Why are we so stupid as a country?

In the same breath we will tout our displeasure at violence on television and then switch to the latest episode of CSI. We will scream at the top of our lungs that the government is taking over health care as we than god for medicare helping our grandparents. We make the latest Michael Bay film #1 at the box office while not understanding that Grindhouse was supposed to be scratched and full of missing scenes. We will complain about $300 minimum for a savings account but carry thousands of dollars in credit card debit at %15 percent. We will cheer as Bernie Madoff is frog-marched to a jail cell then be upset that our retirement fund is only giving a mere 10%. We have become a nation that watches our favorite television station and hear just what we want to hear without doing research. Instead of just denouncing the health care plan; read it.