Caught this on U Tube......Americans look pretty stupid....ugh....

[a kennedy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkYfYa8ePI

(from buzzflash)

[etherealtruth]

1. I started to watch and had to click it off

"Americans look pretty stupid....ugh...."

[ThatsMyBarack]

14. Me, too!

Painfully embarrassing! :blush:

[trumad]

2. Funny thing is...

If I go to Australia and do the same thing...I'm sure I'd find plenty who were equally stupid.

I loved the question: name a country that starts with a "U"? The look on their faces as they tried to figure it out was priceless.

[LiberalFighter]

26. Took me only 1 second to come up with one

other than United States.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Were those mostly Texans?

[Gruenemann]

23. Some were

Part of this was shot in San Antonio, which means lots could have been tourists. Some of it was shot in L.A. Maybe others of you recognize other locations.

F'ing scary, all of it.

[LiberalFighter]

25. Did you see the part where he had a map and asked them where

such and such a country was located? And they had Australia mislabeled as different countries? Or was it Malaysia? And they actually pointed to it because it was labeled as the country they were looking for.

[depakid]

34. Most Californians don't know jack about geography

so that segment didn't surprise me at all! LOL.

[lazyriver]

4. How did they find so many Fox News viewers for

one 9 minute piece?

Seriously, THIS is why we are in such a mess today. The dumbing down of America has reached critical mass.

[godai]

5. I bet 90+% of the people interviewed still support *

Can't name a country starting with 'U'! Identify Australia as Korea, France, Iraq! Helps explain who those 28% who still support * are.

[OneBlueSky]

6. and they vote . . . n/t

.

[Octafish]

7. Ignorance is Strength for the BFEE

The less We the People know, the easier for them to steal, rule and war.

[Richard D]

8. Oh my . . .

. . . that was funny at first, then tragic. I do wonder what their percentage of intelligent to ignorant people was.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. yeah, there are completely uniformed people everywhere

and if I spent a few hours in France, the UK, Russia or Australia I could make a video that made them look just as stupid as well. I will say however that I find it funny and somehow at the same time scary...

sP

[KitSileya]

10. Now, to be completely honest,

about that question 'name a land that starts with U' - I was thinking Uganda, Uruguay, but I didn't even think of the United States until he mentioned it to the blonde. I'm Norwegian.

[Sydnie]

12. I thought Uganda as well

but we shouldn't hang our heads completely ... at least we didn't think "Utah". :hug:

[KitSileya]

13. LOL no we didn't.

I can't remember any other countries that start with a U either, but I could answer pretty much all of his questions. But then, I have a univeristy education, and am a teacher. Ask any of my students, they might have trouble with some of them, but not with Tony Blair, where Iraq is, and questions such as these. Norwegian media is a lot better at informing the public about the rest of the world.

[Sydnie]

15. I was struck that no one mentioned that the map was not correct

I know we as a country are geographically challenged, but I was surprised that not one person said that map is totally wrong. Instead, they just stuck their flags in it and went about their day. :(

[Sydnie]

11. Reminded me of Leno's "Jaywalking" segments

We are some poorly informed people, no doubt about it.

"He's from Texas, he has to be right". :puke:

[Swamp Rat]

16. LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

:rofl:

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Disgusting. And yet, almost every one of them thought that America/themselves

to be superior to any other group or country named. I just can't deal with american hubris!

[gatorboy]

18. You S A! You S A!

[porphyrian]

19. It huuuurtssss ussss...!

This does nothing but reinforce what I already believe.

[rpgamerd00d]

20. ITS THE 28%ers!!

Wow, the guy found every Bush voter in America - nice going!

[CactusJock]

21. i felt sorry for the people who went along with the guy pretending to be the aussie premier...

i thought they were just being polite. even if you had your doubts about someone claiming that, if they ask you if you recognise them i think you're going to err on the side of politeness.

everyone else was pretty dumb though.

[LiberalFighter]

30. They deserve being ridiculed... Leader of a country without security?

[depakid]

33. The resemblance really is striking

John Howard.

[driver8]

22. What gets me is that the idiots were laughing about how stupid they are.

Utah is a country?

A triangle has 4 sides?

England uses Queen Elizabeth's money?

Jesus...this country is in deep shit. No wonder Bush got "elected" twice.

[-..__...]

24. "I'm a little mixed up about the Palestinians and Isrealies..."

"Which one is throwing the rocks"?

:rofl:

"Which countries should the US invade next?"

"California, New York, Florida".

(While most of the respondents obviously don't have a clue, there are a few that are being sarcastic or just giving the 'reporter' a dose of his own medicine).

[AlCzervik]

28. hey at least that guy knew there was rock throwing involved.

[AlCzervik]

27. "Mr. Howard thanks for your efforts in Iraq" i give up.

[Yavin4]

29. No Fair, He Should Have Asked Some "American Idol" Questions

they'd get those.

[depakid]

31. At least the Californians seemed relatively harmless

in their ignorance (and I can tell you from considerable experience that that's a fairly representative sample of what you'd find on Venice beach).

The Texans on the other hand were downright scary.

[Cocoa]

32. "were we even in the Vietnam war?"

:rofl: