John Stossel of 20/20 October 10, 2008: Should Some People Not Vote?

[Tx4obama]

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We need better education in all of our schools NOW!

In September the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution, sponsored by Rep. Alan Grayson that urges high schools to spend a week each September teaching the U.S. Constitution to seniors.
http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/09/graysons-bill-puts-constitution-back-in-school.html?cid=6a00d83451b05569e20120a5c6c647970c

House Passes Alan Grayson's Resolution Encouraging High School Students to Learn the Constitution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujo_O7ERxlY

It would be better to start by teaching freshmen instead of the seniors considering the drop-out rate in most high schools many don't make it to their senior year!


Just for fun, here's some clips of 'dumb Americans'

Stupid Americans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6W3T7MTh4M

Geography Lesson for Americans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esbS_vT25GU

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Yeah...starting with him.

[bluestateguy]

2. Yes. People who say Saddam Hussein ordered the 9/11 attacks. I don't want them voting.

nt

[WhoIsNumberNone]

6. But at least those people know there are 50 states...

:sarcasm:

[LuvNewcastle]

3. Maybe we should have literacy tests

at polling places. Oh, and don't forget poll taxes. I think some states still have those laws on the books.

[demigoddess]

4. this started in 2001 right after bush was selected, they talked about taking the vote

away from women!!!!! Looks like they have an agenda and are back at it.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

5. TV newsman John Stossel finds his freedom at Fox

http://www.mercurynews.com/tv/ci_13953974

[MrModerate]

7. Stossel is a supreme dickwad. Voting is not brain surgery in the same way . . .

that voting is not operating a drill press, or pressing a suit, or leading a pep squad. It's just not the same thing.

Of course one hopes that voters have a clue what they're voting about and take the trouble to educate themselves about the issues and the candidates, but there's more to it than that. The act of voting invests one in governance. Whether your candidate wins or loses, you've put a certain amount of skin in the game, and validated the fact that you are one of the governed.

And that's important in its own right.

[dsc]

8. the irony is that he now works for the network with the least informed audience

so he is saying his own viewers shouldn't vote.

[boobooday]

9. If you're a hateful punkass like Stossel

Maybe not.

[newmac]

10. Agreed. No votes for the Teabagger crowd.