"The hard left"... you know what is so damn comical about this statement?

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43. That's a crazy story

Even here in Canada they teach that - my daughter in high school knows the 2 houses in the US.

I actually took a poli sci 101 course recently as an elective for my degree, because I've been on DU and immersed in US politics for awhile and wanted to learn a bit more about our Canadian system.

Practically the whole course concentrated on US examples of politics, or comparisons between US and Canada. Let's just say I got an A+ without even opening my textbook, LOL.

So the running joke here in Canada is we know more about your system than you do .

But really, there needs to be more taught about civics, politics and government in general on both sides of the border. So many people just have no clue. When I was younger, there was a huge emphasis on how it was our duty as citizens of a democratic country to participate. A friend of mine whose birthday was the day after mine went with me to register to vote the week of our birthdays (an election was later in the month). We were very excited to do so. I go to university with many students in their 20's who haven't ever voted or can't be bothered. One friend of mine said she didn't participate because her parents came from Vietnam and she's been there and it's so much worse there, and that we have it really good here so everything must be going fine, so she feels there's no point in her changing things. I tried to impress on her that people like her need to help KEEP it 'fine'. I got her to vote in her first election. But there are so many more like her.

I'm pretty impressed that you had to know the constitution so well...even in my poli sci class they didn't spend much time on our Canadian constitution. I learned more about our constitution and charter of rights in my business law course.

BTW, I'm pretty sure you 'get' why they don't want people so educated on the manner...easier to manipulate, right?