{"id":361,"date":"2025-01-04T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaberborran.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2025-01-07T09:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:17:21","slug":"minimum-qualifications-for-holding-public-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaberborran.com\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Qualifications for Holding Public Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back then when the former president would refer to his political rivals as &#8220;very low-IQ&#8221; individuals, implying that he himself has a very high IQ score, I used to fantasize about congress calling the bluff and making a minimum IQ score as a requirement for running for public office. But then I remembered instances like a senator of the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oTdpdFUTyqs\">bringing a snowball to the floor of the Senate to prove that climate change is a hoax<\/a>, or a congressman from Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DHjktX1oQPU\">suggesting changing moon&#8217;s orbit to fight climate change<\/a>, or a congresswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tylerroush\/2024\/10\/04\/marjorie-taylor-greene-appears-to-claim-democrats-control-the-weather-after-hurricane-helene-strikes-southeast\/\">suggesting that &#8220;they&#8221; control the weather<\/a> and that &#8220;It\u2019s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can\u2019t be done.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Ms Marjorie Taylor Greene, it is indeed ridiculous for anyone to say it can&#8217;t be done, at some point in the future. But even though the humanity has achieved great advancements in science and technology, possibly the most important of them for you being the invention of (and the subsequent purchase of) tweeter, to provide a platform for you to constantly enlighten the people of the United States, and the entire world, for that matter, with your infinite wisdom; and while it would be a very fascinating and intriguing scenario if &#8220;they&#8221; could indeed control the weather, unfortunately, that is quite out of reach of our current technological abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the most fascinating examples that I could think of were the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/marjorie-taylor-greene-indictment-pronounciation-b2489646.html\">Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for struggling to pronounce indictable or read a long number<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>This historical evidence is overwhelming that the Founding Fathers intended impeachment to be used to deal with the commission of \u2018<strong>in-dick-table<\/strong>\u2019 crimes and the abuse of power<\/em>,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>and (sorry I have to directly share the video; this one is very difficult to write in words): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene EXTREMELY Lost and Confused during Hearing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zy9sIck_ReQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, now I am no longer sure about the minimum IQ score. Maybe just a passing score in a seventh grade test of math and science would be sufficient. Or at least the ability to correctly read a seven digit number. Would that really be too much to expect from the elected officials?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back then when the former president would refer to his political rivals as &#8220;very low-IQ&#8221; individuals, implying that he himself has a very high IQ score, I used to fantasize about congress calling the bluff and making a minimum IQ score as a requirement for running for public office. 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