Chron science writer Eric Berger has a post today on SciGuy that blew my mind.
Someone in the office of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) ripped off one of Berger’s articles, used the material in a grandstanding letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, then sent Berger a copy of the letter.
Here’s a bit from Queen Sheila’s letter:
The National Weather Service has reported that more than half a foot of rain fell across much of the greater Houston area between midday Sunday and today, with rainfall totals exceeding eight inches near downtown Houston and in east Harris County. It is also being reported that additional thunderstorms may occur this afternoon, bringing as much as another two to four inches of rain. This is of particular concern because local public safety officials are reporting that the Harris County flood control system is near its maximum. Indeed, at noon Monday, bayous had exceeded their banks in more than 20 areas in Harris County.
Here’s the same portion of Berger’s story:
More than half a foot of rain fell across much of the greater Houston area between midday Sunday and today, with rainfall totals exceeding eight inches near downtown Houston and in east Harris County. But public officials were warily watching renewed thunderstorms firing to the west of Houston, which were expected to move toward the area this afternoon, possibly bringing another two to four inches of rain. Officials are concerned because the county’s flood control system is near its maximum. At noon Monday more than 20 areas in Harris County officials reported bayous had exceeded their banks.
Political opportunism, scumbaggery, laziness, stupidity AND an ego trip, all in one letter.
That’s our Sheila!
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First!
Ya gotta love her!
Not much will be made of this because Queen Sheila is a black, female Democrat—period!!!!
I still remember when she showed up late to some dignitary’s dinner, insisted on sitting at ther designated seat near the honoree (interrupting the dinner in progress, but getting all the attention), then asking her hostess to pose for pictures with her high self before leaving.
And let’s not forget how she always gets a seat near the aisle at the State of the Union speeches so she can be seen with the president, no matter if he’s in her party or not.
The arrogance and gall. Posing is not a qualification for office.
But, but, tedtam, shes the QUEEN! Doesn’t that mean anything to you! I only wonder why the President doesn’t bow down to her when he is coming down the aisle! /tongue firmly planted…..
As long as Queen Sheila is in a “safe” district, we will all have to put up with her antics. Her constituents obviously don’t mind being represented by a person who is one of the laughing stocks of the Democratic party. She obviously provides me with good material.
#5
My bad. I’m so sorry. I temporarily lost my mental faculties and was under the impression that reason and logic still reigned. I forgot that when it comes to politics, especially democrap politics, idiocy and irrationality take priority.
Flog me, please, so I may be worthy to utter THE NAME again!
/sarc off
John Effing Kerry voted for rain before he voted against it.
This woman needs to follow C. Mckinney, and LOSE!
Unfortunately, she has enough mindless voters to keep her in the midst, which won’t allow her the opportunity to gain any knowledge since there is no need of intelligence for her job classification.
What else would you expect? As to her being the laughing stock of the Demoncrat Party, I’m sorry to disappoint you but she is actually the mainstream of the Demoncrat Party - that’s the really bad news. Even worse, at any given time, about 40% of the people out there will believe her, even if she’s talking about the American flag planted by astronauts on Mars during the late 1960’s.
She is in line to be head of, I think, the Homeland Security Subcommitte (but I welcome - beg for - a correction if I am wrong).
Yes, vote Democrat. Teach the Republicans a lesson!
Why don’t you poke a fork in your eye while you’re at it.
RickG
You are not wrong, which is why I won’t vote democrap in the national elections. There is just too much riding on our security to turn it over to the communists/Stalnistas.
I will vote for #2 on the polls in the Texas gubernatorial race.
Did Sheila Jackson Lee’s staffer pick up that technique from the Rick Casey School of Appropriating Without Proper Attribution?
It is a wonder she didn’t ask homeland security to do something about the excess rain as it causes flooding.
#14 - She probably couldn’t figure that one out on her on - cause and effect is asking quite a bit from her don’t you think?
#14 Sure! after all Karl Rove has that big weather machine that makes hurricanes and such, surely that can make the rain go away! =D
Too bad he doesn’t have a big pain machine, that make big pains go away!
#14 She was too busy petitioning congress to go get the flag we left on Mars! =D
She wants to put a sign at the intersection where the two women died yesterday warning that there could be high water. Now, I am not at all insuating that these two hispanic women were illegal or non-english speaking, but my assumption is that the sign may have had to been written in both English and Spanish as well as having a bright spotlight on it because it was pitch dark when the accident occured before it could have saved their lives.
Dammit, Rorschach, how many times do I have to tell you? DO NOT MENTION THE WEATHER MACHINE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
I suffered through a tv news report, referencing Queen Sheila and her looney call for the feds to squander our precious tax money, again!
It seems that it would be easy for the TXDOT to simply use the reflective type of road marking material on both the pavement and the walls so as to show where the water line is, and how deep the flooded portion has become.
That advice didn’t cost taxpayers a penny!
#20 Matt, haven’t you seen the latest message? we are to talk it up as if it is a joke in order to discredit it.
Drive at night in the rain with caution. –and…Accidents happen.
why not just add a few lights so you can see the water?
I have a novel idea. Build the freeways to withstand a 9″ rain event.
After a while, makin fun of Sheila is like waiting for a kid to get off the short bus and beat him up. Yeah, you can do it, but????
Give all the squeegie guys sponges to sop up all the water…..
26
LOL
Hey, don’t be so quick to blame Queen Sheila. Could be that Joe Biden was using her office.
One wonders if Queen Sheila has someone on her staff monitoring police radio band to find photo ops for her. She had all that rain gear on knowing there was a photo op and she wanted to benefit from some else’s misfortune. You got to wonder about all the circumstances that lead up to this tragedy???
Oh come on now, the storm was just another opportunity to get her ugly ass face in front of some more TV cameras. What could be wrong with that? I’m so glad I moved outta her district.
And no matter what she does the sheep will continue to vote her in.
Has anyone else noticed that around June or so, every two years, Queen Shiela starts her appearances? You can’t fart in an elevator in October without her majesty showing up with a gas mask and digicam team in tow.