“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” — Robert A. Heinlein

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Clueless Sheeple By Steve

This is an alarming article but really illustrates why the bulk of the population of the US are clue less as to what's happening with our governmental&financial policies and what is coming in the form of social breakdown. Here is a little snippet of Chris Hedges article "there are over 42 million American Adults,20 percent of whom hold high school diplomas,who cannot read,as well as the 50 million who read at a 4th or 5th grade level. Nearly a third of the nations population is illiterate or barely literate. Their numbers are growing by an estimated 2 million a year. A third of high school graduates, along with 42 percent of college graduates,never read a book after they finish school. Eighty percent of the families in the United States last year did not by a book! Full article @ www.truthdig.com. This is why there is no full blown outcry as to what our government is doing to our country and why the big train wreck is coming. Get out of the major population centers ASAP! Steve

3 comments:

D said...

What is the name of the article? The link just goes to the truthdig homepage?

steve said...

D The article name is America the Illiterate www.truthdig.com/report/item20081110_america_the_illiterate/

Brian said...

Read what the sheeple think about preps at this link. I was depressed with the comments.

http://www.metafilter.com/78669/What-if-things-just-keep-getting-worse