My fellow Americans

[TPFKA@W]

Civics test: http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47 ... 2BB31E2692

My score was rather sad but apparently better than average.

You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %

[Scooter]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Wrong answer on definition of a public good, although I still think my answer was defensible.

[TPFKA@W]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Wrong answer on definition of a public good, although I still think my answer was defensible.

Fine you Canadian you, show me up. Here let's switch citizenship cards.

[Scooter]

In fairness several of the questions had less to do with civics than economics, and would be confusing if one never studied it.

[Lord Jim]

Oh man, ducks in a barrel...

33 for 33...

Nothin' but net!

[TPFKA@W]

Oh man, ducks in a barrel...

33 for 33...

Nothin' but net!

Show off.

[Joe Guy]

"You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00"

I probably have some Canadian blood.

[Gob]

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %

I'm not American!!!

Incorrect Answers
Question: Which of the following statements is true about abortion?
Your Answer: the National Organization for Women has lobbied for legal restrictions on it
Correct Answer: the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade
.
Question: Which of the following is a policy tool of the Federal Reserve?
Your Answer: increasing or decreasing government spending
Correct Answer: buying or selling government securities
.
Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
Your Answer: Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
.
Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
Your Answer: eliminate the Supreme Court
Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
.
Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average
.
Question: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
Your Answer: all moral and political truth is relative to one’s time and place
Correct Answer: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
.
Question: Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment.
Your Answer: Due process
Correct Answer: Religion
.
Question: International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following?
Your Answer: an increase in a nation’s import tariffs
Correct Answer: an increase in a nation’s productivity.

[TPFKA@W]

I'm not American!!!

For which we are overflowing with gratitude....

[Lord Jim]

Yeah, who the hell want a marmite eatin', kilt wearin', cricket lovin' American?

[Gob]

I'm not American!!!

For which we are overflowing with gratitude....

Still beat you though

[Crackpot]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Wrong answer on definition of a public good, although I still think my answer was defensible.

Fine you Canadian you, show me up. Here let's switch citizenship cards.

there is no way in hell you could pass for Canadian.

[TPFKA@W]

I'm not American!!!

For which we are overflowing with gratitude....

Still beat you though

Even a blind/deaf pig finds an acorn sometimes....

[Lord Jim]

there is no way in hell you could pass for Canadian.

Oh come on CP...

You know how Scooter's always so overly polite....it's impossible to get a cross word out of him...

[TPFKA@W]

Agreed, if Scooter can pass for Canadian, I could.

[Crackpot]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

[Crackpot]

there is no way in hell you could pass for Canadian.

Oh come on CP...

You know how Scooter's always so overly polite....it's impossible to get a cross word out of him...

Have you met Scooter in person? I've known enough Canadians (I'm related to quite a few) to know what they think and what they feel doesn't really correlate to how they act.

[TPFKA@W]

Well when this is making me feel badly all I have to do is think of a conversation I had earlier with a co-worker. She asked me if I had seen "The Tudors". I told her yes, saw it and loved it. "I am thinking of ordering on Netflix", she said, then added, "Does it take place in Victorian England?"

[Scooter]

Have you met Scooter in person? I've known enough Canadians (I'm related to quite a few) to know what they think and what they feel doesn't really correlate to how they act.

What I think and feel corresponds pretty closely to how I act. It's just that in RL I don't often encounter the calibre of idiot that one cannot avoid in online forums.

Except when dealing with certain government officials, but in that case I've learned to kiss ass enough to get what I want.

[Lord Jim]

She asked me if I had seen "The Tudors". I told her yes, saw it and loved it. "I am thinking of ordering on Netflix", she said, then added, "Does it take place in Victorian England?"