Enumeration of rights, shared across states.
Not word for word, but I know what it means. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: americans know more about American Idol and the Simpsons > than the First Amendment > > > Well, lets see, the Simpsons comes on twice a day, and most Americans > have dealt with the Constitution sense college or high school. > > American Idol comes on three times a week. > > And people are bombarded with commercials with this info as well. > > I'm not sure the average American needs to be able to state these are > the 5 freedoms in the first amendment, I think they need to know that > those freedoms are part of the constitution, and they may be part of > various amendments. > > But can you off the top of your head tell me what the 9th amendment is? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:22 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: americans know more about American Idol and the Simpsons than > the > > First Amendment > > > > I'm not sure whether this is sad or pathetic. > > http://www.antiwrap.com/?912 > > > > NOTED WITH INTEREST > > > > Friday, March 3, 2006; A15 > > > > If life were a university, Americans would do better majoring in > > popular culture than in history, a survey released this week shows. > > > > The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum poll found that Americans' > > knowledge of television shows such as "The Simpsons" and "American > > Idol" far surpasses their familiarity with the First Amendment. > > > > Only one of the 1,000 adults polled in the telephone survey could name > > all five freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment. Yet more than > > one in five (22 percent) could identify all five major characters in > > Matt Groening's cartoon family. > > > > Similarly, only 8 people in 100 could name at least three First > > Amendment freedoms. Four in 10 surveyed (40 percent) could name two of > > the three judges on the star-making show "American Idol," and one in > > four (25 percent) could name all three. > > > > "These survey results clearly demonstrate that many Americans don't > > have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy," Dave > > Anderson, the Chicago museum's executive director, said in a written > > statement. > > > > The new museum, which will open its doors in April, wants to help > > people understand their constitutional freedoms, especially those > > protected by the First Amendment. There is a lot of work to do. > > > > Survey respondents wrongly said that the First Amendment guarantees > > rights to own and raise pets (21 percent), to drive (20 percent) and > > of women to vote (36 percent). The first two are not rights at all, > > and women's suffrage was not enshrined in the Constitution until > > ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. > > > > Grab your pen. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, the > > press, and religion, as well as the rights to peacefully assemble and > > to petition the government for a redress of grievances. > > > > The survey was conducted Jan. 20-22 by Synovate, a research firm, and > > had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. > > > > -- Christopher Lee > > > > -- > > Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; > > and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your > > opinion. > > > > Edmond Burke > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198862 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
