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Friday, August 5, 2005

Dutch PBS doesn't want America-friendly anchor

What a surprise. The Dutch ~~state news~~ independent and impartial NOS Journaal doesn't want Mr. Charles Groenhuijsen to be its new anchor.

Part of the reason lies in Mr. Groenhuijsen's request to anchor the news broadcasts from Washington, DC, where he currently lives. However, it's easy to confuse cause and effect. Mr. Groenhuijsen has been at odds with the NOS Journaal for some time because he has said such ~~fascist~~ controversial things as:

'If all America had wanted were Iraq's oil reserves, Bush would have chosen the Chirac method, and invited Saddam over at his ranch to discuss business.'

'When I see whole American families signing up for the military to defend the freedom of others, some Dutch say: Americans are fanatics. I say: I salute you.'

and my personal favorite:

'Many Dutch are what they claim Americans to be: they are suffering from Torremolinos superficiality, BMW rudeness and Vinkeveen egotism.'

So of course I ordered his book ('Amerikanen zijn niet gek', or 'Americans aren't crazy') immediately.

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I would say Groenhuijsen overdid Chirac's involvement. Not only was the deal with Total never concluded. But the link between Total and Chirac is also not clear. The following is coming from the site of The Brookings Institute:

http://www.brookings.edu/fp/cuse/analysis/marcel.htm

Emmanuel (ip:195.162.219.166) 5 August 2005 - 11:39 uur

Thanks, Emmanuel, but next time please provide just the links and not the full text. Not only doet it make the comments easier to read, you might also save me a bundle of trouble on copyright issues...

(I've deleted the article you ctrl-c'd and replaced it with the url.)

Arjan Dasselaar (ip:82.161.93.35) 5 August 2005 - 11:51 uur

Okidoki

Emmanuel (ip:195.162.219.187) 5 August 2005 - 22:42 uur

Any idea where I can get Groenhuijsen's book in the US? I don't see it on Amazon. I'd be very interested in reading it even though it will probably take me 6 months. Just me, "Amerikanen zijn niet gek" and my trusty Dutch dictionary. Wat leuk!

jelliott (ip:168.127.0.51) 5 August 2005 - 15:36 uur

I think proxis.be ships worldwide, and azur.be may do the same thing. American bookstores are unlikely to stock it, although I'd be interested to know if there are specialty stores trading in Dutch titles.

Arjan Dasselaar (ip:82.161.93.35) 5 August 2005 - 15:42 uur

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