James Inhofe: Genius or Master Tactician?

“…my point is, God’s still up there. The arrogance of peopleto think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in theclimate is to me outrageous”,  states Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), the new chairmen of the Environment and Public Works Committee. I kid you not, that is exactly what he said in a Senate meeting in February. Guess what else he did? He brought a snowball, yes a snowball, with him to the meeting.

“…do you know what this is? It’s a snowball just from outside here. So it’s very, very cold out. Very unseasonable.”        - James Inhofe 2015.

Why is this guy spewing nonsense when scientific facts show contrary to his beliefs? I’ll take a wild guess and say he knows how to play the game of politics. Between 2009 and 2014, Inhofe received over $450,000 from the Oil & Gas industries and over $250,000 from retirees. Politicians do whatever it takes to stay in office. This includes turning a blind eye to scientific evidence to please their constituents and campaign donors. The fact that nearly 50% of Americans do not believe in anthropogenic climate change does not help our cause.

Inhofe is surely not an idiot and has to know what he’s saying. He's 80 years old and has been in the Senate since 1994. As long as the fossil fuel industry continues to invest into politicians, there will always be climate change deniers and an ideological difference within Congress. 38 Senators deny climate change.Together, they have received over $27 million in donations from the coal, oil and gas industries. The other 62, the ones that haven't denied science, have taken just $11 million. The numbers tell it all.