Slog - Comments on They Don't Know What Year it Is Now, Either http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what Thirty percent of Americans don't know in what year the September 11 attacks took place, according to a Washington Post poll. Of that group, six percent gave an earlier year, eight percent gave a later year, and 16 percent admitted they had no idea whatsoever. Five percent had no idea on what month and day the attacks occurred, either. How much did John Kerry lose by again? (Thanks, Eli, for the headline!)... Copyright 2007 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:01:14 -0800 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:43:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gabriel A good mnemonic device is that it was 911 days before the March 11 2004 Madrid bombings. Just count backwards.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444687 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:02:55 -0800 Comment by Gabriel And you can remember the March 11 bombings because there used to be a shitty band called 311, I think.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444689 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:04:26 -0800 Comment by Josh Most Americans are idiots. Israel has a population that is smarter, better educated, and better informed about the world. These American idiots do make decent soldiers though. You don't have to remember what day it is to shoot a gun. Just point and shoot at the islamo-fascist.


American Jews as a group are much more intelligent than the rest of the ignorant population. Seattle has the most educated population of all cities.

]]> Josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444690 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:06:27 -0800 Comment by red state hater Red States are chock full of uneducated crackers who love Bush. It's frightening. Seattle is an island of educated, enlightened people sorrounded by a sea of stupidity. If the whole nation was like Seattle there would be no war of global warming.

]]> red state hater http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444708 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:23:09 -0800 Comment by Phenics Must be the same folks who believe gas prices will drop and hold at $1/gal once the "liberals" start helping instead of hurting the war effort.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444725 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:00:16 -0800 Comment by BB Oceania is no longer at war with Eastasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.

]]> BB http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444763 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444763 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:33:18 -0800 Comment by Laurel At least they didn't ask when the War of 1812 was, Americans are probably worse at history than current events.

]]> Laurel http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444766 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444766 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:35:52 -0800 Comment by Audrey This country's public schools are so, so bad in most places. That will be the cause of our demise.

]]> Audrey http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444786 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444786 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:02:15 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It was in the First Year of our Glorious Leader's Reign, all Hail the Reichsfuhrer!

There were no years before then.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444833 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:52:59 -0800 Comment by Gomez 9-11-01. I type it out because 9-11 is a day we see every year, but 9-11-01 only happened once.

I know Americans are stupid, but even I can't believe people have already forgotten the year this happened. Gaw Bless Merka indeed.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444836 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:53:05 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Wait, what month did September Eleven take place in? I can't remember, I was getting my nails done.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444844 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444844 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:00:30 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I think it was October.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444908 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:13:17 -0800 Comment by Average American I like pie.

]]> Average American http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444981 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:33:01 -0800 Comment by longball Mmmm, pie.

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444984 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:35:14 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Pie is good.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c444995 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:50:08 -0800 Comment by Aexia The terrorists hate us for our American apple pie!

]]> Aexia http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c445007 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c445007 Politics Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:15:02 -0800 Comment by erika I was once sitting in a discussion class of about 30 kids in college - this was at a very competitive and selective university, too - and the TA started throwing out really simple history questions like when was the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, World War II, and the kids, mostly first and second years (I was a senior), were like "I dunno, gee, that's, like, hard..."

Of course the TA was a really good looking young guy and a lot of the students were giggly girls who were twirling their hair and flirting with him, so maybe they were acting the part.

He asked if anyone knew when WWII took place and got back the answer "Uhh, Like, the '50's??". I gave him a look of disbelief so he knew that I knew the answers without having to raise my hand and be *that* person and he gave me back a look that said "no kidding- it's always like this".

Then he shot me a look like "ok, watch this" and proceeded to ask the class if anyone knew when Elvis went into the army. Hands shot up all over the place immediately and half the class started shouting "Ooooo!! 1957!! 1957!!"

And they seemed so proud of themselves that they finally got one.

]]> erika http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c445379 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c445379 Politics Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:36:15 -0800 Comment by lilzilla It notes that 95% of the people who didn't know were over 55, which would mean that at least 30% of the US population is over 55 . . . which it totally isn't. About 19% of the population is over 55, but the landline-having, survey-answering population is a different matter. This is why phone surveys are bullshit.

]]> lilzilla http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c445383 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/they_dont_know_what#c445383 Politics Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:43:58 -0800