Re: Fw: SOOO TRUE!!!!!

["kristine hammond" <tinka@reno.quik.com>]

Greetings GESA,
Thank You!!!
Kriss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: GESA BRINKS <gesaeqfx@pe.net>
To: Ride camp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 11:35 PM
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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