Report: 1 in 4 Britons Think Winston Churchill Never Existed

[BallHawk]

theres plenty of stupid americans too

its really scary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNg...eature=related

It's funny and sad at the same time. Seriously, people do not know the religion of the country we give the most foreign aid to?

[HarveyWallbangers]

I can't find the article but America's education system standards decline as the students get older compared to other countries.

In regards to science.

During the early stages of a student's "career" America is at the top of the ladder.

During the tween stages America's students are average compared to other Western countries.

During 12th grade America's students are below the rest of the world.

Misleading. Many other countries aren't forcing students to go 12 grades in general education. By 10th grade or sooner, they are forced into a certain field or trade. Anybody who actually believes we are "dumber" than most other countries needs to study the facts and not just spew what they've heard. Are we the brightest? No, but to say we are below the rest of the world is flat wrong. Also, we have more folks that go into the university system because of this, so if you take the average "intelligence" of our college students it probably doesn't rank as high as many other countries. That's misleading too--since only the best of the best get into college in other countries. It's hard to compare school systems between countries because they often differ so much.

These stats are similar to the stats on obesity. Sure, there are fat people in this country. Lots of them. However, there is no chance in hell that 65% of Americans are obese--like some studies show. Those stats are based on the BMI (body mass index)--which is ludicrous. Most of the RBs in the NFL would be considered obese by BMI. In fact, most of the body builder types and many of the people that workout a lot would be classified as obese by those antiquated measurements.

This just in: most studies show there's an epidemic or crisis of some kind. Usually the results of those studies benefits somebody financially.

[BallHawk]

I'll agree that BMI is BS simply because it does not factor in muscle mass. It's simply weight and height. Quickly putting in numbers Ryan Grant is border line obese, Brandon Jacobs is obese, and Brett Favre is getting pretty close to being obese, too.

[LL2]

There are many that do not believe the Holocaust even exited as well. I have no idea what history they teach in schools, but being the father of young kids it scares me a little.

LL2,

There is something disconcerting that the words "father of young kids" is about 3 millimeters away from the breasts of the woman in your avatar on my computer screen.

Very distracting avatar. It's easy to lose one's train of thought.

I can see your point. I have thought about changing my avatar to a "clean" one and change the rat name too because I have kids. Both my kids are two and under and do not go on the computer or the internet. I will have to change that soon as they will someday soon. I have had racy avatars, but in reality I'm a very conservative guy and "clean" cut.

[the_idle_threat]

There are stupid people anywhere you go. That clip was cut and pasted together to remove any correct answers. Just like this one ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_mkwB9ayK4&NR=1