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Schuarta
02-03-2009, 12:05 PM
A real example of the intelligence of our current leaders.

A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF REPRESENTATION WE HAVE IN CONGRESS, TRUE STORY:

A noted psychiatrist was a guest speaker at an academic function where Nancy Pelosi happened to appear. Ms Pelosi took the opportunity to schmooze the good doctor a bit and asked him a question with which he was most at ease.

Would you mind telling me, Doctor,' she asked, 'how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?'

'Nothing is easier,' he replied. 'You ask a simple question which anyone should answer with no trouble. If the person hesitates, that puts you on the track.'

'What sort of question?' asked Pelosi.

Well, you might ask, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?''

Pelosi thought a moment, and then said with a nervous laugh, 'You wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much about history.'

JRO
02-03-2009, 01:13 PM
FUNNY, but sad

Alex
02-03-2009, 02:18 PM
Common sense in the U.S Congress is not to common.

Low-N-Slow
02-09-2009, 06:12 PM
The joke's the same, only the names have changed:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/captaincook.asp

Schuarta
02-10-2009, 01:29 PM
Can you believe anything you read on the internet?

Low-N-Slow
02-10-2009, 01:40 PM
The path to Internet Enlightenment begins when you learn to read the words "true story" and your first thought is look it up on snopes.com.

Alex
02-11-2009, 12:21 PM
Common sense in the U.S Congress is not to common.

See if Snopes can debunk my statement.