The words "global warming" provoke a sharp retort from Colorado State University meteorology professor emeritus William Gray: "It's a big scam."There's much more to the article, but I just thought that Gray's comment of GW being a scam was funny since, usually, someone benefits from a scam. I'm not sure I see who benefits from this Global Warming Scam, beyond "big environmentalists." Well, them and the rest of humanity. Then, there's [http://epw.senate.gov/speechitem.cfm?party=rep&id=263759|the September 25, 2006 speech] that DrudgeReport.Com linked to given on the Senate floor by Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe. Here's a clip from the speech that criticizes the "alarmist" media that reports on GW as a threat:
From the late 1920’s until the 1960’s they warned of global warming. From the 1950’s until the 1970’s they warned us again of a coming ice age. This makes modern global warming the fourth estate’s fourth attempt to promote opposing climate change fears during the last 100 years. Recently, advocates of alarmism have grown increasingly desperate to try to convince the public that global warming is the greatest moral issue of our generation. Just last week, the vice president of London’s Royal Society sent a chilling letter to the media encouraging them to stifle the voices of scientists skeptical of climate alarmism.So, the media is alarmist--WOW--I NEVER NOTICED THAT! Come on--for a Republican senator to be whining about the alarmist media is like biting the hand that keeps you in office! Fear sells, Senator--your party's war on terror is proof of that. That's what I find so amusing--you accuse the media of fear mongering about Global Warming while your party fear mongers about a measly 50,000 Al Qaeda terrorists threatening the US. There are 300 million Americans. Nearly 40,000 of us die in car accidents every year. Global Warming, on the other hand, has the potential to change our way of life forever and even if it doesn't, adapting our lifestyles to help reverse the effects of GW will only help us create a more healthy, less-dependent-on-foreign-oil world. Who benefits from ignoring GW? The big oil companies. I couldn't find anything that connected Inhofe to big oil, but he is a Republican and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe|his Wikipedia entry] does describe him as a frighteningly Christian conservative. How so? The usual: Thinks the Bible should be used as a guide for how the US supports Israel. He was outraged by the outrage people had toward the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. He is strongly against a woman's right to choose. He is against gay rights, famously saying that his family never had a single gay or divorce in it, ever. He compared the EPA to the Nazis and called the Red Cross a bleeding heart. I think this guy and [http://thepete.com/tag/Ted+Stevens|Ted Stevens] should be roommates! The really frustrating thing is that this guy is making a big deal about all this "GLOBAL WARMING IS A SCAM" stuff while more immediate issues are being ignored (like the continued mass deaths in Iraq and the forgotten FEMA victims). If Inhofe was really doing his job, he would be concerned with the lies and deceit coming from his own party and his own partisan games.
Orignal From: SENATOR JIM INHOFE BELIEVES GLOBAL WARMING NOT A THREAT
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