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hfojvt

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4. this begs a question though

Sun May 12, 2013, 12:50 PM

May 2013

Aren't things like "the name of the current Vice President" or "the religion of the current President" fairly trivial and insignificant?

Are those really factoids that EVERY citizen NEEDS to know?

Or is that more like the trivial and inconsequential crap that passes for "news"?

Same with the other two mentioned. The proper century for the American Revolution? Does that really matter all that much? And how many people answering that question are confused over whether 1776 is in the 18th century or the 17th? Independence Day on a calendar? Who the hell calls it Independence Day? Only Martina McBride fans.

Omigosh, I forgot, if I ever knew, that Rick Santorum was Catholic. Oh the shame, the shame, If only I had watched more TV and taken notes.

When is Oprah's birthday again? How tall is Tiger Woods? And who the heck is Snookie?

The ignorance. It burns. It burns.

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America the Clueless [View all] babylonsister May 2013 OP

K&R patrice May 2013 #1

Part of the problem is a lot of people mistake or use & admire ignorance as being principled. patrice May 2013 #2

IOW, bow to the loud-mouthed bully! Some of us aren't impressed with that style, though. freshwest May 2013 #7

Messing with the pollsters treestar May 2013 #3

somebody who doesn't know hfojvt May 2013 #5

Some think his first name, Barack, is Hebrew: freshwest May 2013 #6

Now that's interesting treestar May 2013 #10

You've got it all down: freshwest May 2013 #12

Thanks, I had not seen that before treestar May 2013 #13

Barack is Hebrew AMF2334 Feb 2015 #16

Commas, and periods, are your friends. n/t arcane1 Feb 2015 #17

Could be the RW conspiracy theorists who believe the NWO and the UN CJCRANE May 2013 #9

this begs a question though hfojvt May 2013 #4

In my opinion, the problem is that they know who Snookie is & many people would follow Oprah DearHeart May 2013 #8

It's not a whole lot to ask to know what Independence Day is treestar May 2013 #11

except that every 4th of July hfojvt May 2013 #14

One would have to be pretty shallow and dumb treestar May 2013 #15