Just two weeks after Janet Napolitano announced her resignation as Secretary of Homeland Security, the Congressional Black Caucus has suggested Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston fill her spot.
A letter dated July 25 and signed by Rep. Marcia Fudge, Ohio Democrat and caucus chairwoman, urges President Obama to consider Miss Jackson Lee for the position, calling the Democrat a “voice of reason” that the agency could stand to gain, the Houston Chronicle reported.
CBC recommends Sheila Jackson Lee for Homeland Security post – Washington Times
In 2008, Representative Lee publicly mused about Neil Armstrong’s 1969 Mars landing
The Congressional bonehead award goes to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) who, on a visit to JPL, asked if Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong!
Is Guam tipping over also a Homeland Security issue?
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Affirmative action in…..action.
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I hate to think who she ‘represents’.
To a politician of her obvious caliber, they (other planetary bodies, that is) all look alike.
…and I’m sure Obama just said that because his teleprompter-trained brain remembered reading “57 Varieties” on a ketchup (catsup?) bottle, shortly before his public address. Mind like a steel sieve.
Being a Texan (thankfully not in her district) Sheila Jackson Lee is an embarrassment.
Interesting that the original page was scrubbed!
http://www.seds.org/archive/spaceviews/970915/cap.html
I checked for “Bonehead” and “Sheila Jackson Lee”.
I wonder what the backstory is here. I always hoped to one day find a video of that incident! Sheila Jackson Lee really is that stupid.