Geographically Challenged

Those who wonder why Americans are so good at geography should ask Alaskan senator Ted Stevens.

Stevens, defending the incompetence of the federal government in response to Katrina, said, "This is the largest disaster in the history of the United States, over an area twice the size of Europe."

Of course, the land mass of Europe is actually larger than the entire United States, Alaska included. But what's a few million square kilometers?