US Officials Flunk Test on American History, Economics, and Civics

"It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI's civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned," said Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at ISI.

"How can political leaders make informed decisions if they don't understand the American experience?" he added.

The exam questions covered American history, the workings of the US government and economics.

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Internet Considered More Reliable than TV and Radio News

Don't trust what you read on the internet? That's no longer the dominant sentiment in the US, according to a new poll by Zogby International. A survey of more than 3000 people performed in the two days after the US Presidential Election found that 37.6% of respondents considered the Internet the most reliable source of news, 20.3% consider national TV news most reliable and 16% said that radio is the most reliable source.

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China Exceeds Japan as Top holder of U.S. Debt

China has now taken the top spot. China increased its holdings to $585 billion in September, compared with $541.4 billion in August. Meanwhile, Japan shaved its holdings from a high of $600.7 billion in March of this year down to $571.4 billion in September.

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Recycling by the Numbers

Americans haul 82 million tons of trash to recycling centers each year—but that’s still just 32.5 percent of what we throw out. Here’s how much energy recycling saves and how much that’s worth.

If the Election Were Decided by [Fill In the Blank]

Interesting Electoral Maps...

Rolling Stones Compiles the Top 100 Singers of All Time

Minus Thom York at 66 and Frank Sinatra nowhere in sight...
Superb List

Earth Can't Cope, New Planets Needed

"people are turning resources into waste faster than nature can turn waste back into resources."

Hmm...

60.7% - 61.7% of Eligible Voters Voted This Year

WTF are all the other voters doing?

71.5 Million Watch Obama Victory

The numbers

Red State Socialism

Interesting

33.6 Million Watched Obama Ad

According to Nielson

We're (Not) #1!

Check it!

Brainpower of Britain's 14-year-olds Has Slipped 'Radically' in Just One Generation

Research suggests

Federal Deficit

Federal Deficit Chart

For Reference:
George W. Bush - January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009
Bill J. Clinton - January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
Georg H.W. Bush - January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
Ronald W. Reagan - January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
Jimmy E. Carter Jr. - January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
Gerald R. Ford Jr. - August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
Richard M. Nixon - January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
Lyndon B Johnson - November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969