, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Today, when I woke up it was 72 degrees, at around 2 pm it was 87 degrees…global warming, case closed, next?
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Take your pick:
Lost in the tsunami.
Shredded on vacation.
Vented in the bonfire.
“Nevermore”
maverick muse on July 7, 2009 at 5:29 PM
It’s not science unless the people with Liberal Arts degrees with the word “science” in the title all agree that it’s science. C’mon. You guys know this…
ROCnPhilly on July 7, 2009 at 5:29 PM
He was juuust about to release it all….. and Bo ate it.
sigh
katy on July 7, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Inhofe is a good man. Only wish he’d tooted his own horn a bit more and risen to national recognition status. I still get his newsletter. For the most part, it would be a dream team to link him up with DeMint.
SouthernGent and Katy
My husband is destroyed over Megyn Kelly being pregnant. You’d think she’d committed adultery or something. Keeps saying, “what was she thinking?” Fox has a pretty good eye for attractive/smart people….now, if they’d only stop beating a story to death, all day long.
24K lady on July 7, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Al Gore compared fighting climate change to fighting nazis. Which means fighting the leader of climate change is like fighting the leader of the nazis. So Al Gore = Adolf Hitler. Yep. Pretty clear-cut, I’d say.
ROCnPhilly on July 7, 2009 at 5:32 PM
So global warming is just hot air?
the_nile on July 7, 2009 at 5:35 PM
heh!
katy on July 7, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Leave Al Gore alone!! He kissed his wife for a looooong time one national TV! Not like those adulerty-committing Republicans.
guntotinglibertarian on July 7, 2009 at 5:36 PM
poor guy
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Yeah, well this afternoon it was 88 degrees and now, as evening approaches, it’s 82 degrees so global warming is over. ;)
CC
CapedConservative on July 7, 2009 at 5:38 PM
It was 71 degrees where i am until katy came in the thread
now its like 90 something
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:39 PM
I bet you’d find that all of the aligned forces who yell “anthropogenic climate change!” are the same forces aligned and yelling “military coup!” in Honduras.
Buddahpundit on July 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Well, when you say it like that, my logic must be flawed. I stand corrected. ;-)
ROCnPhilly on July 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
You heathens don’t understand. The debate is over! Al Gore said so. Therefore, we have to send America into debt for generations to come so that we might pay indulgences for our sinful energy use to the Most High Barack Obama and the Church of Uncontrollable Government.
/sarc
kingsjester on July 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
The day the climate stops changing, I’ll start worrying.
fourdeucer on July 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Inhofe has been fighting the whole concept of man made global warming for years. This is his thing. If he says it can not pass the Senate, then he is probably right. I hope. We have enough to worry about without this piece of crap.
Terrye on July 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM
itll be 100 degrees for one thousand years!!!!!!!
then obama will return to cool the planet and heal the oceans!
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:42 PM
You still after me?….
prrrr
katy on July 7, 2009 at 5:43 PM
The Frozen Tundra is still frozen. Al Gore is a con artist.
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM
yea but i think there was a setback that included birth certificates.
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Algore had to dig deep to beclowned himself as a walking, talking caricature of Goodwin’s Law.
The subtext of course is “help legislate my multi billion dollar windfall into a reality”
R Square on July 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Tipper causing an earth imbalance and rotation due to her mass. Outlaw Tipper!
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM
If global warming exists, why is it 78 inland, but cooler by the lake 69?
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 5:47 PM
There are a bunch of people who have a vested interest in making sure Cap and Trade passes. Al Gore and Jeffery Immelt are probably the most notable.
kingsjester on July 7, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Remember that scene in Batman Returns
where the Penguin goes on about “global cooling?”
love that
cant find the video for y’all tho, sorry
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
GE, it brings BS to life!
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Thousands have died over this Global Warming sham in Third World countries. The rich UN stooges along with the Democratic party have blood on their hands over it.
Global Warming exists, the Iraq war was lost and the Catholic Church allows abortions. Three Democratic whoppers.
Hening on July 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM
That’s some statement…comming from a guy who’s knowledge of God and the Universe most likely comes from the rantings of some anonymous, goat-herding primitives who were probably lucky to live to the ripe old age of 40 due to poor personal hygiene and general ignorance.
…just saying.
Global warming legislation is a big, wealth transferring sham. No doubt about that. But it would be a whole lot easier to argue against if people like you, who don’t know anything about science past what they read on the Discovery Institute web site, would quit trying to help out by argue the scientific merits of it.
Those of us who actually understand how science works think you’re anti-evolutionary, science as the enemy stance is a joke. That you’ll never understand why doesn’t make your blathering any less sad. The fact that you’ll be more than happy to use the same shallow examination of the evidence when confronting global warming, since you don’t know any better, and then push that gibberish out at the public as “our” argument is why we’re probably going to loose this fight.
You don’t have to be a scientific knowledge denying fundie to be a conservative! Nor do you have to be one to think global warming isn’t as bad as the left makes it out to be. God does not need to be part of your argument for it to make sense.
Interweb Troll on July 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM
If you question global warming you will make puppies die and angles cry! Al Gore told me so…and you’re a Nazi too if you are against Cap’n Trade. You…you…Gaia hating, baby killing meanies.
Wyznowski on July 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Global Warming was kept in a bank deposit box in Duluth along with Obamas real Indonesian Birth Certificate.
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Don’t ever let a little spat get in the way of good thang baby.
I’m sure there’s more to come.
katy on July 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
like i said
only a setback
love train rolls on
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Wow, I just looked and you are right…global “change” is a difficult science.
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Global Warming is regarded by the mindless sheeple as true, by those who can think for themselves as false, and by the power grabbers and the money grubbers as very useful.
- “Seneca”
MB4 on July 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Get a room…
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Interweb Troll on July 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Your hysteria over my simple and truthful comment regarding sciences unwillingness to entertain arguments, questions or ideas that don’t come from their preset peerage system, is all the proof I needed to show how ANY idea that goes against the published “TRUTH” must instantly and hysterically be argued and rejected.
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 5:55 PM
lol
i cant get over how funny it is
“we must worry about climate change”
climate changes, putz!
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Because his telling the truth might hurt their plans to filch power and wealth.
MB4 on July 7, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Why? This is good…
katy on July 7, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Some like it hot and some sweat
When the heat is on
Some feel the heat and decide that
They can´t go on
Some like it hot, but you can´t tell how hot
Til you try
Some like it hot, so katy, turn up the heat
Til blatantblue does fry
MB4 on July 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Good thing scientists are finally welcome in the White House again. It’s so nice to have a “curious” President, isn’t it? Unfortunately, he’s only curious about science when it suits his power-grabbing agenda. Scientists with conflicting reports need not apply.
aero on July 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM
And your alternative theory is…?
Scrappy on July 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM
always is
:D
–
http://wattsupwiththat.com/
great site on climate
THE BEST
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Al Gore and the Green Weenies are the climate Nazis.
Inhofe has been a consistent voice of reason on the junk science global warming tax grab. Too bad Newt and McCain don’t have his balls.
RandyChandler on July 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM
What kind of idiot do you have to be to believe Congress can control the climate? The kind who thinks Obamanomics makes good fiscal sense.
RandyChandler on July 7, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Pope John Paul II on (Darwin’s) evolution
In a major statement of the Roman Catholic Church’s position on the theory of evolution, Pope John Paul II has proclaimed that the theory is “more than just a hypothesis” and that evolution is compatible with Christian faith. In a written message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the pope said the theory of evolution has been buttressed by scientific studies and discoveries since Charles Darwin. “It is indeed remarkable that this theory has progressively taken root in the minds of researchers following a series of discoveries made in different spheres of knowledge”‘, the pope said in his message Wednesday. “The convergence, neither sought nor provoked, of results of studies undertaken independently from each other constitutes, in itself, a significant argument in favor of this theory“.
The Pope’s message went much further in accepting the theory of evolution as a valid explanation of the development of life on Earth, with one major exception: the human soul. “If the human body has its origin in living material which preexists it, the spiritual soul is immediately created by God”, the Pope said.
- Chicago Tribune (10/25/96)
MB4 on July 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM
My favorite Al Gore quote from an interview he did with Grist.org:
So, it’s ok to LIE to get people to agree with you. Got it. Oh yeah, that is what Obama and his liberal ilk do everyday — including the media!
Well, there you go now.
lovedinthekeys on July 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM
“What’s this?” thought Barack Obama. “I can feel nothing warmer at all! That is terrible. Am I stupid? Am I a flat-earther? Am I a denier? Am I not fit to be President? That would be the most dreadful thing that could happen to me. “Oh, it is very hot!” Obama said aloud. “It has my highest approbation.” And Obama nodded in a contented way, and gazed outside, for he would not say that he felt no Global Warming. The whole entourage that he had with him looked and looked, and felt no warming, any more than the rest; but, like Barack Obama they said, “It is so hot!” and Rahm Emanuel counseled him to always say that he felt hot when he was out in public, even hotter than all the Chicago troubles were making them both feel. “It is warm, hot even!” went from mouth to mouth. On all sides there seemed to be general warming, and Barack Obama gave Al Gore the title of Imperial Master of Global Warming Science.
So Barack Obama went in procession, and every one in the streets said, “How incomparable hot it is! What a hot day it is!” No one would let it be perceived that he could not feel warming, for that would have shown that he was not fit for his office, or was very stupid or a flat-earther or a denier. No day of Barack Obama’s had ever been as hot as this one.
“But I’m freezing my ass off out here!” a little child cried out at last. “Just hear what that innocent says!” said the father: and one whispered to another what the child had said. “But it is cold out here!” said the whole people at length. That touched Barack Obama, for it seemed to him that they were right; but the thought within himself was, “I must go through with feeling all the Global Warming. I do not dare to do otherwise” And so he held himself a little higher, and his aides held on tighter than ever, and proclaimed the Global Warming which did not exist at all.
MB4 on July 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Wait. So Katy’s Hitler?
Patrick S on July 7, 2009 at 6:27 PM
shes no hitler
but she does enjoy a night of leather boots and Rammstein music
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Right now here in New Hampshire, it’s a balmy 56 degrees. And my neighbor has his wood stove going.
Del Dolemonte on July 7, 2009 at 6:32 PM
still snowing? :P
my aunt lives in southern NH and tells me all the time bout the ridic/ snow
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 6:36 PM
The headline of article has been changed to:
Al Gore invokes spirit of Churchill in battle against climate change
I assume they mean Ward Churchill.
agmartin on July 7, 2009 at 6:37 PM
So, how come I don’t have any Japanese beetles this year?
A horrible summer pest, they love the summer heat, and it has been mid April here in the Northeast since, well… mid April.
My Betty Boop rose, now in her second glorious bloom, says, “Let’s hear it for Global
Cooling!”
marybel on July 7, 2009 at 6:42 PM
There were still snow patches on Mr. Washington a couple of weeks ago.
In my location on a hill in the Lakes Region, I got 15 feet of global warming in the winter of 2007-2008. This past winter I “only” got 10 feet.
And in one month alone, March of 2001, I got 7 feet.
Del Dolemonte on July 7, 2009 at 6:46 PM
It’s been a great spring here in NH for cool weather crops, especially peas which arrived last week. They love the cool weather.
Del Dolemonte on July 7, 2009 at 6:48 PM
One month of cooling taken outside a broader context does not disprove Anthropogenic Global Warming any more than a few years of warming taken outside a broader context proves it. Bad science is not the antidote to bad science, and skepticism and denial are not the same things.
hicsuget on July 7, 2009 at 6:49 PM
strangely enough, as CO2 production increased after WWII, temps dropped
who knew?!
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Ba-DOOM.
warbaby on July 7, 2009 at 7:17 PM
No scientist has ever thought to take a cursory look at the data, but fortunately in steps blatantblue to save the day. You should don a cape, good sir.
hicsuget on July 7, 2009 at 7:28 PM
hicsuget on July 7, 2009 at 7:28
because too often these scientists are too interested in government grants and eco driven redistribution
the ones that aren’t interested in those things are actually trust worthy
good sir
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 7:40 PM
I guess that would matter to me if I was Catholic. Perhaps the Pope should concentrate on his priesthood pretending to be Michael Jackson first.
MB4 on July 7, 2009 at 6:08 P
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 7:47 PM
++
Cripes. Putting Evolution in the same sentence as AGW is more a statement on the original poster’s lack of intelligence than anything else. That was just lame.
nukemhill on July 7, 2009 at 7:50 PM
In the beginning…
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 7:58 PM
But the skeptics aren’t the ones collapsing those two words–AGW fear-mongers are. There are enormous reasons to be skeptical of AGW. The data sucks; the mathematical models used to analyze the data are, at best, unproven, and at worst, intentionally misleading; the computer code used to implement the algorithms is a disaster, and the climatologists who are generating this code are unwilling to follow standards established by the government that demand clear documentation and theoretical justifications for their assumptions.
AGW has fallen flat on its face. There is absolutely no justification for the claims that Al Gore and his minions are making. None. But the opportunity to take even further control over peoples’ lives and the economy is simply irresistible to the Left. Thus the demonization of anyone who challenges the orthodoxy. We are not skeptics, we are deniers. We are in thrall to Big Oil. We are anti-science.
Bullshit. AGW is not about science. It never was. It is about politics. And those who love freedom and liberty have lost this political battle, I fear. The Left’s rhetoric has overwhelmed reason. To all of our detriment.
nukemhill on July 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Soros funded Climate progress is all over defending warming. They say their models are correct. ignore thermometers. Thermometers were purchased during some republican Pres must be wrong. Gavin schmidt is also media funded. he twists science and powerpoints to over rule temp readings. He was also busted for dishonesty. Yes it is colling and we need to go into bondage quickly before the chances of getting votes fall.
Obama’s policy of high unemployment does help decrease fuel consumption.
seven on July 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM
That’s not a theory. It’s an article of faith. It is not falsifiable.
Next.
nukemhill on July 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Inhofe does his best to counter the global warming hysteria with factual information, I wish more people would listen. He has a great website, as the minority ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, very informative.
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.WelcomeMessage
mbs on July 7, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I cap and trade the timing!
- The Cat
MirCat on July 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM
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