Run on over to your local library, visit the Children's room, and check out a book called "If the World Were a Village" by David J. Smith. It's a real eye-opener, and explained on such a basic level that even Blunderites can understand. Statistics the compare the world's population to that of a village of 100 people. Of that number, 61 would be from Asia, 5 from Canada and the US, 8 from South/Central America including Mexico.
Read on, and let's see what conclusions we can come up with.

Would that make Dubya the village idiot??? If not, can I apply for the job?

Larry, believe it or not there is a book called, "It Takes a Village Idiot." I've ordered it in, I'll let you know if it lists the qualifications. <img src="http://www.arlo.net/ubb/smilies/smile.gif" width=15 height=15> You might have lots of competition if we open it up to all politicians.