A week or so ago a poll came out showing that one in five Americans think President Obama is a Muslim.
Less than half could correctly identify him as a Christian.
One explanation for this is emotions were running high as the "Ground Zero Mosque" hubbub was going on and is fueled by a lot of political right wing fear, and that's sad.
However, there's a sadder explanation.
A survey from 1999 shows that one in five Americans think the Sun revolves around the Earth.
20% of people ten-ish years ago didn't know something we've known since the 1500's.
Also, 66% of people ages 18-29 knew America won it's freedom from England. Other answers included France, Russia, China, and Mexico.
So my friends, don't blame the right wing (although it can be fun) or the left wing (sometimes crazier than funny), but blame ourselves. Maybe we're just not very good at paying atten...LOOK A FUNNY TURTLE!!11!!1
-Andy
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