Bill Maher’s end-of-show rant on Friday was particularly good. He talks about how stupid America is becoming, because Americans as a whole are seemingly stupid. It’s worth a read, if for nothing other than entertainment value. Here’s one of my favorite bits … because it’s all too true (and actually sort of sad):

I’m the bad guy for saying it’s a stupid country, yet polls show that a majority of Americans cannot name a single branch of government, or explain what the Bill of Rights is. 24% could not name the country America fought in the Revolutionary War. More than two-thirds of Americans don’t know what’s in Roe v. Wade. Two-thirds don’t know what the Food and Drug Administration does. Some of this stuff you should be able to pick up simply by being alive. You know, like the way the Slumdog kid knew about cricket.

One of my readers passed on a link that’s also worth reading (thanks, John!): What are they so mad about? at Washington Monthly. It’s about the shouting and angry people at these town halls, and it breaks them down into the various groups represented. Does it rather well too.