Dumb & Dumber

"A majority of adults, in what is supposedly the most religious nation in the developed world, cannot name the four Gospels or identify Genesis as the first book of the Bible."

“Budapest is the capital of what European country?”
Ms. Pickler threw up both hands and looked at the large blackboard perplexed. “I thought Europe was a country,” she said. Playing it safe, she chose to copy the answer offered by one of the genuine fifth graders: Hungary. “Hungry?” she said, eyes widening in disbelief. “That’s a country? I’ve heard of Turkey. But Hungry? I’ve never heard of it.”

...nearly half of 18- to 24-year-olds don’t think it is necessary or important to know where countries in the news are located. So more than three years into the Iraq war, only 23 percent of those with some college could locate Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel on a map.

"Susan Jacoby documents the dumbing down of our culture like a maestro. Make no mistake about it, "The Age of American Unreason" is an important book.”

And so it goes. Check out Jay Leno's Man in the Street bits. Hilarious, sad, absolutely mind boggling to see just how stupid people can be when Jay asks somebody where Washington DC is and the answer comes back "France". No wonder the US is laughed at as the bastion of ignorance, religiosity and football.

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