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Old 08-27-2010, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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This is absolutely the best non partisan lesson on the various forms of government I have ever seen. It is very clear and worth your time listening to all of it.

The American Form of Government
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Old 08-27-2010, 04:26 PM
 
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Seriously, I can't tell you how concerned about this country when people hold up video's produced for 5th graders as being "the absolute best" ways to learn "definitions of forms of government."

It is about the saddest indictment on the intellectual level of far too many Americans.
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Old 08-27-2010, 04:47 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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To be fair, that means fifth-grade teachers aren't doing their jobs, which was already obvious, lol.
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Old 08-27-2010, 04:50 PM
 
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To be fair, that means fifth-grade teachers aren't doing their jobs, which was already obvious, lol.
I suppose that's true.
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Old 08-27-2010, 08:32 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Seriously, I can't tell you how concerned about this country when people hold up video's produced for 5th graders as being "the absolute best" ways to learn "definitions of forms of government."

It is about the saddest indictment on the intellectual level of far too many Americans.

Just be thankful that you learned something for a change.
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