They Really Are Retarded...Here's Why

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/7071

Speaking of America's obsession with guns, ammo, food, fuel and garages, it's no wonder that our fastest-growing sport is NASCAR racing.

Using NASCAR's own statistics, 6,000 gallons of premium fuel are consumed during a typical race weekend. At top speed, the cars get only two to five miles per gallon. Five miles per gallon for 500 miles means each car uses about 100 gallons of gas. Because these are not cars you buy at the corner lot, NASCAR vehicles do not adhere to EPA regulations: no mufflers, catalytic converters or other emissions controls.

In other words, it's pure All-American internal combustion emissions being pumped into the atmosphere. Among these emissions are huge amounts of lead, a disease-causing additive no longer available at the neighborhood pump.

And we wonder why NASCAR fans appear to be intellectually stunted...they are! Lead poisoning has a tendency to do that to a person. But maybe we needn't worry about the health effects of being a NASCAR fan. I mean, Bubba, Jr., wife/sister MaryLou, and son Bubba, Jr., Jr. were most likely already "challenged" if they became NASCAR fans in the first place. What's the worse that could happen if their intellectual dwarfism is further exacerbated? Oh, wait...Bubba, Jr., Jr. might end up the next Pretzeldent and we already know what it's like to have a man in office whose intellectual prowess leads one to believe he's been free-basing lead paint since adolescence.

From the National Safety Council: http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/lead.htm

...even very low levels of exposure can result in reduced IQ, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, behavioral problems, stunted growth, impaired hearing, and kidney damage. At high levels of exposure, a child may become mentally retarded...

Carrying the surname "Bush" appears to have the same affect.