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18. Many Americans dumb as a bag of hammers
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  -WSJ: Many Americans Still Believe Hussein Had Links to al Qaeda sabra  Dec-29-05 09:33 AM   #0 
  - *SMACK*  LeftNYC   Dec-29-05 09:34 AM   #1 
  - there is a "positive" aspect to the poll - all numbers are down...  sabra   Dec-29-05 09:35 AM   #2 
  - I am glad that the numbers are down...  LeftNYC   Dec-29-05 09:36 AM   #5 
     - I am too! Talking to these people would be like talking to a drunk  0007   Dec-29-05 10:10 AM   #16 
     - I don't think talking with them would do any good.  NCevilDUer   Dec-29-05 11:08 AM   #22 
        - My poll results were 100% mildly to moderately  LibertyorDeath   Dec-29-05 07:33 PM   #49 
        - Flat-Earthers, religious nutjobs and morans  arewenotdemo   Dec-29-05 08:17 PM   #50 
  - they're the same people who keep the psychic friend hotline in business  MaineYooper   Dec-29-05 09:35 AM   #3 
  - or write for The New York Post...nt  LeftNYC   Dec-29-05 09:36 AM   #4 
  - the some people you can fool all of the time  orangepeel68   Dec-29-05 09:42 AM   #10 
  - They aren't "people"  Straight Shooter   Dec-29-05 09:53 AM   #13 
     - These lords and masters  saigon68   Dec-29-05 10:42 AM   #19 
  - This is the real enemy -- massively misinformed groups of people.  The Stranger   Dec-29-05 09:37 AM   #6 
  - You are absolutely correct.  nookiemonster   Dec-29-05 06:14 PM   #45 
  - Bush's base: people not in touch with reality. nt  skipos   Dec-29-05 09:39 AM   #7 
  - About 22% of U.S. adults are fucking clueless  cdb   Dec-29-05 09:40 AM   #8 
  - whats in their kool-aid? nt  LeftNYC   Dec-29-05 09:42 AM   #9 
  - Hooray for Fox News!  EstimatedProphet   Dec-29-05 09:44 AM   #11 
  - is the FAUX Snews viewership on the decline?  UpInArms   Dec-29-05 09:46 AM   #12 
  - yeah -- i don't believe it.  xchrom   Dec-29-05 10:02 AM   #14 
  - Whatever way you...  Chomp   Dec-29-05 10:02 AM   #15 
  - Small wonder. I used to think the majority of Americans is dumb,  neweurope   Dec-29-05 10:19 AM   #17 
  - Many Americans dumb as a bag of hammers  bif   Dec-29-05 10:36 AM   #18 
  - I think these people know the truth, but refuse to accept it  wookie294   Dec-29-05 10:50 AM   #20 
  - Correlation?  SOS   Dec-29-05 10:57 AM   #21 
  - It's not just the functionally illiterate  artv28   Dec-29-05 12:55 PM   #24 
     - You are describing my family!  beltanefauve   Dec-29-05 01:46 PM   #25 
  - Well i don't know if this is a silver lining; but apparently 22%  madmark   Dec-29-05 11:27 AM   #23 
  - ROTFLMAO!!!  LynnTheDem   Dec-29-05 08:46 PM   #52 
  - funny how its the same percentage  HuffleClaw   Dec-29-05 01:49 PM   #26 
  - The same survey also reveals that...  BlueInPhilly   Dec-29-05 01:55 PM   #27 
  - Kick  OKNancy   Dec-29-05 02:42 PM   #28 
  - Those are probably the same people who can't tell you the name  VaYallaDawg   Dec-29-05 02:44 PM   #29 
  - Many Americans Still Believe Hussein Had Links to al Qaeda  RedEarth   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #30 
  - People are morons.  onehandle   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #31 
  - I don't understand them either...  sakabatou   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #43 
  - I know. I hear them on cspan WJ all the time!  napi21   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #32 
  - Many Americans are either supid or don't read or listen to the news  CottonBear   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #33 
  - like he kept us safe BEFORE 9/11  arcane1   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #35 
  - Man  craychek   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #34 
  - Gee, what an odd coincidence  symbolman   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #36 
  - Coincidentally  SomewhereOutThere424   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #37 
  - Saddam = Arab  Orangeone   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #38 
  - So true.  arewenotdemo   Dec-29-05 08:31 PM   #51 
  - People still trust what comes across their tv, as news.  Gregorian   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #39 
  - Many Americans also use paint thinner as a chaser.  Starbucks Anarchist   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #40 
  - ROTFLMAO!!!  LynnTheDem   Dec-29-05 08:48 PM   #53 
  - A proportion of any population is stupid (usually not too many, though)  daleo   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #41 
  - Those ignorant people should lose their right to vote  bluestateguy   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #42 
     - I agree too - criminally stupid, willfully ignorant. but no way to enforce  anotherdrew   Dec-29-05 05:32 PM   #44 
        - Precisely  FiveGoodMen   Dec-29-05 06:20 PM   #46 
  - I think this was at the heart of my conversation with my Repub friend  The Backlash Cometh   Dec-29-05 06:25 PM   #47 
  - Seriously, I had a "Security Mom" as a patient the other day  ihelpu2see   Dec-29-05 06:27 PM   #48 
  - Dumb shit nation ...sigh ...  NVMojo   Dec-29-05 09:30 PM   #54 
 

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