For the love of Peter Cottontail, are you kidding? 90% of the war mongers don't know the difference between a shiite and shinola?

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There are only two things wrong with this great nation of ours, democrats and republicans!

Not necessarily in that order.

Any LEGAL resident of the country that PAYS taxes should be allowed to vote. All others should not. period.

Yes, every tax-paying citizen should be allowed to vote. Educated or dimwitted, young or old, man or woman... everyone who gives the federal government a portion of their earnings should help decide who is spending it.

Yes exactly. Why it may not be a bad idea to restrict ignorant people from voting. It just doesn't seem plausible.

Back in the days of "Jim Crow", literacy tests were used to disenfranchise black voters. As a result, voter literacy tests were outlawed.

Asking biased and arbitrary questions such as, "How many bubbles on a bar of soap?" or "How many grains of sand in an hourglass?" serve no purpose except to disqualify potential voters.

However, considering that more people are familiar with the contestants on "American Idol", than the justices on the Supreme Court - having a voter literacy test might not be such a bad idea.

The only fair, balanced, neutral literacy test I can think of that could be used, is the test used to become a United States citizen.

If you apply for citizenship in the United States, you have to pass the above test. It seems fair and logical to me that if you're going to vote and elect officials, you should be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of how the system operates.

The test I've hyperlinked to is 100 questions. I'd say that if you can't get at least 2/3rd's (66%) correct, you probably shouldn't be allowed to vote.

Comments anyone?

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"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." - Groucho Marx

Just like requiring a test for voting would violate a right, so would be requiring a test to own a firearm, or a test to have children.

The answer is not more tests, it is us as the individual, holding others to a higher standard. If we as a people are unable to bring the rest of our people together then the America experiment will fail. Government will not solve this problem. Neither will tests or classes.

That will not happen until we start, as a people, holding others to the same standard that we set for ourselves.

Moving from one country into this one is not a right. Your logic is flawed.

The bottom line? Hold the individual who makes the decision, responsible for their actions.

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Jones:- We're going to teach them climbing, abseiling, canoeing, archery, shooting...

Interviewer:- Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible isn't it?

Jones:- I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the range.

Interviewer:- Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?
You're equipping them to become violent killers.

Jones:- Well, you're equipped to be a prostitute but you're not one are you?

Is there any true difference?

Isn't it like Presbyterian and Lutheran? Same religion just different rules?

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ABoyNamedSue - Speaking of Crestwoods posts - And then there'll be some link to some page, written in hindu or something, talking about sherpas and A&W root beer, and how George Bush is to blame for some Jewish neo-nazi death camp, run by Elvis Presley, on the far side of the moon that's been busted for killing kittens or something

In 1976 I voted for Jimmy Carter.
In 1980 I voted for Ronaldus Maximus
In 1984 I voted for Ronaldus Maximus again.
In 1988 I voted for the Shrub's father.
In 1992 I voted for the little guy from Texas.
In 1996 I couldn't vote in good conscience for either candidate.
In 2000 I voted for the Shrub.
In 2004 I held my nose and voted for the Shrub again.

So I guess I'm responsible for the Iran hostage crisis, Ollie North, "No new taxes!", NAFTA, Monica, and the Iraq war...

However, I don't think it's asking too much for a prospective voter to demonstrate a little knowledge of how the system operates.

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"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." - Groucho Marx

Mas T;

I rest my case!

Shinola isn't a religion, it's a boot polish company!

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There are only two things wrong with this great nation of ours, democrats and republicans!

Not necessarily in that order.

There are 7 continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica.