[ga] US Officials Flunk Test On Civic Knowledge

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  In respect to the pursuit of an Internet Bill of Rights, the
following should be kept in mind:

A test on civic knowledge given to elected officials proved that
 
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081120/tod-us-officials-flunk-test-of-amerian-h-f62056d.html

they are slightly less knowledgeable than the uninformed people who
voted them into office. Elected officials scored a 44 percent while
ordinary citizens managed an amazing 49 percent on the 33 questions
compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. "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.
The three branches of government aren't the Nina, the Pinta, and the
Santa
Maria?

  My notes: I wonder how well members of the ALAC members?
would score?  Perhaps this should be a test given and required to have
passed with at least a 82% correct before speakers at the next ICANN
meeting?  BTW, I also too this test, and got a perfect score.  >:)

Regards,

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