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: Thoughts in a Haystack

Carnival of the Elitist Bastards XI

By John Pieret

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The eleventh Carnival of the Elitist Bastards is up and about at It's the Thought that Counts.

While the standard for being an elitist bastard has never been what it might sound like to those who do not aspire to the title, it's sad how low the bar has fallen in this country, as shown by this¹:

A close relative of mine was telling me a story about the place she worked recently. Her company was having some sort of trivia contest. One of the questions was "Who delivered the Gettysburg address?" The company she works for is less than 150 miles from Gettysburg. Believe it or not, surrounded by college-educated people, she was the only one who knew.

When the author, and presumably the content, of one of the greatest speeches ever uttered, coming at a crucial time not just for our country but for the entire human species, is a blank spot in our collective memory, there is little hope of our having an intellectual life that rises above "Survivor" reruns or a body politic that is more than sloganeering aimed at the passions of the moment.

In short, if you think it's bad now, you may not want to contemplate tomorrow.

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¹ From Slobber and Spittle
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Full post as published by Thoughts in a Haystack on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).