Do YOU  think all patriotic Americans have done the research and are ready for tuesdays election?
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The problem is more dont vote than do its because of the dumbing down of a nation that wants to be a democracy but just doesnt have the interest of the people to really do it anymore .\n\nI think its social apathy and government encouraged dumbing down of America,dumb people are easier to manipulate.\n\nSome thirty million adults in the U.S. do not have the skills to perform even the most basic tasks such as adding numbers on a bank slip, identifying a place on a map, or reading directions for taking a medication. Eleven million Americans are totally illiterate in English.\nOnly twenty-nine percent of Americans have basic reading and computing skills. One out of every twenty Americans lacks the ability to understand what is going on in the world or to develop an informed opinion for voting.\n\nhttp://www.hermes-press.com/education_in...\n\nAmericans are far from alone in the world, but from the perspective of many young Americans, we might as well be. Most young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 demonstrate a limited understanding of the world, and they place insufficient importance on the basic geographic skills that might enhance their knowledge.\n\nYoung Americans answer about half (54 percent) of all the survey questions correctly. But by and large, majorities of young adults fail at a range of questions testing their basic geographic literacy.\n\nOnly 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map—though U.S. troops have been there since 2003.\n6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently.\n20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia. (It's the largest country in Africa.)\n48% of young Americans believe the majority population in India is Muslim. (It's Hindu—by a landslide.)\nHalf of young Americans can't find New York on a map.\nThese results suggest that young people in the United States—the most recent graduates of our educational system—are unprepared for an increasingly global future. Far too many lack even the most basic skills for navigating the international economy or understanding the relationships among people and places that provide critical context for world events.\n\nAbout the Survey\n\nThe findings presented are the results of a face-to-face survey conducted from December 17, 2005, to January 20, 2006, by Roper Public Affairs and Media, a part of GfK NOP. This study is the latest in a series of surveys commissioned by the National Geographic Society. \n\nMany in power believe that deception of the American public is a legitimate way for them to achieve their plan. Bush's so-called "war on terror" is the cloak for a personal agenda ,but this form of manipulation has always been popular with governments because it works so well
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I WANT TO SEE HOW THESE PEOPLE GET THEIR CITIZEN SHIP... if it ever goes to that. I see people going through the process now. they have to memorize 50 questions about america.\n\nlets see the non-english speaking class beat that test.
309906
I believe in patriotism.  I don't believe that you should let a few bad apples spoil the bunch.  This country is great because if you don't like something about it, there are ways to change it.  Celebrate patriotism and vote.
109232
I believe that process has already started.  Look at Coretta Kings funeral, the confirmation hearings of Sam Alito and the Democrats stance on the partiot act.  Everytime a Democrat opens his/her mouth, our candidates get more votes.
441315
For sure, have since the beginning of our country and it won't stop now. When something happens in our country, citizens get very patriotic(which is sad that people can;t be patriotic anyway).
625050
Yes, they probably should, but please let me out of here first!  Hey, we are not all a bunch of illerate hillbillies.\nWe do seem to have a LARGE number of religious blind sheep!  I feel like the Dixie Chicks.  The south's voting record makes me ashamed to be from here.  GO BLUE STATES!!!
1015713
sure as long as i make it home in time for Idol.  but seriously, i live in a town once known for political action.  every friday there's some folks down at the fed center with signs.  there's not many and they're all over 50.  at the several coffee shops within a block or two there are lots of young folks sitting oblivious.\n\ni tried to stir something up here recently asking about a draft.  nobody got it.  so many choose to ignore the war.  it has yet to hit them where they feel it.
797017
yes. all elected officials have a duty to uphold the constitution over anti-democratic laws. the Patriot Acts are profoundly un-American in part. Hopefully, the manipulation of fear to pass such crude restricitions passed with the election.
1086246
NO!!! It is very important to make sure our voters (and future voters) are educated in the subject!!!!! I cannot emphasize this enough!!!
820265
Yes, yes, and yes.  Right now there's some young soldier on his third tour of duty dodging sniper fire in Fallujah ... and another one getting notice that his tour has been extended, and he's not coming home as promised.  They do so under the belief that this country is worth it.\n\nThe *least* I can do is f...ing VOTE ... \n\n... and I will vote  in whatever way I can to get those heroic guys out of that ridiculous situation that they did not ask for, and back home again as quickly as possible.
1097062
god yes.\n\ncan't wait\nfor 2008\n\nPLEASE PEOPLE- VOTE!!!!!!!
237213
They do.  They care about their vote.
719290
its time to vote for people that do take this seriously and want to up hold the laws.  I have a feeling that if nothing is done there will be alot of new faces in congress.
769877
I commend you for your feelings and wish every one felt the same.  We MUST be UNITED is these United States.  I have been around for a while.  For 71 years to be exact.  It would scare the hell out of you if you could see what is becoming of our nation through my eyes.  I have never missed my chance to vote.  It's okay to be liberal or conservitive but the least our people could do is to be a little discrete.  It looks to me as if nothing these days goes on behind closed doors.  What in the world are we thinking?
326891
I think the US is ready for a no bullshit president.  One like Truman or many others like him who go off the principle that they are there to make the country(our country) a better place.  Whether it's male, female, black, white, or brown my vote will go to the person who comes out and says listen I know this may not be the most popular idea but here's what I'm thinking and why it'll work.(if it makes sense)  So is the us ready for a female president?  I think the us is ready for a tough american president.  What that person has between their legs or on their chest doesn't matter.
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We won't know that answer until tomorrow at the earliest.\n\nAbsentee ballots are still coming in and polls aren't quite closed yet on the East Coast. (It is 4.53 mst as I type.)  And many states allow people to vote early.  Those are all counted tonight, even though the people did not technically vote today.  ; )\n\nEdit: I voted last week.  The turn-out in my part of Colorado is great!
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You are absolutely right. If noone in this country voted for anyone, then YES, there would still be someone elected for office. They would still say that there were voters, even when there wasn't. Actually, the day we all agree to NOT vote........ Period, is the day that the goverment officials won't care, it will no longer matter that we find out that its all staged at that point, because by then, they have us so controled and under wraps per say, that we won't be able to do anything anyway. Its rather funny I think. 30% of the people here in the USA don't vote even if they are registered to. 15-20% are not registered voters. Then you have all the felons and the prisons and those that have lost their voting priveledge. Thats another 30%. At least. There is still a large portion of the people that vote in the USA, however, its the higher elected officials who's votes matter. Watch the poles, you can see it for your own eyes. Its the majority votes in the house and the senate that counts. NOT US. They just do this to make us think that we count, that the people still have a say even though we don't. It won't be long now before this country turns its own army against us. We will be a police country before long. Its sad. We thought we were free, and all along, we were given a little while they were taking alot away from us. We never saw it comeing. We work for a small pay that barely keeps our heads above the water. If work applied with you instead of you appling to work for them, what would be your self worth? How much would you charge that company to employ you? I bet it would be more then $6 -$9 an hour. I know my self worth, sweat, and hard labor is worth more then that to me. But to this country......... our physical body labor and the pains and the down falls from that labor that comes when we are older is and means nothing to the officials of this country. What is their hard labor? Signing wagers, ledgers, passing new laws, making meetings, lunches, dinners, riding in limos, have security to protect them, making public announcments. And how much do they earn? A few million a year, live in a big fancy, comfortable home, and never worry about getting through the day with a nickle, a quarter, and a few pennies in their pockets because they just paid the rent, their car insurance, and the light bill. We are real trouble, and we have been since Bush got into office. Noone thought twice about this. Come to find out, this war was all about the Iraq oil. Bush and his greed to have their oil. This is what our husbands, and sons, and daughters, and wives are dieing for and have died for. Blessed be.................\n\nPs... when is it that we make the laws and decide on new ledgers and how and when are the people invited to make these  changes or not? We don't. We are given a few to vote on during the voteing period, but look at the majority of law changes and new laws being added that are soulie up to the goverment officials, the house and the senate and the president everyday, that we are not apart of, that we find out once they have been made and decided for US.............. We never had a say in anything. we are pawns on a chess board and its the goverment that is playing us on a daily basis.