Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 3, 2000, 23:50 |
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> Hmm. What *is* the literacy rate in the U.S., anyway? <looking around>
About 89%, scandalously low for a First World nation. Essentially, the
U.S. is a First World nation with a large Third World nation mixed up
with it. AKA "the world's largest banana republic."
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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