Shaqtin' a Fool Meets Congress

I am constantly amazed by the dysfunctional swirl of arrogance and ignorance we know as the U.S. House of Representatives.   Not all of them. But out of 435 elected members,  the majority in this term are Republicans., and the majority of Republicans in the House are tea party types,  who all seem to be arrogant, ignorant, and sociopathic to a radical extreme.    No one should be surprised given this reality that our government is suffering a colossal case of brain freeze.

My favorite spectator sport is NBA basketball.  I watch 'Inside the NBA'  on TNT religiously during the season.  I get a kick out of watching Ernie, Kenny, and Charles.  It got even better when 'The Big Aristotle', Shaquille O'Neal joined the crew.  Shaq is 7' plus tall and around 300 lbs.  Remarkably, his  personality is as big as the oversized custom suits he wears.  Since Shaq came aboard, a regular feature of the broadcast has been a segment called,  Shaqtin' a Fool .   It's a series of video clips of NBA players being clumsy, funny, or foolish.  It's hilarious stuff, especially when narrated by Shaq Diesel himself.    

Here's what I'm wishing. I wish there was a  Shaqtin' a Fool  for congress.   Every day,  members of this very important part of our elected government say and do some of the stupidest things imaginable.  Some members have achieved superstar status in the art of contemptible foolishness and stupidity. Members of this club of big league jerks include Congressman Michelle Bachman,  Congressmen Louie Gohmert,  Congressman Steve King,  Congressman Trent Franks, Senator Ted Cruz, and Senator James Imhoff.   There are a whole lot more in the halls of congress that regularly have the kind of odious brain farts that warrant public ridicule.  

My latest nomination for congressional fool is Texas Republican Representative Michael Burgess.  Here's a guy, who happens to be a medical doctor, an ob-gyn no less - who claims that 15 week old fetus's masturbate while passing time in the uterus.  Burgess, a teaparty anti-abortion extremist, says that this womb wanking is evidence that a fetus is a real person.   Never mind that there is no scientific evidence that suggests that fetus's are doing any such thing.

It's a disgrace that our political system, seriously corrupted as it is, enables the election of ideological numbskulls like Michael Burgess.   It's no wonder our government is dysfunctional. As long as we keep electing arrogant boneheads to high political office, we as a nation, will get what we deserve.