Truth-Bringer
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The following links show an increbible level of ignorance. As for being able to name the Vice-President, there is a contradiction - 69% of people could name the current Vice-President (meaning almost a third could not...), but when asked who Richard Cheney was, only 21% knew the answer. Go figure...
Public Knowledge of Current Affairs little changed by News and Information Revolution
(This also shows THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR NEWS FROM JON STEWART'S DAILY SHOW AND THE COLBERT REPORT. BOTH COMEDY PROGRAMS!!!)
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=319
Here's a link from Findlaw.com - Most Americans can't name a single Supreme Court Justice:
http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/client/act_dsp_pdf.cfm?name=mr060110-2revis.pdf&id=2933
And get a load of this article:
Most Americans agree with Constitutional principles, but don't know document's details, survey shows.
COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
Byline: Steven Thomma
WASHINGTON _ With their country at war, Americans celebrate the 215th anniversary of their Constitution on Tuesday, even though most of them admit they don't know much about what's in it.
While only 16 percent of adult Americans say they have a "detailed" knowledge of the document, a strong majority agrees with its bedrock principle _ that the country should follow the will of the majority...
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms...e=ITM&item_id=0286-8775571[quote]link[/quote]
THAT WAS NOT THE BEDROCK PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSTITUTION. Even the author got it wrong!!!!
"It [is] inconsistent with the principles of civil liberty, and contrary
to the natural rights of the other members of the society, that any
body of men therein should have authority to enlarge their own
powers... without restraint." --Thomas Jefferson: Virginia Allowance
Bill, 1778. (government or the majority has no right to usurp authority that deprives any individual of inalienable rights under Natural Law)
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as
are injurious to others." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia, 1782. (meaning government or majority does not have the right to claim any power over people if they are acting in peaceful, honest, voluntary ways)
"Laws provide against injury from others, but not from
ourselves." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Religion, 1776 (meaning the majority cannot make laws punishing victimless crimes such as prostitution or smoking marijuana)
"The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves (as individuals)." - John Locke (the principle influence of the political thought of the Founding Fathers)
As Jefferson warned:
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson
A couple of more surveys showing a high level of ignorance in general:
National Survey Reveals More than 70% of Americans Don't Know Plastic is Made from Oil
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070420/20070420005536.html
New Survey Suggests Most Americans Don't Know What's in a Cigarette
http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/a/257714.htm
Public Knowledge of Current Affairs little changed by News and Information Revolution
(This also shows THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR NEWS FROM JON STEWART'S DAILY SHOW AND THE COLBERT REPORT. BOTH COMEDY PROGRAMS!!!)
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=319
Here's a link from Findlaw.com - Most Americans can't name a single Supreme Court Justice:
http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/client/act_dsp_pdf.cfm?name=mr060110-2revis.pdf&id=2933
And get a load of this article:
Most Americans agree with Constitutional principles, but don't know document's details, survey shows.
COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
Byline: Steven Thomma
WASHINGTON _ With their country at war, Americans celebrate the 215th anniversary of their Constitution on Tuesday, even though most of them admit they don't know much about what's in it.
While only 16 percent of adult Americans say they have a "detailed" knowledge of the document, a strong majority agrees with its bedrock principle _ that the country should follow the will of the majority...
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms...e=ITM&item_id=0286-8775571[quote]link[/quote]
THAT WAS NOT THE BEDROCK PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSTITUTION. Even the author got it wrong!!!!
"It [is] inconsistent with the principles of civil liberty, and contrary
to the natural rights of the other members of the society, that any
body of men therein should have authority to enlarge their own
powers... without restraint." --Thomas Jefferson: Virginia Allowance
Bill, 1778. (government or the majority has no right to usurp authority that deprives any individual of inalienable rights under Natural Law)
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as
are injurious to others." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia, 1782. (meaning government or majority does not have the right to claim any power over people if they are acting in peaceful, honest, voluntary ways)
"Laws provide against injury from others, but not from
ourselves." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Religion, 1776 (meaning the majority cannot make laws punishing victimless crimes such as prostitution or smoking marijuana)
"The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves (as individuals)." - John Locke (the principle influence of the political thought of the Founding Fathers)
As Jefferson warned:
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson
A couple of more surveys showing a high level of ignorance in general:
National Survey Reveals More than 70% of Americans Don't Know Plastic is Made from Oil
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070420/20070420005536.html
New Survey Suggests Most Americans Don't Know What's in a Cigarette
http://quitsmoking.about.com/b/a/257714.htm
