I was looking at the young people at Ingles last week. I was thinking wow THESE kIDS LOOK STUPID. Then I thought ..” Maybe they’re just young and going through a faze..” But then I thought” shit I had been to Europe 3 times..bought a house and had learned to play 8 musical instruments when I was their age..” Then I saw this article and ####..

What if kids are just getting stupid cause of the mass media.. bad food, degrading DNA from bad food.. or the aliens beaming microwaves down to make us into Zombies so we can be hypnotized easier..

What ever kids seem dumber to me…

http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/03/70-percent-of-young-americans-are-unfit-for-military-duty/?icid=main|main|dl2|link3|http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/03/70-percent-of-young-americans-are-unfit-for-military-duty/

75 Percent of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Duty

WASHINGTON (Nov. 3)—Are America’s youth too fat, dumb or dishonest to defend the nation against its enemies?

The latest Army statistics show a stunning 75 percent of military-age youth are ineligible to join the military because they are overweight, can’t pass entrance exams, have dropped out of high school or had run-ins with the law.

So many young people between the prime recruiting ages of 17 and 24 cannot meet minimum standards that a group of retired military leaders is calling for more investment in early childhood education to combat the insidious effects of junk food and inadequate education.

“We’ve never had this problem of young people being obese like we have today,” said Gen. John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He calls the rising number of youth unfit for duty a matter of national security. “We should be concerned about how this will impact this overstretched Army and its ability to recruit.”

Shalikashvili is among dozens of retired generals, admirals and civilian Pentagon officials who have banded together as Mission Readiness: Military Leaders for Kids. The group, which includes former NATO commander and presidential candidate Wesley Clark, will appear with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the National Press Club on Thursday to urge immediate action to reduce dropout rates and improve the physical and moral fitness of the nation’s youth.

They will cite research that shows quality early childhood education raises graduation rates by up to 44 percent and reduces the odds of being arrested for a violent crime by age 18.

Douglas Smith of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command said 2008 data shows about three in 10 youths have an initial barrier to enlistment.

Maybe one of the reasons our kids are getting so stupid is football..new evidence suggests even small blows to the head cause permanent brain damage…

I really don’t get it..When one of our great national past times causes mild to severe brain damage to it’s participants..It makes me ashamed to be an American..You don’t see the Chinese banging heads together like goats, wasting their time and brain cells..Christ I wish this country would get civilized..

check out this thread for more info…

http://www.mountainx.com/forums/viewthread/2412/P15/

I was always stunned at how parents allow their children to participate in sports activities that could easily cause permanent damage to their fragile bodies.

Douglas Smith of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command said 2008 data shows about three in 10 youths have an initial barrier to enlistment.

How weird is that I had heard they were lowering the bar to get into the service..

I read somewhere that China has more kids on the honor role than we have kids in school..

Could it be some weird virus that has generated a whole generation of subnormal kids?

So now we’re gonna send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan ...Judging from this thread the best and the brightest are going over seas..leaving the stupid and overweight..to continue the species..Now that’s some fine planning..

Since no one has commented on this thread except you for over a month, I nominate it for the Graveyard. Can I get a second?

Seconded.

So moved.