0 Comments to “Yes, Louie, you are the Dumbest Guy in Congress”

1. Mark says:

   May 21, 2021 at 12:59 am

   Maybe the dumbest member of congress can explain why the cumulative Math+ Critical Reading scores were at their nadir in 1980 and 1981 when the Department of Education was established. Scores have steadily increased since that time. If asked, more than likely he would denounce Ralph “Nadir” as a communist and that would be good enough for his constituents. Here are the scores:
   https://blog.prepscholar.com/average-sat-scores-over-time

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2. Mike says:

   May 21, 2021 at 3:56 am

   He’s facing serious competition now from Bimboebert and Space Laser Green.

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3. Tom says:

   May 21, 2021 at 6:36 am

   They are all good candidates but I am adding Glen Grothman Wisconsin to the list.

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4. Nick Carraway says:

   May 21, 2021 at 6:54 am

   I was going to say that the last time I checked, the Rorschach test doesn’t have a score.

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5. Papa says:

   May 21, 2021 at 8:08 am

   From the late Molly Ivins (May she rest in peace) – “If his I.Q. slips any lower we’d have to water him twice a week”.

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6. Steph says:

   May 21, 2021 at 9:37 am

   So…. an Aggie. Well, there you go.

   Sorry, couldn’t resist.

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7. Elizabeth Moon says:

   May 21, 2021 at 11:06 am

   At the time, my combined SAT scores were well above that, and would’ve qualified me for A&M in a heartbeat except…A&M was male only in those days. Gurrlz not allowed. So I went to Rice, where the entire student body (no honors program) had higher SAT scores…double 800s not uncommon. (Mine were probably just average for Rice entrants.)

   And I can say, flat out and confidently, that SAT scores have zilch to do with real thinking ability, with the ability to learn from experience, have street smarts, be emotionally stable, and so on and so forth. SAT scores used to be essential to get into college (along with the other testing service, can’t recall its name) but experience has shown that the ability to learn and grow right through adult life has nothing to do with SATs. Neither does IQ.

   So anyone beyond graduation who’s still bragging about their SAT scores, or how smart they were when they went to college…isn’t that smart in real-life terms. Anyone who doesn’t change any of their ideas (political, religious, social, etc) and learn new skills and gain more insight into the world after leaving college hasn’t grown up…they just got their degree and stuck there. Maybe Louie *was* a smart kid…but he’s not, ferdamnsure, a smart man. I was a smart kid, given the chances I had to learn, but if I’d stayed where I was the day I got my first degree, I’d be a much less smart older adult.

   One of my favorite profs at Rice gave me a nudge I needed to make an intentional project of lifelong learning, and my mother’s example spread that out from just intellectual learning to practical things as well.

   After visiting Dr. Drew while on leave from the Marines, I set up a written (at first) plan for myself and stuck to it for decades (it kind of frayed when we adopted our son, but being the adoptive parent of an autistic kid in the ’80s who is also learning how to be a pro writer keeps the learning going on! I was no longer spending an hour a week practicing Greek and another hour or so on medieval history, but I was learning neurology, teaching methods, and how to navigate publishing.) Practical skills learned earlier could now be used regularly, and new ones picked up on the fly.

   There’s no sign in Louie’s case that he ever demanded of himself the kind of effort at self-education that keeps adult brains working at a high level. It’s sad, really. Drew was right: too many of her students (everybody’s students) think “a diploma is enough” and quit using the capacity they have. I’m not the smartest egg in the carton by any means–wasn’t even before the concussions–but the reserve capacity that I do have–that let me come back as far as I have from the most recent concussions–comes from years of intentional effort at growth in both abstract and practical concrete learning.

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8. BarbinDC says:

   May 21, 2021 at 11:33 am

   I could add some snark about Aggies; but, I will just say to Louie: You are so dumb!

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9. Steve from Beaverton says:

   May 21, 2021 at 12:00 pm

   Goober, you prove how dumb you are every time sound comes out the biggest hole in your head. I will say, though, you have competition right now in your party. The Friday toons show several of them repugnanticans that are in competition with you, like the pervert from Florida (with tall greasy brown hair) and looney tunes mt greene. Wonder if they have a thing going. Let’s start a conspiracy about them.

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10. Rick says:

    May 21, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    The maestro Bruce Springsteen had something to say about this type of scenario:

    And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it
    But I probably will
    Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
    A little of the glory of, well time slips away
    And leaves you with nothing mister but
    Boring stories of glory days

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11. Katherine says:

    May 21, 2021 at 1:06 pm

    I’ll call your Louie and raise you Tommy Tubberville. A rising tide of stupid.

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12. Jane & PKM says:

    May 21, 2021 at 1:09 pm

    SAT scores neither explain nor compensate for your daily loss of brain cells or ability to use them, Louie. Shocker! Louis is only 67???! Then again any number of early onset diseases in his 40s may account for him. TBI would be a good guess, or an STD.

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13. The Surly Professor says:

    May 21, 2021 at 4:43 pm

    Louie said “he did very well”, but does not provide the actual scores? Yeah, I want some verification from the College Board. Even with all the shortcomings of the SAT everyone has mentioned above, I’ll bet his memory has inflated the actual results.

    (For me the best part of El Jefe’s post is finding that Aggie jokes are still alive and well in Texas.)

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