Posted on 07/16/2010 9:25:06 AM PDT by Neil E. Wright
You will simply not believe this. Our 8th District US Congressional representative, the Hon. Gabrielle Giffords, in a meeting of the House Armed Services Committee, asked General David Petraeus the following question:
"General Petraeus, what are you doing to reduce carbon emissions in the war on terror?"
Wow. I had to read, and re-read this several times to believe it. Folks, there are American sons & daughters dying every week on the foreign battlefields of southwest Asia . The nation is completely bankrupt and - quite literally, borrowing 43 cents for every dollar in federal spending. We have the largest environmental disaster in the nation's history in the Gulf of Mexico , and we have Mexican drug armies invading our nation. And yet ...
A member of Congress from Arizona 's 8th congressional district took the time to ask our battlefield commander what he is doing to curb carbon emissions in the war.
Gabrielle Giffords is the poster-child for what is wrong with the US Congress. We are being led by imbiciles. To the rest of America reading this blog, and to Gen. Petraeus if this e-mail makes it to your inbox - my sincerest apologies for the stupid question asked of you by my US congressional representative. General - I am sure you have better things to worry about than carbon emissions on the battlefield. I assure you, as a registered voter in Arizona 's 8th congressional district, I will do everything I can to ensure Rep. Giffords is voted out of office in November, and I pray you'll get back to business of fighting the war on terror without worrying about such petty and nonsensical matters as your carbon footprint in the war.
Mark Beres, Maj., USAF (ret.)
Tucson , Arizona
★ FREEDOM! ★
“General Petraeus, what are you doing to reduce carbon emissions in the war on terror?”
No. Way.
And that will continue as long as idiots vote the imbeciles into office.
I’d be interested in his answer.
What a kidder you are.
Dead Muzzies don’t exhale CO2 — how about that!
Obviously the bankruptcy is not just financial.
Answer: "Well, Ma'am. I'm pretty sure that every terrorist we kill doesn't emit anything anymore. How about that?"
Yes, that Gabby Giffords is in real trouble for her seat...Otherwise she would not have come out against the AZ boycott as she is a far lefty loon.
Just one more example of our elected officials making sure our military knows whats important.
Hank Johnson (D-GA): “My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.”
I am forced to question the validity of this. NO one is THAT stupid.
Dude, two Vietnams, flags on Mars, Guam tipping over.
The American political scene is chock-full of people who are every bit this stupid.
“General Petraeus, what are you doing to reduce carbon emissions in the war on terror?”
“Congressman, I’m killing terrorists to reduce their carbon emissions.”
Would make an excellent sound bite...
Please, social conservative FReepers, don’t take offense, but my visceral, immediate reaction when reading the words of the idiot Giffords, was, ‘Oh, for C**ist’s sake.’
And I never say that.
I can only say the absolutely astounding stupidity of this woman [with whom I share the same gender] brought it up and out.
Please, please let’s vote out the morons, crooks, and traitors in November! Which means virtually all of the Dems and a fair amount of R’s.
A side rant: we know most on the Hill are not well versed in economics by education. But at least a large amount of the R’s have a business background and if nothing else, can balance a checkbook. The D’s seem to not only be stuck ideologically in a Utopian skittle dropping universe, they can’t even count skittles!
Ugh. Ok, I’m done...
It is utterly mind boggling just how many deeply stupid people sit in seats of power and responsibility in this nation.
"As an initial measure, myself and my staff, in fact - now that I'm thinking about it - all military personnel will henceforth be ordered to stop flying back and forth to Washington DC to speak at "Congressional Hearings". If you really need to talk to us, we'll just use gotomeeting.com as our schedule permits in between killing bad guys".
"Next question".
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