Friday, July 09, 2004
THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
"A report released Thursday by the National Endowment for the Arts says the number of non-reading adults increased by more than 17 million between 1992 and 2002. Only 47 percent of American adults read "literature" (poems, plays, narrative fiction) in 2002, a drop of 7 points from a decade earlier. Those reading any book at all in 2002 fell to 57 percent, down from 61 percent." (CNN)
Dumb people elect dumb people. Whatever happened to RIF? Remember that, Reading Is Fundamental? I wonder if the 53 percent who don't read are the same people who watch "reality" progarmming, or the Jerry Springer show. Knowledge is power, and Americans seem not to want any. I say to America; turn off the t.v., put down the Big Mac, read a book, and talk to your kids. Remember them, your kids? They are the future, and if you don't read, they won't read. They'll grow up ignorant, and then they'll be susceptible to conservative doctrine. They'll elect an idiot who will make us all look like idiots....wait a second...it's too late! It already happened. Well almost, he wasn't really elected was he?
"A report released Thursday by the National Endowment for the Arts says the number of non-reading adults increased by more than 17 million between 1992 and 2002. Only 47 percent of American adults read "literature" (poems, plays, narrative fiction) in 2002, a drop of 7 points from a decade earlier. Those reading any book at all in 2002 fell to 57 percent, down from 61 percent." (CNN)
Dumb people elect dumb people. Whatever happened to RIF? Remember that, Reading Is Fundamental? I wonder if the 53 percent who don't read are the same people who watch "reality" progarmming, or the Jerry Springer show. Knowledge is power, and Americans seem not to want any. I say to America; turn off the t.v., put down the Big Mac, read a book, and talk to your kids. Remember them, your kids? They are the future, and if you don't read, they won't read. They'll grow up ignorant, and then they'll be susceptible to conservative doctrine. They'll elect an idiot who will make us all look like idiots....wait a second...it's too late! It already happened. Well almost, he wasn't really elected was he?
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