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Check out my ho made steering wheel puller. Seriously thinking about starting my own line of tools. Brand-Ho made!

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Half the people here don't even know wtf we are talking about when you say Ho Chi Min.
Disgusting.
 
commando1 said:
Half the people here don't even know wtf we are talking about when you say Ho Chi Min.
Disgusting.
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Not surprising at all .........


http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2...ans-know-very-little-about-their-own-country/

Bill O'Reilly: Why many Americans know very little about their own country


By Bill O'Reilly
You may remember on Election Day last November I said that America is a changing nation, which is why President Obama had a fairly easy time winning re-election. The dishonest liberal media took that as a lament that I was whining about the election results that was a lie. I was simply reporting, giving you the facts about a dramatically changing America.
A recent study by "Newsweek" asked 1,000 U.S. citizens to take the same test that is given to foreigners who want to become American citizens. By the way, about 92 percent of citizenship applicants passed that test so immigrants do well. But we, the people, do not.
Among U.S. citizens, 29 percent could not name the Vice President Joseph Biden; 43 percent were unable to define the Bill of Rights; 40 percent do not know America fought Japan and Germany in World War II -- 40 percent; 73 percent do not know communism was the main concern of the Cold War; and 67 percent of American citizens do not know that our economic system is capitalism. That's a disaster.
So what's going on? It's quite clear that the public school system is a main culprit. It's no longer teaching history, geography or civics in an effective way. I'm generalizing I know there are some good schools but most public schools could not care less about instructing young Americans how their country works.
Number two, the Internet has created a generation of self-absorbed, addicted, distracted and ignorant people. The powerful machines, hand-held many of them, are diverting a lot of Americans away from real life. You can now create your own world on the net devoid of reality and millions of Americans are doing that. The result is that a very few shrewd people are now wielding enormous power.
Many Americans are voting for what they can get, not for what is best for this nation. And both the Republican and Democratic parties know it. Therefore we are a country in decline primarily because 320 million American Americans citizens aren't paying attention. They do not seem to be interested in the welfare of their country. They are primarily interested in their own welfare.
Once again, I'm generalizing and a I have a caveat. I'm not pandering here. Those of you watching this broadcast right now are most likely not in the ignorant category. You are taking the time to watch a news program to get information and analysis. But if you add up all the Americans who watch TV news and read the newspaper, it is a minority not a majority. Finally with the Internet now dominating American life the situation will most likely get worst.
One last stat according to a poll by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, just 25 percent of Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms the First Amendment guarantees. They are: speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for the redress of grievances.
Again, just 25 percent ok, could name more than one of those. But more than half of Americans can name at least two members of the Simpsons cartoon family.
And that's "The Memo."
 
Agreed commando! My dad joined the Marines in 69, he was sent to Hawaii not really sure how that ended up happening but he volunteered to fight. His cousins weren't so lucky . Cousin Ted went and came back a much different man. It still haunts him . Can't stand the thought of safety and comfort over our dangerous freedom but I don't want to get too political !
 
commando1 said:
Half the people here don't even know wtf we are talking about when you say Ho Chi Min.
Disgusting.
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I agree that many Americans are pretty clueless about our history and that is a shame

I don't think the "here" qualification is appropriate though .. I'd wager many on FCBO, or the ones we know anyway, are fairly up on history compared to many folks in general
 
tallhair said:
I agree that many Americans are pretty clueless about our history and that is a shame

I don't think the "here" qualification is appropriate though .. I'd wager many on FCBO, or the ones we know anyway, are fairly up on history compared to many folks in general
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Hear hear Bryan :yourock:
 
tallhair said:
I agree that many Americans are pretty clueless about our history and that is a shame

I don't think the "here" qualification is appropriate though .. I'd wager many on FCBO, or the ones we know anyway, are fairly up on history compared to many folks in general
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I'll have to disagree with you on certain issues. As FCBO grows, its demographics has changed drastically. In the beginning, FCBO was made up for the most part of "older" members (how you want to define "older" is up to you and is admittedly subjective). Imperical observation tells me the median age of members here has dropped dramatically. Not to sound demeaning, but the topics of new threads proves that to me.
When I used to log in, I would read every new or updated thread eagerly. Now, I look at the list of new and unread threads when I Iog in and I feel like I am back at Moparts and for the most part skip right over a lot of them. Particularly when they are non auto related. I understand the need for a little diversification from the auto hobby but it's getting a tad more than I am comfortable with.
Should there be more moderation to maintain the focus of what FCBO was created for? F*** NO! The non restrictive openess was what made FCBO grow. But now I'm afraid it is going to be it's downfall. But I don't want to change a thing. If it does go in a new direction, so be it. An alternative is always waiting in the wings to fulfill the original need.
Just like why FCBO was created and grew originally.

As FCBO demographics change and the subject matter changes with it, somebody will start a forum called For C-body Old Men Who Wear Hats Only.
And I'll join it the first day.
 
commando1 said:
I'll have to disagree with you on certain issues. As FCBO grows, its demographics has changed drastically. In the beginning, FCBO was made up for the most part of "older" members (how you want to define "older" is up to you and admittedly subjective). Imperical observation tells me the median age of members here has dropped dramatically. Not to sound demeaning, but the topics of new threads proves that to me.
When I used to log in, I would read every new or updated thread eagerly. Now, I look at the list of new and unread threads when Iog in and I feel like I am back at Moparts and for the mist part skip right over a lot of them. Particularly when they are non auto related. I understand the need for a little diversification fro the auto hobby but it's getting a tad more than I am comfirtable with.
Should there be more moderation to maintain the focus of what FCBO was created for? F*** NO! The non restrictive openess was what made FCBO grow. Now I'm afraid it us niw going to be it's downfall. But I don't want to change a thing. It it does go in a new durection, so it. An alternative is always waiting un the wings to fulfill the original need.
Just like why FCBO was created and grew originally.

As FCBO demographics change and the subject matter changes with it, somebody will start a forum called For C-body Old Men Who Wear Hats Only.
And I'll join it the first day.
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OK Stan.

Have you had your medicine today buddy?
 
I agree. There's been a ton of threads as of late covering almost daily life events.... I think the automotive portion, and personal portions are needed. The other 100s of threads that are started just for the purpose of starting, where the thread starter is the only poster gets a little old... I too skim over some of the non interesting things. We're all friends here sitting around the water cooler, or wherever you want to picture yourself.
 
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