I just don't buy the basic premise. Children are easily influenced and fooled. The aphorism about "It is as easy as taking candy from a baby," reflects the childlike trust children have in adults. Unfortunately, we have too many adults who have not advanced from childhood. Rush calls them the low information voters who believe everything Obama says.
I wondered about USMC because of your FR name. Thanks for your service.
Kabar is the Indonesian word for news--not the USMC knife. I was stationed in Jakarta for several years as an FSO.
Fair enough on the first point.
Ironic that you were Dept. of Navy anyway.
You didn’t happen to run into a Barry Soetero did you? /s