No Wonder We Are In Hell!

Thanks for the heads up, Hawk!

We sure missed this god-awful news.

This is the most pathetic thing I have ever heard. No wonder we find ourselves in this nightmarish 5th hell-realm, along with W. and his ilk.

Only 2 in 3 know who their state governors are?

What cave are people living in, when they don't know who Dick Cheney is?

Here is a question; who the hell raised these irresponsible citizens? Who taught them?

My father and I disagreed stringently about politics, back in the 60's, when I came of age, but I knew what the hell was going on, because my family knew the meaning of what it meant to be free and live in a Democracy.

My teachers knew the value of "thinking," critical thinking. We were taught to think for ourselves, even when it meant a trip to the principal's office.

We were taught to inform ourselves, not wait for the government or the media to do it for us.

What has happened to this country in the last 40 years or so is a crime.


Pew Survey Finds Most Knowledgeable Americans Watch 'Daily Show' and 'Colbert'-- and Visit Newspaper Sites
By E&P Staff Published: April 15, 2007 11:30 PM ET


NEW YORK : A new survey of 1,502 adults released Sunday by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that despite the mass appeal of the Internet and cable news since a previous poll in 1989, Americans' knowledge of national affairs has slipped a little. For example, only 69% know that Dick Cheney is vice president, while 74% could identify Dan Quayle in that post in 1989.

Other details are equally eye-opening. Pew judged the levels of knowledgeability (correct answers) among those surveyed and found that those who scored the highest were regular watchers of Comedy Central's The Daily Show and Colbert Report.

They tied with regular readers of major newspapers in the top spot -- with 54% of them getting 2 out of 3 questions correct.

Watchers of the Lehrer News Hour on PBS followed just behind.

Virtually bringing up the rear were regular watchers of Fox News. Only 1 in 3 could answer 2 out of 3 questions correctly. Fox topped only network morning show viewers.

Told that Shia was one group of Muslims struggling in Iraq, only 32% of the total sample could name "Sunni" as the other key group.

The percentage of those who knew their state's governor dropped to 2 in 3. Almost half know that Rep. Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House and 2 in 3 know that Condi Rice is secretary of state. But just 29% can identify Scooter Libby, 21% know Robert Gates and 15% can name Sen. Harry Reid.

But nearly 9 in 10 knew about President Bush's troop escalation in Iraq.

Men scored higher than women, and older Americans did better than younger, on average.

Democrats and Republicans were about equally represented in the most knowledgeable group but there were more Democrats in the least aware group.

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