74% of polititians fail Civics test on the Constitution ! TAKE THE QUIZ! | |
timko
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Smilin' Irish Eyes
User ID: 656642 United States 01/15/2011 03:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 % Average score for this quiz during January: 74.7% Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. -- Lord Chesterfield |
pana User ID: 1158767 United States 01/15/2011 03:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 84.5% which is disappointing but all but one i got wrong were history questions which have very little bearing on the understanding of our system of politics. Also i didnt read through the thread yet but am I the only on to notice a pretty considerable conservative/libertarian bent on the wording of the questions, most notably towards the end?(i answered how I knew they wanted the questions answered even when I disagreed) |
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Himie User ID: 1177014 United States 01/15/2011 03:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I got 23 out of 33 correct.. a 69.something Percent... But I believe there is a lot of bullshitting going on in this thread... after reading many many posts on this site, I find it hard to believe many of you are smarter than me. I noticed the scores on the 3rd page seemed more honest than the first 2 though... Maybe many of us with lower scores didn't report our results, and only the brainy smurfs of the bunch posted theirs, but the site average seems a bit high to me... To that end, all of you who did well, congrads.. some of the questions were a bit tricky. I also don't see what relevance the actions of Franklin Roosevelt did in the 30s has on the issues of today. Other than getting duped by the Federal Reserve, screwing all Americans, and permanently selling us all in to indentured servitude... However, I did notice that wasn't on the test. They might as well have asked What Role the Barbie Doll did for US economic relations in the 50s for all it matters... it has about the same relevance as some o the questions. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1231217 United Kingdom 01/15/2011 04:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You answered 14 out of 33 correctly — 42.42 % Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1231217though im not American, but they wern't strictly American answers... God damnit, im the lowest, I think some people are lying Maybe not, heres to booze, ahahahaha, fuck this test, fuck America, your screwed anyway in a couple of years |
FreedomStands
User ID: 1199019 United States 01/15/2011 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I answered the poll about the test as 100% as any good politician would. The Library of GLP! Please post a list of all the articles you've ever made on GLP here: Thread: (OFFICIAL) GLP THREAD LIST Please copy paste 1199019 to the advanced search area while setting an earlier date to view a list of my other articles. |
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Shingen
User ID: 899829 United States 01/15/2011 04:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 75.76 % Is that good or bad for a conspiracy theorist? Last Edited by Shingen on 01/15/2011 04:32 PM "Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based of five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, or county commissioners." - Edward Abbey "But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist." -Lysander Spooner "If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skin into their clothing, and if we're very very lucky, they'll do it in that order." - Firefly |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1231265 United States 01/15/2011 04:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 % Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1182071Missed Questions: Question #2 - C. the New Deal Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories? Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person Dammit. ...holy shit...you and I are almost alike...eeeeeks! Answers I Missed: Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity Question #24 - A. president Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1230306 United States 01/15/2011 04:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 % Answers to Your Missed Questions: Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending Question #31 - A. an increase in a nation’s productivity Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1231312 United States 01/15/2011 05:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 78.79% I missed the following questions; Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person question #30 is entirely subjective, you cannot spend your way out of debt, so even though the quiz claimed I was wrong, I strongly disagree that increasing spending will pull us out of a recession, cas in point, the present actually quite a few of those questions were either loaded or subjective to political philosophy NO WONDER OUR COUNTRY IS SO FUCKED UP |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 942369 United States 01/15/2011 05:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jefferson's letter, the puritans, the Lincoln debates, The scopes Monkey trial.. anti-federalists..tax and spend/ capitalism.. what does this have to do with the Constitution. Misleading.... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 942369 United States 01/15/2011 05:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 % Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1230306Answers to Your Missed Questions: Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending Question #31 - A. an increase in a nation’s productivity Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person I got all the Constitution stuff. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1221851 Mexico 01/15/2011 05:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It cant be true Quoting: NightWispYou answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 % Im not even american ! Me too. But it is very little about the Constitution but more about economics. true.. more about history and economics than the Constitution |
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K_aren
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Khim
User ID: 1021731 United States 01/15/2011 05:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Blah :( I missed two. The one about the economy where I answered that decreasing both taxes and government spending would stimulate economic growth. They say the right answer is decrease taxes and increase government spending. And I missed the one about the levees. They say that the public would benefit from the levees without having to pay for it. Um....where the hell do they think the money for such a project comes from in the first place? |
K_aren
User ID: 1116698 United States 01/15/2011 05:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 % Quoting: NightWispAnswers to Your Missed Questions: Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending Question #31 - A. an increase in a nation’s productivity Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person Sounds about like mine.. What does any of that have to do with the Constitution. I got all the Constitution stuff. I got all the economics shit, I only ever took business 101 in college, sad. I missed the New Deal questions and abortion, and for some reason in recent history, i thought the president had the right to declare war.. silly me. |
K_aren
User ID: 1116698 United States 01/15/2011 05:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They say that the public would benefit from the levees without having to pay for it. Um....where the hell do they think the money for such a project comes from in the first place? That confused me a bit, but I guessed correctly. |