well this is encouraging.
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Topic: well this is encouraging.
Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Subject: well this is encouraging.
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 2:17pm
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081120/tod-us-officials-flunk-test-of-amerian-h-f62056d.html - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081120/tod-us-officials-flunk- test-of-amerian-h-f62056d.html
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US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percentReplies:
Posted By: Destruction
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 2:31pm
I don't know much about that myself. But seriously, that is very sad. ------------- u dont know what to do ur getting mottor boatted Men are from Magmar, women are from Venusaur. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 2:36pm
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Wow, that's the headline. Editor fail ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 2:50pm
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Who took the test?
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Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 3:05pm
Maybe that's how those tossers spell America? Kinda like how they spell color wrong ;)
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Posted By: Bounty
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 4:09pm
| http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx - Heres the test, not sure what I scored because my internet died on me after I hit submit but it wasn't that hard. |
Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 4:21pm
| i got an 81% |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 4:41pm
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90% ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 4:44pm
The hell? Half these questions have little to nothing to do with US history, and some can be a blanket for any 1st world countries civics... ------------- 
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Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 4:46pm
| i was kinda wondering that myself. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 4:54pm
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Too long, I gave up.
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Posted By: Destruction
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 5:29pm
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81% ------------- u dont know what to do ur getting mottor boatted Men are from Magmar, women are from Venusaur. |
Posted By: hoginds24
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 5:47pm
| 85 |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 5:55pm
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90% ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 6:01pm
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88%. Given the questions, the scores reported in that article are pathetic.
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Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 6:15pm
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What an odd collection of questions - some of which were quite subjective (or at least relative) indeed. And I can see how most Americans would miss a lot of them - much of this is stuff that is covered in PolySci classes and law school, and not many other places. Can't blame a chemical engineer for not know a bunch of these. Now lawmakers, that's another thing entirely. 29/33 for me. ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 6:18pm
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60.61%
Of course, I am not American and have never heard of half the things on there. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 6:33pm
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dont feel bad carl, you still scored better then the average american....
i can understand how people wouldnt know some of them, but less then half is pretty pathetic... |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 6:42pm
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30 out of 33. I don't understand some of the low scores, I ain't 'xactly known for blindin' 'em with teh brilluntz ;) ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 6:47pm
Woo hoo . . . I scored the same as Bruce. I'ze da smartz bomb! (It works out to an 87.8787 . . . but I rounded up.)
. . . but we're still not inviting you to join our side.  -------------
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Posted By: Enmity
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 7:05pm
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I barely knew any, didn't bother submitting, although given I am still in high
school. Even so, american officials should have the ability to score AT LEAST a 90%. ------------- 
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Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 7:30pm
"Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) who, on a visit to JPL, asked if Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong! Quipped Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) to the Washington Times: "We just don’t teach enough science." Worse, Jackson Lee, who represents Houston, is a member of the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee. Perhaps some committee reassignments are in order…" ^ Dream on Linus. You should take it and then weep. You're probably more qualified to be a senator or congressman than you think. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 9:00pm
Wait . . I outscored BB on a civics/history/economics test?   ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 9:41pm
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You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 % ------------- 
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: clownshooter
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 9:57pm
| 27 out of 33 - 81.82%, humbug...but what do I expect, I have a college edumacation. |
Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 10:54pm
50% from this Canadian  wonder what would happen if we had a Canadian equivalant test with our pollotitions. ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 12:16am
I would assume it would yeild much higher results. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 6:57am
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30/33 for this Canadian. 90.91%
I missed #s 4, 7, and 8. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 10:27am
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90.9% ------------- 
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 11:02am
| 57.58% Not too bad I suppose. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 11:03am
Was that meant as some type of insult? -------------
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 12:58pm
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100% ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 2:29pm
No. I was trying to imply that you would weep when you realized that the people running your future into the ground were not much brighter than your average sanitation engineer. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |