Well, some of my fellow Americans were ignorant enough to elect "Dubya" twi..., uh, once. This is an excerpt from "Just How Stupid Are We?" by Rick Shenkman:

"Five defining characteristics of stupidity, it seems to me, are readily apparent.

First, is sheer ignorance: Ignorance of critical facts about important events in the news, and ignorance of how our government functions and who's in charge.

Second, is negligence: The disinclination to seek reliable sources of information about important news events.

Third, is wooden-headedness, as the historian Barbara Tuchman defined it: The inclination to believe what we want to believe regardless of the facts.

Fourth, is shortsightedness: The support of public policies that are mutually contradictory, or contrary to the country's long-term interests.

Fifth, and finally, is a broad category I call bone-headedness, for want of a better name: The susceptibility to meaningless phrases, stereotypes, irrational biases, and simplistic diagnoses and solutions that play on our hopes and fears."

http://www.truthout.org/article/how-ignorant-are-we

Nice post!

One of my favourite sayings is, "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are too sure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

Seems to somewhat fit with what you are saying.

LIBERALS THINKS LIFE IS ABOUT "YOU AGANIST GOVERMENT" WHEN LIFE IS ABOUT " YOU AGAINST YOURSELF"

I like it better as " The trouble with the world is that the misinformed are the majority and that the informed are brushed off as being too conservative."