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In reply to the discussion: 2/3 of Americans can't name the three branches of government. 1/3 can't name one. [View all]MANative
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2/3 of Americans can't name the three branches of government. 1/3 can't name one. [View all]
cali
Sep 2014
OP
There's a good argument that our current form of government no longer works.
ChairmanAgnostic
Sep 2014
#82
Every History teacher teaches this...and then students leave and become part of a work force that...
Tikki
Sep 2014
#81
No because I used it daily....and no one was telling me over and over again that 1 + 1=3
Tikki
Sep 2014
#88
The funny bits are the wacked out conspiracy theories that came out of one lone nut...
MohRokTah
Sep 2014
#43
Like how the CIA's man on the Warren Commission failed to mention CIA-Mafia assassination program?
Octafish
Sep 2014
#47
I don't buy into CT nonsense. This thread is derailed enough with the BS. eom
MohRokTah
Sep 2014
#49
As is expecting character from those who rationalizing a lack of tipping...
LanternWaste
Sep 2014
#96
No, I'm afraid that the internet will slow down for all the links attached.
Dreamer Tatum
Sep 2014
#91
+1 ...American Idol, Idiot, Star, Dancing, Food, latest Hollywood poop cam ...more important.
L0oniX
Sep 2014
#17
Yes I agree, seems like some think Obama can do anything he wants, don't think he is limited
Thinkingabout
Sep 2014
#57
Stupidity can and often does exist in very small yet very dense concentrations.
hifiguy
Sep 2014
#34
This will only get worse as those of us who actually had a Civics course in high school start...
MohRokTah
Sep 2014
#26
Well schools are concerned with tee shorts and other so called important things
yeoman6987
Sep 2014
#51
Back in high school, when dinosaurs still walked Earth's cooling crust ...
ColesCountyDem
Sep 2014
#68
"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2014
#76
I'm haunted by the NSA's repeated denial of the existence of "probable cause" in the 4th Amendment
RufusTFirefly
Sep 2014
#79