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Cirque du So-What

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18. My ancestors beg to dffer

Reply to BannonsLiver (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 12:30 PM

Jun 2020

I’m a mutt with ancestors from all across Northern Europe. War, famine, disease, poverty, and persecution played various roles in why they emigrated to the new world. For that time, it was the only viable option. Certainly beat dying.

That being said, I wish emigration to just about all of the countries of my forebears were possible now. Times change.

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WHY ARE AMERICANS SO DUMB? [View all] cilla4progress Jun 2020 OP

Dumbest country in the industrialized world BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #1

Where is that? cilla4progress Jun 2020 #4

Scotland BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #5

Ahhhh.. cilla4progress Jun 2020 #7

Yeah I've spent a lot of time in the U.K. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #8

Cool. cilla4progress Jun 2020 #12

No, THAT is cool! BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #15

My ancestors beg to dffer Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #18

Good question, are there any other countries where wearing a mask is this controversial? tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #2

Cult yankee87 Jun 2020 #3

I blame it on Ohiogal Jun 2020 #6

This oswaldactedalone Jun 2020 #13

Without a properly functioning Fourth Estate, keeping the electorate informed and holding sop Jun 2020 #22

There has been a multi-decade assault on public education by Republicans dlk Jun 2020 #9

"I love the uneducated." cilla4progress Jun 2020 #14

They are sheep who line up to buy his snake oil. dlk Jun 2020 #17

Makes me think of cilla4progress Jun 2020 #19

Yes, I remember the film well dlk Jun 2020 #21

Flim flam cilla4progress Jun 2020 #27

Professor Harold Hill promoted the "Think Method" of music education. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2020 #36

Our schools are at the core. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #10

Great info and cilla4progress Jun 2020 #16

America should have the best public schools in the world-we have the necessary resources dlk Jun 2020 #20

Too often people are not willing to pay the taxes needed for good schools. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #28

The tax structure to support schools could be reconfigured to be more equitable dlk Jun 2020 #30

Yep. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #33

There's an idea! dlk Jun 2020 #34

FOX NEWS nt blaze Jun 2020 #11

This goes along with my question area51 Jun 2020 #23

For some people the Bible is a textbook. dem4decades Jun 2020 #24

Magical thinking, especially among religious sects, has replaced science for many. jalan48 Jun 2020 #25

George Carlin had a bit on why Americans weren't better informed/smarter RockRaven Jun 2020 #26

I would say a large part of it is the education system Luciferous Jun 2020 #29

GW Bush made stupid acceptable IMO. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #31

Brainwashed by their news source choices? Brainfodder Jun 2020 #32

Because religion is pushed on children and education has been defunded for 20+ NightWatcher Jun 2020 #35