{"article":{"id":118753,"heading":" Electoral Data Breakdown By IQ","author":"The Economist & St. Petersburg Times","created":"2004-11-09 15:38:37","modified":"2005-08-15 03:04:51","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:04:51","article":"<p>The attached is an average IQ for the nation, and is self explanatory.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.rense.com\/general59\/iq.jpg","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Catagory ?!  Just plain stupidity","numcomment":8,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2004\/11\/iq.jpg","filesize":"290.8 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2004\/11\/118753.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2004\/11\/iq.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2004\/11\/iq.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2004\/11\/iq.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":118754,"heading":"Idiots","article":"Only an idiot would believe that the results were honest.  Let me say it.\r\nE  Fraud.  \r\nDemocracy, on the ropes, delt a KO with a loaded glove.  Now it's up to the people.","author":"Come on","parent_id":118753,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-09 15:54:24","modified":"2004-11-09 15:54:24","fileurl":""},{"id":118758,"heading":"That's It","article":"Let's insult the working class people by calling them stupid.  That'll make them want to listen to us.\r\n\r\nHow do some of you even become involved in the struggle?  It's crap like this that helps holding us back.","author":"bb","parent_id":118753,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-09 17:39:08","modified":"2004-11-09 17:39:08","fileurl":""},{"id":118759,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"...well, that cuts both ways.  Let's not insult them, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking that reason will win them over.\r\n\r\nThe reality is that voting da shrub is against their self-interest.  How do we get people to realize this without calling them stupid?","author":"KPC","parent_id":118753,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-09 18:33:16","modified":"2004-11-09 18:33:16","fileurl":""},{"id":118764,"heading":"How?","article":"How is voting for either party any better than the other?  How is Kerry any better than Bush?  Those who voted for Bush or Kerry were voting against their own best interest.\r\n\r\nI don't know how to get people to do things that are in their own self interests.  You got any ideas?","author":"bb","parent_id":118753,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-09 19:25:23","modified":"2004-11-09 19:25:23","fileurl":""},{"id":118765,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"..help them gain a better understanding of where their interest really lie...\r\n\r\n..that can be driven by the hard work of organizing, or the hard realities of life.","author":"KPC","parent_id":118753,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-09 19:48:37","modified":"2004-11-09 19:48:37","fileurl":""},{"id":118767,"heading":"bb","article":"Here ya go.\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2004\/11\/118580.php\r\n\r\nIt's up to you.  Others are just going to idly sit by and complain that no one's doing anything, so watch for them.\r\n\r\n>..that can be driven by the hard work of organizing\r\n\r\nIf you can ever get Sheepy and KPC to drop the Cheetos, get out from behing the computer, and actually do more than bitch about how bad things are on-line.............\r\n\r\nNevermind.  Just not gonna happen with these two.\r\n\r\nBetter find some others who want to at least make an effort.  Not many of those either.","author":"brigg","parent_id":118753,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-09 20:01:48","modified":"2004-11-09 20:01:48","fileurl":""},{"id":118772,"heading":"education","article":"First of all, the IQ tests don't measure intelligence as much as analytical abilities that have some market value.  IQ tests are ultimately tools used to find out who can be an accountant or an engineer.  \r\n\r\nThere's also the issue of sampling error -- these numbers are probably wrong at best, and fraudulent at worst.\r\n\r\nI say this as someone with an above average &quot;IQ&quot;.  I'm not that smart at most things... but I can write stuff here :-)","author":"more rational","parent_id":118753,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-09 21:12:26","modified":"2004-11-09 21:12:26","fileurl":""},{"id":118773,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"Granted.  But from an organizing standpoint, there are an awful lot more people paying attention that were not paying attention before.  It's a great time to get something...whatever may be appropriate...going on a local level, where interests and issues are less polarized, and where the effects of poor policy decisions are clearly visible.","author":"KPC","parent_id":118753,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-09 21:39:51","modified":"2004-11-09 21:39:51","fileurl":""}]}