Lee Strikes Again  by Tom Reynolds

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas is a major opponent of the 2nd Amendment and has told a few whoppers about guns, in the past.  She has now broadened her ‘expertise’ into astronomy. 

Lee’s district neighbors the Johnson Space Center and she is a member of the House Committee on Science.  In1997, she visited the Mars Pathfinder Operations Center in Pasadena, California. While there, according to an article by Sandy Hume in The Hill, Jackson Lee asked if the Pathfinder succeeded in taking pictures of the American flag planted on Mars by Neil Armstrong in 1969.

Recently Representative Lee spoke at Booker T. Washington High School in her Houston-area district.  She tried to provide some scientific explanation for the solar system's workings — but any students who listened are going to fail Astronomy 101. 

"You have the energy of the moon at night," Jackson Lee explained. 

(Note: the moon doesn't release energy at night, it is merely reflecting light from the sun.)

"Sometimes you need to take the opportunity just to come out and see a full moon," which the graduate of Yale explained is a "complete rounded circle which is made up mostly of gases." It's "almost impossible to go near the sun," but the "moon is more manageable" because it's "made up mostly of gases"

Jackson Lee continued, saying "that's why the question is why — or how — could we as humans live on the moon. The gas is such that we can do that,"

(Note:  I’m sure you and Neil Armstrong know – but Lee doesn’t - that the moon is solid, not gas.  According to NASA, the moon's "weak atmosphere and its lack of liquid water cannot support life as we know it.")

Perhaps NASA should check with Jackson Lee and get the correct information from her?  Or not. 

These students will hold this with them forever; I am glad we were able to bring everyone together for such a historic moment. pic.twitter.com/7ldL8w0uql

— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) April 8, 2024

Hopefully the students will remember this and not vote for Jackson Lee when they become eligible.

And you thought Joe Biden was confused!

More Members’ Meeting Attendees

NY State Senator Thomas F. O'Mara of the 58th Senate district will be attending but is not a main speaker.  O’Mara has been a Senator since 2010 and prior to that was an Assemblyman from 2005 to 2010

The 58th Senate District is comprised of all or portions of Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Yates and Allegany County.

Tom worked as an Assistant District Attorney and County Attorney in Chemung County before becoming the Chemung County District Attorney, so he has first hand experience with the crime issues that are plaguing New York.

Per his web site: “Senator O’Mara has been guided by a long-held belief:  Government does not create jobs, business does.  That’s why he’s focused on developing public policies and strategies that allow state government to improve the economic climate for doing business in New York by opposing tax increases, and reducing state spending, mandates, overregulation and oppressive property taxes.”

Senator O’Mara is a member of the NRA and SCOPE.  He supported a repeal the Safe Act and has opposed the expansion of Red Flag laws.

Former Congressman Joe Sempolinski will be attending but is not a main speaker.  Sempolinski is running for the 148th Assembly District seat.

The 148th Assembly District contains all or portions of Allegany, Cattaraugus and Steuben Counties.

Sempolinski was elected to Congress in 2022 to serve out the last four months of a resigning congressman’s term.  He declined to run for a full term.

 Per Sempolinski’s web site: “The right to bear arms is a fundamental, individual, human, and Constitutional right. The NY SAFE ACT should never have become law. He is against the new state laws that implement background checks to purchase ammunition and restrict law abiding gun owners in so called “sensitive locations.”

Concerning freedom of speech: “In a free society, the way to defeat an idea is by arguing for a better idea, not by silencing those who think differently.”

Joe is a SCOPE and NRA member and a gun owner.