In 1947, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a way of representing humanity’s proximity to “catastrophic destruction.” Midnight represents the point of destruction and since 2007 — when the clock was moved ahead two minutes due to North Korean nuclear weapons testing — we’ve been at 11:55.
Five minutes to midnight.

As a means of measuring the surreal stupidity of our nation, we at Blogadilla have created the Clock of Stupid – if the clock strikes midnight, it’s official: we are a hopelessly stupid nation of open-mouthed breathers who will collapse under the weight of our own fat ignorance.

We are living in potentially great times and this clock will be a way to visually measure the changes that may come. Here’s the last few years of changes in the time of the Clock of Stupid:

2000 – plus 5 minutes (11:35) George W. Bush is elected president.

2002 – plus 1 minute (11:36) American Idol debuts and soon becomes America’s top television show.

2003 – plus 5 minutes (11:41) America’s response to the attack on the World Trade Towers: we invade Iraq.

2004 – plus 7 minutes (11:48) George W. Bush is re-elected as president.

2005 – plus 1 minute (11:49) Tyra Banks is given her own talkshow.

2005 – plus 3 minutes (11:52) The Kansas State Board of Education adopts new policies about teaching evolution and creationism in public schools.

2007 – minus 5 minutes (11:47) Senator Barack Obama announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.

2008 – plus 3 minutes (11:50) Soccer mom and human publicity stunt Sarah Palin is announced as Republican vice presidential candidate.

2008 – plus 1 minute (11:51) David Zucker releases the jingoistic film An American Carol.

Tags: news, politics, signs of the Apocalypse, stupid people
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