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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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  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007 06:27 PM

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    "...America's problem with geography, which goes back many decades, is due entirely, majority, or even significantly to her, is patently idiotic.

    There are many reason's, primarily that we're a huge country isolated by vast distances and two oceans, where people travel internationally very little..."

    This struck me as funny. Being Australian we really *are* a huge country isolated by vast distances - hell, we have to cross water just to get to one of our states. Last I checked wasn't America bordered by couple of other countries at least???

    Sorry to nitpick, but I think your reasoning is slightly faulty.

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