Posit: How can a country that has given (or made major contributions to) so many technological marvels to the world also be capable of producing morons in ever-increasing numbers and seemingly ever more stupid?

Especially when there are lots of firearms lying about the place.

Take the recent case of the 66 year old man from Washington who injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut…by blasting it with his shotgun.

How is it possible for any human being to be this f*cking dumb…and still live to 66?

Perhaps the more important question is: Are Americans getting progressively more stupid than should be possible, at least in terms of Natural Selection?

A quick check of the Darwin Award finalists in 2000 shows that of the top 30 finalists, 20 were from the continental United States, making the “Land of the Free”, the clear winner with a whopping 66% of the overall terminally stupid (and that’s particularly scary when you think that the George Bush idiot quota has still got to be factored in somewhere).

Things seem to have marginally improved this year where the US boasts a total of 5 out of the 11 entries currently posted. This represents a reduced moron percentage of 45.5%, which I’m sure we can all agree is something of an improvement.

Still, the year isn’t over yet and lets face it…in a country where some bozo thinks he can loosen a wheel nut with a shotgun blast…hell – anything is possible!

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