{"id":96,"date":"2006-07-21T14:37:11","date_gmt":"2006-07-21T19:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/index.php\/2006\/07\/21\/my-money-is-on-the-baboon\/"},"modified":"2006-07-21T14:37:23","modified_gmt":"2006-07-21T19:37:23","slug":"my-money-is-on-the-baboon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/index.php\/2006\/07\/21\/my-money-is-on-the-baboon\/","title":{"rendered":"My money is on the baboon&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few days I been dumbfounded (pun intended) and the gross ignorance shown by some elected officials.&nbsp; I swear these guys have the IQ of an autistic baboon.<\/p>\n<p>First, there was the now infamous &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/node\/497\">the internet is a series of tubes<\/a>&#8216; statement by serial spamhead Ted Stevens.&nbsp; Today there is this gem from James Inhofe of Oklahoma; &#8220;Al Gore is full of crap&#8230;This global warming thing is a hoax.&#8221;&nbsp; Gee, what it is that they do in Oklahoma?&nbsp; Right, cows and oil.&nbsp; I wonder where Mr. Inhofe gets his campaign money from?<\/p>\n<p>How do these people find the bathroom on their own much less get elected to the US Senate?&nbsp; And even more troubling is how do these mental midgets mange to ge <i>re<\/i>-elected?!&nbsp; It&#8217;s no wonder that we are a laughing stock to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve often said that it&#8217;s quite impossible for someone to manage\/lead a group responsible for a task without being an expert in that task.&nbsp; Would you think it appropriate for a plumber to be head of surgery at your local hospital?&nbsp; How about an assembly line worker as a federal court judge?&nbsp; Both are patently absurd, right?<\/p>\n<p>Then how is it that spamhead Stevens is Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation?&nbsp;&nbsp; Does he have a science degree?&nbsp; How about civil engineering?&nbsp; Umm&#8230;. 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