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To: longnshort who wrote (414076)3/2/2011 2:42:59 PM
From: FJB1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 794294
 
RE:In 1997, for example, The Hill reported that the newly-elected congresswoman asked NASA officials whether the Mars Pathfinder photographed the American flag astronaut Neil Armstrong had planted on the surface of Mars. When it was pointed out that the flag in question was on the moon, not Mars, Jackson Lee cited bigotry. “You thought you could have fun with a black woman member of the Science Committee,” her then chief of staff wrote in a letter to the editor.

Thought that was just a story. Can't believe she really said that. Science Committee?



To: longnshort who wrote (414076)3/3/2011 2:46:34 PM
From: Bridge Player1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 794294
 
It is very difficult to fathom what it is that plays on the minds of so many voters that they continue to reelect people like this.


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