[Vision2020] Are You Smart Enough to Be a Citizen?

Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 7 12:04:35 PST 2013


I got a 53 (Citizenship attained, with distinction).  I probably screwed 
up a lot of he Justices.

Paul

On 12/07/2013 11:26 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
> Courtesy of /The Atlantic/ at:
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> http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/what-if-you-had-to-earn-american-citizenship/309398/
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>   Are You Smart Enough to Be a Citizen? Take Our Quiz
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> To become a citizen of the United States, naturalizing immigrants must 
> take a test. Many native-born Americans would fail this test. Indeed, 
> most of us have never really thought about what it means to be a 
> citizen. One radical idea from the immigration debate is the repeal of 
> birthright citizenship---guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment---to 
> prevent so-called anchor babies. Odious and constitutionally dubious 
> as this proposal may be, it does prompt a thought experiment: What if 
> citizenship were not, in fact, guaranteed by birth? What if 
> everyone had to earn it upon turning 18, and renew it every 10 years, 
> by taking an exam? What might that exam look like?
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> Take the quiz at:
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> http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/what-if-you-had-to-earn-american-citizenship/309398/
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> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
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> - John Lennon
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