2007-09-03 15:09:01 · 9 answers · asked by invincible 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
This was this thing on ABC about a year ago where they were asking random people where places were on a U.S. map. People didn't know where New York was. Some didn't know where Texas was either. It's the biggest freaking state on the map (Continental U.S.) for crying out loud.
2007-09-03 15:30:23 · update #1
I guess I should add that they were asking the questions in NYC.
2007-09-03 15:31:18 · update #2
I don't know or, care, where any of you come from but, guess what: I can walk outside today and it's all free. I don't have to carry papers with my for identification, I can buy what I feel like in any market. I have free medical, I can go into any hospital and get any type of medication I need and, any kind of help I need. With the best medical care in the world.
Our wages here are good, jobs are at 4% unemployment right now, can any of you say that? I can buy a home for as much as one half million dollars here, I can and did attend three Universities at the cost to the state and, federal government.
We here in America are free and we also are the peacekeepers of the world, protecting people like all of you who's countries choose to sit at home and cry about world problems, while we go out and correct them at great cost and not thinks from any of you.
Go ahead and berate us, we will be there for your next natural disaster with both money and people, equipment, we always will be there top aid you, the ones who laugh at us.
Where were you for Katrina, the fires that are scoarching our country, our earthquakes, the one in '86 that hit California.
Why are your counties never here to help us when you owe us so much? go ahead and laugh, another young man of ours will fall today for your freedom also, with no help from you.
BY the way, Darfur is in Africa and out of the 26,000 troops being sent there, how many will be Americans again and, how much of that equipment will be ours, when will we take over the fight this time and continue it, again.
2007-09-03 22:34:30 · answer #1 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
A lot more people will know where Darfur is after the '24 Hours for Darfur' video screening project is launched. It's not too late to participate, by recording a 1 minute video on Darfur and forwarding it to them. They'll be screening the videos in New York on September 16. Links below:
2007-09-05 14:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by sbt_seabuckthorn_international 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geography is not known by Americans. There are some great Geography quizes online. One keeps score by ones nationality and US is very low. Try buying a puzzle map of the world. There are lots of the US but not of the world. Its truly sad. Leap frog has a great globe where you can put a marker on a country and it recites the name or capital or currency there. I give it to youngsters hoping they will be interested.
2007-09-03 22:58:08 · answer #3 · answered by barthebear 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know that Darfur is in Sudan. I have a work acquaintancewho came from there 10 years ago.
2007-09-04 00:11:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well as you know, a lot of people don't have maps, and the South Africa and the Iraq, and the US education system should help the South Africa, should help the people and the Iraq.....
2007-09-04 01:08:51 · answer #5 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that most Americans don't even know where America is on a world map.
2007-09-03 22:22:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
About as many Sudanese who know where Rhode Island is.
2007-09-03 22:29:32 · answer #7 · answered by joe s 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Probably very few... but ALL AmeriKans think they are experts on what the country should do since AmeriKans typically don't know where any place is, but they think they know all about the country and culture.
2007-09-03 22:17:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
this is asking for to much.
2007-09-04 23:31:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋