-----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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------