Americans, dumb and dumber

Americans hostile to knowledge
Feb 2008: College Students Interviewed On Presidents Day
Michael Moore: Dumbest people on the planet
Too much learning can be a dangerous thing!
Britons just as dumb

IDIOT SIGHTING:
We had to have the garage door repaired. The repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a "large" enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one Sears made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower." I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, "NO, it's not." Four is larger than two.." (contribution Steve Oakley)