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    Default OH EM GEE! Guilliani is NOT the governor of NY!!!

    I work for the Political Science Department of my university.

    I was grading workbook assignments for a class of 500 students today and no less than 92 (count them, *92*) students stated that Rudolph Guilliani is the governor of New York.

    Might I add that was an assignment in which you were allowed (and instructed) TO GOOGLE THE CORRECT ANSWER.

    12 people said that the governor of New York is Hillary Clinton.

    ...Seriously? I cannot believe the complete ignorance that is rampant in the United States today. Universities are institutes of higher learning...How can over 20% of a damn large class be unable to identify the leadership positions of two of the most important leaders in our country today???

    I feel a little sick...

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    wasnt Guilliani the Mayor of new york but quit after 911?

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    Exactly--he didn't seek the office again in 2001 and Michael Bloomberg took his place.

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    Default Re: OH EM GEE! Guilliani is NOT the governor of NY!!!

    Giulliani has been out of office for a while now.

    He just become such a national celeb with the 9/11 attack. But all he did was what was EXPECTED as Mayor. Am I wrong?

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    Yeah Bloomberg is is the new man fucking up the job.

    I am not surprised. Schools teach less and just there to babysit these days. People do not read, and on the rare occasion that it happens, skim without comprehending.

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    I will admit that iwould not know the answer unless I had Googled it.

    I do read. All the time, I love to read and learn...but only if it's interesting to me. Political stuf has never been an interest of mine, therefor I am very very clueless when t comes to that stuff. I'm trying to make it an interest of mine....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaylinn View Post
    I will admit that iwould not know the answer unless I had Googled it.

    I do read. All the time, I love to read and learn...but only if it's interesting to me. Political stuf has never been an interest of mine, therefor I am very very clueless when t comes to that stuff. I'm trying to make it an interest of mine....
    I'm guilty too. At this point I feel like I have so much to catch up on politically. It's daunting.

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    Oh look Idol is on!

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    ^^That was hilarious.

    And I know that many would have had to google the answer...But I also know that you guys probably wouldn't say Guilliani is the governor of NY.

    ...Gah...

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    We can blame it on the schools sure enough..But and that's a big BUT, where are the parents in all of this?? My dad sat me down every night and taught me most of what I knew/know. He'd reinforce what ever I'd learned in school that day and move me on to other subjects.

    Now days the media has the common Jane/Joe Q. Citizen focused on what the fuck Britney's doing and less on the REAL world.

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    I knew it, but I think it's more important to know who your own governor/mayor is. That way you know who to blame.

    What is frightening is that they were unable to recognize that they didn't know it and search for the answer. A wise man knows what he does not know.

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    hmm, well i didnt know who is the current mayor, but even in Australia it is common knowledge that the gulliani dude ISNT the new york mayor.

    or at least, i *think* its common knowledge..? im a news watching nazi tho. i spend ages readin news and watch 2 lots of it on tv every day heh

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    Default Re: OH EM GEE! Guilliani is NOT the governor of NY!!!

    but they are running for prez... that means yanno they had to have been governor first. it's all abotu climbing the chain.

    Love it!

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    Default Re: OH EM GEE! Guilliani is NOT the governor of NY!!!

    Only reason I know it is because I live in the next state over and the news covers both NY and NJ.

    I have no idea who most of the governors are for other states unless they do something newsworthy enough to make it to our papers.

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    The five or so kids that REALLY made me angry were the ones that, when asked about how the Democrats strayed from the platform of the Democratic Party, spent half a page talking about Guilliani, McCain, and Brownback...

    God, I hope they never vote...Ever.

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    You think that's maddening? I read a survey recently and apparently some 90% of Americans believe that the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis.

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    And what was the percentage of high schoolers who couldn't identify ENGLAND on a map? I could understand not identifying, say, Uzbekistan. But jolly old ENGLAND? Where the goddamn Pilgrims came from? With all our institutionalized Eurocentrism, even?
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    Default Re: OH EM GEE! Guilliani is NOT the governor of NY!!!

    ^^^^^HOLY SHIT!!! Don't these people read?!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    You think that's maddening? I read a survey recently and apparently some 90% of Americans believe that the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis.

    That's cuz they'e been brainwashed by the current administration's reasons for the war. Not one time have I heard them say the hijackers were Saudi, why ? Cuz that's where we get our oil from..And don't mess with people and their need for oil/gasoline.
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    Well, it's not just oil. This administration (and indeed many public officials) are snuggled deep in Saudi pockets, and they are comfortable there. That's why bin Laden, if he's still alive, is most likely living fairly well in Saudi Arabia somewhere. He's safe there because there's not a chance in hell we'd ever go looking there for him.

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