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Just the other day, I could not find the United States on a map either. But then later, I found out it was a map of Europe. So I demanded a map of the United States instead and I found it right away.

So see, I'm nobody's fool.

I was watching a Jay Leno YouTube video of a segment called "Jaywalking". He walks the streets of L.A. and asks people random questions.

One of his questions was: Name a country that begins with the letter "u". Four adults didn't know the answer!

"Just the other day, I could not find the United States on a map either. But then later, I found out it was a map of Europe. So I demanded a map of the United States instead and I found it right away."

LOL, that made my day! fwiw, I don't know what her politics might be, and of course no contestant would want to get overtly political in such a setting, but I wish she could have said:

"It's no surprise that 20% of Americans cannot locate our country on our map when at least that many think that "9/11 truther" claims are worth taking seriously, that President Bush and VP Cheney are evil buffoons, and that Osama Bin Laden just wants to establish a worldwide chain of Sharia day care centers. It's no surprise that at least 20% of the country can't read a map when they went to public schools run by shameless Demagogues of the NEA shoving politically correct drivel at them all day. The poll result cited in the question merely reflects the fact that the Demagogues and the NEA have been running our educational system for much too long!"

Kids-

Just because someone asks you to find a place on a map, does not mean that you should do it for them. Even if you can.

People have to stop jumping every time the world tells them to.