Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:43:16 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: The Stupidest Member of Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee (D): "The Moon is Made of Gases" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 55 Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:43:17 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2585 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c5dacac4550fd6$25330$3349862$52d51861@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 2991 On 4/11/24 9:58 AM, FPP wrote: > On 4/10/24 3:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> In article , >>   super70s wrote: >> >>> On 2024-04-09 18:26:32 +0000, BTR1701 said: >>> >>>> Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Congress's resident moron, >>>> Congresswoman >>>> Sheila Jackson-Lee (D): >>>> >>>> The moon is "made up mostly of gases" so we can soon live inside it, >>>> unlike >>>> the sun which is "almost" too hot to go near. >>>> >>>> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1777722525939625984/vid/avc1/320x320/I >>>> qS6IPUaTCXkT8hU.mp4?tag=14 >>>> >>> >>> U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee responds to backlash after saying moon is >>> mostly made up of gases >>> By Shakari Briggs, Staff writer >>> The Houston Chronicle >>> April 9, 2024 >>> >>> Things took an astronomical turn for the worse on X, formerly Twitter, >>> when critics began teasing Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee about her >>> remarks at an event Tuesday. Lee took to twitter to defend herself >>> saying she misspoke when she referred to the moon as being made "mostly >>> of gases." >>> >>> "Obviously, I misspoke and meant to say the sun" >> >> Oh, you mean the same sun which is "almost too hot to go near", Sheila? >> >> Jeezus christ... >> >>>   "What can I say though, foolish thinkers lust for stupidity!" >> >> Well, anyone who lusts for stupidity sure has a buffet with you, Sheila. >> > > Funny, but you weren't bothered when your Dear Leader said George > Washington stormed the airports. > > Or when he said Nicky Haley was in charge of the House on January 6th. > > Or that he beat Obama in the election. > > You had no problems then, did'ja? He didn't seem to have much to say about fellow Congressional member Marjorie Taylor Spleen's talk of Jewish space lasers and the Rapture either.