This might be why the House isn't that...um...competent
The pic below shows a Democrat congressperson, Sheila Jackson Lee.
The Democrat leadership in the House, having carefully assessed Ms. Lee's background and qualifications, determined she was ideally suited to sit on the House Science Committee, and on a sub-committee overseeing space policy and NASA.
As a perceptive Democrat committee member, Jackson-Lee got to tour the Mars Pathfinder operations center. While there, she asked insightful, probing questions of the staff, designed to help her evaluate the effectiveness of this particular mission
One of the questions she asked the staff was "Did the Mars rover succeed in taking a picture of the flag Neil Armstrong planted on Mars?"
Just one problem: As virtually all Americans know, the U.S. landed Americans on the moon in July of 1969. The crew did plant an American flag on the moon. Not a U.N. flag. The Stars and Stripes.
We went on to repeat that success five more times. We're the only nation that has ever landed men on the moon. Most people around the world thought that was a pretty impressive accomplishment.
No human has ever set foot on Mars.
Jackson-Lee--appointed by Dem leadership to the House Science Committee, fer cryin' out loud--either didn't know the difference between the moon and Mars...or believed Armstrong and Aldrin landed on...Mars.
Now, there have always been congresscritters who were dumber than rocks. With smart House leaders such representatives would (and should) be relegated to committees where they can't do much harm--like committees assigned to appoint members of the Federal Tea Board or some such. But in this case, the Dem leadership assigned this...confused individual...to the damn Science Committee.
This should give you a huge insight into the quality of the judgment of Dem leadership.
The Democrat leadership in the House, having carefully assessed Ms. Lee's background and qualifications, determined she was ideally suited to sit on the House Science Committee, and on a sub-committee overseeing space policy and NASA.
As a perceptive Democrat committee member, Jackson-Lee got to tour the Mars Pathfinder operations center. While there, she asked insightful, probing questions of the staff, designed to help her evaluate the effectiveness of this particular mission
One of the questions she asked the staff was "Did the Mars rover succeed in taking a picture of the flag Neil Armstrong planted on Mars?"
Just one problem: As virtually all Americans know, the U.S. landed Americans on the moon in July of 1969. The crew did plant an American flag on the moon. Not a U.N. flag. The Stars and Stripes.
We went on to repeat that success five more times. We're the only nation that has ever landed men on the moon. Most people around the world thought that was a pretty impressive accomplishment.
No human has ever set foot on Mars.
Jackson-Lee--appointed by Dem leadership to the House Science Committee, fer cryin' out loud--either didn't know the difference between the moon and Mars...or believed Armstrong and Aldrin landed on...Mars.
Now, there have always been congresscritters who were dumber than rocks. With smart House leaders such representatives would (and should) be relegated to committees where they can't do much harm--like committees assigned to appoint members of the Federal Tea Board or some such. But in this case, the Dem leadership assigned this...confused individual...to the damn Science Committee.
This should give you a huge insight into the quality of the judgment of Dem leadership.
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