A Message to the choir of my choice.I guess I was pretty
moved by it because I still feel the need to pass it along,"it also helps that its still on my mouse in
paste mode".... it is worthwhile I my say.
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, 5 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 America.
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 Japan technology,
and you get radios. You talk about German technology,
and you get automobiles. You talk about American
technology, 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 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!! |
