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America the dutiful! After PBS doc "The Anti-Americans" makes us feel fat and dumb, Ken Burns' "The War" reminds us that we're muy macho.
By Heather Havrilesky [2007-08-26]

  • What's wrong with being dumb?

    Education (primary & higher) is relative to its economic advantage. When a man can achive better than mean wages w/ only a HS diploma - why be smart? Americans can be fat, dumb and rich by an order of magnitude over highly educated Europeans.

    We Americans have a can-do attitude that is un-matched, it's infectious. Why the hell are the Mexicans and Asians pouring in?

    When is pays to be smart, we'll do it.

    -- 63debra
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    Monday, August 27, 2007 05:27 AM
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