On 20 May 2000, at 11:02, Wood Family wrote:
> I could use some help. a while back somebody posted an editorial from
> a Canadian news paper dealing with the association and interaction with
> the United States. I had it saved but lost it while cleaning out some
> trash after having been hit by a lighting strike. if any body has it
> and would be willing to share it with me it would be greatly
> appreciated. thanks for the assistance in advance.
> d. k. wood
Hi D.K. and hi all of you...
I looked in the archives and pulled out the following 2 posts for you...
>>> Posting number 74628, dated 13 Jan 2000 20:27:13
From: plmaddux <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Non-PD Canadian news article
This was sent to me by a friend,I am posting it on the
listserv because we have many Canadians on the list.
BUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
This is from a Canadian newspaper, it's worth sharing.
America: The Good Neighbor.
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given
recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from
Toronto, Canada 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 10? 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, Americans
Lanier Maddux Chattanooga Tn
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>>> Posting number 74705, dated 15 Jan 2000 11:50:27
From: judith richards <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Non-PD Canadian news article
On Friday, January 14, 2000 11:39 AM, jeanne wrote:
Subject: Re: Non-PD Canadian news article
THANK YOU....YOU MADE MY DAY. iF YOU HAVE THE WRITER'S ADDRESS, I'D
LOVE TO SEND HIM A "THANK YOU" AS WELL.
Jeanne Lee-Rosner
PDF-Chicago
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Jeanne et al,
Gordon Sinclair died in 1984. He was a crusty, opinionated guy
who was either loved or hated. A bio with his picture can be found at:
http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/schools/rta/ccf/personal/hof/sincla_g.html
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Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada
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D.K., I believe this is the editorial you were
looking for..... murray
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