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Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.
The following questions were taken from the 2008 Civic Literacy exam.
Take the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) Civics Quiz
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Way to take your money out of corporate America’s mouth!
“Following speeches by Conway and Wisconsin Professional Firefighters Association Mahlon Mitchell, the firefighters marched to the M&I Bank across the street and picketed the bank and withdrew $192,000.”
http://www.dane101.com/current/2011/03/10/firefighters_target_mi_bank_for_executive_support_of_walker
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I guess Dems just need to talk stupid better.
“In a new Kaiser Health poll, just 52% of Americans knew that the health care reform bill signed into law by President Obama is still in place. Meanwhile, one fifth — 22% — of all Americans believe that the law has been overturned, while another 26% aren’t sure what’s up with the law.”
The biggest thing this shows is Obama did not lie during the HCR debate. Most Americans coverage is not going to be affected and the lie is the bill is a government takeover. I know the major parts of the bill to cover the uninsured have not kicked in yet. But that part of the law will not effect most people either save for premiums being subsidized and better coverage.
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Oh, this doesn’t help…
Arizona shooting victim arrested after threat
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_congressman_shot_victim_arrested
Phonyton Post now using the term “Obamacare” in its headlines:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/15/health-care-reform-repeal_2_n_809510.html
The term Obamacare is charged with negative connotations. Do ya think HP is just too damn stupid to realize that or is their agenda becoming more transparent?
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Did they call it “The Jobs-Killing Obamacare” ? Word must have come down from one of the hedge funds to sing a different song.
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Just about:
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Health Care Reform Repeal Debate: Will Obamacare Really Kill Jobs?
Civics Quiz
I haven’t taken it yet, but I suspect that every one here will do better than 49%.
H/T The Monkey Cage
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But there’s another reason for a sad face, too.
Our elected officials. Turns out they know less than the average Joe who votes for ‘em…
This is about as off topic as you can get, but my grandma is watching a sermon of her pastor on her computer loud enough so I can hear it from the next room (her hearing, not passive aggressive), and let’s just say he thinks there’s no debate about the infallibility of the Bible and exhorts his church to show love to those that don’t know His love. And yet, he says it as a battle cry, in a tone that sounds like a threat.
Seriously, it’s jarring and quite frankly scares the shit out of me.
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How many “prayer cloths (each@19.95)” has she tried to give you, Khirad?
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Oh my goodness. Keep an eye on her pocketbook(that is prob what she calls it LOL) so she does not send any money to the shyster.
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Wow, what an impressive panel of foreign policy experts in the video. They have really thought this out thoroughly.
Fearing High Gas Prices, Sean Hannity Proposes Re-Invading Iraq and Kuwait To ‘Take All Their Oil’
H/T ThinkProgress
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OMG Bito that is funny. My suggestion to them is to look closer to home for who is spinning the prices of commodities over the top, Goldman Sachs and about 15 other enities who were given a special exemption from the CFTC to speculate in commodities. If there is a shortage, why are there no gas lines? Exactly who in the Arab world has raised their prices?
If they were actually journalists, instead of playing a role on the newest Hollywood set, they would have researched the situation and learned how it is really happening. GS and friends are placing bets on the prices of commodities to go up. That is what is happening. They give cover to the people/corp supplying the commodities to raise prices and the companies who do so pay them back a percentage for how long those prices went up.
Read: Griftopia by Matt Taibbi. He covers this in that book. It is another gambling table for them to work. Bush administration(first) started handing these out. When a congressional aide heard it mentioned in 08 in a meeting he asked for copies of the letters of exemption and the CFTC realizing they had blown it, blew it further by saying they had to ask for permission from Goldman Sachs. CFTC heads including Brooksley Born did not know the letters existed.
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Very good synopsis of the situation, Sue. What worries me is how many Fox robots and neo-cons are yelling “Hell, Yeah, we fought for that oil, we liberated them, let’s go take it, besides they’re Islamists anyway.
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Instead of going to war on oil and fighting against ANY financial reform and regulation, they should be storming Wall Street speculators.
Railing against Big Gubmunt and burrowcrats is so much easier than trying to understand the basics of the financial world.
It would take more than 140 character tweet from Simple S’arah, so it must be hard. If she can’t understand it, who can?
Gotta love it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8258540/Fox-shoots-hunter-in-Belarus.html
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Lukashenko better keep a watch out for foxes (besides his nurses, that is).
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Khirad,
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This is a nice read, you can feel the emotion in their description of being with Gabby when she opened her eyes.
Press Gaggle by Senator Gillibrand and Representative Wasserman Schultz Aboard Air Force One en route Andrews Air Force Base
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Weekly Address: “Before We are Democrats or Republicans, We are Americans”
Univ. Confirms It Was Responsible For Tucson Memorial T-Shirts Criticized By Conservatives
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/au-confirms-it-was-in-charge-of-making-those-t-shirts.php
First of all, they’re unpatriotic. Second of all, they’re dumbfucks.
Where oh where might they have found a stock of navy blue shirts on such short notice?
Long time Portland resident shot in Tucson also witnessed Kent State.
Just bizarre.
http://www.kgw.com/news/Man-with-Portland-ties-shot-recovering-in-Tucson-113725459.html
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Patsy,k’es, you may like this.
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/yalsa-names-2011-quick-picks-reluctant-young-adult-readers
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So, has anyone seen this from MediaMatters? WOW!
Boomer, that was just perfect. Thanks.
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Gosh Boomer, I think he used alot of words she will never understand. Existential etc. Good piece from Media Matters though. Thanks
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You betcha’!
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