The Dumbing Down of America; How Did It Happen?

Jesse Ventura mentioned it the other day, and many others are asking the same question...how did America get so dumbed down?

We've gotten to a point that a certain segment of our population consider Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, and Glenn Beck as leaders of societal change. There was a Cassandra crying out several years ago about what was happening to our country, a whistle blower that we refused to listen to.

The year was 2006.

The man was Mike Judge.

The film was Idiocracy.

The man who gave us King of the Hill and Beavis and Butthead knows of what he speaks.

Here's the first few minutes of the movie, starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph.

First 10 minutes of Idiocracy (Clip 1) | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

First 10 minutes of Idiocracy (Clip 2) | Viral/Other | SPIKE.com

First 10 minutes of Idiocracy (Clip 3) | Viral/Other | SPIKE.com

Do you need further proof?

The video (from SPIKE TV) has a T&A ad from CAPTAIN MORGAN, so that art imitates life....just don't pour the stuff on your new spring garden.

Jesse Ventura On Palin and Bachmann- "They're Puppets"

Former Governor of Minnesota (and former WWF wrestler, commentator, and actor) Jesse Ventura was his usual outspoken tell-it-like-it is self on an appearance on Joy Behar's talkfest on HLN. Along with journalist Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone, Ventura talked about the two sweethearts of the Republican Right, Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann......and decrying the "dumbing down" of America he quipped what many critics have been saying for some time now; namely, that Bachmann and Palin are "puppets".

Ventura's and Taibbi's comments followed Palin and Bachmann appearance before a rally of 11,000 supporters, after which they were interviewed by friend and ally Sean Hannity.