Stupidity is taking over

Every day it seems to me that people are becoming more and more stupid.

A new show that paints a clear picture of how bad it really has become. "Street Smarts" is a concept show that takes a camera crew out on the streets and asks simple people, uh, really simple people very simple questions.

It is "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" with out the cash prize. I don't know which show attracts the bigger morons. But the scary part is that the simpletons on "Street Smarts" are out on the streets everyday.

Perhaps I am being too elitist. Maybe not everyone has the educational opportunities I have had. But then again, anyone who had athlete's foot knows that it is caused by a fungus among us, but there was a young lady on the show who thought the condition was caused by "stench and funkiness."

This seems like a funny show to watch in the stupor of a post-midterm celebration. Sure you can get some cheap chuckles from the show, but when the haze in your head clears, it is pretty scary that people are really that lame.

Ken Hanson is the opinion editor for the Daily Forty-Niner.