The idiot behind this effort is my congresscritter, Pete Olson. Pete mentioned this plan at a town hall in August but no one took him seriously because Pete's only accomplishment to date has been to introduce a resolution praising a criminal named James O'Keefe and his accomplice Hannah Giles.
Pete is a Rice grad and went to UT law school. Pete went from UT to the Navy where he flew search and rescue plans based in Florida. To my knowledge, Pete has never left the states while in the military. From the Navy, Pete went to work for Sen. Phil Gram and then ran for Congress. Pete is a horrible public speaker and can not read a speech to save his life.
Jon Stewart had fun with Pete a couple of weeks ago. Remember that Pete has never been a combat pilot.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/29/1251442/-Jon-Stewart-breaks-out-into-song-over-Republicans-complaining-about-HealthCare-gov-website-issues
That's not fair. This committee, I'm sure, includes people with the proper expertise.
REP. PETE OLSON, R-TX (10/24/2013): Being a computer science major from Rice University, and a former Naval aviator....
Computer science major, former Naval aviator, that's what I'm talking about!
REP. PETE OLSON, R-TX (10/24/2013): ... who could not afford to have my computer drop offline as I'm rolling in my plane to drop a torpedo to stop Russian submarine from launching ballistic missile, nuclear missile, at our country.
(confused audience laughter)
I think that guy just used the plot from The Hunt for Red October to slag HealthCare.gov. Anyway, let's move on to someone else.
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