Author Topic: citizenship test (Read 2019 times)

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #60 on:** September 22, 2003, 12:40:09 PM »

How about a real literacy test? Here's Alabama's literacy test circa 1965:

1. A United States senator elected in November takes office the following year on what date?

2. The Constitution limits the size of the District of Columbia to what?

3. The electoral vote for president is counted in the presence of what two bodies?

4. Of the 13 original states, the one with the most representation in Congress was which?

5. If the election of the president becomes the duty of the House, and it fails to act, who becomes president, and when?

6. If a state is a party to a case, the Constitution provides that original jurisdiction shall be in what court?

7. If an effort to impeach the president of the United States is made, who presides at the trial?

8. When the Constitution was approved by the original colonies, how many states had to ratify it in order for it to be in effect?

9. Persons opposed to swearing an oath may say instead, "I solemnly ____?"

10. If it were proposed to join Alabama and Mississippi to form one state, what groups would have to vote approval for this to be done?

Should you fail this test, you can enjoy disenfranchisement as punishment for your stupidity. Many in Alabama did at the time given their lack of quality educations.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Erlkonig · « **Reply #61 on:** September 22, 2003, 01:00:14 PM »

Ripsnort, wanna know something funny? When I wrote a post on fascism it got locked almost immediately. And I didn't even cut & paste it from somewhere else. You better watch what you say, or I'm telling Skuzzy.

lazs2 · « **Reply #62 on:** September 22, 2003, 02:32:33 PM »

Ya know DMF... in '67 when I was in high school... I coulda answered all those questions but can't do half of em now. I wonder how many current high school grads could answer even one of those questions now.

time for vouchers.

lazs

Wanker · « **Reply #63 on:** September 22, 2003, 03:00:13 PM »

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Ya know DMF... in '67 when I was in high school... I coulda answered all those questions but can't do half of em now.

I told you those car fumes would eventually catch up to you.

lazs2 · « **Reply #64 on:** September 23, 2003, 07:11:00 AM »

I'm sure that a lot of things have caught up with me. Seems fair enough. What isn't fair is that a high school graduate today knows less than an 8th grader knew 30 years ago.
lazs

deSelys · « **Reply #65 on:** September 23, 2003, 07:44:42 AM »

I had sweared I wouldn't drown myself again into a political dsicussion but heck...

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Originally quoted by Ripsnort
The big-lie technique was pioneered by the Nazi minister of propaganda, Dr. Josef Göebels. The theory is, the bigger the lie, and the louder and more often you tell it, the easier it is for the public to believe it. The technique was successful because the basically honest public had little insight into the mind of a liar, and instinctively reasoned that no one would dare tell a lie that big.

If you agree with this text, you have to admit that the existence of certain WMDs or the ties between a worldwide terrorist organization and a fallen dictator are yet to be proven... so not only democrats, leftists or whatever you call them could be using this technique.

Although I'm no american citizen, I don't see any problem that stupid people, poor people or both are allowed to vote. But I think it is preferrable to keep stupid, uneducated people with a bogus military career away from the highest governing functions of a powerful nation.