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Joe wrote:
Subject: TRIBUTE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL IN CANADA Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:36:05 EST
THIS IS A FIRST! I THOUGHT I SHOULD PASS THIS ON. JoeC 99621 > > > TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES > > > > > > > > > This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing. > > > > > > > > > America: The Good Neighbor. > > > > > > Widespread but only partial news coverage was given > > > recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from > > > Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television > > > commentator. What follows is the full text of his > > > trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional > > > Record: > > > > > > > > > "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the > > > Americans as the most generous and possibly the least > > > appreciated people on all the earth. > > > > > > Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and > > > Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the > > > Americans who poured in billions of dollars and > > > forgave other billions in debts. None of these > > > countries is today paying even the interest on its > > > remaining debts to the United States. > > > > > > When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, > > > it was the Americans who propped it up, and their > > > reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets > > > of Paris. I was there. I saw it. > > > > > > When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the > > > United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 > > > American communities were flattened by tornadoes. > > > Nobody helped. > > > > > > The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped > > > billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now > > > newspapers in those countries are writing about the > > > decadent, warmongering Americans. > > > > > > I'd like to see just one of those countries that > > > is gloating over the erosion of the United States > > > dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country > > > in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo > > > Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? > > > If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the > > > International lines except Russia fly American Planes? > > > > > > Why does no other land on earth even consider putting > > > a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese > > > technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German > > > technocracy, and you get automobiles. > > > You talk about American technocracy, and you find > > > men on the moon - not once, but several times - > > > and safely home again. > > > > > > You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs > > > right in the store window for everybody to look at . > > > Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. > > > They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless > > > they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American > > > dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here. > > > > > > When the railways of France, Germany and India > > > were breaking down through age, it was the Americans > > > who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and > > > the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an > > > old caboose. Both are still broke. > > > > > > I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced > > > to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name > > > me even one time when someone else raced to the > > > Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside > > > help even during the San Francisco earthquake. > > > > > > Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one > > > Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get > > > kicked around. They will come out of this thing with > > > their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled > > > to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating > > > over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of > > > those." > > > > > > > > > > > > Stand proud, America! > > >> > > Wear it proudly!! > > > > > > This is one of the best editorials that I have ever > > > read regarding the United States. It is nice that > > > one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the > > > world would realize it. We are always blamed for > > > everything, and never even get a thank you for the > > > things we do.
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