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pick up some hookers in paraguay

a little tango in Buenos Aires

then kill a pilot and fly to Europe to kill more hookers. We're on to something.

Then we will infiltrate Iran and take the nukes they're not making

and hide them in iraq and bush can announce he at last, found the missing wmds

I like. It's quite a game so far.

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In other news, the sky is blue and water is wet. Full report at 11.

Dude! don't mislead the general public like that.

there are TWICE the H molecules in water as there were in just one molecule of the H Bomb. IN OUR WATER! And the gov'ment knows about it... and does nothing. Now there is a story!

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####### some eskimos...

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But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).

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some of the best ways to learn geography is war games. i know where most of the islands are in the carribean cause of sid meyer's pirates :lol:

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some of the best ways to learn geography is war games. i know where most of the islands are in the carribean cause of sid meyer's pirates :lol:

:thumbs: i agree...

Peace to All creatures great and small............................................

But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).

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I get a bit concerned when they can't even find North America on a global map :wacko:

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I come from the midwest, and I tell you, many many of the folk here never drive more than two hours away from home, if even that. I learned in schools here as well, and we pretty much just brushed over world geography. I even grew up thinking of Canada as some "foreign" place, til I had been there. Was totally scared to travel there.

NOW, I have travelled a lot, and know US geography and quite a lot of world geography, but only becuz I have been to a lot of places. When I do travel, I have coworkers, friends, etc, that ask me "WHY?" They just dont get it. Its really kid of sad.

My hubby raised in Guyana has a wonderful grasp of world geography, and he only went to school til he was 14/15ish. He is a bit lacking in some other educational areas, but thats sure not one of them. He outdoes me every time in that regard.

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I come from the midwest, and I tell you, many many of the folk here never drive more than two hours away from home, if even that. I learned in schools here as well, and we pretty much just brushed over world geography. I even grew up thinking of Canada as some "foreign" place, til I had been there. Was totally scared to travel there.

NOW, I have travelled a lot, and know US geography and quite a lot of world geography, but only becuz I have been to a lot of places. When I do travel, I have coworkers, friends, etc, that ask me "WHY?" They just dont get it. Its really kid of sad.

My hubby raised in Guyana has a wonderful grasp of world geography, and he only went to school til he was 14/15ish. He is a bit lacking in some other educational areas, but thats sure not one of them. He outdoes me every time in that regard.

My experience in small town midwest has been the same.....a bit larger or medium sized cities...not as much.

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I come from the midwest, and I tell you, many many of the folk here never drive more than two hours away from home, if even that. I learned in schools here as well, and we pretty much just brushed over world geography. I even grew up thinking of Canada as some "foreign" place, til I had been there. Was totally scared to travel there.

NOW, I have travelled a lot, and know US geography and quite a lot of world geography, but only becuz I have been to a lot of places. When I do travel, I have coworkers, friends, etc, that ask me "WHY?" They just dont get it. Its really kid of sad.

My hubby raised in Guyana has a wonderful grasp of world geography, and he only went to school til he was 14/15ish. He is a bit lacking in some other educational areas, but thats sure not one of them. He outdoes me every time in that regard.

My experience in small town midwest has been the same.....a bit larger or medium sized cities...not as much.

I know where Olathe Colorado adn Olathe Kansas are :blink:

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When I was little, my favorite computer game was "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" You can bet I knew where Mali was, and Zimbabwe and Djibouti.

Yeah, ok, so I was a geek.

I loved that game too!!!!!! :yes::lol:

I wonder though if this happens not only in the US, but everywhere in the world.

I don't know...... here in Brazil we do learn a lot about the world's history and geography (or at least we have the chance to learn when we pay attention :lol: )!!! About 65% of my history and geography school books are not about Brazil.

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I come from the midwest, and I tell you, many many of the folk here never drive more than two hours away from home, if even that. I learned in schools here as well, and we pretty much just brushed over world geography. I even grew up thinking of Canada as some "foreign" place, til I had been there. Was totally scared to travel there.

NOW, I have travelled a lot, and know US geography and quite a lot of world geography, but only becuz I have been to a lot of places. When I do travel, I have coworkers, friends, etc, that ask me "WHY?" They just dont get it. Its really kid of sad.

My hubby raised in Guyana has a wonderful grasp of world geography, and he only went to school til he was 14/15ish. He is a bit lacking in some other educational areas, but thats sure not one of them. He outdoes me every time in that regard.

same here. I joined the navy at 18 and went from South Korea to Australia and everywhere in between. After I got out I had the travel bug so I travelled all over the other side of the world.

travel has priceless dividends.

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I wonder if there is a copy of this test online. I'd like to see how I would do.

Ah, found it

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/

19 out of 20.

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I wonder if there is a copy of this test online. I'd like to see how I would do.

Ah, found it

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/

19 out of 20.

cool. i was just going to post it. 18/20

the C.S.I question was out of place and the percent of US population growth due to immigrants was add

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies."

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