9/3/13 Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We? Published on Alternet (http://www.alternet.org) Home > Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We? TomDispatch.com [1] / By Rick Shenkman [2] Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We? July 1‚ 2008 | "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free‚ in a state of civilization‚ it expects what never was and never will be." -- Thomas Jefferson Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid‚ it would seem‚ when we come across headlines like this: "Homer Simpson
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The government’s back in business. Woohoo. As if we should all congratulate members of Congress for doing their jobs. Sort of. The politicians‚ of course‚ will congratulate themselves for ending the budget impasse that began on Oct. 1‚ as if they’ve accomplished something other than shaving already-weak economic growth by several basis points and trashing what’s left of America’s global reputation. Not so fast‚ guys. The shenanigans in Washington have pushed real priorities further into the background
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"With the superstition common to his brotherhood‚ he fancied himself given over to a fiend‚ to be tortured with frightful dreams‚ and desperate thoughts‚ the sting of remorse‚ and despair of pardon; as a foretaste of what awaits him beyond the grave. But it was the constant shadow of my presence!—the closest propinquity of the man whom he had most vilely wronged!” (188). This quote represents the sin that is lying‚ and the punishment that can follow. Also‚ it is shown simple it may be‚ it too causes
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Your friend‚ Wendy Geiger‚ owns a small retail store that sells candies and nuts. Geiger acquires her goods from a few select vendors. She generally makes purchase orders by phone and on credit. Sales are primarily for cash. Geiger keeps her own manual accounting system using a general journal and a general ledger. At the end of each business day‚ she records one summary entry for cash sales. Geiger recently began offering items in creative gift packages. This has increased sales substantially
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1. There is no value in the pleasures that a sadist gets from whipping a victim. Other opponents object that not only pleasures are intrinsically valuable‚ because other things are valuable independently of whether they lead to pleasure or avoid pain. 2. my love for my wife does not seem to become less valuable when I get less pleasure from her because she contracts some horrible disease. Similarly‚ freedom seems valuable even when it creates anxiety‚ and even when it is freedom to do something
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found through the several literary devices scattered among the song lyrics‚ such as the verse “You have invented a new kind of stupid/A damage you can never undo kind of stupid/An open all the cages in the zoo kind of stupid/Truly‚ you didn’t think this through? Kind of stupid.” This verse not only uses multiple metaphors‚ but uses repetition to emphasize the “kind of stupid.”This verse helps you understand that Alexander has done something wrong. Towards the end of the song there is a verse “Congratulations/For
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script. Media has a way of getting to our minds within a few seconds of a glance. With its never-ending reach to billions of people‚ it is really necessary for social media to be beneficial for the population. Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid” and Johnson’s “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” focus on how media have changed the way in which we learn and grow as individuals in today’s world. They express how television and Google can have an impact on an individual to such an extent which was
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Summarization I Not Stupid Too is a story about the struggle of sibling‚ Tom and Jerry and their friend Chengchai with their conflicts involving adults around them. Tom and Jerry lived with their parents‚ grandmother and a maid. Even though they are wealthy and brought up well but as their parent is working and always busy with work they seldom spend time with their kids and just communicate through a note on the fridge. if the parent had a chance to meet them‚ only to nag them about their studies
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1. Executives were stupid? It is common to say that the CEO and other executives were stupid. Not likely‚ CEOs and others almost always have great track records in their relevant businesses. Chosen over their peers for being the most able and most competent. Often times come from Ivy League schools and having MBAs and PHDs. Not likely that the executives of failed companies are unintelligent. 2. Executives couldn’t have known what was coming. Even the best executives can be caught off guard by unforeseen
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