What did she say!?!?

Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) looks mighty good for a woman who has to be at least 148 years old.
My take on her age is based on a statement the Congresswoman made today while objecting to impending spending reductions relating to sequestration in which she characterized herself as "a freed slave." Slavery as a legal institution ended in the U.S. in 1865 at the end of the Civil War. Here is what Ms. Jackson Lee said, in context (HT Rush Limbaugh):
"We are at the bone almost. And sequester that is across-the-board cuts will literally destroy us and put us in a recession.
I don't want to hear the fact that the president is divisive. The President is leading and he has led well. The American people are listening. When are our friends on the other side of the aisle going to listen? I want to challenge this body to be the kind of "Lincolness attitude."
As yesterday was the official birthday of President Lincoln, February 12, and although it was a tragic time in our history, I can assure you that it shows the greatest promise of America when people could come together and do something great. I STAND HERE AS A FREED SLAVE because this Congress came together."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2988720/posts

Now I have been asking myself for most of my adult life, how in the world do people this dumb get elected? Then I realize that we DO in fact have a government by the people. Look at the people who elect these clowns and you will have your answer.

People like this:

Now, I'm not genius, nor do I play one on T.V. (Although I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once..... several years ago) My initial reaction was that this HAD to be a joke. Sadly, it's not. Education in this country is becoming non-existent. The public school system is more about indoctrination. Anti-bullying campaigns, scaring our children with global warming propaganda, teaching our kids that Obama is Jesus Christ, and the class on "My Two Mommies.  (The list goes on) This schedule leave little time for reading, writing, and arithmetic. And don't get me started on History. It terrifies me what these kids are being taught about very significant historical events.

Now back to Congresswoman (I use that term loosely) Lee and the debate of sequestration.

Let's not lose sight of what sequestration REALLY means. There are no spending CUTS. NONE. It is all tied to baseline accounting. All it means is that we won't increase spending quite as much, quite as fast. In other words, over the next 10 years we'll only spend 43.8 Trillion instead of 44.7 Trillion. A savings of 900 Billion Dollars. Or in .gov speak, a ROUNDING ERROR. Sheesh.

Oh, and we really need to do something about all this slavery that is still going on. However, that's quite a Cinderella Story there Ms Lee, from slave to Congresswoman, all in the 21st Century. Maybe there is hope for us yet, eh?