"A Bum-Rap For Being Stupid?": How Smart Are Americans?

Name a country that starts with a 'U'?
How many sides does a triangle?
What religion are Buddhist monks?
Who's Fidel Castro?
What is the currency used in the United Kingdom

If you were able to answer just ONE of the above questions correctly, this eye-opening and revealing reporting demonstrates, there's a good chance that you are more well-learned than the people in this video clip:



And sadly, none of these people surprise or shock me. Somewhere between 90 to 80 percent of the constituents calls I received while interning at my Congressman's office sounded exactly like the people in this clip-if not with more absurd musings and requests! Even more troubling though was the realization that all those constituent callers, the ones asking the Congressman to "round'em up" or "ban people with 'turbans' from entering the country," were more than likely the ones who actually showed up to the polls to vote!!!

Tarboush Tip: Fayyad