re: #43 kirkspencer

He might have other issues. Remember he’s 78. When (if) he runs for re-election in 2014 he’ll be 80.

He also has *gulp* a commercial pilot’s license and has had some issues there as well:

On October 21, 2010, at the age of 75, Inhofe landed his Cessna on a closed runway at a south Texas airport, scattering construction workers who ran for their lives. In a recorded telephone call, the men’s supervisor told the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that Inhofe “scared the crap out of” workers, adding that the Cessna “damn near hit” a truck. And the airport manager, also speaking to the FAA in a recorded telephone call, opined, “I’ve got over 50 years flying, three tours of Vietnam, and I can assure you I have never seen such a reckless disregard for human life in my life. Something needs to be done. This guy is famous for these violations.”
In response to the incident, Inhofe stated that he “did nothing wrong”, and accused the FAA of “agency overreach” and causing a “feeling of desperation” in him. He agreed to take a remedial training program, and the FAA agreed not to pursue legal action against him if he took the program. In July 2011, Inhofe introduced a bill to create a “Pilot’s Bill of Rights” which he said would increase fairness in FAA enforcement actions.

I’ll wager he was feeling nowhere near as desperate as those construction workers who had to run for their lives when he landed on a closed runway.
Btw, I have been flying for 44 years. If I did something like this, I might consider hanging them up rather than trying to retaliate against the enforcement agency.