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...
leave it to congress to up the percentage.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteYup, and it has more than likely been done cunningly and purposefully;
ReplyDelete"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....
Unsurprising, given what everyone knows about DeeCee.
ReplyDelete60% of adults in Detroit are functionally illiterate, and 40% have some form of venereal disease, for exactly the reasons you'd expect.