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17. US elected a washed up B-movie actor whose claim to fame was co-starring with a chimpanzee twice

Reply to BlueCaliDem (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 03:06 PM

Jun 2012

And the chimpanzee was the smarter one of the two.

And he won by a landslide both times.

Think about that for a minute.

We would have been better off with the chimpanzee as president for 8 years.

Don

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which country is the dumbest? [View all] tk2kewl Jun 2012 OP

Uhhhhmerica datasuspect Jun 2012 #1

Duh Capt. Obvious Jun 2012 #2

Texas & Florida close 2nd. orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #5

From all Texans..... Spoonman Jun 2012 #15

Collectively it would be us ,see what I mean? orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #36

I will keep that in mind rufus dog Jun 2012 #37

yeah, being outnumbered 8 to 1... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #38

Not very educated on Texas history or Texas beer Spoonman Jun 2012 #42

Ann Richards ,Tommy lee Jones ,Ross Perot orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #40

Yes, Florida's educational system sucks steve2470 Jun 2012 #32

If you gauge , resources vs well-being ? orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #3

LOL Xyzse Jun 2012 #4

Come on, everybody knows it's Amercia! sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #6

I'm ashamed to say . . . BlueCaliDem Jun 2012 #7

Remember this? corkhead Jun 2012 #11

Dang, I do. :-( I thought my world had ended when I saw that BlueCaliDem Jun 2012 #12

Yep Life Long Dem Jun 2012 #20

US elected a washed up B-movie actor whose claim to fame was co-starring with a chimpanzee twice NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #17

We GOT the chimp, later, remember??? dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #34

Frightening statistic of the day: 60% of Americans can't name *A* SCOTUS justice. Initech Jun 2012 #19

In so many words, yup, I think you nailed it. harun Jun 2012 #23

That is funny amuse bouche Jun 2012 #8

USA, USA!! Number one hifiguy Jun 2012 #9

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Cali_Democrat Jun 2012 #10

American exceptionalism The Wizard Jun 2012 #13

I dunno...Sarah Palin said AFRICA might be the dumbest country. But.. TrollBuster9090 Jun 2012 #14

If the replies to this thread are any indication B2G Jun 2012 #16

+1 NCTraveler Jun 2012 #33

We're number one! We're number one! mlevans Jun 2012 #18

Dumb people live all over the world. The rest of the world is no smarter. Quantess Jun 2012 #21

One time I saw Charlie Rose interviewing Richard Dawkins... TrollBuster9090 Jun 2012 #26

People who take pride in their ignorance annoy me more than LuvNewcastle Jun 2012 #39

Yes, especially given how hard our ancestors had to fight to get universal public education. TrollBuster9090 Jun 2012 #44

ONLY!11??! tk2kewl Jun 2012 #29

AMERCIA ROCKS! NT Plucketeer Jun 2012 #22

I love Murka, ah don't care about any place else. secondwind Jun 2012 #24

Here is a link to a chart ranking the 2009 PISA scores by country RZM Jun 2012 #25

thanks for the link tk2kewl Jun 2012 #28

Uzbeki-beki-bekistan? KamaAina Jun 2012 #27

When you have half the population that vote against thier own best interests libtodeath Jun 2012 #30

I once had a 50 year old American woman stand in front of my world map Mira Jun 2012 #31

lol. home of duh free. Whisp Jun 2012 #35

minority education scores skew the US results raps Jun 2012 #41

Here is a good starting point. deaniac21 Jun 2012 #43