Signs of The Dumbpocalypse

According to Asian News International, polls reveal that a whopping one in four Americans have no clue which country the United States declared independence from. Weirdly, six percent thought it was either France, China, Japan, Mexico, and Spain.

There's also another of those open-mic episodes making Republicans look seedier for preying on our collective dumbness: Michael Steele caught on tape calling the decade-long occupation of Afghanistan "a war of Obama's choosing". Dumb yes. But scarier yet, he was actually briefing GOP operatives to push the "Obama invaded Afghanistan" meme to distract attention from the vote-losing fact that the GOP is the party of George W. Bush. Are we really judged so stupid enough that that could be deemed a workable strategy??? Like... OMG.

But topping the list of Signs of The Dumbpocalypse has to be news that Glenn Beck is starting a university:

"Beck University is a unique academic experience bringing together experts in the fields of religion, American history and economics."

I have no words. If this is the level to which our nation has sunk, maybe we should throw in the towel and retract our declaration of independence from France.