This is one of those ever popular grocery store checkout line bouncies. It is really sad that DUmmies are now so DUmbed down that cops, bushes, and conversions are few and far between these days. A lame story like this one, spun by the recently fired and currently unemployed Target clerk, DUmmy TwixVoy, now falls into the miserable remnant of a once vibrant bouncy category.
TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-29-09 09:55 PM
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Lol the stupidity of Americans never ceases to amaze me
I was at the grocery store about an hour ago waiting in the super long lines. Apparently some American Idol contestant (don't watch the show, so I have no clue what the details are) said the show was rigged. Several people in the line got to talking about it, and they all came to an agreement that "THEY need to make laws controlling american idol so this kind of thing doesn't happen" and got to talking about how lawmakers should be dealing with this. They were dead serious too. Sad thing is these weren't some stupid teenagers either.
I could either be sad about this or laugh at it. With all the problems we have right now there are actually people out there that think congress should be passing laws to regulate american idol.
I wonder where this country will be a few years from now. Shit like this makes me wonder.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6182311As usual, DUmmies ignore the obvious fact that people in a checkout line simply do not socialize. Ever. They swallow these goofy stories every single time:
masuki bance (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-29-09 09:59 PM
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5. Game shows were regulated after big scandals in the 1950's
Law and politics
The entire matter was called "a terrible thing to do to the American people" by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.<3> After concluding the Harris Commission investigation, Congress passed a law prohibiting the fixing of quiz shows (and any other form of contest).<4> However, at the time, while the actions may have been disreputable, they were not illegal. As a result, no one went to prison for rigging game shows. The individuals who were prosecuted were charged because of attempts to cover up their actions, either by obstruction of justice or perjury.
KamaAina (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-29-09 10:01 PM
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6. These are people who, I'm sure, faithfully vote for Idol each and every week
but likely never turn out for boring elections like, y'know, President 'n' Congress 'n' stuff.
DUmmies are just so much smarter than normal folks, don't you know.
Greyhound (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-29-09 10:01 PM
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7. No need to wonder, think of how far we've fallen in the last 40 years, and project
that forward. We actually have a majority of the Sheeple that consider the trivia you posted about to be of sufficient import to actually talk about it with strangers.
We are a lost people and deserve what we are getting. It is unfortunate that so many of the rest of us will be dragged down with them, but c'est la vie.
MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-29-09 10:04 PM
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9. Do you expect the average Joe American to display intelligence after
how many decades of anti intellectualism run amok?
How many Americans would rather feign stupidity for a laugh than run the risk of looking like a know-it-all?
Does anyone want to guess who this DUmmy thinks the "intellectuals" are?
Fire1 (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-29-09 10:13 PM
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12. Had I been in that line I probably would have verbalized
what you were thinking. Probably with humor and sarcasm, but nevertheless.
DUmmies don't do humor. DUmmy Fire1 would probably lose teeth if he spoke to strangers in a checkout line.
