Test your political savvy for fun...no cheating

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Only 12 questions

 

press for test

 

BTW, I suck bad, but that's no surprise

[iain]

it's like being asked to label engine parts to get your driver's license hey I'm a model citizen

[AlpineK]

10 out of 12....I'm a model citizen.

[JGowans]

7/12...not bad for a foreign bastard like me

[catbirdseat]

I am ashamed. I missed one. I didn't know there were that many amendments. Jason, I would expect you foreigners to do better than we natives.

[fern]

I got 7/12 too.

 

I wonder what the scores would be for a similar tests about other countries' governments.

[Distel32]

bwahahaha 12/12. oh the joys of having worked for the national government and taking poli. sci. not too long ago

[iain]

bah those dates and numbers are hardwired into every kid's head. who cares when the constitution was written as long as you have it within 20 years or so? I think u.s. and world geography is more important.

[catbirdseat]

The whole point of that question is that this country bumbled along for quite a few years before our mode of government was decided upon. Most people make the mistake of assuming that the constitution followed immediately after the Declaration of Independence.

[Distel32]

Good old articles of confederation, didn't work so well

[iain]

I see. Can you point to the last 5 geograpical locations on the planet were the US has been employing physical violence in your name? I find that pretty important. Sorry to be a smartass, (esp when I'm not so smart)

[specialed]

I defenitly take issue with a few of those questions though. The duty of the Supreme Court is in a sense to oversee Congress and the President. In fact, many political science scholars might say it is the primary duty of the Supreme Court. Although theoretically oveseeing congress and the president is not the Supreme Court's mandate, it is what happens in a de facto sense.

This test sucks

[iain]

just because you got a low score and shouldn't be a citizen is no reason to be grumpy

[allison]

iain said:

just because you got a low score and shouldn't be a citizen is no reason to be grumpy

 

Yeah what he said.

 

And what Distel said except if seems my memory is better than I thought it was. I have not had the recent experience of these things.

[Fejas]

Iraq afgan sumal kuwa kore veit japa germ *euro* us mexi -not to mention the sloter and eratication of a large native race... probably many more but my mind does not work that well in a blurr of alcohal hang over.... "you can always make trough a friday"...

[COL._Von_Spanker]

specialed said:

I defenitly take issue with a few of those questions though. The duty of the Supreme Court is in a sense to oversee Congress and the President. In fact, many political science scholars might say it is the primary duty of the Supreme Court. Although theoretically oveseeing congress and the president is not the Supreme Court's mandate, it is what happens in a de facto sense.

This test sucks

 

You are thinking of the Judicial branch as a whole. Have you ever read a supreme court ruling? You just have the old rudimentary checks and balances shit stuck in your head.

 

In what way does the supreme court oversee congress and the president, be it de jure or de facto.

[dryad]

12/12 Woo hoo!

 

Anyway, let's see if I can come up with the most recent 5 instances of US military involvement:

Iraq (Gulf War II), Somalia, Yugoslavia, Colombia (drug war), Iraq (Gulf War I).

I'm sure I'm missing some smaller ones in there.

[minx]

Bosnia, Afghanistan

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specialed said:

This test sucks

Ya know, there's always one whiner in every crowd. Go change your diaper and check back.

[dryad]

minx said:

Bosnia, Afghanistan

 

Thanks Minx! I sorta lumped Bosnia in with Yugoslavia. And of course how could I forget Afghanistan! Maybe that one got filed in my head under "Gulf War II".

[Fejas]

forgot bout' bosn... ine there was a more recent one i was forgeting....

[rr666]

10/12 ain't too bad

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

3/12

 

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Dr_Flash_Amazing said:

3/12

Spot, the White House dog would do better.

[iain]

trask said:

Spot, the White House dog would do better.

Did you see that mutt try to trip up GWB coming off the helo the other day? Priceless! He just stopped on the stairs and Bush had to try to step over him.