The Gaffe of Mexico

From our current affairs editor, Lemuel Stuart III:

I came across this article today -- 15 National Geography Bee Questions Only Geniuses Will Get Right (HERE) – and I had to laugh because I realized that no Fox News talking head, no Trump family member, and no MAGAt would do well on this quiz.  How did I reach this conclusion?  It was easy:

Of course, Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request) was always the first to admit that he was ill-informed when it came to geography – so the Fox News blunder called to mind Dickinson’s “Volcanoes be in Mexico” (below on the left).  Dickinson’s poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem “Volcanoes be in Sicily” (below on the right). 

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
 
Volcanoes be in Mexico
And South Mexico
I judge from my Geography –
Volcanoes everywhere
A Lava step at any time
As I’m inclined to rhyme –
Accuracy I abdicate
Erroneous I roam
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By Emily Dickinson:
 
Volcanoes be in Sicily
And South America
I judge from my Geography --
Volcanos nearer here
A Lava step at any time
Am I inclined to climb --
A Crater I may contemplate
Vesuvius at Home.
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Below:  Rupert Murdoch issued an apology today for the gaffe of Mexico on Fox News yesterday: