Johnfromokc
Active Member
Damn we are dumb.............
Here are some of the more glaring American dumbassery from the link:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...mericans-have-about-themselves/239810/#slide1
The United Kingdom is one of America's closest allies. The nations have together fought multiple wars, and remain closely tied commercially, politically, and militarily. Yet a 2006 National Geographic survey of young adults found that only one in three could find the United Kingdom on a map.
Foreign aid is often controversial, particularly during economic downturns. Yet its unpopularity may be out of scale with its cost. According to a 2010 questionnaire, on average, Americans believe that a full 25 percent of the budget is spent on foreign aid, with most responding that 10 percent would be a more appropriate appropriation. In fact, the actual figure stands somewhat below 1 percent.
An old cliche asserts that everything good comes in threes. When it comes to the Three Stooges, the statement certainly holds true; 78 percent of Americans can name Larry, Moe and Curley. Yet only 42 percent can identify the three branches of government as the legislative, executive, and judiciary.
According to polls, 76 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians. Yet significantly fewer can identify central facts about the faith. According to the Pew Forum's Religious Survey, only 45 percent know who the Gospels are attributed to: Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Earlier this year, Republicans called for defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which in turn funds NPR and PBS. There has meanwhile been a common understanding that CPB funding constitutes significant percentage of the budget . Only 27 percent of respondents recognized that federal spending on public broadcasting represents well under 1 percent of the federal budget (the actual cost is about 1/100th of 1 percent), while 7 percent of respondents thought the costs were over 50 percent of the budget -- which in real terms is the cost of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and interest expenditures combined.
Here are some of the more glaring American dumbassery from the link:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...mericans-have-about-themselves/239810/#slide1
The United Kingdom is one of America's closest allies. The nations have together fought multiple wars, and remain closely tied commercially, politically, and militarily. Yet a 2006 National Geographic survey of young adults found that only one in three could find the United Kingdom on a map.
Foreign aid is often controversial, particularly during economic downturns. Yet its unpopularity may be out of scale with its cost. According to a 2010 questionnaire, on average, Americans believe that a full 25 percent of the budget is spent on foreign aid, with most responding that 10 percent would be a more appropriate appropriation. In fact, the actual figure stands somewhat below 1 percent.
An old cliche asserts that everything good comes in threes. When it comes to the Three Stooges, the statement certainly holds true; 78 percent of Americans can name Larry, Moe and Curley. Yet only 42 percent can identify the three branches of government as the legislative, executive, and judiciary.
According to polls, 76 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians. Yet significantly fewer can identify central facts about the faith. According to the Pew Forum's Religious Survey, only 45 percent know who the Gospels are attributed to: Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Earlier this year, Republicans called for defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which in turn funds NPR and PBS. There has meanwhile been a common understanding that CPB funding constitutes significant percentage of the budget . Only 27 percent of respondents recognized that federal spending on public broadcasting represents well under 1 percent of the federal budget (the actual cost is about 1/100th of 1 percent), while 7 percent of respondents thought the costs were over 50 percent of the budget -- which in real terms is the cost of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and interest expenditures combined.
