[Dean's World] Dean: "This Country"

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Posted by Dean:
"This Country"
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   Have you ever noticed that when someone in America wants to sound
   profound on political issues, they refer to it as "this country?" They
   seem to especially do it when they are convinced that this country is
   going to Hell in a handbasket.

   I wonder where this verbal tic comes from?