Two-thirds of US adults admit to being in the dark about political issues outside the United States, and only a third are well-versed in US politics, the results of a poll published Tuesday showed.Now just a damned minute, no wonder people are confused when they have to read stupid paragraphs like that. Maybe something was lost in translation.
Now, to get back to my point. I think that 1/3 or 2/3 number is way too optimistic. I don't think any more than 10 percent of Americans have a clue or even know where to find one. To think that 1/3 of Americans have any interest in foreign affairs is a staggering number. One source showed a population of 302,000,000 in this country and to think that 100,000,000 could actually find Canada on the map is pushing it. I was going to say Mexico, but I think a very decent portion could probably locate Mexico or remember walking across it.
"Well over half (57 percent) say they do not like learning about political issues in other countries," and 32 percent expressed a lack of interest for homespun politics, the Harris Poll group said.These numbers still seem to be a little screwy in the report, but most people don't really give a big damn about anything outside of the NFL training camp injury report. Truth be told, I'm a little jealous of these people. I am interested and it just depresses the hell out of me. I think the numbers do add up though and it bothers me that these people go years without studying the issues and then every four years they feel that they have to vote for president. Why don't they just stay at home and leave it to people who really care? You see how this makes me react? Pretty damned sad and I think that to keep my sanity I must become one of them. I would probably be happier if I just watched football, stopped reading and threw this damned computer in the trash.
Jim Martin
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