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Missd one,
"who is the chairman of the Senate finance committee,"
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10 of 12 and I consider myself uninformed I can't imagine the rest of the people that took that quiz
what is 2+2? answer = Jello
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Got 12, but guessed about the stock market question. I only have enough money to invest in a gumball machine.
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got 11, missed the stock market one also.
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I got 11 of 12, "Missing" the one regarding unemployment. Pew says 10% is correct, but we all know that it is crowding 18%. They are dumber than I am. Amazing.
The scary thing about this, and other similar surveys, is how few Americans get the questions correct. How can we fight against cap and tax policy when so few of even college educated adults don't have a freaking clue as to what it is?
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That which does not kill us makes us stronger
Friedrich Nietzsche
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10 for 12, I got the unemployed question wrong, which i call bullschit on, it is not closer to 10%, it is closer to 15% maybe even 20%. And I do know there are more than 70,000 troops in Afghanistan. 11 here also. Thought this one was a trick question: Do you happen to know if the national unemployment rate is currently closer to:
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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I thought the Europeans spent more on health care also... Will have to look into those numbers a little... Was thinking there was some subterfuge with accounting for insurance...
But I still got 11.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Got 11, didn't know the Cap and Trade.
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8, but I don't feel too bad not knowing the American personalities involved..
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Dang I'm smart.  BCR
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12/12. sad state of affairs. We deserve what we get, when nobody knows whats going on.
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7/12.....but I'm Canadian so I don't think that's too bad.
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Got 12 - but admit to guessing the Afgan troop question.
The Campfire is a good news source, and of course I am a FOX news junkie too.
Ignorance is not confined to uneducated people.
WHO IS JOHN GALT?
LIBERTY!
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chit i got 9, must be the dumb arse of the board, but then again i dont watch much national news, get the jist of whats going on from posts and links from here.....what scares me is i still averaged 2 more question right than college graduates and hell still pulled off more right answers than any groups average.....
missed Glenn Beck, Federal Reserve board chairman and how many troops in Afghanistan....
A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books
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11 of 12, missed the cap and trade question. Same here Aqualung
"Bambi's Good Eatin'!"
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There you go Pete, screwing up the curve. 
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http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1378/political-news-iq-quizNo mention of the demographic most likely to get 12 of 12: can anyone say Older Republican Males?
Ignorance is not confined to uneducated people.
WHO IS JOHN GALT?
LIBERTY!
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