Irony? More Americans are college graduates than ever before and more have advanced degrees but they still try to phrase it in ways that we don't have to use that education.

But equally as rude is when politicians talk down to their audiences by adopting the dialect and accent of the audience they are speaking too. It is one thing to wear cowboy boots to speak to Texans but adopting the drawl to win them over hopefully backfires.

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DC: Keep Calm & Let The NSA Carry On

Hey, what did you expect, it is NPR. Yes, my previous ignored the point of the thread and veered into my pet peeve which is the horrible job schools are doing for the majority of Americans.

Apparently the methodology used in the study referenced is a bit more involved than the NPR piece indicated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2% ... ility_test

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Back in 2010 Congress was so much smarter...

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I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." -Henry Ford

You know Otis... this Hank Johnson "speech" has been hack out many times, long ago. Mr. Johnson is ill...



It's really a cheap shot on your part to even bring this up again. Do you make fun of mentally-impaired children too? I can't stand this kind of petty crap from the right or the left. Otis... do a little more research on your topics before you shoot your mouth off. You just jump on the talking points you've read in World Nut Daily or Alex Jones and run with them. Smart up.

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Presenting the new look of liberalism.

Using 10 cent words doesn't make a person smart. I'd rather have a representative that's good at summarizing a topc in a clear and concise way.

For those that believe multi-syllabic expressions equate somehow to intellect, I have only one thing to say: The expedience of your verbosity completely underwhelms us.

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"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln

By the way, Kate - the preferred way to phrase the subject line would be "more stupid". Any word with multiple syllables is considerd awkward to pronounce when modified to be used as a comparative using '-er' or '-est'. Other examples would be cruel, common, polite, tired and clever.

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"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln

How did the quote go?

" A lot of people who ain't sayin' ain't, ain't eatin.'"

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"President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people..." Clint Eastwood