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http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34 ... and_policy

Nuff' Said American's can find the middle east....idiots
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Mike_6002 wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34 ... and_policy

Nuff' Said American's can find the middle east....idiots
Yeah, well how does Canada or England stand up? America is not alone in beimg a nation of ignorant idiots.
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Stormbringer wrote:
Mike_6002 wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34 ... and_policy

Nuff' Said American's can find the middle east....idiots
Yeah, well how does Canada or England stand up? America is not alone in beimg a nation of ignorant idiots.
our geogrpahy skills are gnerally better

Our math and science at a high school in our province horrible only 54% get passing marks in it
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And this is somehow any more ignorant than going America=Dumb?

Yes no is going to deny that people in general are not stupid...but please stop this blantant generalization just to make one feel somehow superior.
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Mike_6002 wrote:
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Mike_6002 wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34 ... and_policy

Nuff' Said American's can find the middle east....idiots
Yeah, well how does Canada or England stand up? America is not alone in beimg a nation of ignorant idiots.
our geogrpahy skills are gnerally better

Our math and science at a high school in our province horrible only 54% get passing marks in it
better how and how much? Because there isn't that much a point or so in most of the serious studies I've seen.
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This runs into the same problem as America's lack of overseas travel. It&#8217;s a fucking bigger country. Traveling from one side of America to another is similar in distance to traversing much of western and Eastern Europe.

I can name every country in Europe, Asia, North and South American along with much of Africa. How many Europeans can name every American state, many of which are comparable in size and population to European states?
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Stormbringer wrote:
Mike_6002 wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: Yeah, well how does Canada or England stand up? America is not alone in beimg a nation of ignorant idiots.
our geogrpahy skills are gnerally better

Our math and science at a high school in our province horrible only 54% get passing marks in it
better how and how much? Because there isn't that much a point or so in most of the serious studies I've seen.
At least we can find the Middle East and know that England is in Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!! <Arghhh..we are going into one our flame wars again Strombringer but on a public level this time>
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Mike_6002 wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:
Mike_6002 wrote: our geogrpahy skills are gnerally better

Our math and science at a high school in our province horrible only 54% get passing marks in it
better how and how much? Because there isn't that much a point or so in most of the serious studies I've seen.
At least we can find the Middle East and know that England is in Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!! <Arghhh..we are going into one our flame wars again Strombringer but on a public level this time>
Britland is the Middle East from an American prospective. Thecentral Arab world is only the Middle East from a European prospective. Backwards savages.
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Mike_6002 wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:
Mike_6002 wrote: our geogrpahy skills are gnerally better

Our math and science at a high school in our province horrible only 54% get passing marks in it
better how and how much? Because there isn't that much a point or so in most of the serious studies I've seen.
At least we can find the Middle East and know that England is in Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!! <Arghhh..we are going into one our flame wars again Strombringer but on a public level this time>
If you want to claim superiority it behooves you to offer proof. I'm not doubting that there is a very ignorant percentage of America but not ever American is a slack jawed idiot.
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Stormbringer wrote:
Mike_6002 wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: better how and how much? Because there isn't that much a point or so in most of the serious studies I've seen.
At least we can find the Middle East and know that England is in Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!! <Arghhh..we are going into one our flame wars again Strombringer but on a public level this time>
If you want to claim superiority it behooves you to offer proof. I'm not doubting that there is a very ignorant percentage of America but not ever American is a slack jawed idiot.
Alright that's true but they are hard to find, but it's a funny article, consession accepted?
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When the "quotes within quotes" bullshit gets that long, you need to fucking edit it.

I mean, Jesus Haploid Christ, use your God damn brain. :roll:
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:When the "quotes within quotes" bullshit gets that long, you need to fucking edit it.

Jesus Christ, is this retarded.
I will next time, your right, just read the damn article and form your own opinion nuff' said
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I really like this
He said nine out of 10 young Americans could recognise the United States on a world map, "which is reassuring, but it does make you wonder about the other 10 percent."
Quite sad.
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Sea Skimmer wrote:This runs into the same problem as America's lack of overseas travel. It&#8217;s a fucking bigger country. Traveling from one side of America to another is similar in distance to traversing much of western and Eastern Europe.

I can name every country in Europe, Asia, North and South American along with much of Africa. How many Europeans can name every American state, many of which are comparable in size and population to European states?
I can't name the states in US of A but this is really sad.
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Mike_6002 wrote:Alright that's true but they are hard to find, but it's a funny article, consession accepted?
They're not hard to find, just go to any intercity of the deep south.

It's something, more like frightening. But it's not really a suprise, on the whole Western civilization is going to hell in a hand basket. It's getting dumber so it's no suprise.
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Stormbringer wrote:
Mike_6002 wrote:Alright that's true but they are hard to find, but it's a funny article, consession accepted?
They're not hard to find, just go to any intercity of the deep south.

It's something, more like frightening. But it's not really a suprise, on the whole Western civilization is going to hell in a hand basket. It's getting dumber so it's no suprise.
That is a sad fact, I blame video games warps the kids minds
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Mike_6002 wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:
Mike_6002 wrote:Alright that's true but they are hard to find, but it's a funny article, consession accepted?
They're not hard to find, just go to any intercity of the deep south.

It's something, more like frightening. But it's not really a suprise, on the whole Western civilization is going to hell in a hand basket. It's getting dumber so it's no suprise.
That is a sad fact, I blame video games warps the kids minds
I blame the whole of western civilization. They whole system is designed to reward low attention spans.

To blame anyone thing like that is a cop out It's ignores a wide range of other social problems.
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I blame the whole of western civilization. They whole system is designed to reward low attention spans.

To blame anyone thing like that is a cop out It's ignores a wide range of other social problems.
Yup Western Civilzation has is dying a slow painful death, Conssession Accepted?
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Well at least I can find the middle east.
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Mike_6002 wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34 ... and_policy

Nuff' Said American's can find the middle east....idiots
::starts counting the number of grammatical errors in Mike's posts::

Wow, quite a few..Americans aren't the only stupid ones (and not all of us are stupid), you moron. You can't even type out your native language correctly!
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Kosh_The_Vorlon wrote:
Mike_6002 wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34 ... and_policy

Nuff' Said American's can find the middle east....idiots
::starts counting the number of grammatical errors in Mike's posts::

Wow, quite a few..Americans aren't the only stupid ones (and not all of us are stupid), you moron. You can't even type out your native language correctly!
Well excuse me.........Dumbass
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World wide only 30% of people 18-24, the age group being polled, could locate the pacific ocean. That covers how much of the world surface again? Sweden did the best BTW, with most western countries doing little better then the US, some worse.
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