Your Global Change Denier Meme of the Day

[JPZenger]

http://www.thenation.com/blog/175249/google-hosts-fundraiser-climate-denier-james-inhofe

Excerpt:

"A great howl of outrage emanated from the environmental community yesterday after it learned that Google Inc—of the well-known motto “don’t be evil”—hosted a fundraiser for James Inhofe, a far-right senator from Oklahoma notable for his vociferous denial of climate change and refusal to hire gay staffers.... Just one day before Thursday’s luncheon, Inhofe came to the Senate floor and railed against President Obama’s climate plan, warning that the “goal is not to protect the American people, it is to control them.”

....“They’re a force to be reckoned with in terms of lobbying influence,” said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics. In 2012, Google spent $18.2 million on lobbying to become the eighth-biggest spender, ahead of defense giant Lockheed Martin. Last year the company hired Susan Molinari, a Republican lobbyist, to head a Washington office that employs more than 100 people.

For Google and other tech giants, the gap between values and political value seems to be widening. While over 11,000 people organized by Forecast the Facts signed a petition against the Inhofe fundraiser, the luncheon went forward. That’s likely a sign of things to come."