Senator Malarkey?

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All fools day heldover.....

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080402_1_A10_spanc01606


"speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey. "

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-iraq_strategy2apr02,1,6067734.story

"With the clashes in Basra and Baghdad's Sadr City last week, 923 civilians were killed in attacks throughout Iraq during March. The civilian death toll was up 31 percent from February, and it was the deadliest month since last August, according to data compiled by Iraq's Interior, Defense and Health Ministries and obtained by Reuters news service."

"At the beginning of the war, Sadr was underestimated by the Americans as an irritant. Later, the U.S. occupational authority issued a warrant for his arrest on murder charges. More recently, top U.S. commanders have spoken of Sadr as a "Sayyid," an honorary term bestowed on those who are descendants of the Prophet Muhammad. The warming attitude of the Americans came after Sadr called on his followers last year to observe a cease-fire.

"We still don't know what to do with him," Nasr said. "We don't want to go to war with him and we don't want to give him Iraq. We are back to where we started."

The warming attitude came after Sadr received an unknown amount of hush money.....

Our Senator is far from all knowing apparently.

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Senator Shameful Malarkey needs to be defeated in November. Andrew Rice is a credible opponent and will be much more able to work with Obama than Sen. Malarkey. Besides, he's not only a neo con he is old.


Iraq's al-Sadr calls for million-man march; 12 killed in violence
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1398121.php/Iraqs_al-Sadr_calls_for_million-man_march_12_killed_in_violence

'It is time you expressed your rejection of the unjust occupiers and raise your voices against them,' the statement said.

Rock Rock Shock and Awe!

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I am disappointed non of the forum die hard Republicans mentioned anything about entitlements and Mr. Jimmy.

CONFUSED?

Breathe easier


By World's Editorial Writers
5/2/2008


Earmark will help Tulsa's air

The U.S. House has advanced a measure that would free $1.8 million to help Tulsa improve its air quality by updating traffic signals and reducing congestion.

It will likely mean the city will get coordinated signals at multiple, sequential intersections, replacing outdated lights.

So, we'll all be able to breathe easier and get home faster.

Credit goes to U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., who shepherded the measure through Congress.

The action comes as an American Lung Association report gives Tulsa a failing grade for ozone pollution.

Ground-level ozone is dangerous for the young, the old and the sick. Tulsa has struggled with the pollutant for years, and vehicle fumes are a primary culprit.

Inhofe has been an advocate for the city in this struggle, working to make sure the federal government's air standards are fair and to get the city the resources to deal with the challenge.

Now, some demagogues want you to believe that Inhofe's sort of constituent-oriented efforts -- Earmark! Egad! -- are the ruin of our nation.

Whenever there's a bill that specifies how money should be spent in this fashion they squawk that Congress isn't doing it's job.

Wrong. In fact, they couldn't be more wrong.

The United States has a fiscal problem, and it needs to be dealt with, but the solution isn't to be found in eliminating earmarks. Do away with every earmark passed by Congress this year, and you wouldn't put a significant dent in the federal budget deficit.

You also would deprive communities of important funding for key projects, like cleaning Tulsa's air.





I certainly am having several issues with Senaturd Malarkey after reading today's news. Interesting timing by Malarkey in light of this expose:

Group claims Tulsa's air bad

Tulsa World
SOURCE: INCOG


http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectID=11&articleID=20080502_1_A1_hrpFo65584

By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
5/2/2008



The American Lung Association's grading hits harder than evaluations by the EPA.


As report card grades go, Tulsa County got the worst possible evaluation -- an "F" -- on Thursday for its air quality from the American Lung Association.

But by Environmental Protection Agency standards, the metro area is in compliance with its ozone and particle pollution guidelines, said Nancy Graham, air quality supervisor for the Indian Nations Council of Governments.

Still, dirty air is undesirable according to any standard.

"I think that it shows that we have some work ahead of us to clean up our air," she said.

The American Lung Association study gave both Tulsa and Oklahoma counties an "F" for unacceptable ozone levels in the air.

However, neither Tulsa nor Oklahoma City were among the top 25 worst smog-polluted cities.

Cleveland and Pittsburg counties in Oklahoma received "A" grades for ozone pollution.

Ozone in the upper atmosphere is a protective layer around the Earth. But at ground level, fossil-fuel emissions react with sunlight to create a harmful air pollutant.

"It's concerning, because childhood asthma continues to increase," Graham said.

According to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Oklahoma has the third-highest percentage of children with asthma in the nation.

The American Lung Association study comes just as Tulsa's ozone alert system is about to get rolling.

High-ozone days typically occur on hot, cloudless days between May and September.

The alert system has been successful in reducing emissions, Graham said.

"It continues to be a strong and well-understood voluntary program," she said.

For more information on that program, go to www.tulsaworld.com/ozonealert.

Tulsa County also received a "C" grade for its particle pollution, which refers to fine solid and liquid particles from smoke, haze, soot or dust. Graham said increased awareness about this type of pollution is spreading throughout the Tulsa area.

"We have focused on ozone in Tulsa because it has been the predominant pollutant," she said.

Oklahoma County received a grade of "A" for particle pollution.

Graham noted that the American Lung Association uses stricter criteria than the EPA, which regulates the nation's air quality.

The EPA takes a three-year average of ozone levels and, if they are too high, the city is placed on the Dirty Air list.

Tulsa has not been on the federal Dirty Air list since 1990.

"But it's a struggle. We have been fighting this a long time," Graham said. "There have been plenty of years our numbers have barely met the standard."

Five ozone monitors in the area measure the amount of ozone emissions floating around in the Tulsa metropolitan area, she said.

Since 1996, Tulsa's ozone emissions levels have dropped significantly because of changes the community has made, Graham said.

Many towns in the Tulsa area have purchased clean-fuel vehicles; refineries have switched to reduced vapor gasoline; and people are more cognizant of changes that can improve air quality, she said.

In the Tulsa metro area, gasoline suppliers voluntarily offer a special gasoline blend each year from June 1 to Sept. 15. The special blend gasoline, which is different than reformulated gasoline, is designed to burn cleaner and produce fewer emissions.

"Overall, things are getting cleaner as people get wiser," Graham said.

On March 12, the EPA tightened its air quality regulations further, which may lead to Tulsa's placement on the Dirty Air list as early as March 2010, she said.

Once placed on the list, the federal government imposes expensive measures on cities to reduce pollution, such as adding high-occupancy vehicle lanes to area freeways like Texas did or reformulating gasoline like California has done, Graham said.

If the community can aggressively work to keep the air cleaner, Tulsa might avoid that list, she said.





And just yesterday, Malarkey turned his back on our GI's for political gain.

I'm starting to wonder if he is losing it...him, and TULSAWORLD!

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Defend this!

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/01/inhofe-gi-bill-withdraws/

Inhofe Quietly Withdraws Support From 21st Century GI Bill»
On Tuesday, around 100 veterans and a dozen congressmen gathered on Capitol Hill to rally in support of Sen. Jim Webb's (D-VA) 21st Century G.I. Bill, which boasts the bipartisan support of 56 cosponsors.

In seeking the support of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — whom Webb said "needs to get on the bill" in order to secure more Republican support — Webb told McCain "several times that this is not a political issue." Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) pointed to the bill's bipartisan support: "[P]eople like John Warner and James Inhofe are on it."

According to the Congressional record, however, Inhofe (R-OK) quietly removed his name from the list of cosponsors on Tuesday — the same day as the Capitol Hill rally:




After months of stalling, McCain introduced his own competing bill last week, in an apparent attempt to peel off conservatives supporters from Webb's bill. McCain suggested Webb's staff "has not been eager to negotiate," to which Webb retorted, "He's so full of it. I have personally talked to John three times."

Unlike Webb's bill, McCain's proposal pegs benefits to the length of time served in active duty, reserving the most generous benefits to older soldiers who signed up before 9/11. He purports to be concerned over military reenlistment, an argument fueled this week when Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asserted on Tuesday that "our first objective is to strengthen the All-Volunteer Force." He warned that "serious retention issues could arise" under a too-generous GI bill.

Of course, as the Boston Globe pointed out, the "promise of an education in return for serving the country is one of the most frequently cited reasons that young men and women join the military." What's more, keeping Americans in the military by denying them better options is simply morally bankrupt, as VoteVets Chairman Jon Soltz and Gen. Wesley Clark wrote recently:

t is morally reprehensible to fix the system so that civilian life is unappealing to service members, in an attempt to force them to re-up. Education assistance is not a handout, it is a sacred promise that we have made for generations in return for service.

Email or call Sen. Inhofe and demand that he get back on the Webb bill: (202) 224-4721.


A shining example of Oklahoma Republicans!


RELATED!
http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1158
"He put his support of John McCain ahead of supporting the troops. "
Read the comments!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17029342/
Click on the worst person segment from last night's Countdown (under Orayly Interviews Clinton)... a bit of notoriaty for Oklahoma.

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Okay, this is a watershed bill for GI's, yet only "a dozen" conressmen and around 100 vets show up.  I call wedge on this one to trip up McCain.

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Thanks to Chicken Little for this great link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnBjTKny_zE

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Inhofe: EPA too powerful, could damage economy

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080712_16_A10_pncase601474



By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
7/12/2008


WASHINGTON — While others criticized the Bush administration's inaction on greenhouse gases, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe warned Friday that it has put in place a scenario that will bankrupt the U.S. economy.

A key player in the years-long debate over climate change, the Oklahoma Republican agreed that using the Clean Air Act to put new regulations in place would be an unprecedented expansion of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority that would impact every household.

"Obviously the concept of regulating carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act is flawed and the act must be amended by Congress," Inhofe said.

"Today's notice should concern all lawmakers; no one should want the EPA to exercise the kind of power and authority that the career staff at EPA contemplates."

Last month, he said, the Senate rejected a "cap-and-trade" proposal that would allow companies to buy or sell allowances depending on their level of pollution.

"It is ironic that the EPA has proposed an even more economically destructive scheme this close to that bill's demise," Inhofe said.

"If Congress does not act, then the resulting regulations could be the largest regulatory intrusion into Americans' personal lives, a nightmare scenario.

"Big Brother is alive and well in the career ranks at the EPA."

Inhofe's strong comments came after the administration's decision that it would not regulate greenhouse gases despite a Supreme Court ruling that the government was authorized to do so under the Clean Air Act.

What specifically drew Inhofe's concern was the EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking soliciting public input.

Key Democrats also criticized the administration but for not moving forward with a plan.

"The Bush administration decision today to effectively reject regulation of global warming pollution under the Clean Air Act creates a clear and present danger to the American people," Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said.

"Despite the Supreme Court's finding that EPA was ducking its responsibility under the law to control global warming emissions, the Bush administration continues to block all action."

Boxer is chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Inhofe serves as that panel's top Republican. "


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Man made global warming is bunk. It's a scam designed to allow for more government intrusion and control. We can't forecast the weather accurately more than 5 days out and I don't know about you, but it seems to me the forecasters still get it wrong a lot.

The computer models used to prove man made global warming use a lot of hypothetical information, plugged in to make up for information we don't have. Yet another scam. They can be tweaked to have pretty much any desired outcome. We all know the desired outcome.

Climate change is real. In fact it happens all the time. We can't stop it. The only way to avoid climate change would be to control the sun. I don't see that happening. By the way, water is by far the greatest greenhouse gas. Maybe we should ban it as well.

It's amazing to me that the global average temperature has been dropping for the last decade and yet this cr@p is still taken seriously. Maybe we should switch back to the Global Cooling hysteria of the 70's.

Man made global warming has even been blamed for Hurricane Katrina. Since Katrina, Global Warming Chicken Littles have been giving dire warnings that hurricane seasons will be getting worse. They say this at the start of each season and when it doesn't happen, their remarks are quietly ignored.

Guess what? They will spout this jargon at the beginning of each hurricane season until we have an above average season. Do you think that prediction will be quietly ignored? I have a bridge to sell you if you do.

I'm a strong supporter of pollution control. We need to keep our air breathable and our water drinkable. Here in America, we're doing a pretty good job. I remember what it was like to set in a traffic jam in the 70's. Talk about a choke out. We've come a long way and we are continuing to improve.

The only reason I see for pollution control is for man not to poison the environment we live in. We've done a good enough job and will continue to improve without further government intrusion and regulation. ANY solution that in any way harms our economic engine should be kept off the table, at the point of a gun, if necessary.

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God made man (sorta), man made the wheel, the wheel caused pollution, and pollution contributes to global warming.

Bush is the Conservative's revenge for having been too smart.

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So basically, by extension, God made pollution. Who are we to question God. [] (Strike that)

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http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080829_16_A8_hInhof497299

Go Metro Tulsa Chamber....sheeples!
"Inhofe said he expects a quick start on the 2009 Highway Bill when the new Congress convenes in January. He said Oklahoma should be high on the list for bridge and highway money. "
BULL!

"The war in Iraq is coming to a "happy ending," said, Pollyanna Inhofe!

"Inhofe's views on climate change have not changed.

"Just the opposite," he said in response to a question. " Malarkey!


http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080829_12_A8_hWiden588704

The Owasso mob is stepping into line too!

"Based on everything I've heard and what I've heard today, our efforts are paying off to get 169 funded," City Manager Rodney Ray said after Inhofe's re-election campaign stop at Gundy's Airport. "We're pretty stinkin' excited."


Based on hear say, you vote for this old wrinkley Senaturd. Rodney Ray is stinkin'.....

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Rice is going to stick to the bottom of the pan.  I hope he enjoys hanging out w/ Don Henley.  That will be the highlight of this year for him since he won't be winning in NOv.

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http://www.tulsaworld.com/common/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleID=20080906_11_A1_STPAUL227187


"Inhofe says patriotism question will sink Obama

by: JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
9/6/2008  12:00 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe predicted voters' uncertainty over whether Barack Obama really loves his country will help Republicans win the White House again in November.

A spokeswoman for the Democratic nominee said Obama will not let anyone question his love of his country, adding that Americans have grown tired of cynical partisan politics such as challenging an opponent's patriotism.

Inhofe made his comments at a breakfast for the state party's delegation earlier this week at the Republican National Convention.

"I have no doubt in my mind that we are going to win this election, the presidency and vice presidency," the Oklahoma Republican said.

Inhofe recalled Obama's recent trip overseas.

"He had nothing but positive media all the time, and then he goes into their convention and comes out of the convention without a lead,'' he said.

"That's unheard of."

Regardless of what polls show, Inhofe said, voters will have to ask themselves a question once they get behind the curtain in the voting booth on Election Day.

"Do you really want to have a guy as commander in chief of this country when you can question whether or not he really loves his country?" he asked.

"That's the big question.''

Shannon Gilson, spokeswoman for Obama, said Friday that he has a plan to strengthen the economy and offer immediate relief to working families, while Republican nominee John McCain and his Washington friends such as Inhofe are offering four more years of President Bush's failed economic policies.

"Sen. Obama won't let anyone question his love of this country,'' Gilson said.

"Challenging your opponent's patriotism to win an election is the type of cynical partisan politics Americans are tired of — and won't bring the change we need in Washington,'' Gilson said.

After he was asked for an explanation on why voters should question Obama's love for his country, Inhofe issued a written statement on Friday to clarify his earlier comments.

"Let me be clear,'' he said.

"I am not questioning Sen. Obama's patriotism, but you have to question why at times he seems so obviously opposed to public displays of patriotism and national pride, like wearing an American flag lapel pin.''

Inhofe said Americans can show pride in their country in different ways but suggested all should be straightforward. "

This came from a moronic Republican Senator whose major goal is to convince the world that Global Warming is a myth. Of Obama, Oklahoma GOP Senator James Inhofe said last week: "Do you really want to have a guy as commander in chief of this country when you can question whether or not he really loves his country?" Then Senaturd Malarkey criticized Obama for not wearing a flag pin (he does now), when McCain didn't wear one during His acceptance speech. Of Inhofe's brain, "there's no there, there."  

"their walls are made of cannon balls, their moto is "don't tread on me." (Garcia/Hunter)

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He got his headline. That's as far as most readers go. And as deep as Inhofe goes.

How long did the people in Miami, Commerce have to wait before he finally stepped up and represented them? Just in time to make it into the schedule for the campaign advertising.