42% of WHO??

Just when I get to thinkin' CNN is on the side of the angels - figuratively speaking koff koff - Kitty Pilgram (love that name) is sitting in for Lou Dobbs, posting an answer to some kind of poll - 42% of someone (certain NOT the Iraqis-) thinks things are better in Iraq now than they were under Saddam. That just HAD to be a poll of illiterates in Red states. I know the average IQ is this country is a pretty scary 100, but really! 42% of the country has been on Mars for 4 years??
They might, possibly, get a similar answer in Iraq if they only asked in the Kurdish region.
I'm gonna have to research that one, before I spout off any more.

The Supremes just ruled that a high school student had no right to hold up a banner - off school grounds - saying "Bong hits 4 Jesus" while watching the passage of the Olympic Torch in some recent past. Drug related. So if you want to speak of drugs, your school can suspend you.

I did find this in a article about a poll of Iraqis. "Fewer than half in the country, 42 percent, said that life in Iraq now is better than it was under Saddam Hussein, the late dictator accused of murdering tens of thousands during a brutal regime." Again, Kurdistan! I think it's just Iraqis trying to be polite to the obviously US news person asking the questions.

But then, there's this from CNN:

Failing Grades

A startling number of Americans are functionally illiterate, according to a new study. The State Education Agency says one in five Americans cannot read maps, comprehend bus schedules or fill out job applications. We'll have a special report on the costs of this devastating discovery.