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...And Promotes Islam (barf alert) How dare Sen. Inhofe speak truth to power! That’s only acceptable if a Republican is in office: he Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today called on Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) to clarify comments on Islam he made on the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday. In those remarks, Inhofe appeared to claim that Islam infringes on America’s Judeo-Christian values and that George Washington made it clear that the Christian God was responsible for the creation of the United States. In a letter sent to Inhofe today, CAIR-OK Executive Director Adam Soltani...

Flashback, Michael Mann said this on October 5th, 2010: Our efforts to communicate the science are opposed by a well-funded, highly organized disinformation effort that aims to confuse the public about the nature of our scientific understanding. …Scientists are massively out-funded and outmanned in this battle, and will lose if leading scientific institutions and organizations remain on the sidelines. I will discuss this dilemma, drawing upon my own experiences in the public arena of climate change. Next time you get challenged on how much money is involved and whose side gets it, point out Mann is delusional by showing them...

Stephen Dinan's Washington Times article "Climate Scientist to Fight Back at Skeptics," (March 5, 2010) tells of a forthcoming campaign that one global warmer said needs to be "an outlandishly aggressively partisan approach" to gut the credibility of skeptics. "Climate scientists at the National Academy of Sciences say they are tired of 'being treated like political pawns' and need to fight back…" Part of their strategy is to form a nonprofit organization and use donations to run newspaper ads to criticize critics. Stanford professor and environmentalist Paul Ehrlich, in one of the e-mails obtained by the Washington Times said, "Most...

Although it may not get much attention in Asian Studies courses, China exported the cruise missile that Hezbollah used to attack an Israeli ship, one of the components that set off the Israel/Lebanon conflict, the U.S. China Commission found. “China is in a position of conventional warfare that we never dreamed in the early 90’s they would be, although we have always known about their nuclear capabilities,” said United States-China Commission Chairman Larry Wortzel at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. The United States experiences similar trouble with China in regards to energy reliance. For example, when China offered foreign...

America’s universities are both the major targets as well as the incubators of a rapidly growing class of criminals—eco-terrorists. “The Department of Justice named them the number one domestic terrorist threat,” Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, told a college-age audience at the Eagle Forum’s annual summit on Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C. “Their direct actions include bombings, stalking of individuals and teaching members how to commit arson.” “They attacked and destroyed a ski lift, an SUV dealership, and an apartment complex.” Four hundred tenants were evacuated from that complex. Sen. Inhofe chairs the U. S. Senate Environment and Public...

Oklahoma lawmakers see new abuse photos Inhofe says fresh images aren't that much worse. By Chris Casteel, Washington Bureau Oklahoma federal lawmakers Wednesday viewed fresh photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse at the hands of American soldiers.Sen Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, said the photos were "actually nothing much different than we've already seen. I was surprised. I was expecting to see things that were a whole lot worse."A lot of the pictures didn't have any of the detainees in them. They showed seriouis behavioral problems by the seven prison guards."He said the pictures shouldl not have been taken because it is against...

SENATOR INHOFE'S COMMENTS on Prisoner Abuse from Channel 9 News -- MUST SEE/HEAR -- OUTRAGED over OUTRAGE -- GREAT JOB SENATOR!I have put together a montage of comments that started with Senator Inhofe's appropriate and welcomed remarks yesterday to the Senate hearing on prisoner abuse. These appeared in both The Oklahoman and the Norman transcript but most were not available on the Net but because they are the MUST SEE variety, I have transcribed them on here for everyone to see along with posting The Oklahoman editorial which fits perfectly! Please visit the link below to hear/see Sen Inhofe in...

Nickles predicts quick vote on Iraq 2002-09-06 By Chris Casteel The Oklahoman WASHINGTON -- Sen. Don Nickles predicted Thursday that Congress will vote before mid- October on a resolution to give President Bush options -- including use of military force -- for dealing with the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Nickles, R-Ponca City, who has attended three White House meetings on Iraq in the last two days, said he asked the president Wednesday whether he wanted Congress to pass a resolution authorizing force before lawmakers left Washington this year. "He said yes," Nickles said. Nickles, the Senate's...