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Old 09-06-2007, 10:58 AM
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50% of Americans can't find the US on a world map

The judge asks the contestant from South Carolina why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

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Old 09-06-2007, 11:56 AM
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we found this place by accident when we first landed so what the heck...
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Old 09-06-2007, 11:59 AM
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Some people just couldn't find their ass with both hands. It is pathetic how poor many people's knowledge of geography is. They do still teach it in school. It must not "stick" though.

I've always enjoyed looking at maps and knowing where things were.
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Old 09-06-2007, 12:00 PM
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Yeah, Mistress is right. C Columbus thought he was in the Far East. I guess we're just following in his footsteps then, aren't we?
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Old 09-06-2007, 12:03 PM
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NO matter how many times I watch that... I can't help but do so.

She's got to be retarded... but in a very dirty way.
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Old 09-06-2007, 12:19 PM
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Is four reposts in three days a record, or should we start yet another thread about this?
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:22 PM
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I thought this sounded familiar . . .

I thought this sounded familiar . . .

I thought this sounded familiar . . .

I thought this sounded familiar . . .

I thought this sounded familiar . . .
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:40 PM
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I wonder how many people on the planet can't find the US on a world map! My hunch. 80% or more.

BTW, what was the source of the data on that 50% anyway? I missed it. Who did the count? How legit was the sampling?
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:43 PM
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Guilty of ONE of the reposts... but I have to say, come on... if she doesn't remind you how much opportunity there is in this nation, I don't know what does!
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:52 PM
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Stammering on stage is related to reposting a thread.

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Old 09-06-2007, 01:55 PM
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Well ... put it this way. That figure is about the same as the number of Americans who don't believe in evolution.

Serious disengagement.
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:59 PM
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Guilty of ONE of the reposts... but I have to say, come on... if she doesn't remind you how much opportunity there is in this nation, I don't know what does!
Reading about her scholastic background and family history, I don't think the girl is an example of a 'mark.'

Having spoken on TV a few times and bumbled it once (I was drunk, my candidate lost), I think this is nothing more than an embarrasing space out--not a commentary on anything else in a broader sense.

I do think it was funny though, and if I weren't married would like to bang her like a screen door during a hurricane (forgot who to credit that one to).
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:59 PM
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W w w w w what?
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Old 09-06-2007, 02:02 PM
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With MapQuest available, I find this hard to beleive.
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Old 09-06-2007, 02:03 PM
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Where is that?

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