A piss-poor poll.  I've never been a fan of things like this anyway, designed to make the population look dumber than it reallly is.  And I already thing it's pretty bad. 

The ones that irk me the most are things like "70% of the population can't do 8th grade math".   To be fair, I haven't had to do 8th grade math since 8th grade and certainly don't remember most of what I learned back then.  Same with chemistry, history, geography, etc.  Everyone has their own area of interest.  I wouldn't expect an expert in math to remember much from his 8th grade history class. 

As for the constitution, I know the basics, but am not a scholar in that area by any means.  And then putting the words into actual practice would be impossible for me.  If I'm stopped at a DUI checkpoint the cop could pretty much tell me anything and I'm not skilled enough to know if he's lying. 

I'm smart enough to know that 1A only refers to the gov't interfering with my free speech.  And I disagree with the way so many amendments are twisted.  How stop and frisk is legal boggles the mind. 

Don't get me wrong.  I'm still standing by my assertion that the average citizen is a blooming idiot.  But I don't think this poll helps prove my point.

At least your post confirms your assertion.

There would be a lot less jobs "no american would want to do" if we quit paying so many people to sit home on their ass. I have cleaned toilets and mowed lawns to feed my family in the past. (heck, I cleaned the nasty shop toilet the other day, just to show the guys I'm not above it and maybe motivate them to not feel the same)  Funny how hunger will motivate people to work. We do not need to import labor to do the dirty work in the US we need to motivate the non producers already here.

Hey, I appreciate that, Number7.

I like to think my reputation here, such that it is, at least proves I can hold my own without needing to shut down a thread.

While I may not agree with you on a number of things I appreciate you coming here to present an alternative point of view in the manner that you do.  I'd be very surprised to find that you had intentionally shut down a thread.

Now that's "Gun Control" I can get behind!

Interesting that the same people who don't want to keep score at little league baseball (can't have winners/losers in a game) are themselves poor losers.

I think they knew just what they were doing, make it economically unsupportable while at the same ramping up the idea that health insurance is a right so when it collapsed Hillary could move forward with single payer and save us all.

I wonder how far this line of thinking would go if we substitute "right to vote" for right to "bear arms"?

Welcome back Steingar, this place has been less interesting without you.