'A CBS/New York Times poll at the time of the election found 55% of Americans believed God created humans in their present form, 27% believed in evolution guided by God and only 13% believed God was not involved in human evolution. And 65% backed teaching creationism alongside evolution.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1389316,00.html
When so many Americans are THAT stupid, there's simply no hope for the country. Intelligent thought has become a minority in the USA. And with the way Bush and the Republicans are planning to further gut the system with more testing and less actual teaching, things are only going to go downhill from here.