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IN INCREASING NUMBERS, AMERICANS ARE GETTER STUPIDER. THEY ARE INCREASINGLY CHARACTERIZED BY A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, REASON OR WIT. REVERSING THE TREND WILL BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE "AGAINST STUPIDITY THE VERY GODS THEMSELVES CONTEND IN VAIN." (THE PHILOSOPHER VON SCHILLER).

OPEN HOUSE ARRIVES AGAIN AT A LOCAL UNIVERSITY AND APPROXIMATELY 60 COLLEGES WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS. MOSTLY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, OF COURSE WERE THE TARGETS. COLLEGES NOW OFFER INNUMERABLE SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, FUNDING AND STUDENT AID. NO EXCUSE EXISTS FOR THE WILLING LEARNER. BUT... WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION, TEST SCORES ARE LOWER, FACTS ARE IRREVERENT AND UNIMPORTANT, COURSES ARE POLITICALLY CORRECT AND BREEZY, COMMON SENSE IS ENDANGERED, READING AND HOMEWORK TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME AND THINKING TAKES UP EVEN MORE TIME. IN OTHER WORDS, AMERICANS GETTING STUPIDER AS THE WORLD CONTINUES TO FLATTEN OUT.

JUST AS THERE IS ONLY ONE GREAT SONG OR PIECE OF MUSIC ON A TAPE OR CD WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION, THE BANDWIDTH OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE-EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS CONTINUES TO NARROW.

ONE PROOF IS IN THE PAUCITY OF THE PUBLIC FRANCHISE. ONLY HALF OF AMERICANS VOTE. ONLY HALF OF THIS HALF ARE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH TO PENETRATE THE VEIL THAT IS BEING PULLED OVER THEIR EYES BY THE LIBERAL LIARS AND MANIPULATIVE NAY-SAYERS.

NEVERTHELESS, VOTE TOMORROW! TO QUOTE GEORGE GISSING, "IT IS BECAUSE NATIONS TEND TO STUPIDITY AND BASENESS THAT MANKIND MOVES SO SLOWLY; IT IS BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE A CAPACITY FOR BETTER THINGS THAT IT MOVES AT ALL."