CAN IT GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS?
This is yet another reason why the current approval rating of our Congress
is 11%!!
Poster-child for what is wrong in Washington , DC
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 and 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 imbeciles. 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
FYI: The 8th District surrounds Tucson to the north, south and east (
Tucson is in the 7th District) and covers the south-east corner of AZ.
What Google says about Rep. Giffords:
Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Az) took Afghan Commander, General
David Petraeus, to task for what she characterized as "willful disregard of
the environmental impact of our war effort." "There is no policy, no plan to
minimize carbon emissions in our military activities," Giffords charged.
"Bombs are dropped and bullets are fired without considering the
environmental impact." Giffords insisted that she was "not demanding an
immediate halt to current military operations in the Middle East . I'm just
saying that battle plans should include an environmental impact assessment
as a regular part of the process before attacks are launched."
She also suggested that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally
damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to
minimize the carbon output."
Classic....at least she realizes one thing, that just about anything is more important that the life of a islamic jihadist..