Another Example Of What Is Wrong With The American Congress.

Unbelievable but true, Arizona's 8th District US Congressional representative,the Hon. Gabrielle Giffords, in the recent meetings
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 .

This 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 ....
This 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.

General ... I am sure you have better things to worry about
than carbon emissions on the battlefield.
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.