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Civics Test
On 09/09/2011 5:46 AM, BAR wrote:
In articleaOqdnZG38fW87PTTnZ2dnUVZ_rmdnZ2d@giganews. com, says... "Tim" wrote in message ... On Sep 8, 7:18 pm, wrote: Here's something to get your minds off of insults and name calling. 33 question Civics test. Average score by Americans is 49% Average score by college professors: 55% I surprised myself. Apparently not as dumb as I thought I was. I scored 84.8% http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692 Eisboch You answered 26 out of 33 correctly ? 81.2 % ?;^ ) -------------------------------------------------------- Does this mean we can be college professors? Eisboch We are too smart to be politicians. And citizens. -- First rule of holes: If your in one, don't keep digging. So in the hole, why do we insanely want more debt? |
Civics Test
"Eisboch" wrote in message
... "Tim" wrote in message ... On Sep 8, 7:18 pm, "Eisboch" wrote: Here's something to get your minds off of insults and name calling. 33 question Civics test. Average score by Americans is 49% Average score by college professors: 55% I surprised myself. Apparently not as dumb as I thought I was. I scored 84.8% http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692 Eisboch You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 81.2 % ?;^ ) -------------------------------------------------------- Does this mean we can be college professors? Eisboch ----------------------------------------------------- Nope, to much sense. |
Civics Test
On 9/9/2011 11:27 AM, Califbill wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Tim" wrote in message ... On Sep 8, 7:18 pm, "Eisboch" wrote: Here's something to get your minds off of insults and name calling. 33 question Civics test. Average score by Americans is 49% Average score by college professors: 55% I surprised myself. Apparently not as dumb as I thought I was. I scored 84.8% http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692 Eisboch You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 81.2 % ?;^ ) -------------------------------------------------------- Does this mean we can be college professors? Eisboch ----------------------------------------------------- Nope, to much sense. And besides that 26 0f 33 equals 78.78% |
Civics Test
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:00:12 -0600, Canuck57
wrote: On 09/09/2011 5:46 AM, BAR wrote: In articleaOqdnZG38fW87PTTnZ2dnUVZ_rmdnZ2d@giganews. com, says... "Tim" wrote in message ... On Sep 8, 7:18 pm, wrote: Here's something to get your minds off of insults and name calling. 33 question Civics test. Average score by Americans is 49% Average score by college professors: 55% I surprised myself. Apparently not as dumb as I thought I was. I scored 84.8% http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692 Eisboch You answered 26 out of 33 correctly ? 81.2 % ?;^ ) -------------------------------------------------------- Does this mean we can be college professors? Eisboch We are too smart to be politicians. And citizens. You are barely smart enough to breathe on your own. |
Civics Test
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:44:35 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:05:45 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:24:07 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:03:48 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:56:51 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 20:18:18 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: Here's something to get your minds off of insults and name calling. 33 question Civics test. Average score by Americans is 49% Average score by college professors: 55% I surprised myself. Apparently not as dumb as I thought I was. I scored 84.8% http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692 Eisboch 96.97% http://gfretwell.com/ftp/civics%20test.jpg I never took philosophy. 96.97% here. I wasn't alive during FDR. :) Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:Your Answer: override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of CongressCorrect Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Interesting one to miss. I thought everyone knew about FDR threatening to pack the court. Must be a generational thing. The Socrates thing tripped me up. That's surprising, given that you were alive then? LOL sorry. Socrates and Plato were before my time but Aquinas was in my modern European History class in high school. It was all about the how uncontrolled debt and ill thought out foreign adventures caused the fall of the Romans. ;-) The Republicans were in charge during Aquinas' time? Wow. |
Civics Test
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:48:12 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:06:32 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:08:33 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 22:24:31 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: wrote in message m... 96.97% here. I wasn't alive during FDR. :) Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:Your Answer: override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of CongressCorrect Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views ----------------------------------------- That's one I missed also. I gave the same, incorrect answer. Eisboch The only way you can override the SCOTUS is to also get 2/3ds of both houses of congress and 3/4ths of the state legislatures in an amendment to the constitution. Even worse, I think we all had classes that included this information! In the 4th or 5th grade. Don't go on the Foxworthy show! BTW this was a strange question for a lawyer to miss. I would expect you to understand the ramifications of a SCOTUS decision. It was. I guess I read it too fast. |
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:47:00 -0600, Canuck57
wrote: On 08/09/2011 6:18 PM, Eisboch wrote: Here's something to get your minds off of insults and name calling. 33 question Civics test. Average score by Americans is 49% Average score by college professors: 55% I surprised myself. Apparently not as dumb as I thought I was. I scored 84.8% http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692 Eisboch For a canuck, I think I did pretty good on my first try: You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 % I wrote them on the question of "If taxes equal government spending, then:".... there technically was no right option. debt is not the same as deficit. You can have debt with a zero deficit. numb-de-plum could try all day and not get 50%. Next time take it yourself. |
Civics Test
On 09/09/2011 11:44 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:05:45 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:24:07 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:03:48 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:56:51 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 20:18:18 -0400, wrote: Here's something to get your minds off of insults and name calling. 33 question Civics test. Average score by Americans is 49% Average score by college professors: 55% I surprised myself. Apparently not as dumb as I thought I was. I scored 84.8% http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692 Eisboch 96.97% http://gfretwell.com/ftp/civics%20test.jpg I never took philosophy. 96.97% here. I wasn't alive during FDR. :) Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:Your Answer: override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of CongressCorrect Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views Interesting one to miss. I thought everyone knew about FDR threatening to pack the court. Must be a generational thing. The Socrates thing tripped me up. That's surprising, given that you were alive then? LOL sorry. Socrates and Plato were before my time but Aquinas was in my modern European History class in high school. It was all about the how uncontrolled debt and ill thought out foreign adventures caused the fall of the Romans. ;-) I missed that one, but should have gotten it. But do know Romans fell from tax greed, currency failure and government fraud. Just like the USA is doing now. Seems obvious, but too many are blinded by the greed of debt and promises of easy government money. Just greed. Moral decay. -- First rule of holes: If your in one, don't keep digging. So in the hole, why do we insanely want more debt? |
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