After more than three years of combat and nearly 2,400 U.S. military deaths in Iraq, nearly two-thirds of Americans aged 18 to 24 still cannot find Iraq on a map, a study released Tuesday showed.
Wow. But you might say, yeah that's international geography and it's well known that Americans don't give a shit about foreign countries and only know anything about England because of Lady Di. Most people don't realize that Canada is actually divided up into 13 chunks that the Canadians quaintly call "provinces" and "territories."
Not so fast. The same study reveals the following:
The study found that less than six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, 33 percent could not point out Louisiana on a U.S. map.
Holy shit. We're not even talking about finding New Orleans; we're talking about Louisiana. The state that looks like a friggin boot. I might be able to forgive not being able to locate Kansas, Colorado, or Wyoming because they're just big boxes, but Louisiana is about as distinctive as you can get.
How do empires fall? When the people become fat, lazy, and feel entitled.
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"How do empires fall? When the people become fat, lazy, and feel entitled."
I want my $100 gas rebate from Bill Frist, now!
You can take the quiz yourself at the Nat Geo website here (2nd feature).
I met someone who asked me if Maryland was on the west coast. So like nobody knows geography.
Wow. Maryland on the west coast. You can't really get any more wrong than that.
I once couldnt find an umbrella that I was holding in my own right hand.
We have passed the point of no return into our own demise but these things happen slowly enough that we just dont know it yet. Sad. Maybe I am wrong.
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