Well said. I could replace "Dutch" with U.S. and make very few changes ...

Submitted by kman (United States), Feb 10, 2010 at 21:56

Or for that matter, replace Dutch with any of quite a few other nation's names. The news media are heavily populated with self-serving cowards. They mislead their own countrymen right into a death trap.

So many words have met the same fate as "news". My son dared to insert the word "integrity" into a "discussion" with his insurance agent over a claim. The agent was puzzled at the mention of the word. He couldn't understand the relevance of the "word" in the business climate. Almost like my son was speaking one language and the agent another. Oh, yeah. That's exactly what it is.

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