US tv pundit Bill Maher asks in the Huffington Post:
Idiocracy
Bill Maher, 10.11.2007Have too many Americans become gullible, ill-informed idiots who have elevated feelings over facts and replaced critical thinking with a blind sense of trust for authority?
From his keyboard to Tristero’s ear:
Just How Bad Is Our National Discourse?
by tristeroThis is the week Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. This is also the week where plausible allegations surfaced that the Bush administration had sought illegal wiretapping within at least 5 weeks of Bush’s installation in the White House. So what is the lead article in the print edition of the NY Times Week in Review (the Sunday editorial/op-ed section)? Are you stting down? Believe me you need to.
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