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[...] Zonday, Kelly the shoe girl, Chris “Leave Britney Alone” Crocker, Kevin Federline, Miss Teen South Carolina, and loads more YouTube celebrities join Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell, Patrick Wilson, and Scott [...]

By: nobody

nobody — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:57:22 +0000

Personally i think it’s just unbelieveble. I live in Europe - in a way smaller country than US(which make even harder to find it for you on map). Despite that, absolutely noone here have problem with find motherland on map. What is that mean? Your society that give a shit about it’s education. You have pretty good educational system, great univesities. The knowledge is out there waiting, but you’re not so interested to gain it. Here, when someone can’t locate own coutry - it’s not called the lack of time, it’s called stupidy and laziness.

By: Sam S

Sam S — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:34:43 +0000

Luke, admittedly, it was hard not to laugh. But I could see how one could freeze up at such moments. Beauty pageants are truly strange things.

By: Carmi

Carmi — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:54:51 +0000

I was glad that she didn’t use the opportunity to spout something about world peace or childhood poverty.

Seriously, I’ve been under the bright lights with the camera’s unblinking red eye staring me down, and it IS disconcerting. Sometimes, your brain just freezes and you can’t say anything, despite the fact that you KNOW the answer and your inner voice is screaming to get things rolling again.

I feel for her.

As for the map thing, they can’t find the U.S. on the map for the same reason they have no clue about Canada: they never take the time.

Too busy playing their PS2s, I guess.

Dropped in from Michele’s today. Great to e-see you again. I hope you have a wonderful long weekend!

By: BreadBox

BreadBox — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:17:18 +0000

I have to admit that I felt really bad for her — I don’t like these pageants, but can safely ignore them 99% of the time: but she’s been all over the news this week.
I think that there are a ton of reasons why Americans are unable to locate the US on a map (and by “Americans” I mean US citizens: I am sure most Canadians could locate it, and they live in America too!) first and foremost, I place the blame on a culture of mediocrity, an idealization of the illiterate, an election of the uneducated: the fact that we can appoint, as leader of the free world, someone as incoherent as the current holder of the office, sends a powerful message to the country about whether you need to study: of course you don’t, you just need your daddy to have been president, and your granddaddy to have been senator!

Oops. Didn’t mean to rant. Sorry!
N.

By: Radioactive Jam

Radioactive Jam — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:16:12 +0000

Needs more pink.

By: Michele

Michele — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:16:53 +0000

As you know we wrote very similar posts. Yes, just a coincidence. However, it does prove that great minds think alike, correct? This is where you nod your head in agreement. Please say you are doing that.

Of course, you already know my answer to this question.

By: Finn

Finn — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:49:47 +0000

This all comes back to the same thing: We don’t value knowledge enough in this country anymore. We elected a “C” student president rather than one the smart guys because the majority of Americans resent people that are smarter than they are.

The founding fathers may have had it right when they set up the Electoral College. They didn’t feel like the American public was intelligent enough to elect a proper president.

We need to encourage learning and knowledge. And stop teaching kids to standardized tests that only measure reading and writing. They are, of course, very important, but there’s so much more to education than that.