Abraham tok poenget

[Jostemikk]

Abraham Lincoln ser ut til å ha hatt mer intelligens alene enn alle våre stortingspolitikere til sammen. Jeg fant denne hos Roger Pielke Jr. akkurat nå, og sjelden har jeg sett en mer talende forskjell på vett/politikk og dagens uvett/lobbyisme.

In 1863 at the height of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln was approached by a weather forecaster named Francis Capen who said that he could predict the weather days in advance (imagine!). Such predictions, Capen argued, might help prosecute the war. In a note, Lincoln shared his opinion of Mr. Capen:

It seems to me that Mr. Capen knows nothing about the weather, in advance. He told me three days ago that it would not rain again till the 30th of April or 1st of May. It is raining now [April 28th] and has been for ten hours. I cannot spare any more time to Mr. Capen.