Seven dwarves? Supreme Ct. Justices? Whatever.

Did you catch the last episode of "Rescue Me"? Brilliant bar scene where the lead protagonist, Tom Gavin (played by Denis Leary -http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/rescueme/),
asks the other patrons in the bar if they could name ONE firefighter that died on September 11th. He says, "I'll bet you all could name five American Idol finalists.....but you couldn't name one FDNY who died on 9/11."

Sorta makes you think.

It is always more sad than funny when the Tonight Show's Jay Leno takes to the streets and asks the most basic civics 101 questions.....only to get the most blank looks in return.

So, so, so sad.

And here is yet another example of completely misplaced priorities. More people can name the Seven Dwarves than can name the Supreme Court.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyid=2006-08-15T022048Z_01_N13234669_RTRUKOC_0_US-CULTURE.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

Do people ever look up from the trough long enough to see where the feed has come from? It is our responsibility to know basic civics. People should know what they are voting for and the impact of what they do rather than just accepting what the NYT and their pals in the MSM tell them. Yet it is clear to me that it just isn't being taught and it isn't something that a majority of folks care about because they have never had to fight for it.

Everyone has a stake in our nation even if they don't realize it. Too bad they don't.