The Obama Presidency

**Fe 26** · 30 Jun 2010, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by Doc Holliday

I don't know. Did it in the past?

The other option is to require a passing grade on a American History, Government and Economics Test in order to receive your voter's registration card every ten years.

However this will likely lead to endless debate about the test being rigged to partisan favor.

Holy shit that would be a mess.

What kind of history test? Fill in the blank with names and dates? A real one, with essay questions that ask you to demonstrate a basic understanding of the cause and affect of past events?

Are you aware that old IQ test were thrown out for being racist for having those kinds of questions? They claimed they put minorities at a disadvantage because they didn't know as much about "white" culture.

And whose history? Fundy christian history where everyone came to the US to love Jesus and all the founding fathers were orthodox god fearing baptist? Indian history where we are all a bunch of assholes who raped and destroyed their land? Yanky history where the south is nothing but minority hating sister fuckers? Southern History where the north is nothing but hypocritical ogres? Mexican history, where the white man tricked all their Mexican ancestors out of their land?

Really, whose? Because no one can fucking agree on anything that happened before World War 1.