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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.

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  • Monday, September 3, 2007 11:22 AM

    don't have Maps?

    OK so I agree that most people probably have something better to do that watch and comment on viral videos but I think this article is just silly. the video is hilarious. She gives a response that is so far beyond "dumb, blond, southern and female" that it hurts. it is incoherent and completely nonsensical. these things are funny. no matter who does it...but yes, the fact that she is pretty and blond and from the south doesn't hurt.

    why should we feel bad for laughing at this girl. she is taking part in one of our most foolish traditions and she surpasses our expectations by appearing far more retarded than we could even expect. we are still laughing at the president for his numerous idiotic speech gaffes. all political correctness aside, it is fun to laugh at people's mistakes...and yes, we all make them, but some are worse than others.

    why can' most Americans find their own country on a map? because they are mostly educated as well as or worse than she was. she is a fool and she is a very real representation of the sad state of our education system. its not our fault for laughing.

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