> > 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 broadcast. > > "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. 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. > > I would hope that each of you would send this to as many people as you > can > and emphasize that they should send it to as many of their friends until > this letter is sent to every person on the web. I am just a single > American > that has read this, I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON. > _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
