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----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Schumacher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:23 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: America: The Good Neighbor. > How could it be? Mentioned is the major San Francisco earthquake and that > was like '88 or something. I remember it was during the World Series, but > can't remember the date and I am not doing any research tonight. > > -Scott > > > >From: "grilled pickle" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Fwd: America: The Good Neighbor. > >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:01:46 -0700 > > > >I heard this is actually from the early 70's. Its still holds true in my > >opinion > > > > > >>From: "David Krzak" <[email protected]> > >>To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > >>[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > >>[email protected] > >>Subject: Fwd: America: The Good Neighbor. > >>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:33:03 > >> > >>> > >>> > This is from a Canadian newspaper and 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!" > >>> > >>>This is one of the best editorials that I have > >>>ever read regarding the United States. It is nice > >>>that one man realizes it. > >>> > >>> God Bless America ! > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________ > >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >> > >>_____________ > >>List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > >>To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] > >>with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > >>See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > >>Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > >_____________ > >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] > >with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
