the dharma of dick-fu master james inhofe
Spitting Cobra? Crane Style? They are no match for James Inhofe's One Finger of Ignorance Technique!
Reuters, via TPM:
The U.S. Senate's most vocal global warming skeptic, James Inhofe, on Thursday dismissed a U.N. meeting on climate change as a "brainwashing" session.
Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican who will step down as chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee in January, told a news conference, "The idea that the science (on global warming) is settled is altogether wrong."
A majority of scientists, many in the U.S. government, accept that global warming is spurred by human actions and the emission of greenhouse gases. President George W. Bush said as much in July at a summit of industrialized nations.
Inhofe said he acknowledged that the planet is warming but disputed those who attribute it to human activity and the emission of greenhouse gases. Instead, he blamed climate change on natural cycles.
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In accusing the U.N. of environmental brainwashing at the Nairobi conference, Inhofe held up a of "Tore and the Town on Thin Ice," a children's book he said was distributed at the gathering.
He said the book, the tale of a fictional young Arctic villager who becomes aware of global warming when his dogsled crashes through thinning ice, relies on disputed science.
"This is paid for by the United Nations and it's brainwashing little kids," Inhofe said.
Inhofe did not attend the Nairobi meeting but said some of his staff did.
"What we learned in Nairobi is ... that the real focus has little to do with the fate of the planet and more to do with money -- who has it and who wants it," he said.
Ah, but you see, grasshopper: Inhofe's dickheadedness reveals the path:
So, in a sense all the things taking place around our world, all the irritations and all the problems, are crucial. Without others we cannot attain enlightenment - in fact, we cannot even tread on the path. In other words, we could say that if there is no noise outside during our sitting meditation, we cannot develop mindfulness. If we do not have aches and pains in our body, we cannot attain mindfulness, we cannot actually meditate. If everything were lovey-dovey and jellyfishlike, there would be nothing to work with. Everything would be completely blank. Because of all these textures around us, we are enriched. Therefore, we can sit and practice and meditate. We have a reference point - encouragement, discouragment, or whatever. Everything is related to the path.
--- Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, "Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving Kindness," pgs 89-90.
Let's meditate on James Inhofe's dickheadedness, Labrateers - breathe in James Inhofe's dickheadedness, breathe out enviro wisdom. Breathe in dickheadedness, we breathe out enviro wisdom...
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