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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (122529)	9/17/2001 1:30:35 AM
From: BRANDYBGOOD	Respond to of 436258

Hey, Did you see this anywhere? Someone e-mailed it to me. Sorry for the print. Check your PM's. A 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 > findmen 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! > > > > > >