Inhofe To Boxer: 'We Won, You Lost, Get A Life' (VIDEO)

Sen. James Inhofe has won the battle against global warming -- or so he thinks.

"I proudly declare 2009 as the 'Year of the Skeptic,' the year in which scientists who question the so-called global warming consensus are being heard,'' the Oklahoma Republican said in a long speech Tuesday during a Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works meeting.

"Until this year, any scientist, reporter or politician who dared raise even the slightest suspicion about the science behind global warming was dismissed and repeatedly mocked.''

"Today, I have been vindicated," he said.

The reason for Inhofe's glee? Not any scientific shift, merely the news that a binding international agreement on climate change will likely be put off until 2010. President Obama has been hobbled by Congress in his attempts to lead the way for the global pact.

And Inhofe had a message specifically for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) -- "We won, you lost, get a life."

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[ThisisSparta]

01:30 PM on 11/23/2009

The fatalism of these guys is astounding. It sounds like they are actually trying to end the world.

[HowietheScreamer]

02:46 PM on 12/04/2009

They are... it's called "The Rapture". I just wish these f u c kers would just wrapture thier lips around a shotgun and get it overwith.

[TN60]

08:57 AM on 11/23/2009

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/536

To all those that are ignorant and revel in it and those who support the ignorant.

I know where I stand..

[wldone]

07:45 AM on 11/23/2009

Boxer is a joke

[Leper]

10:53 PM on 11/26/2009

>>Boxer is a joke
Maybe... but you're the punchline.

[Bettysdad]

03:21 AM on 11/23/2009

Conservatives: Wrong Since 1775.

[SimplyBkuz]

02:07 AM on 11/23/2009

They just love to wallow in their self-righteous ignorance, don't they? They're so proud of it. It's disgusting.

[Leper]

11:44 PM on 11/22/2009

Apparently, The Rapture cannot come soon enough for Senator Inhofe.

[hereticalamerican]

09:32 AM on 11/23/2009

OR the intelligent ones that left left in "Joke-lahoma". The level of ignorance here, and the fact that it is propagated by the church and the state government (one in the same?) is astounding. Jim Inhoffe and his following of sheeple and "energy citizens" are truly the poster children for idiocy (idiocracy...go rent it). Some us that live in Oklahoma can't WAIT for the rapture....maybe then all of the superstitious, mental-midgets will be GONE and inteeligence can finally reign supreme. PLUS there will be less people to feed : )

[YenNguyen]

10:21 PM on 11/22/2009

Inhofe sounds a lot like Sen Kyl. His rudeness towards another female is now clearly documented. Seems like some SD women need to put him in his place...

[Merg]

09:13 PM on 11/22/2009

Sen Boxer...sic'm girl.

[stanjam]

08:31 PM on 11/22/2009

"I refuse to believe that global warming exists." Therefore, instead of taking prudent steps that would help our economy and our country, I will instead stand with my hands in my pockets and watch the world go by." "Instead of doing something, I will do nothing. That way, if I am wrong, I have doomed our species and my country."

Nice solution.

I will agree, there is a chance that global warming isn't real. However, what is the harm in treating it as if it IS real? We will have a cleaner, better world, and an improved economy and society as a result. Or we can do nothing and roll the dice.

Idiots.

[westriverhillbilly]

10:13 PM on 11/22/2009

For the most part I completely agree with your comment, however, there is little doubt that Anthropogenic Global Warming is happening, the controversy lies in establishing quantitatively the role human activity has played in the natural phenomena, 0% or 100%. I'm inclined to believe humans have played a role greater than 0% but much less than 100%.

Even if one is to completely deny any incentive what so ever in taking action against AGW, there is still a multitude of long-term economic issues facing the US, such as unemployment, national security and the energy-trade deficit, the solutions to which completely fall in line with those necessary to combat AGW, while transitioning to an economy far less dependent on finite sources for energy. So I agree with your question, what is the harm in treating it as if it is real?

[FoonTheElder]

05:16 PM on 11/22/2009

It's no wonder Inhofe is always on the top 10 lists for the worst Congresspersons.

[cnart]

01:25 PM on 11/22/2009

Quite simply the man is a piece of garbage.

[doctorzap]

01:40 PM on 11/22/2009

Hey, I got friends who are garbage. But I sure wouldn't insult them by lumping them in with the likes of Inhofe.

[bayguy13]

08:52 PM on 11/22/2009

Careful there.... now you're insulting garbage.

[westriverhillbilly]

10:19 PM on 11/22/2009

Methane producing garbage too, which actually makes garbage much more useful than Inhofe.

[nbanflfan]

01:11 PM on 11/22/2009

As it has been said before, the GOP continues to treat their sworn responsibilities to represent the people as a "game" with the goal of "winning" at all costs, constituents be damned.

And that is exactly why they will continue to lose at the polls until they are extinct.

[JeanPaulSatire]

12:34 PM on 11/22/2009

Inhofe's a hypocrite: he's shown no signs of having gotten a life of his own after his party lost big-time on Nov. 4, 2008. In fact, he's become even more ossified.

[sposton]

12:26 PM on 11/22/2009

He often acts as if he were the chairman. He does not seem to think women are capable enough to do "his" job. ;-)

[SimplyBkuz]

02:10 AM on 11/23/2009

Which is hilarious, considering he failed miserably at "his" job, when it was his job.

[CountingCoup]

11:42 AM on 11/22/2009

the party of "no", and no class, from the knuckle draggers of the GOP...