Quite possibly the stupidest person in America. Video from a Santa Cruz City Council meeting.

[A HERETIC I AM]

This is hilarious and at the same time, disturbing as hell. How anyone can get to this age and be so fucking clueless is beyond me.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1917596

Vegetable trees.

Priceless.

Edited to add the following link from HuffPo. Some of the comments are funny as hell.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/24/is-this-the-stupidest-per_n_244440.html

[Naturyl]

1. LOL

Wow...

On the east coast, we have slaves and believe in slavery? Good to know.

Of course, her next sentence starts with "in the Bush administration, which is really good..."

And then this gem:

"They have fruit trees, and vegetable trees. That's where fruits and vegetables come from!"

[mrs_p]

2. hahahahahaha

she HAD to be high...

[opihimoimoi]

3. The confirmation of this womans difficulty in communications is disturbing

WTH Happened in school that this results?

Our SYSTEM SUCKS

[dysfunctional press]

4. but isn't she just a typical californian/santa cruzoid gal...?

at least that's how a lot of the people in the rest of the country imagine it to be...:shrug:

[NYC_SKP]

8. Oh yeah? Well at least we don't have slavery like you do on the East Coast.

:rofl:

[anigbrowl]

10. Sadly, yes...some people shouldn't vote

Having this kind of person engaged in politics is not my idea of a win.

[WillowTree]

47. Or walk around without an attendant, for that matter.

[dana_b]

45. hey!! don't go there!!

Santa Cruz has many intelligent and cool people (a lot of libs too). She is NOT representative of the town. argh.

[anigbrowl]

5. Absolutely fucking awesome

'On the East coast they have slaves and they believe in made in China, but on the west coast we believe in the union...'?!

Too bad they don't have the full version. I may have to go looking for it, it can only get better!

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. If you find it, please share.

It's late and I'm gonna hit the rack, otherwise I'd look also.

Happy hunting.

[anigbrowl]

16. Not the full-length version, but even more entertaining...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GCvJfgjcKU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jS33Qhdh8k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjX1IaU1A0w&feature=related

[A HERETIC I AM]

29. OK, I've been to Santa Cruz, even spent a little time there, but I had no idea

there were so many nuts.

Wow. The second vid is pretty funny. It's either get accosted by homeless people because I shaved and cut my hair or bothered by the cops cause I didn't. And apparently there are thousands of college students "whipping it out" in downtown Santa Cruz every night at 2:00 AM.

Perhaps I should go back there.

Thanks.

[Iggo]

42. College students? Santa Cruz? 2:00 AM?

Okay. Got it. Thanks.

[TokenQueer]

61. Lol!

:rofl:

[agentS]

35. This is the funniest video ever!

I haven't laughed this hard in years!

If I were on the city council, I would ban public comments and say "No! Y'all just...dumb! Write a letter!" If people complain, I show them the videos. Public comments is public comments, not "I'm an idiot, hear me roar!" time. You can do that on the sidewalk.

[stranger81]

40. These are so awesome . . . . .

Silkworms?

[Iggo]

43. I try and I try and I try to watch these trainwrecks...

...but I can't get more of a minute into them before I have to shut off the stupid.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Oh boy. Oh dear.

Oh my.

Oh Santa Cruz....

[Newshues]

9. everytime a child says "things" around here

whether it's my kid or the neighbors, I say "What's a thing? Can you describe the thing?"

If that women's parents had done the same she'd come across as a lot more intelligent.

[Posteritatis]

11. In my neck of the woods it's a unit of measurement

If someone mentions getting "a thing of ______" people tend to assume the same quantity, depending on whatever it is.

[Newshues]

27. I've heard that usage as well and

will let that slide. What I won't let slide is "You know that stuff that lets you do the thing?" Kid actually said that to me when asking a question about a video game.

Cute thing about it is my 10 year old has picked up on doing it to the worst offenders in his circle of friends. It isn't that the 10 year old is modeling dad's behavior, it's that the 10 year old really has a need to understand what the hell people are talking about.

[tabasco]

12. Zounds!

Is she for real?

[boppers]

13. When I get to Santa Cruz, I tend to leave quickly.

I have the same issue with, oh, all of Texas.

[csziggy]

14. I find it incredibly impressive that throughout her entire speech

That not one person in the room ended up rolling on the floor laughing their asses off. This is why I can't go to government meetings - too much that comes up is just so funny, I would be thrown out for causing a disruption when I started laughing uncontrollably!

[blueamy66]

28. Me too!

I kept looking at the people behind her for giggles or outright laughter. None.

[PA Democrat]

37. Someone posted links up-thread to other people who spoke

at that and other Santa Cruz council meetings. If the audience wasn't laughing, it might have been because many of them were as nuts as that speaker.

[warren pease]

15. So I have this, like, vegetable tree? In my back yard? And it, like, keeps turning out...

... like broccoli and brussels like sprouts and, like, I was all "OOOOHH. My. Gawwwwwd" that's so like awesome and everything and what-evurrr. And let's just make like cars and stuff with all these like vegetable trees and Bushes, who was really like great, yknowww, I mean it's all good and like gawwwwdz will be dun.

Holy shit!

sf

[A HERETIC I AM]

30. Don't forget about the perfect pesticide that is good for people and organic. n/t

[Monk06]

17. She just so knows her shit and stuff n/t

[armyowalgreens]

18. I could only watch about 30 seconds...

please no more. please.

[mwb970]

32. Heck, I couldn't watch any of it.

I get the idea from the comments here and at HP.

[stuball111]

19. Vegitable trees? OMFG!

I'll admit, she was trying, which is nice to see, and obviously, she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but fucking vegetable trees? And Slaves? This poor girl spent way too much time at the mall....

[Hassin Bin Sober]

20. "Palin/this chick 2012!!!"

:rofl:

(from the comments)

[TokenQueer]

39. That would be great way for Palin to broaden her appeal...

...by bringing in all those pesticide-loving-organic-farmer-eminent-domain-silkworm Bushies. Whoever the fuck they are...

[cascadiance]

21. "Lost Boys" bait down there...

Hmm... Would have been interesting to cast her in the Torchwood "Children of Earth" series this week on BBC...

[greenbird]

22. This woman obviously has

serious mental problems. I'm not sure we should be laughing at her! I hope she is able to get some help.

[tkmorris]

I don't see any mental problems

She's just dumber than a vegetable tree and that's a fact.

[JonLP24]

23. Probably nervous

I hope there isn't a video of me somewhere on the internet when I was interviewed by a local reporter when we touched down in Rockford, IL on our way to Boeing Field in King Co coming back from deployment.

I was nervous as hell being on camera and I went on talking about how the toilets are different here then over there when asked what was the first thing I appreciate about being back. I was also moving my hands a lot and I doubt they even showed my clip on the local news that day.

Besides from that the slavery thing makes no sense and I see the video is edited. I really hope context saves her in that regard.

[charlie]

24. And that is our greatest resource

Pure, high grade, inexhaustable Stupidity.

The destitution of Peak Stupidity is a nightmare we'll never have to live through.

[charlie]

25. The Challenger

And this one isn't going down without a fight. Shake hands and come out blithering.

He's a COMMUNIST

[corpseratemedia]

26. never ever make a public address if you don't write notes

She's really nervous. I have no fucking clue what the hell she was saying.

[WillowTree]

56. I've got news for you.......neither does she.

[Raine1967]

31. She is crying to be played off by keyboard cat.

Kinda like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io63z-aRMbg

[agentS]

33. Look at the kids in the background. HILARIOUS!

The boy is funny as hell. When the woman starts talking he looks at his mom then makes a face that just screams out "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?!"
The girl makes crazy signs with her hands. I betscha their BS meter is screaming off the charts.

The guy in the gray suit, he looks around like "Did she just say what I think she said??"

[A HERETIC I AM]

34. LOL. Perhaps the reason there wasn't lots of loud laughter was because

the people were so stunned that someone who would utter such nonsense actually had the brains to make it to the meeting in the first place.

[conspirator]

36. I cannot laugh. I feel sorry for her nt

[TokenQueer]

38. "...and, like, we should grow our own food, 'cause it's free...we'll just need to pay the farmers...

...and for the land, but that's free, 'cause it's new land..."

Holy shit!

No child left behind....because we hold 'em all back.

[stranger81]

41. We can be rich in silkworms! [n/t]

[dana_b]

44. oh jeezus...

I couldn't take it. I had to stop after 45 seconds. How does she get by in life? seriously? "and the machines can make them and we can sell them and they should lower the rents and Bush was great and...." :crazy:

[Marr]

46. You just freeze it an it lasts forever. Except it might go bad in awhile.

[BlooInBloo]

48. lolz!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

49. Looks like Dubya has taken up speechwriting.

[Odin2005]

50. Holy moly!

The STUPID, it BURNS!!!

[Texasgal]

51. HOLY MUTHA' OF GOD!

BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

That's was freaking HILARIOUS!!!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

52. My old home, Sanity Cruz. The name still suits it perfectly.

*sigh*

[sea four]

53. Haha. I think this one was worse though:

http://wonkette.com/409982/birther-gal-goes-nuts-on-republican-congressman

[Quantess]

54. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[A HERETIC I AM]

55. The difference is that birther person was at least coherent...

The lady in the vid in my OP was just all over the place.

I am willing to bet the birther lady knows slavery doesn't exist "in the east".

Miss Santa Cruz differs in that regard.

[varelse]

57. Slavery still exists in the world, including the Eastern hemisphere

The Chinese government is aware of the problem and is actively fighting it, if you believe the headlines:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6733045.stm

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/04/chinese-police-find-child-slaves/

Here's a map, if you're interested in learning more.

[WillowTree]

58. Either you didn't watch the video or you weren't listening.

She wasn't talking about China. What she said "On the East coast they have slaves and believe in slavery.......". (Emphasis mine.)

[varelse]

60. Can't do it

Sorry. I never did get all of the way through Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin's either. Thanks for the info - you watched that video so I didn't have to! <3

[varelse]

59. I'm not even going to try

If I couldn't make it through any speech or interview with Sarah Palin, and never got past the first few seconds of this gem, then there is no sense even clicking on your link.

However, I'd like to thank you for removing whatever lingering sense of guilt I might have had for not attending a single Santa Cruz City Council meeting ever.

[Vinca]

62. What the hell was that???????????

:rofl: Is this what happens to aging valley girls?