AB in BA, Broken Arrow (10/29/2009 4:37:13 PM)

His photo looks so airbrushed that it's funny. Does anyone else see that?

Get out of my bidness!, The Republic of the United States of America (10/30/2009 7:28:36 AM)

"Our state is failing to thrive because of our poor representation in Washington, not any deficit of greed."

Truth fairy,not that there's anything wrong with that. We are failing to thrive? I guess you mean unlike those under the enlightened leadership of Ms Boxer and Ms. Feinstein (CA-12% unemployment, bankrupt) or maybe the president's home state of Illinois (10.2%, Blago, Burris, etc.) Maybe you mean Michigan...oops again. BTW, good luck with the Great Pumpkin tomorrow night!

Eagle 4, Tulsa (10/30/2009 8:04:46 AM)

This excision of road funds was passed under the last administration, with Inhofe back then supporting Bush's wish for a glimmer of fiscal sanity amid the Niagara of Federal spending.

You can tell Inhofe has dentures because he's toothless when it comes to influence in Washington. And he can't reverse what he helped to put in motion! Inhofe is a joke without a punch line. Sane, intelligent people look at him and say, "Huh?"

droopy, wagoner (10/30/2009 6:38:33 AM)

Good job Sen Inhofe. Wish we had more in Congress like you.

Ric, Broken Arrow (10/29/2009 4:54:20 PM)

Use the low-water dam money, it's federal money.
All 50 million of it.

Ric, Broken Arrow (10/30/2009 12:33:31 PM)

truth fairy,

Thanks, but it seems the way politicians and Tulsa or even the state shifts money around that they could make that happen.?

Skeptic, Tulsa (10/29/2009 4:28:34 PM)

"....saying his major obstacle turned out to be at least two of his fellow Senate Republican conservatives." - Inhofe

Apparently, it's hard to break the "NO" habit even when it hurts those within your own party. I wonder if it was Coburn who burned Inhofe?

redbeard, Stillwater (10/30/2009 3:36:26 PM)

Inhofe made a big show of saying we don't need a stimulus package and now he's whining because there's not enough money for road projects.

It's time for the old Fart to retire.

edelweiss, Tulsa (10/29/2009 4:26:20 PM)

When is he going to retire?? He's a multi-millionaire and in his late 70's.

Silence Dogood, (10/30/2009 10:55:57 PM)

James takes care of his energy executive buddies and he shows up for his gun extremists. However, what has he ever done for the average Okie? Nada!

He blows a lot of smoke. He has no morals. He goes to the highest bidder. However, it really doesn't matter. He is just an excellent leech on the jugular of his electorate. Fortunately, he will not last more than 2-3 more terms. I wonder how the world that he has fabricated will look like by then. God, gays, and guns! James' identification of what is important in our world. He is a very smart politian. He knows his people. Simple and shallow minded.

LEO, (11/1/2009 9:14:09 AM)

if your are unhappy about this atricle, why don't you ask questions about why Senator Inhofe rejected creating jobs here in Tulsa, rejected saving 30 to 50 percent on energy cost for home and business owners, approved another $20 million plus contaract for Tar Creek, endorsed moving hazardous materials in roads, in federal road projects like is now being done in Tulsa, rejected lowering emissions from car to ZERO. See why the Tulsa World never published this.

007, Tulsa (10/30/2009 1:34:04 PM)

coburn and inhofe have no good will on capital hill, and they burn their bridges, so if you want to know why things are the way they are, those that have voted them look in the mirror.

007, Tulsa (10/30/2009 1:42:49 PM)

coburn and inhofe are no David Boren.

fld11, (10/30/2009 4:58:43 PM)

We need to all vote to retire this lunatic on the next election. He's too busy flying his family around the world to do any good for OK.

RGM, Tulsa (10/31/2009 3:06:58 AM)

The issue isn't whether or not WE think Inhofe is doing a good job. The issue is the rest of the country thinks this guy is a joke, and he has no influence in congress anymore. I mean, remember, this is the guy who said after the Murrah bombing, on national television, that there shouldn't be too many casualties because a government employee wouldn't be at their desk at 9:00, they'd be off having coffee somewhere. He has criticized the International Order of the Red Cross, one of the most respected groups on the planet, one which we would expect to ensure that our boys are treated correctly if they became POW's. He also said "Global warming is still considered to be a theory and has not come close to being sufficiently proven". So what is proof? When Miami, Manhattan, and New Orleans are underwater? Recently weather scientists gave a group of mathematicians a set of 150 numbers and asked them if there was any trend of any kind in there, or if the numbers were fairly unrelated. The mathematicians stated that the trend was an increase in the value of the numbers. The mathematicians were then informed that the 150 numbers were the average global temperature for the last 150 years. In the last 8 years he has received $662,506 from oil companies. He also received $152,800 from coal companies. This is who is giving him the money he needs to get re-elected, and so that's who he's going to support, using "scientific" data from "think tanks" that are funded by oil companies. In his speeches on global warming, he was cited studies that had nothing to do with what he was claiming they said, misquoted people, and even twisted the facts of a study to reverse what it said. He has been refuted multiple times by his own colleagues. He stated that 9/11 was divine retribution from God. In other words, he was saying WE DESERVED IT.
Now, whether or not he represents what we believe, or if we agree with him, he has lost his credibility and it is time for him to retire. I actually was talking with a friend the other day and they asked "is that guy as much of a nutcase as he sounds" (exact quote). If he can't push for Oklahoma, it's time we found someone with some more clout. Someone who the rest of the country ignores as a "nutcase". Because if they feel that way about him, he will acomplish nothing.

RGM, Tulsa (10/31/2009 3:08:50 AM)

*Someone who the rest of the country ignores as a "nutcase" is no use to us.

Sorry, I went back to change the wording of the last sentence and guess I deleted back too far.

Polar Bear, (10/31/2009 2:27:38 AM)

What about those car-free cities that exist all over Europe? A quarter of households in Britain live without a car. Vauban in Germany is one of the largest car-free neighborhoods in Europe, home to more than 5,000 people. Groningen, the Netherlands' capital of cycling, has the largest car-free center in Europe: half-pedestrianized, entirely closed to through traffic, with 16,500 residents, three-quarters of whom have no car in the household. Forty percent of all journeys within the city are made by bicycleets

jett rink, (10/30/2009 8:38:59 AM)

Inhofe isn't exactly the "last flat-earther".

There are plenty of dumb Okies who think he's doing a " good job" and "Wish we had more in Congress like" him....

Of course, Inhofe is much smarter than many of his constituents. He's a master of pandering to their ignorance to line his pockets, and those of his rich pals.

jett rink, (10/30/2009 2:57:09 PM)

"coburn and inhofe are no David Boren"

They aren't even Congressman Dan Boren, the Republican who calls himself a Democrat...

jonas x3, Tulsa (10/31/2009 1:55:08 AM)

no wonder congress is in sad shape - people like him keep getting elected.

he is an embarassment to oklahoma and the nation!

Charley, (10/30/2009 8:39:27 AM)

The folks in Oklahoma that continue to re-elect Inhofe should be embarrassed. Inhofe hasn't helped Oklahoma, Inhofe has helped himself. To say they all do that, does not make it OK.

Daniel Day Simpson, Edmond (10/29/2009 4:24:11 PM)

So let me get this clear, the AIG executive bonus bailout wound up costing us our road funds for projects already approved by congress but now are defunded.

Responsible Parent, (10/29/2009 4:59:16 PM)

TRUTH FAIRY
If you could take your head out of your rear long enough, you would realize the climate bill is ALL ABOUT $$$$, not about climate. Inhofe doesn't oppose it because he has nothing better to do. He opposses it because he understands the financial ramifications of the bill will DEVISTATE the US economy far more than anything has thus far. The science on global warming is refuted and upheld on a weekly basis, BY SCIENTISTS. They cannot agree and the US will bear the greatest financial burden of the bill (trillions of dollars)- while China is full steam ahead with all of its polluting. It isn't some "flat earth" belief on his part- he's just not buying in to America's economic death. Meanwhile , Obama fans the flames.

Responsible Parent, (10/29/2009 9:55:14 PM)

YOURS

queequeg, (10/29/2009 4:55:14 PM)

It's time for voters to pull the plug on Inhoffe.