"graham" > wrote in message
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
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>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>> > America has a president who is ignorant of history. In 1898, we went to
>> > war
>> with the wrong country, and did the same thing in Vietnam. Bush repeated
>> the mistake, and people who love him haven't noticed a thing. This is
>> what happens when voters make a conscience choice to stop learning.
>>

> My accountant visited Texas recently, accompanying her hubbie to a
> convention. She was amazed that the other wives didn't know that the US$
> had dropped in value and they also gave her blank stares when she
> mentioned the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
> And these were supposedly educated women!
> Graham

Jeez...and these people vote, and pass on their learning habits to their
kids.