OK, Maybe Dr. Hawkings was not my most brilliant comparison (and yes, he is still alive, my bad). All through history and in different cultures, the poor have always had more children as they felt that children were their legacy, so to speak. Are IQs really going down, or is it just our schools don't do the job? If IQs were indeed dropping, then please explain people that still have high IQs? Where did Korn get their data? Did they research this themselves? There is so much stuff available to read on line and elsewhere that is specious at best. Who is to know what was spun and what is true? The rest of the world has hated the US long before Bush came into office and he is not the reason gas prices are so high. That is strictly supply and demand, futures speculation, environmental issues like break downs and weather, and just plain greed. What makes you believe that we are entitled to cheap gasoline when the rest of the world pays much more than us. That's pretty arrogant. If any political entity has any control over gas prices, it would be the House and Senate, the actual policy makers, not the president. I have known many people who have immense talent or intelligence but you just cringe at hearing them speak for one reason or another. I had teachers like that. Yes, I cringe too when I hear Bush speak. I know engineers from the various companies we deal with who can devise a machine or tool, but couldn't speak to sell the idea.