Non-Dance: Fwd: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES

>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 06:20:05 -0500 > > 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! > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 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.