Dumb and dummer trying to win Darwin award.

[Kermit]

When I lived in SC if I had been thrown out of a bar it would have been for being underage. Live in N Augusta in 1950, Greenville 51-53. I think I was four when we left for Louisiana.

And I wouldn't have been born, yet.

 

[Skipper]

Do not remember all the articles I've read in the past but will google a few for you. I am a very skeptical person by nature, an engineer by training and am not easily convinced by any old post on the internet. I generally consider my sources pretty carefully. Won't say I can't be fooled or have never been fooled but I sure didn't fall off the watermelon truck yesterday.

Here's a few relevant links that in my opinion have a pretty reputable background. How's the National Geographic? Don't think they come to the table with any kind of agenda.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ns-do-slightly-better/?utm_term=.d41b8f3de699

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/40-percent-americans-vp-candidates/storyid=42497013

And just to hear from the other side of the fence.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/11/11/many-americans-cant-name-vice-president.html

Fox - Pajamas TV? LOL. Definitely edited for effect.
ABC link page not available. (?)
Not going to click Washington Post; notorious liberal rag.

National Geographic was interesting. However, it's 15 years old. Also, one statement, in my opinion, rendered the study unusable as research to label Americans as illiterates: "Young adults worldwide are not markedly more literate about geography than the Americans."
This tells me that there is no anomaly, and that some headlines (not NG) are used to trick people into assuming that Americans are stupid. Sort of like assuming that Canadians speak French. :-D
Still, I wholeheartedly agree that U.S. education could be better in many cases, including geography.
Anyway, we're way off course here from the original topic. Or are we?

 

[justsomeguy]

Anyway, we're way off course here from the original topic. Or are we?

Streams do meander.

 

[Phil Herring]

Gents, if you find yourself using words like immigration, liberal, fake news, etc., you are on thin ice. I missed this early on but I am going to close the thread and remind everyone that this forum is NOT a place for political discussion. Repeat offenses will be... well, don't do it. Thanks!