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Fwd: RC: Fw: SOOO TRUE!!!!!




--- GESA BRINKS <gesaeqfx@pe.net> wrote:
> From: "GESA BRINKS" <gesaeqfx@pe.net>
> To: "Ride camp" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 23:35:24 -0700
> Subject: RC:  Fw: SOOO TRUE!!!!!
> 
> >>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 the franc 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
> 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 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 TOO.
> >>
> >
> 
> 
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