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"Brian L. Guidi" <[log in to unmask]>
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And you consider your posting appropriate? Let's not perpetuate a flame war
in this time when most of us are still trying to come to grips with the
tragedy we are currently living...

Thoughts, prayers, and hope for the world.

B. Guidi
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I do not consider this posting appropriate. It is blatant jingoism, grossly
inaccurate and exaggerated.
Never forget that one of the world's greatest genocides was the virtual
annihilation of the native American Indian... some 24 million of them!

Regards, Graham Naisbitt

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-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Miguel Vallejo
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:06
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] FW: Tribute to the UNITED STATES!


-----Original Message-----
From:   Bruce MacDonald
Sent:   Wednesday, September 12, 2001 2:45 PM
To:       Everyone
Subject:        FW: 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.
>
> I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT
SOON.
>
>
> God Bless
>
>
>
>
>

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