I maintained in an earlier post that the citizenry is not to be trusted because they're mostly ignorant boobs. Bill Maher agrees with me (and incidentally enjoys the same punny titles that I do... so I stole one from him). I've listed some of the statistics given in the video above, though I'd heard some of these before.
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On the eve of the Iraq War, 70% of Americans thought that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11
Six years later, 34% still do.
At a recent town hall meeting in South Carolina, a man stood up and told his congressman, “Keep your government hands off my Medicare!”
A majority of Americans cannot name a single branch of government or explain what the Bill of Rights is.
24% could not name the country that America fought in the Revolutionary War.
More than 2/3 of Americans don’t know what’s in Roe v. Wade
2/3 don’t know what the Food and Drug Administration does.
Nearly half of Americans don’t know that states have two senators.
More than half can’t name their congressman.
The average voter thinks that foreign aid consumes 24% of our federal budget. It’s actually less than 1%.
A third of Republicans believe that Obama is not a citizen.
A third of Democrats believe that George Bush had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, which is an absurd sentence because it contains the words “Bush” and “knowledge.”
18% of us think that the sun revolves around the Earth.
Only about half of Americans are aware that Judaism is an older religion than Christianity.
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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On the eve of the Iraq War, 70% of Americans thought that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11
Six years later, 34% still do.
At a recent town hall meeting in South Carolina, a man stood up and told his congressman, “Keep your government hands off my Medicare!”
A majority of Americans cannot name a single branch of government or explain what the Bill of Rights is.
24% could not name the country that America fought in the Revolutionary War.
More than 2/3 of Americans don’t know what’s in Roe v. Wade
2/3 don’t know what the Food and Drug Administration does.
Nearly half of Americans don’t know that states have two senators.
More than half can’t name their congressman.
The average voter thinks that foreign aid consumes 24% of our federal budget. It’s actually less than 1%.
A third of Republicans believe that Obama is not a citizen.
A third of Democrats believe that George Bush had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, which is an absurd sentence because it contains the words “Bush” and “knowledge.”
18% of us think that the sun revolves around the Earth.
Only about half of Americans are aware that Judaism is an older religion than Christianity.
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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In blackest day
In brightest night
Watermelon cantelope
Yadda Yadda
Superstitious and cowardly lot
With liberty and justice for all!
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