Tuesday, March 20, 2007

33⅓

About one-third of the people living in the national's [sic] capital are functionally illiterate...

Along with AP "authorized journalists," it would seem. These are no doubt the same people who support continuing the DC gun ban...

Gee, I wonder what they'd say if you asked them what their political affiliation is?

Aside from "What's that?"

On the bright side, they can always get a job over at the DEA...

4 comments:

me said...

leave it to congress to up the percentage.

Anonymous said...

I remember learning about the difference between "capital" and "Capitol" when I was in the the fifth grade. But then I've never been to Authorized Journalism school.

E. David Quammen said...

Yup, and it has more than likely been done cunningly and purposefully;

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

- Thomas Jefferson

And, I'd venture to bet, that this has everything to do with it;

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

- Thomas Jefferson

But, of course, I could be wrong....

Anonymous said...

Unsurprising, given what everyone knows about DeeCee.

60% of adults in Detroit are functionally illiterate, and 40% have some form of venereal disease, for exactly the reasons you'd expect.