On Jul 18, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Randy Burge wrote:
>> A new study from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
>> shows that Americans, on average, are less able to correctly answer
>> questions about current events than they were in 1989.
> For a country of 300 million people there are as many current events.
> I'm glad if the distribution of interest in these events is spread
> about
> a bit. Freedom!
I sorta have to agree: Just how IMPORTANT are any of these questions?
> The five questions:
> Who is the vice president?
> Who is your state's governor?
> Does the US have a trade deficit or surplus?
> Which party controls the House of Representatives?
> Is the chief justice of the Supreme Court a liberal, moderate, or
> conservative?
If you were to be able to ask 5 questions that you would LIKE folks
to know the answer to, would any of these be on it? I think only
one .. the trade deficit.
But, man, its scary to know that there's anyone ALIVE in the US who
cannot answer these.
-- Owen
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