Posted on 04/11/2024 9:06:43 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
In the wake of claiming the moon is made of gas and the sun is "almost" too hot to get close to, Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has been named the new head of Harvard University's Astronomy Department.
The Board of Overseers at the prestigious Ivy League institution was reportedly wowed by Jackson Lee's insights into the cosmos, with the school immediately seeking to get in touch with her about the department head position.
"Her knowledge blew us away," said Harvard Interim President Alan Garber. "When she said, 'The moon is made up of mostly gasses. That's why the question is why or how could we humans live on the moon' -- that's when we knew she was Harvard material."
While some have raised questions about Jackson Lee's qualifications to lead the school's Astronomy Department after her comments about the moon being comprised of gases, the board was willing to overlook any criticism. "It's not about qualifications here at Harvard," Garber said. "She hasn't been qualified to serve in Congress all these years, but she's done it. That says a lot about her ability to overcome adversity and general misunderstandings about basic elements. She literally watched a flag be planted on the moon, thinking it's being planted in gas - and yet, she got elected to Congress. What a leader!"
(Excerpt) Read more at babylonbee.com ...
An appropriate job for the Queen of the Space Cadets.
Whew...that headline really got to me....
LOL.
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She would be a great snake oil astronomer.
“She literally watched a flag be planted on the moon”
I think the Bee author is confused about her 1997 question asking if the Mars Pathfinder succeeded in taking pictures of the American flag planted on Mars by Neil Armstrong in 1969.
Only an astronomer like Jackson-Lee would appreciate this.
She previously sat on the House’s Science, Space and Technology Committee
A member of the House of Representatives. What kind of people live in that district?!
I bet most of the kids in that class the other day knew she was completely ignorant about the ‘solar system’.
Space cadet: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee tells schoolkids that moon is a ‘planet’ and ‘made up mostly of gases’Only a racist would disagree with SJL's scientific positions.
This isn’t enough diversity. We need Hank Johnson to head geology.
I believe this to be an actual possibility.
LOL! I was ‘Second Runner Up’ for the job. The evening of the Eclipse I ran to Beau and said, ‘Now they’ve done it! Since the Eclipse, there’s no MOON anymore!’
He informed me that it was still there but it was a New Moon and not visible tonight. :)
Best of the week!
SURE! WHY NOT? Lol!
She full of moon gas and dumb as a box of space rocks.
I guess we should elect Hank Johnson to the head of “island buoyancy” restructuring....
LOL! My first thought was a DEI hire. Then I realized it was the Bee. But it’s only a matter of time.
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