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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:00 AM

Miss dumb blond USA?

Our national embarrassment over a South Carolina teenage contestant's world knowledge.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Thursday, August 30, 2007 04:07 AM

    Last one Healthy, you beacon of enlightenment:

    "That's an appeal to popularity, a logical fallacy. It's especially stupid in the context of BS which is filled with idiots."

    Yes, you prove it with every post.

    —Casual Interest Read Casual Interest's other letters

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