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Unfuckingbelievable.
July 4, 2011 at 5:05 pm
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/07/03/n...dence-day/

Quote:According to the poll, only 58 percent of Americans know the United States declared its independence in 1776. Twenty-six percent were unsure and 16 percent said another date.
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RE: Unfuckingbelievable.
July 4, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Amid what demographic was this poll taken?
Besides, the stupid people!

I watched a Jay Leno episode one night long ago where he asked questions of people on the street, just to gauge their acuity regarding current events and history. One young girl, who looked to be in her early teens, was asked which President freed the slaves?

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Kennedy? (She asked) Confused Fall


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RE: Unfuckingbelievable.
July 4, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Wait...it wasn't Kennedy?

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RE: Unfuckingbelievable.
July 4, 2011 at 6:21 pm
I don't know when America declared independence the again i'm not american and i don't remeber a lot of dates from my country (dates are boring)
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RE: Unfuckingbelievable.
July 4, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Horrifyingly, it seems that the number is as low as 31% for the under-30s.

It's things like these that make me wish the movie/musical 1776 was more popular.
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RE: Unfuckingbelievable.
July 4, 2011 at 9:51 pm
(July 4, 2011 at 5:26 pm)Judas BentHer Wrote: Amid what demographic was this poll taken?
Besides, the stupid people!

I watched a Jay Leno episode one night long ago where he asked questions of people on the street, just to gauge their acuity regarding current events and history. One young girl, who looked to be in her early teens, was asked which President freed the slaves?

Answer...


Kennedy? (She asked) Confused Fall

Isn't interviewing stupid American people in the street a common thing, what date did 9/11 happen? name a country that starts with U?
I don't know how many clever answers are discarded to find a funny one, and stupid people are everywhere, not just the US.
I don't understand how dolts like George W and Reagan were elected, but then neither do many Americans.





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RE: Unfuckingbelievable.
July 4, 2011 at 10:04 pm
(July 4, 2011 at 9:51 pm)The Magic Pudding Wrote: American's VIDEO


That video is soooo biased. They're asking street people from New York questions. Everyone knows they're asking questions of the stupidest people on earth. New Yorkers are worthless turd-people -- especially uneducated ghetto trash.

Total bull shit.

Stupid people live everywhere, and New York is definitely NOT the measuring stick that should be used for the intelligence of the average American in ANY arena.
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RE: Unfuckingbelievable.
July 4, 2011 at 10:17 pm
(July 4, 2011 at 5:26 pm)Judas BentHer Wrote: Amid what demographic was this poll taken?
Besides, the stupid people!

I watched a Jay Leno episode one night long ago where he asked questions of people on the street, just to gauge their acuity regarding current events and history. One young girl, who looked to be in her early teens, was asked which President freed the slaves?

Answer...


Kennedy? (She asked) Confused Fall
Of course, it was Andrew Johnson, under whose presidency the 13th Amendment was ratified and put into law.
Remember that the Emancipation Proclamation was only intended to cover the states in the Confederacy (which, of course, did not recognise Lincoln's power as legitimate), and specifically stated that the slaves in the border states that Lincoln still held control over were still under the control of their white masters. Therefore, it did not free a single slave. Granted, the 13th Amendment was passed under Lincoln's presidency, but, since it only was adopted after the assassination, I would have to say Andrew Johnson really deserves the credit for that one. At least Lincoln helped to bring the nation back together. He deserves to have had at least one good thing happen under his watch.
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July 5, 2011 at 5:14 am
I looked on in amazement once when an American girl found out that Abraham Lincoln was not a founding father.
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RE: Unfuckingbelievable.
July 5, 2011 at 5:24 am
(July 4, 2011 at 5:05 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/07/03/n...dence-day/

Quote:According to the poll, only 58 percent of Americans know the United States declared its independence in 1776. Twenty-six percent were unsure and 16 percent said another date.

dude almost half of americans think the world is 6000 - 10,000 years old -.- some think we walked with dinosaurs. Meh still going to college there Tongue
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