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Subject: Tribute to the United States
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> > > May this encourage Americans on a day like today.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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, TRIBUTE TO
> > > THE UNITED STATES
posted by 12.146....
, Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:41:42
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