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This morning I woke up, and the first thought that popped into my head was the fact that people are fucking stupid, which caused me to throw-up uncontrollably.
Yesterday we held a protest against the Iraq War at school, which we had to reschedule from monday (the anniversary of the War) because of rain. For part of it, I manned a wheel as part of a game called "The Wheel of Blame" where people spin it and answer questions to get prizes, like Ben n Jerry icecream coupons, buttons, 9-11 $ bills, and stickers. I was the one who created the game and I had tried to make it as easy as possible with questions like "Where is Abu Ghraib?" (Iraq) and "What sort of government does the European Union practice?" (Democracy). It surprised the fuck out of me how little people knew (Well, except for the OIL questions, which were hard, because it's more important to know things about OIL than anything else right now), cause I expected people to not know much, but not THAT little. It was frightening.
So, here are the questions from "The Wheel of Blame" See if you can answer them all:
---Europe
1. Name four of the European nations that were in the U.S.'s Coalition of the Willing?
2. True or False, Jeac Chriac is the King of France.
3. The European Union is a practitioner of which form of government?
4. Which country in Europe has supplied the most troops to the War in Iraq?
---The Middle East
1. Which nation(s) in the middle east are/is not primarily muslim?
2. Who are the dominating political force in Iran?
3. What is the name of the most popular arab news organization?
4. What group has been recently elected into power over the palestinians?
---The War in Iraq
1. When did the invasion of Iraq occur?
2. Approximately how many U.S. soldiers have died in the war?
3. True or False, the U.S. are not using the depleted uranium ammunition from the Gulf War for the Iraq War.
4. Name three of the justifications from the U.S. for invading Iraq.
---War Geography
1. Where is Abu Ghraib?
2. What are three of Iraq's neighbors?
3. Where is most of Iraq's Oil?
4. Out of these 5 countries, which one is not in the middle east: Qatar, Syria, Kazakhistan, Oman, Iran.
---OIL
1. What oil policy change was Saddaam Hussein planning to make in his country, effective Nov 6th, 2000?
2. What is OPEC?
3. Which country is the largest OIL producing nation in the middle east?
4. Name at least two of the U.S.'s top petrolium suppliers:
---THE U.S.
1. Which countries are in the U.S.'s "Axis of Evil?"
2. Name the current administration's President and two members of his cabinet and their positions.
3. Which U.S. official lied about satelite information to the U.N. in an attempt to push forth the Iraq War?
4. What is the United States' biggest export?
---BIBILIOGRAPHY
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/RRiraqWar.html
"Revisited - The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War With Iraq"
by William Clark
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/03/sp_iraq_mohamedi042203.htm
Washington Post
by Fareed Mohamedi
Yesterday we held a protest against the Iraq War at school, which we had to reschedule from monday (the anniversary of the War) because of rain. For part of it, I manned a wheel as part of a game called "The Wheel of Blame" where people spin it and answer questions to get prizes, like Ben n Jerry icecream coupons, buttons, 9-11 $ bills, and stickers. I was the one who created the game and I had tried to make it as easy as possible with questions like "Where is Abu Ghraib?" (Iraq) and "What sort of government does the European Union practice?" (Democracy). It surprised the fuck out of me how little people knew (Well, except for the OIL questions, which were hard, because it's more important to know things about OIL than anything else right now), cause I expected people to not know much, but not THAT little. It was frightening.
So, here are the questions from "The Wheel of Blame" See if you can answer them all:
---Europe
1. Name four of the European nations that were in the U.S.'s Coalition of the Willing?
2. True or False, Jeac Chriac is the King of France.
3. The European Union is a practitioner of which form of government?
4. Which country in Europe has supplied the most troops to the War in Iraq?
---The Middle East
1. Which nation(s) in the middle east are/is not primarily muslim?
2. Who are the dominating political force in Iran?
3. What is the name of the most popular arab news organization?
4. What group has been recently elected into power over the palestinians?
---The War in Iraq
1. When did the invasion of Iraq occur?
2. Approximately how many U.S. soldiers have died in the war?
3. True or False, the U.S. are not using the depleted uranium ammunition from the Gulf War for the Iraq War.
4. Name three of the justifications from the U.S. for invading Iraq.
---War Geography
1. Where is Abu Ghraib?
2. What are three of Iraq's neighbors?
3. Where is most of Iraq's Oil?
4. Out of these 5 countries, which one is not in the middle east: Qatar, Syria, Kazakhistan, Oman, Iran.
---OIL
1. What oil policy change was Saddaam Hussein planning to make in his country, effective Nov 6th, 2000?
2. What is OPEC?
3. Which country is the largest OIL producing nation in the middle east?
4. Name at least two of the U.S.'s top petrolium suppliers:
---THE U.S.
1. Which countries are in the U.S.'s "Axis of Evil?"
2. Name the current administration's President and two members of his cabinet and their positions.
3. Which U.S. official lied about satelite information to the U.N. in an attempt to push forth the Iraq War?
4. What is the United States' biggest export?
---BIBILIOGRAPHY
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/RRiraqWar.html
"Revisited - The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War With Iraq"
by William Clark
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/03/sp_iraq_mohamedi042203.htm
Washington Post
by Fareed Mohamedi