“Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I’m tired of making other people feel good about themselves.” (Homer Simpson).
“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.” (Lauren Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina.)
Bimbo alert! Bimbo alert!
And who ever thought that we need more maps?! I feel so stupid.
Moral of the story is now we know that G.Bush #2 isn’t the only one from the South who can’t finish a sentence.
However, despite the frenzy, if you think about it, I personally believe no one could have answered the question better: she summed it up with her case-in-point delirious ramble that signifies the state of the..er, U.S. American education system. Let’s be fair, folks, it’s not easy to come up with such genial and original delirium er… like, such as this when one is wide awake! Even I can’t do that and as my ravishing husband could readily attest that I am, actually, genetically, insanely, officially -and unintentionally- funny! And here are some precious tips to young girls everywhere who aspire to win a beauty pageant: other than teary and heartfelt wishes for world peace, a liberal sprinkling of South Africa and Iraq (add Namibia and/or East Timor too for more effects, hopefully you can find them on the map though) into every conversation and answer to questions will surely make you sound sharper than a beachball! And to Miss South Carolina, take this pearl of wisdom from the Homer: “You can’t keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once and move on.” And you can always have a career in porn anyway (awww, that’s catty…I know…sorry! Can’t help myself :0)
Ayu,
The essence of beauty pageant questions hasn’t changed much over the years. Unfortunately, the geographic and historical knowledge of the insulated people in general seems to have gone straight down the tubes. A depressing commentary. Reminds me, though, of a street survey done back in the 1980s when the Nicarauguan debacle was going full tilt … a high percentage of American high schoolers at that time thought that the USSR/Russia was located in Central America. “Black humour” if you will.
S.
This one sent to me personally from our friend Sean:
Homer got it wrong. A stupid person like Homer needs other people look bad to feel good about himself because he’s a stupid person. If Miss Teen South Carolina had a brain in her head, she would have answered the question of “1 in 5 people in the United States can’t place the United States on a map. Why do you think this is?” with the reply, “Because at least 1 out of 5 people in the United States is a fucking moron”. Her completely idiotic response just proves that she is the “1″ in that 1 out of 5.
We don’t need people to look bad to feel better about ourselves. The real problem is that stupid people don’t realize that they’re stupid and their stupidity effects me in negative ways which are beyond my control. Case in point: It appears that 1 out of 5 people are stupid when it comes to geography, but the percentage of stupid people is actually much higher. I’d say 52%, the percentage of people that voted for George Bush in 2004. To some extent, people voting for Bush in 2000 may be a forgivable offense; but to re-elect him in 2004 just proves my point. These are the same people who stick their hand into a fire and get burned; then stick it in the fire again thinking the result will be different.
Stupid people are as much of a disaster as global warming, nuclear proliferation or the designated hitter. They must be stopped at any cost. which when you think about it, shouldn’t be that hard. They are stupid afterall.
Two things came to to light in the aftermath of the Miss Teen South Carolina brouhaha, one of which is surprising and one that is not. The surprising thing is that she is going to college this fall. This girl actually got into college? What college would accept such a moron. Well, the answer to that is Appalachian State. Of course it’s not surprising that she will be attending Appalachian State, the name of the school alone produces images of empty headed toothless in-bred pig fuckers. It seems to me that Miss Teen South Carolina and Appalachian State is a marriage made in heaven.
Dubya got “elected” in 2000 by a lot of stupid people voting for him PLUS some dubious slight-of-hand in the backrooms in Florida, Washington and probably Texas.
Dubya got “re-elected” in 2000 by some stupid people voting for him, but with a lot more questionable ballots being mis-counted or purposely mis-cast to begin with. Both “elections” are like bleeding sores in the American body politic.
Miss Teen South Carolina answered that question badly, but she’s still got her looks to fall back on…